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Government Taps Bailout Contractors With Conflicts of Interest
Elana Schor, The Washington Independent: "As the Wall Street bailout nears its first anniversary, the controversy over giving public money to private banks has become public knowledge. But an equally risky... ...
Provoking the Inevitable
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: "The Sahwa played a critical role in the reduction of overall violence in Iraq. When the US decided to pay off the resistance (to the tune of $300 per month per fighter) that was... ...
Blackwater accused of wrongly arming workers
MSNBC 05/21/09 The security firm formerly known as Blackwater armed some of its workers in Afghanistan despite U.S. military documents that prohibited them from carrying guns, said two former contractors... ...
Blackwater in Hot Water Again
Fisnik Abrashi, The Associated Press: Four US contractors for the private security company formerly known as Blackwater are accusing the company of holding them against their will in Afghanistan following... ...
The private contracting surge into Afghanistan
AntiWar.Com by Kelley B. Vlahos 05/14/09 Convenie ntly short on real details — perhaps deliberately so — the Obama administration’s new war strategy for Afghanistan has yet to acknowledge the huge footprint... ...
FBI Whistleblower Testimony: Gonzales Imposed Brutal Interrogation Tactics
In the first public testimony of anyone directly involved, former bureau agent Ali Soufan is expected to directly contradict assertions by CIA officials and former Vice President Cheney that the "enhanced... ...
Did Blackwater Contractors Attempt to Hide Evidence of a Massacre in Iraq?
Scott Horton, Harpers Magazine: "Private security contractor Xe (formerly Blackwater USA) has fallen on hard times. Iraq has yanked its license, forcing Blackwater out of one of its former operations centers.... ...
KBR Connected to Alleged Fraud, Pentagon Auditor Says
KBR, the Army's largest contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan, is linked to "the vast majority" of suspected combat-zone fraud cases that have been referred to investigators, as well as a majority of the... ...
Ten terrible truths about the CIA torture memos
The fatal thread CounterPunch by Chris Floyd 04/22/09 This is one reason why Barack Obama is so obviously reluctant to tug on the torture thread too hard. If you tear it out, with full-scale prosecutions... ...
Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care
T. Christian Miller and Doug Smith, The Los Angeles Times: "Civilian workers who suffered devastating injuries while supporting the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home to a grinding... ...