Why isn’t the DoD removing Dyncorp from Afghanistan?
Where in the hell is the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) in Kandahar? Why have they refused to do anything about this issue of Dyncorp not paying their employees as agreed to? American expats...
View ArticleKBR’s Idle Hands in Iraq
The megacontractor’s been making millions from mechanics who put in as little as 43 minutes a month. And as more GIs come home, the waste could get even worse. By Adam Weinstein -Copy Editor –...
View ArticleUS-IRAQ: Lucrative KBR Contracts Unaffected by Troop Drawdown
By Sananda Sahoo – IPSNews.net WASHINGTON, Apr 7, 2010 (IPS) – Only one in nine hours billed by a contractor for running the giant military bases that house U.S. soldiers in Iraq in the first half of...
View ArticleDavid Isenberg: DynCorp Begs to Differ
David Isenberg – Huffington Post Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq (Praeger Security International) Posted: April 20, 2010 09:57 AM In regard to my April 16 2010 post “The...
View ArticleSecurity company CEO is a “no-show” at CWC hearing
Hearings Reveal Lapses in Private Security in War Zones By Pratap Chatterjee* WASHINGTON, Jun 21, 2010 (IPS) – Jerry Torres, CEO of Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions, has a motto: “For Torres,...
View ArticleCWC hearing – Subcontracting: Who’s Minding the Store?
On July 26, 2010 the Commission on Wartime Contracting co-chaired by Commissioners Christopher Shays and Michael J. Thibault held a hearing on subcontracting risks in combat zones entitled...
View ArticleThe Center For Public Integrity points out KBR’s human trafficking issues
DEFENSE: War Contracting Commission Cites Center Article on Trafficking By Nick Schwellenbach | July 28, 2010 The Center For Public Integrity During a hearing on the oversight of subcontractors in war...
View ArticleDynCorp and Stallion endanger base with lax security in Afghanistan
We were notified in April of 2010 of this standard operating practice at Kandahar. Is it just me or does it seem that a putting out a report a year later is too little to late? ~Ms Sparky Smuggled...
View ArticleDyncorp paying liquidated damages for failures in Afghanistan
DynCorp Is Two Years Late Finishing Afghan Barracks Construction By Tony Capaccio – Mar 8, 2011 1:36 PM PT DynCorp International Inc., the largest contractor in Afghanistan, is running two years late...
View ArticleCommission on Wartime Contracting Hearing June 7, 2011
U.S. Plans Private Guard Force for Iraq State Department Prepares to Hire 5,100-Strong Security Detail and Take Over Military Hardware for After Army Leaves NATHAN HODGE – (WSJ) – WASHINGTON – June 7,...
View ArticleKBR’s Mike Land reprimanded for taking a stand against human trafficking
The Dancing Cowboy Whistleblower Posted by Sarah Stillman The New Yorker In the June 6th issue of the magazine, my “Invisible Army” piece told the story of foreign workers on U.S. bases in Afghanistan...
View ArticleAmerica’s Shame: The U.S. Government’s Human Trafficking Dilemma
Joe Newman – (POGO) – May 7, 2012 – For Vinnie Tuivaga, the offer was the answer to a prayer: A job in a luxury hotel in Dubai–the so-called Las Vegas of the Persian Gulf–making five times what she was...
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