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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
- Sep. 2, 2014 Al Jazeera English segment on Blackwater trial - Comment by David Isenberg
- Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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America’s Private Prisons Are Back in Business
America’s Private Prisons Are Back in Business by Lauren Etter January 10, 2017, 5:00 AM EST Immigration prosecutions now outnumber those for drug offenses Fortunes of for-profit prison firms echo U.S.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Trump’s Private Security Force: an Operational and Legal Swamp
Trump’s Private Security Force: an Operational and Legal Swamp Manuel Madrid January 20, 2017 Trump’s precendent-breaking decision to retain a private security force raises troubling questions about transparency and accountability. AP… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Trump and the Return of Private Military Contractors
Published on January 23rd, 2017 | by David Isenberg Trump and the Return of Private Military Contractors by David Isenberg In 2005 the Marine Corps University published a paper entitled “The… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Privatizing Drones
Privatizing Drones The New York Times. (Sept. 10, 2016): Opinion and Editorial: pA18(L). Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2016 The New York Times Company To the Editor: Re ”Air Force, Short of Drone Pilots,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The VA isn’t broken, yet: inside the Koch brothers’ campaign to dismantle the country’s most successful example of publicly provided health care
The VA isn’t broken, yet: inside the Koch brothers’ campaign to dismantle the country’s most successful example of publicly provided health care Alicia Mundy Washington Monthly. 48.3-5 (March-May 2016): p25. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
CIA documents expose internal agency feud over psychologists leading interrogation program
CIA documents expose internal agency feud over psychologists leading interrogation program By Greg Miller January 19 at 7:00 AM The CIA flag is displayed on stage during a 2015 conference on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
THE SOVEREIGN’S SERVANT: THE IMPLICATIONS OF PRIVATIZATION FOR THE SCOPE OF FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES
THE SOVEREIGN’S SERVANT: THE IMPLICATIONS OF PRIVATIZATION FOR THE SCOPE OF FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
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Blood for Hire: How the War in Iraq Has Reinvented the World’s Second Oldest Profession
Blood for Hire: How the War in Iraq Has Reinvented the World’s Second Oldest Profession You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
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Prisons Run by C.E.O.s? Privatization Under Trump Could Carry a Heavy Price
Economy Prisons Run by C.E.O.s? Privatization Under Trump Could Carry a Heavy Price Eduardo Porter ECONOMIC SCENE JAN. 10, 2017 Photo A waiting room at a temporary detention center run by… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private prisons are poised for a comeback under Trump. Here’s how to reform them
Private prisons are poised for a comeback under Trump. Here’s how to reform them. Updated by Lauren-Brooke Eisen Jan 13, 2017, 9:50am EST A detention center in Lumpkin, Ga., operated on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading