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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
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- 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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Management Assistance Report: Improved Guidance and Acquisition Planning is Needed to Reduce the Use of Bridge Contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq
Management Assistance Report: Improved Guidance and Acquisition Planning is Needed to Reduce the Use of Bridge Contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
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Private Espionage Is Booming. The US Needs a Spy Registry
Paul Starobin Ideas 07.17.2021 07:00 AM Private Espionage Is Booming. The US Needs a Spy Registry From Black Cube to Fusion GPS, the operatives-for-hire industry has recklessly exploded. Disclosure requirements could… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The Risk of Doing the Wrong Thing Perfectly: Monitoring and Evaluation of Reconstruction Contracting in Afghanistan
Today, SIGAR released its latest lessons learned report, The Risk of Doing the Wrong Thing Perfectly: Monitoring and Evaluation of Reconstruction Contracting in Afghanistan. This report examines how reconstruction contracts have… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Government procurement law and hacking technology: The role of public contracting in regulating an invisible market
Computer Law & Security Review Volume 41, July 2021, 105536 Comment Government procurement law and hacking technology: The role of public contracting in regulating an invisible market Author links open overlay… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Security Contractors (PSCs) Operating in Contingency Operations, Humanitarian or Peace Operations, or Other Military Operations or Exercises
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 28042-28047] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2021-10100] DEPARTMENT… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Aid agency security is a disaster waiting to happen
Aid and Policy Opinion 18 May 2021 Aid agency security is a disaster waiting to happen Aid agency security is a disaster waiting to happen ‘A package of human rights and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
No Accounting for Bad Contracting: Private Military and Security Contracts and Ineffective Regulation in Conflict Areas
Published: 12 April 2021 No Accounting for Bad Contracting: Private Military and Security Contracts and Ineffective Regulation in Conflict Areas Ori Swed & Adam Materne Studies in Comparative International Development (2021)Cite… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Operation Inherent Resolve, January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021
Operation Inherent Resolve, January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
Russia, the Wagner Group, and the Issue of Attribution
Russia, the Wagner Group, and the Issue of Attribution by Jennifer Maddocks | Apr 28, 2021 Editor’s note: This week, the Modern War Institute and the Lieber Institute for Law and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
El Derecho Internacional, la regulación de las Compañías Militares y de Seguridad Privada (CMSP) y el mercenarismo: análisis, falencias y dinámicas
El Derecho Internacional, la regulación de las Compañías Militares y de Seguridad Privada (CMSP) y el mercenarismo: análisis, falencias y dinámicas You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register