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Isenberg Video
- click here for more David Isenberg Video Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
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Tag Archives: intelligence
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
Profiting In Afghanistan
Washington Post February 23, 2012 Pg. 15 Fine Print Profiting In Afghanistan By Walter Pincus The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command on Feb. 1 approved a $330 million five-month extension on a five-year contract. That contract now totals $2.3 … Continue reading
PSC = Private Security Counterterrorist
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ PSC = Private Security Counterterrorist Posted: 02/22/2012 5:22 pm Has the role of private military and security companies been overlooked since the al-Qaeda attacks of September 11, 2001? With everything … Continue reading
Ten years later, CIA ‘rendition’ program still divides N.C. town
Ten years later, CIA ‘rendition’ program still divides N.C. town By Joby Warrick, Published: February 9 Smithfield, N.C. — The small airport that houses what some here call Smithfield’s “dirty secret” lies just beyond the town’s outskirts, where tobacco warehouses and … Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Raymond Davis affair: one year later
ANALYSIS: Raymond Davis affair: one year later —Dr Moeed Pirzada The Pakistani military establishment ought to realise that now even those Pakistanis who have been traditionally sympathetic to the military’s position are losing patience with its perceptions of ‘divine wisdom’ … Continue reading
Threats Of Nuclear Sabotage Against Pakistan – Analysis
Threats Of Nuclear Sabotage Against Pakistan – Analysis Written by: Muhammad Jawad Hashmi January 30, 2012 As a nuclear weapons’ state, Pakistan faces a number of challenges, which if unaddressed could cause a severe damage to Pakistan’s international image as … Continue reading
MacAulay-Brown Awarded $75 Million Contract by Air Force Special Operations Command to Provide Greater Situational Awareness to the Warfighter
Jan. 30, 2012, 9:55 a.m. EST MacAulay-Brown Awarded $75 Million Contract by Air Force Special Operations Command to Provide Greater Situational Awareness to the Warfighter DAYTON, Ohio, and SHALIMAR, Fla., Jan 30, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB), … Continue reading
Big Sky Associates Wins National Intelligence Contract
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/24/4210984/big-sky-associates-wins-national.html Big Sky Associates Wins National Intelligence Contract By Big Sky Associates Published: Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 – 8:09 am WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – Big Sky Associates was named a key subcontractor for a major federal contract and … Continue reading
CACI reports intel community contracts
CACI reports intel community contracts Published: Jan. 23, 2012 at 12:23 PM ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 23 (UPI) — CACI International reported Monday it had received $189 million in contracts last fiscal quarter from U.S. government intelligence community clients. Details of … Continue reading
Guantánamo commander: Contractors read inmate lawyers’ mail
Guantánamo commander: Contractors read inmate lawyers’ mail Posted on Tuesday, 01.17.12 By Carol Rosenberg Miami Herald GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — In unprecedented war court testimony, the prison camps’ commander on Tuesday defended a three-tier system of classifying lawyers’ … Continue reading