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		<title>State Dept. Can’t Find Supervisors for Its Guns-for-Hire</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/12/10/state-dept-can%e2%80%99t-find-supervisors-for-its-guns-for-hire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was written by Nathan Hodge at Wired&#8217;s Danger Room.
After a string of disasters involving their guns-for-hire, the State Department went looking for some folks who could help supervise their protective details in Iraq, Afghanistan and Afghanistan. Somehow, after eight months, Foggy Bottom has only managed to hire a grand total of four of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The wheels of investigation turn slowly at IPOA</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/12/08/the-wheels-of-investigation-turn-slowly-at-ipoa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Isenberg
In the aftermath of the report  by the Project on Government Oversight regarding drunken antics by ArmorGroup  contractors in Kabul, who had the responsibility of guarding the American  embassy, the Commission  on Wartime Contracting held a hearing on Sep. 14 focused on the U.S. State  Department’s selection, management, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Long Arm of Perception and Negative Publicity</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/10/25/the-long-arm-of-perception-and-negative-publicity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jake Allen
As I noted earlier this week there has been a significant reduction in the coverage of private security in the mainstream media of late.  This is most likely due to the fact that in the U.S. at least it&#8217;s all-hands-on-deck to cover the impending health care reform legislation.  But, the lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mean Time Between Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/10/21/mean-time-between-stupidity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/?p=659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jake Allen
Is it just me or has there been very few  security contractor related news stories over these past few weeks?  I am not complaining mind you, actually it&#8217;s quite nice to have the industry off the front pages, the blogs, C-SPAN and the nightly news.  It makes you wonder how [...]]]></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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		<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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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>Death and Politics For Contractors–A Cautionary Tale</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/17/death-and-politics-for-contractors%e2%80%93a-cautionary-tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Loe

The other day I was watching a show called Democracy Now headlined by Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill, and I was appalled.  They had the family of Adam Hermanson on the show, and the supposed focus was the accidental death of Adam Hermanson in Iraq.  You would think the show would be centered on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training:  We Have Shooting, First Aid, Driving, and EP Courses, But Where Are the Leadership Courses?</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/12/training-we-have-shooting-first-aid-driving-and-ep-courses-but-where-are-the-leadership-courses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/12/training-we-have-shooting-first-aid-driving-and-ep-courses-but-where-are-the-leadership-courses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Loe
You know, I really dig all the action schools out there.  That stuff is fun, and they are also vital to our core skill set for working in this industry.  But something is severely lacking in the training industry, and that is leadership training.     It is not enough anymore to say ‘I was [...]]]></description>
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