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		<title>State Dept Continues to Fail at Contractor Oversight</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/10/28/state-dept-continues-to-fail-at-contractor-oversight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gary Therkildsen at OMB Watch
The contracting boondoggle that is the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq came into full focus last week with the State Department&#8217;s release of an Inspector General&#8217;s audit of the compound. We already knew that construction of the fortress-like embassy, which is the largest on the planet and ten times bigger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Of Private Security Grows In Iraq, Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/10/02/use-of-private-security-grows-in-iraq-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kevin Whitelaw
Private security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan have sparked plenty of headlines over the past few years, particularly after a few well-publicized allegations of abuse and shootings of civilians.
But it has been difficult to assess how much the Pentagon relies on armed civilians because their numbers have been unclear.
Defense Department officials now say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearings (Part 3)</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/28/commentary-on-the-commission-on-wartime-contracting-hearings-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the final installment of a 3-part series David Isenberg, columnist, analyst, researcher and author of Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq provides analysis and commentary on the transcripts of testimony from the recent hearings by the Commission on Wartime Contracting which took place on the 14th of September in Washington. 
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By David Isenberg
Like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearings (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/26/commentary-on-the-commission-on-wartime-contracting-hearings-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/?p=612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the second of a 3-part series David Isenberg, columnist, analyst, researcher and author of Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq provides analysis and commentary on the transcripts of testimony from the recent hearings by the Commission on Wartime Contracting which took place on the 14th of September in Washington. 
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By David Isenberg
Like my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearings (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/24/commentary-on-the-commission-on-wartime-contracting-hearings-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/?p=607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Part 1 of a 3-part series David Isenberg, columnist, analyst, researcher and author of Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq provides analysis and commentary on the transcripts of testimony from the recent hearings by the Commission on Wartime Contracting which took place on the 14th of September in Washington. 
&#8212;
By David Isenberg
Much of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive! Isenberg Analyzes Gordon vs. AGNA</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/20/exclusive-isenberg-analyzes-gordon-vs-agna/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/20/exclusive-isenberg-analyzes-gordon-vs-agna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/?p=540</guid>
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In a Private Military Herald exclusive David Isenberg, author of Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq dissects James Gordon&#8217;s suit against ArmorGroup North America.  To download the entire piece in pdf format click here.
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Per our past conversation here are my comments re the law suit filed by James Gordon against his former employer ArmorGroup [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports Revive Debate on Contractor Use</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/22/reports-revive-debate-on-contractor-use/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/22/reports-revive-debate-on-contractor-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Lawmakers, Critics Warn That Military, CIA May Rely Too Much on Private Firms
 By Walter Pincus

The disclosure that the CIA once hired Blackwater USA for elements of an assassination program has brought back into focus the wide range of intelligence and military activities that are being contracted out to private firms.
Some lawmakers have balked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mad, bad or just dangerous to know?</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/16/mad-bad-or-just-dangerous-to-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Gillard (The Sunday Times)
Armed and very drunk, Daniel Fitzsimons was intent on showing off to his  fellow private security guards based at Baghdad airport. It was two o’clock  one morning in January last year and, although he was unwounded, Fitzsimons  had acquired a cocktail of Valium and morphine.
“I saw him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackwater Heir Wants to Keep State Dept. Security Contract</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/11/blackwater-heir-wants-to-keep-state-dept-security-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/11/blackwater-heir-wants-to-keep-state-dept-security-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Spencer Ackerman
Even as a wrongful-death lawsuit moves forward against the controversial private security company formerly known as Blackwater, the firm seeks to renew its contract with the State Department to guard diplomats when the deal expires next year. And the State Department shows no signs of ruling the company out of competition, despite a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aegis to help combat piracy off Somali coast</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/22/aegis-to-help-combat-piracy-off-somali-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/22/aegis-to-help-combat-piracy-off-somali-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sylvia Pfeifer, Financial Times








Oceanic action: suspected pirates arrested by French navy commandos in the Gulf of Aden



Tim Spicer, the founder and chief executive of Aegis Defence Services, the private security company whose main market is in Iraq, is preparing to do battle on the high seas by tackling piracy off the coast of Somalia.The [...]]]></description>
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