On AlterNet: military contractors
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "military contractors"
Bill Maher, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 27, 2009.
It used to be that there were some services and institutions so vital to our nation that they were exempt from market pressures. Not anymore.
Renee Feltz, Indypendent. February 10, 2009.
A new book on Halliburton looks at how a symbol of epic fraud in Iraq achieved so little with so much money.
Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. January 29, 2009.
In a wide-ranging interview, veteran Paul Sullivan discusses Bush, Obama and the legacies of the Gulf War.
Adam Ashton, McClatchy Newspapers. December 5, 2008.
Some 1,000 Asian workers have spent up to three months in windowless warehouses in Baghdad, without money or a place to work.
Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 27, 2008.
Whatever the U.S.-Iraqi "agreement" ends up looking like, it is unlikely to have much of an effect on the occupation.
Middle East OnlineOctober 20, 2008.
While some reports are treating the SOFA as a forgone conclusion, top Iraqi players are fiercely opposing it.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 17, 2008.
Months after the Pentagon pundits flap, the Department of Defense continues to hand down contracts for propaganda in Iraq and beyond.
Nick Schwellenbach, Right Web. September 12, 2008.
A government agency tasked with managing private contracts is bending under the weight of its misplaced priorities.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. April 28, 2008.
Mercenary-for-hire corporation Blackwater Worldwide isn't feeling the love from the San Diego.
John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton, PR Watch. April 25, 2008.
The Bush Administration has spent millions on deceptive PR to sell the war, as recently documented in the New York Times. Where's the fallout?
Karen Houppert, The Nation. April 4, 2008.
Another female KBR employee has come forward with allegations of sexual assault in Iraq.
Lorelei Kelly, AlterNet. February 20, 2007.
The bottom line is that the privatization of U.S. National Security is a trend that has been ongoing for years. And the billions of dollars disappeared by contractors in Iraq make disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff look like Little Bo Peep.
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. February 8, 2007.
Blackwater lied, intimidated its way to profits...
Barry Lando, AlterNet: PEEK. January 8, 2007.
Barry Lando: Nobody's got it right on the number already there...
