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US Contractors Shouldn't Face Iraqi Courts - Wall Street Journal - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121936784118162339.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&cid=1239020125&ei=Ime2SNOEPKDw-AH8w4nlCg&usg=AFQjCNGjoC2sfyb_29MYq5xnEwMMBrTKZQ

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US Contractors Shouldn't Face Iraqi Courts
Wall Street Journal - Aug 22, 2008
By MICHAEL A. COHEN and MARIA FIGUEROA KÜPÇÜ Nearly a year after the tragic shooting of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater security contractors, the Department of ...
Should the Iraq Courts Be Allowed to Try US Contractors? Wall Street Journal Blogs
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PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Aug 28 - Reuters - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSBNG13177320080828&cid=1240002459&ei=Ime2SNOEPKDw-AH8w4nlCg&usg=AFQjCNGK0E6SseGjh5LWD33X_Mmi2HGCOg

PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Aug 28
Reuters - 3 hours ago
MVM Inc, one of the biggest security contractors used by US intelligence agencies, has lost the bulk of a Central Intelligence Agency contract in Iraq after ...

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Private contractors make up 25 percent of US spy force - Seattle Times - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008143447_intel28.html&cid=0&ei=Ime2SNOEPKDw-AH8w4nlCg&usg=AFQjCNFTCYzMzdUfdpDxbRlkd8xssOvkSg

Private contractors make up 25 percent of US spy force
Seattle Times, United States - 1 hour ago
... sensitive national-security work. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has criticized the CIA for using contractors in interrogations of terrorism suspects, ...

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CIA Curtails Contract With US Security Firm in Iraq - Wall Street Journal - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121988605376078351.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&cid=0&ei=Ime2SNOEPKDw-AH8w4nlCg&usg=AFQjCNFeFX5xpcQpLAh7kH8H00At4DDuTQ

CIA Curtails Contract With US Security Firm in Iraq
Wall Street Journal - 4 hours ago
By SIOBHAN GORMAN and AUGUST COLE MVM Inc., one of the biggest security contractors used by US intelligence agencies, has lost the bulk of a Central ...

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Contractors account for a quarter of US spy operations - Los Angeles Times - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cia28-2008aug28,0,2730742.story&cid=1240456260&ei=Ime2SNOEPKDw-AH8w4nlCg&usg=AFQjCNEQtdWF0su4BSAZWmFJM3ncBD_XSw

Contractors account for a quarter of US spy operations
Los Angeles Times, CA - 4 hours ago
... sensitive national security work. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has criticized the CIA for using contractors in interrogations of terrorism suspects, ...
Contractors Augment Intelligence Agencies One Quarter of Jobs Go ... Washington Post
Private contractors hold lots of US intel jobs The Associated Press
Inventory of Core Contractor Personnel Cryptome.org
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Contractors face prospect of losing immunity in Iraq - GovExec.com - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0808/082508rb1.htm&cid=0&ei=Ime2SNOEPKDw-AH8w4nlCg&usg=AFQjCNEN6ydyBIzMdSFZr9gLjhVp879Ajw

Contractors face prospect of losing immunity in Iraq
GovExec.com, DC - Aug 25, 2008
"With regard to the immunity issue, the key to success for security contractors working in Iraq is a properly crafted status-of-forces agreement," the ...

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Contractors Face Loss of Immunity in Iraq - Wall Street Journal - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121944269136464657.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&cid=1239255126&ei=Ime2SNOEPKDw-AH8w4nlCg&usg=AFQjCNGLzZj0Zp6ny7h8cRx-hMeBfuuL_g

Contractors Face Loss of Immunity in Iraq
Wall Street Journal - Aug 22, 2008
The US Defense Department has almost 150000 contractors in Iraq, about 63000 of whom are Iraqis. Security contractors are a smaller subset, but much more ...

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Mercenaries to drop Guitar Hero, X360s over Afghanistan - Neoseeker - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://www.neoseeker.com/news/8487-mercenaries-to-drop-guitar-hero-x360s-over-afghanistan/&cid=1230956984&ei=kh2OSP7JHJiswAHzzIHFAQ&usg=AFQjCNE8Y5ZXhjEQSjEwanrbwNbKVpRgdA

Mercenaries to drop Guitar Hero, X360s over Afghanistan
Neoseeker - 1 hour ago
Blackwater is currently the largest of the US State Department's three private security contractors, providing a total of 987 contractors. ...

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US Says Contractor Made Little Progress on Iraq Projects - Washington Post - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=R&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701768.html&cid=1230953322&ei=kh2OSP7JHJiswAHzzIHFAQ&usg=AFQjCNG0rD3tIBkzIpEhxSTJqOio3GLmTg

The Southern Ledger

US Says Contractor Made Little Progress on Iraq Projects
Washington Post, United States - 16 hours ago
But SIGIR conceded that Parsons's "failure to complete some of the work was understandable because of its complex nature and unstable security environment. ...
Audits Find US Contractor Wasted Millions in Iraq Voice of America
Parsons, Military Wasted Millions in Iraq, Inspector Bowen Says Bloomberg
The 'worst' reconstruction case in Iraq MSNBC
Business Intelligence Middle East (press release)
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Houston Chronicle Rick Casey column - TMCnet - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-houston-chronicle-rick-casey-column-/2008/07/28/3570461.htm&cid=1230961709&ei=kh2OSP7JHJiswAHzzIHFAQ&usg=AFQjCNFlsLYZTzB2hX41i_IL3q4VtBIfcg

Houston Chronicle Rick Casey column
TMCnet - 3 hours ago
But many illegal immigrants are "independent contractors." Most of them don't pay Social Security or Medicare taxes. Or income taxes, for that matter. ...
Vicious Ideologue Renews Attack on Social Security ZNet
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Private Contractors' Role in Afghanistan To Grow - Washington Post - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701592.html&cid=1230973359&ei=kh2OSP7JHJiswAHzzIHFAQ&usg=AFQjCNE1PBCiX8wlq2vwWljLgouy31FDTg

Private Contractors' Role in Afghanistan To Grow
Washington Post, United States - 15 hours ago
The work statement says, frankly, that "corruption, local influence, lack of security and insufficient salaries" along with "lack of both physical and human ...

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Neuroscience, National Security & the “War on Terror” - Dissident Voice - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/07/neuroscience-national-security-the-war-on-terror/&cid=1230973343&ei=kh2OSP7JHJiswAHzzIHFAQ&usg=AFQjCNGF3-I2di616u6p73z8GoZX3_TkLg

Neuroscience, National Security & the “War on Terror”
Dissident Voice, CA - 2 hours ago
6, Issue 3, June 5, 2008) One of URGENT’s “prime contractors, major defense grifter Lockheed Martin, call their “approach to the program Object Recognition ...

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Nigerian gunmen release 8 expats - elEconomista.es - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://www.eleconomista.es/empresas-finanzas/noticias/675233/07/08/Nigerian-gunmen-release-8-expats.html&cid=1229936136&ei=kh2OSP7JHJiswAHzzIHFAQ&usg=AFQjCNEZtO8WagdfaPBDp_XXOqa_KZl6Vg

Nigerian gunmen release 8 expats
elEconomista.es, Spain - Jul 26, 2008
Private security contractors said the men were thought tohave been working for Global Gas and Refining Ltd, a Nigeriansubsidiary of US-based Global Energy ...
Video: Riz Khan - Nigeria's Oil - 22 July 08 Part 2 AlJazeeraEnglish

NIGERIA - KIDNAPPING France24
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Defense chief questions use of contractors for training - The Virginian-Pilot - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/defense-chief-questions-use-contractors-training&cid=1229178382&ei=kh2OSP7JHJiswAHzzIHFAQ&usg=AFQjCNEaI0xfN9K4wc8pshxGEUznm4_GZg

Defense chief questions use of contractors for training
The Virginian-Pilot, VA - Jul 21, 2008
“Why have we come to rely on contractors to provide combat or combat-related security training … Are we comfortable with this practice? ...
Defense Dept. reviews contractor training United Press International
Gates questions combat training by contractors KFSM
... questions about training News & Observer
WRAL.com
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Top Iraqi cleric concerned about US security pact - The Associated Press - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9446T700&cid=1264403111&ei=eHQJSduABYPK8ASHx5H3AQ&usg=AFQjCNG3mFfzoBPaH5Gcv-7s7Ub7evMmPQ

Top Iraqi cleric concerned about US security pact
The Associated Press - 18 hours ago
The draft would also give the Iraqis a greater role in supervising US military operations and allow Iraqi courts to try US soldiers and contractors accused ...

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UK IT contractors search for job security - ZDNet Asia - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,62047711,00.htm&cid=1263933404&ei=eHQJSduABYPK8ASHx5H3AQ&usg=AFQjCNH-zXQ8RDrqIp9xxZ1l1eoLDBhWXg

UK IT contractors search for job security
ZDNet Asia, Singapore - Oct 28, 2008
By Natasha Lomas, Special to ZDNet Asia Long-term unemployment is on the up for UK IT contractors and job security fears are increasingly on their minds. ...

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Detailed new book offers deep drama of Cote saga - Buffalo News - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/477265.html&cid=1264240019&ei=eHQJSduABYPK8ASHx5H3AQ&usg=AFQjCNFaFRV_zC-6Jkz-QTXSi9PjfG6Q-Q

Detailed new book offers deep drama of Cote saga
Buffalo News, United States - 12 hours ago
In his view, the US government depends heavily on private security contractors in the Iraq War but exercises little control over them and gives little ...

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Campaign 2008: Some Views from the Troops in Iraq - Newsweek - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/checkpointbaghdad/archive/2008/10/29/campaign-2008-some-views-from-the-troops-in-iraq.aspx&cid=1264171471&ei=eHQJSduABYPK8ASHx5H3AQ&usg=AFQjCNEu4K4kmVv3L4m5M4ciL2w82-Rw

Campaign 2008: Some Views from the Troops in Iraq
Newsweek - 16 hours ago
And security contractors – former soldiers and cops pulling in lucrative incomes – are more right still. In that spirit, here are a few things we've ...

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Auditors: Private security in Iraq cost over $6B - International Herald Tribune - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/30/america/NA-US-Rebuilding-Iraq.php&cid=1264413091&ei=eHQJSduABYPK8ASHx5H3AQ&usg=AFQjCNGjF64_sJq9zTJAol4FtwEOTZ9dwQ

The Southern Ledger

Auditors: Private security in Iraq cost over $6B
International Herald Tribune, France - 7 hours ago
... contractors, subcontractors and others supporting the US mission and military. Also included were personal security details for high-ranking Iraqi ...
Auditors: Private security in Iraq cost over $6B WOI
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US Spent $6 Billion on Iraq Security Contractors - The West Australian - http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=R&url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx%3FMenuID%3D2%26ContentID%3D105420&cid=0&ei=eHQJSduABYPK8ASHx5H3AQ&usg=AFQjCNGCjSIma03MmaBGEahM4epAJxrUsA

US Spent $6 Billion on Iraq Security Contractors
The West Australian, Australia - 1 hour ago
The US spent almost $US6 billion (A$8.8 billion) on private security contractors in Iraq, with most of the money going to about 77 companies, according to a ...

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