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Daily Archives: February 28, 2012 4:49 pm
Using Overview to analyze 4500 pages of documents on security contractors in Iraq
Using Overview to analyze 4500 pages of documents on security contractors in Iraq by Jonathan Stray on 02/21/2012 0 This post describes how we used a prototype of the Overview software to explore 4,500 pages of incident reports concerning the … Continue reading
Pentagon builds auditing army as budget shrinks
Pentagon builds auditing army as budget shrinks By Nick Taborek, Published: February 26 The Defense Department wants to add as many as 1,612 employees to oversee and audit contracts next year even as it plans for a 5 percent cut in the … Continue reading
Justices Weigh Foreigners’ Suits vs. Companies
February 27, 2012 Justices Weigh Foreigners’ Suits vs. Companies By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Corporations and human rights groups are squaring off in a Supreme Court fight over whether foreign victims of war crimes, killings and other atrocities … Continue reading
Did Private Spy Shop Get US Intel From Bin Laden Raid?
Did Private Spy Shop Get US Intel From Bin Laden Raid? Emails released by WikiLeaks suggest Stratfor may have gained access to highly sensitive material gathered from Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. By David Corn Mon Feb. 27, 2012 11:49 … Continue reading
German security company in Afghanistan
German security company in Afghanistan On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered “global intelligence” company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They … Continue reading
Regulation, Expansion of French Private Security Firms Urged
Regulation, Expansion of French Private Security Firms Urged February 27, 2012|Piracy By PIERRE TRAN PARIS — A bipartisan French parliamentary report is calling for recognition and regulation of private military companies, hoping to reverse the strong climate of rejection regarding security … Continue reading