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Suffering inflicted on humans for no reason other than political gain’

Manus : ‘Suffering inflicted on humans for no reason other than political gain’ The Age By Nicole Judge – Nicole Judge is a former Salvation Army worker on Manus Island. 4… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Keeping Track of the Billions Spent in Afghanistan

Keeping Track of the Billions Spent in Afghanistan By Ben DiPietro Wall Street Journal The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (Sigar), John F. Sopko, is in charge of providing oversight… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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A Former Mercenary Proposes a Pentagon Makeover

A Former Mercenary Proposes a Pentagon Makeover By Kristina Shevory / December 2, 2014 9:20 AM EST Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater USA, participates in a House Oversight and Government Reform… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Pentagon Blasted for Stalled Tracking of Services Contractors

Pentagon Blasted for Stalled Tracking of Services Contractors By Charles S. Clark December 1, 2014   sergign / Shutterstock.com As the Defense Department scurries to keep up with ISIS and other… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Serco contracts to come under scrutiny from WA parliamentary committee

Serco contracts to come under scrutiny from WA parliamentary committee Emerging Markets Business Information News 28 November 2014 Western Australian government contracts with private security firm Serco will come under scrutiny… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Chaos, Complexity, and PSCs

Christopher Mayer Director, Armed Contingency Contractor Policies and Programs at US Department of Defense Chaos, Complexity, and PSCs Dec 1 2014 This month will see four important events in realizing the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Corporate Private Armies in Afghanistan.Regulating Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC) in a ‘Territorial State’

Corporate Private Armies in Afghanistan.Regulating Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC) in a ‘Territorial State’ You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Pentagon imposes strict standards on private security firms

  Pentagon imposes strict standards on private security firms By Christian Davenport November 26 at 11:39 AM Follow @_chrisdavenport The Pentagon is for the first time requiring private security contractors to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation

Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation Yvonne M. Dutton Publication Citation Yvonne M. Dutton, Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation, 24 Duke Journal of Comparative… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas- A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of False Claims Act

Rachel M. Kelly Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act Abstract This Note considers the advisability of amending the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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