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Daphne Eviatar, reporting for The American Lawyer, writes: "Increasingly, private contractors who aren't trained to work in battlegrounds are paying the price. But whether their employers will ultimately be held accountable for their own actions will depend on the circumstances, on their lawyers, and in some cases, on the judge."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012908D.shtml

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Bush backs away from military contractor investigation

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

01/30/08

President Bush warned on Tuesday that he may disregard several portions of a massive defense policy bill he signed just one day earlier, including provisions creating a commission to investigate the use of civilian contractors such as Blackwater in Iraq and Afghanistan. The action drew an immediate rebuke from Senate Democrats, including Virginia’s Jim Webb, a prime force behind creation of the bipartisan panel...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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