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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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How The State Department’s Iraq Police Training Program Turned Out To Be A Flop
Musings On Iraq Monday, August 27, 2012 How The State Department’s Iraq Police Training Program Turned Out To Be A Flop As the U.S. military was preparing to withdraw from Iraq,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
How to Get a Mule’s — I Mean Contractor’s — Attention
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ How to Get a Mule’s — I Mean Contractor’s — Attention Posted: 08/03/2012 12:35 am The Commission on Wartime Contracting in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Servicing the State Department
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ Huffington Post Posted: 08/02/2012 12:28 pm Servicing the State Department Sometimes, in all that is said and written about the use… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Contract Spending by the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development
Contract Spending by the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development By David J. Berteau, Guy Ben-Ari, Gregory Sanders, Priscilla Hermann, David Morrow Contributor: Jesse Ellman, Sneha Raghavan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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US Mission Afghanistan: But … DHS on the Deaths of Civilian Contractors in Herat
July 24, 2012 5:59 pm · 5:59 pm US Mission Afghanistan: But … DHS on the Deaths of Civilian Contractors in Herat On Sunday, July 22, ISAF announced that “An individual wearing… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Waste Continues to Plague U.S. Efforts in Iraq
Global Insights: Waste Continues to Plague U.S. Efforts in Iraq By Richard Weitz, on 17 Jul 2012, Column In its just-released final audit report (.pdf), the Office of the Special Inspector… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Hired Gun Fight: Obama’s aid chief takes on the development-industrial complex
Hired Gun Fight Obama’s aid chief takes on the development-industrial complex. BY JOHN NORRIS | JULY 18, 2012 Rajiv Shah, President Barack Obama’s U.S. Agency for International Development administrator, is waging… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Building Democracy with Blackwater et al
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ July 18, 2012 Building Democracy with Blackwater et al By David Isenberg I’m pretty sure that this is not going down… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Transcript – July 28 2012 Hrg. “Assessment of the Transition from a Military to a Civilian-Led Mission in Iraq”
Transcript – July 28 2012 Hrg. “Assessment of the Transition from a Military to a Civilian-Led Mission in Iraq” Panels I and II June 28, 2012 Thursday Panel I of a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Iraq transition raises thorny and expensive questions
Walter Pincus Fine Print Iraq transition raises thorny and expensive questions By Walter Pincus, Why doesn’t the Iraqi government seem to like us? Why won’t Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki give better… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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