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IRAQ: Private Security Guard Sues after Reporting Claims of 'Unprofessional Conduct'

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/iraq-private-security-guard-sues-after-reporting-claims-unprofessional-conduct

… termination suit against a U.S. contractor providing top-tier security services for Iraq's reconstruction. David … threat. Privatized security forces assigned to protect contractors and Defense Department personnel in war zones are subject to the U.S. military's "rules of engagement" before firing their weapons, …

AFGHANISTAN: The Reach of War; U.S. Report Finds Dismal Training of Afghan Police

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/afghanistan-reach-war-us-report-finds-dismal-training-afghan-police

… to be investigated, including the quality of private contractors and the cost and effectiveness of relying on them … has fallen into a state of disarray; conflicting military and civilian bureaucracies could not even find a … increasingly consolidated,'' the report says. ''At the top level, around 25-30 key traffickers, the majority of them …

Big, Easy Iraqi-Style Contracts Flood New Orleans

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/big-easy-iraqi-style-contracts-flood-new-orleans

… Army Corps of Engineers, a federal agency run by the US military. Unable to access his New Orleans offices, which had … electrical power generation deal in Iraq. While the contractors rake in the money, it is likely that the cash … in "unsupported" costs for Halliburton's work in Iraq.) Top experts on water management from Army Corps were …

Kuwait Documents Allege Halliburton Bribe Scandal

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… dollar contracts that the company oversees for the military occupation force in Iraq, the accusations claim. At … to the media by California Representative Henry Waxman, to top ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Government … relating to Altanmia as well as food and logistics contractors Tamimi of Saudi Arabia and La Nouvelle of Kuwait. …

Jim Haveman's e-mail

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/jim-havemans-e-mail

… through the Iraq staff...and had to move quickly since top leadership of the Ministry of Health were out of the … -formulate a basic health advisor team of civilian and military personnel (from Holland, Italy, South Africa, USA, … -the lead of reconstruction should have been Iraqi contractors with funding from NGOs and governmental sources …

State of Surveillance

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/state-surveillance

… forever. Welcome to the new covert world of surveillance contractors. Shining a light on this $5 billion (and growing) … gear to official authorities: the police, the military and intelligence agencies. But the sales brochures … agencies," offers Indian-based ClearTrail. China Top Communications, in Beijing, claims to be able to crack …

US: Firm's Clients Benefiting from Contracts

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… represented by a lobbying firm headed by the husband of a top Specter aide. Matt Kelley By Matt Kelley, USA TODAY … second half of 2003. The company got $5 million for its military software package in the 2006 budget Congress passed … Ervin Technical Associates. Her clients included defense contractors Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, …

US: What Ted Stevens, Bolivian cocaine and Halliburton have in common; Or, how the Alaskan Inupiat Eskimos got a no-bid contract in South America from the U.S. government.

https://www.corpwatch.org/article/us-what-ted-stevens-bolivian-cocaine-and-halliburton-have-common-or-how-alaskan-inupiat

… whose office has been contacted by the FBI, emergency military rations and a helping hand from the biggest private … those contracts have grown fivefold and now probably top $1 billion. The so-called Alaska Native Corporation … The State Department is proud to support minority contractors under federal preference programs, she added. …