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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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Federal Acquisition Regulation; Ending Trafficking in Persons
Rules and Regulations Federal Acquisition Regulation; Ending Trafficking in Persons Federal Register 29 January 2015 SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea Mahard, Sean Patrick. Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 47 (2014): 331. You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading
“Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act.”
Kelly, Rachel M. “Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act.” Wm. & Mary Bus. L. Rev. 5 (2014): 591-647. You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Lawmaker Says USIS May Have Shortchanged Cybersecurity before Hack of 27,000 Employee Records
Lawmaker Says USIS May Have Shortchanged Cybersecurity before Hack of 27,000 Employee Records Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. // Cliff Owen/AP By Aliya Sternstein 9:43 AM ET 2 Comments Government background checker… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Reining in Soldiers of Fortune
The Opinion Pages | Op-Ed Contributor Reining in Soldiers of Fortune By SEAN MCFATE APRIL 17, 2015 WASHINGTON — Ten years ago, I found myself in Burundi, sipping a Coke with… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Greed and control: the history and content of the international anti-mercenary normmore
Greed and control: the history and content of the international anti-mercenary norm You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
Soft-Law Guidelines for Maritime Security Compliance
[Exclusive] Soft-Law Guidelines for Maritime Security Compliance By MarEx 2015-02-15 17:54:13 By Simon O. Williams, BA, LLM Despite global regulation grounded in the international Law of the Sea (specifically, UNCLOS)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Military Companies “The Market For Force” Toward International Regulatory and Control Framework
Private Military Companies “The Market For Force”: Toward International Regulatory and Control Framework Subjects: Economic growth, development, planning, Industries. Land use. Labor, Social Sciences, Economics, Business and Economics, Economic growth, development,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Supervision Without Vision: Risk Governance and PMSCs
Supervision Without Vision: Risk Governance and PMSCs Lucas Roorda URN:NBN:NL:UI:10-1-101428 Abstract In the past two decades, private military and security companies (PMSCs) have become important actors in the international sphere,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
G4S death: ex-CEO admits ‘systemic failures’ in vetting process
G4S death: ex-CEO admits ‘systemic failures’ in vetting process The security multinational G4S has admitted systemic failures in its vetting procedures led to the murder of one of its security guards… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading