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		<title>Two defense contractors indicted in shooting of Afghans</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2010/01/10/two-defense-contractors-indicted-in-shooting-of-afghans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Two defense contractors working for a subsidiary of the former Blackwater Worldwide were charged with shooting and killing two Afghan citizens in Kabul and wounding a third, prosecutors said Thursday, the first slayings linked to the firm in that country and its latest legal blow.
Justin Cannon, 27, and Christopher Drotleff, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Weighs Misconduct Finding in Blackwater Case</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2010/01/05/judge-weighs-misconduct-finding-in-blackwater-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Blackwater]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge weighs misconduct finding for Blackwater prosecutors accused of withholding evidence
By MATT APUZZO
The Associated Press
Prosecutors who mishandled the investigation into a deadly 2007 Blackwater Worldwide shooting face a possible misconduct citation from a judge who says they withheld evidence and violated the guards&#8217; constitutional rights.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina admonished the Justice Department last week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security Contractors among CIA casualties in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2010/01/04/security-contractors-among-cia-casualties-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
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The Associated Press
 
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COLUMBUS, Ohio &#8211; A former Navy Seal and an ex-police officer whose wife is expecting the couple&#8217;s first child were among seven people killed in a suicide bombing attack targeting a CIA base in southeastern Afghanistan last week.
Scott Michael Roberson, 39, was working as a security officer for the CIA when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. military relies on Afghan police while working to clean them up</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2010/01/03/u-s-military-relies-on-afghan-police-while-working-to-clean-them-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By THOMAS L. DAY
A group of Georgia National Guard soldiers joined Lt. Col. Mir Salam Adamkhil, a Kabul precinct chief, in his office Thursday. At first the conversation centered on small talk, mostly about the precinct chief&#8217;s teenage sons, as the men sipped chai.
Then Staff Sgt. Josh Heaton opened a metal folder and flipped through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/12/31/judge-dismisses-all-charges-in-blackwater-shooting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Del Quentin Wilber
Washington Post Staff Writer
A federal judge on Thursday threw out charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing 14 people in a 2007 shooting in downtown Baghdad.
In a 90-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina ruled that the government violated the guards&#8217; rights by using their immunized statements to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercenaries? CIA Says Expanded Role for Contractors Legitimate</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/12/12/mercenaries-cia-says-expanded-role-for-contractors-legitimate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Combat Role Would Be Against U.S. Law
This article was written by MATTHEW COLE, RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS at ABC News.
The CIA and the military special forces have quietly expanded the role of private contractors, including Blackwater, to include their involvement in raids and secret paramilitary operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, four current and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackwater tied to clandestine CIA raids</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/12/11/blackwater-tied-to-clandestine-cia-raids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Firm&#8217;s personnel were drawn into operations on ad-hoc basis
 This article was written by R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick at The Washington Post on 11 Dec 2009. 
Highly trained personnel employed with the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide sometimes operated side by side with CIA field officers in Iraq and [...]]]></description>
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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>U.S. to drop contractor in Kabul embassy scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/12/08/u-s-to-drop-contractor-in-kabul-embassy-scandal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Af/Pak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Quinn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; The State Department will not renew the contract of a security company embroiled in a scandal involving the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, where guards were accused of drunken conduct and sexual hazing.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Tuesday Virginia-based ArmorGroup would not have its contract renewed when it expires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DynCorp Executive Counsel Terminated</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/11/29/dyncorp-executive-counsel-terminated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO, Nov 28 (Reuters) &#8211; The executive counsel of DynCorp International LLC [VETASD.UL] was let go from the military contractor earlier this week, soon after it disclosed that certain payments may have been made to try to ensure business with the U.S. government.
On Wednesday, the company said Curtis Schehr&#8217;s employment as senior vice president, chief [...]]]></description>
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