Military Contractor

Source: blogs.usatoday.com --- 28 days ago
The Government Accountability Office says auditors at the Defense Department were pressured "to skew their reports on a major defense Contractor's work, hiding wrongdoing and charges of overbilling," according to The Washington Post. The paper, citing an 80-page GAO report,... ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 12 days ago
World Tribune Aug 8 2008 6:20PM GMT ...

Source: www.gobignetwork.com --- 28 days ago
I represent a group that has successfully invented the next big thing in Military and law enforcement gear. Patented nano-technology with unlimited potential. We need 20m in capital to get orders filled, debts settled out from R and D, and ongoing operations. We have 6 governments with pending orders of 75m. The US Military has a 50m + order once final approval of our product is finished in Oc... ...

Source: ohmygov.com --- 30 days ago
Lee William Dubois, a former employee of an Iraq Contractor based in Kuwait, was arrested and charged last Friday with making false statements to Military investigators probing the theft of nearly $40 million in fuel from a U.S. Army base in Iraq. Investigators allege that Dubois and his conspirators stole 10.5 million gallons of jet and diesel fuel valued at $39.6 million from Camp Liberty in Baghdad between June 27 and May 2008. The court affidavit states that Dubois used the names of legitimate contractors in Iraq to fraudulently obtain access cards that allowed him to tap into the base’s fuel tanks. The gas was hauled away in truck convoys, typically in 30,000 gallon increments, and then sold on the black market. The case is being investigated by the Army’s Kuwait Fraud Task Force, which is charged with the investigation of corruption and major fraud cases connected to the global war on terrorism. Observers expect that additional charges may be filed against Dubois as well additional arrests.  Since 2005, the Army Criminal Investigation Command has opened 168 investigations related to contract fraud in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan – most of which are still ongoing.   ...

Source: ncvoiceblog.wordpress.com --- 5 days ago
By John Harbin Times-News Staff Writer Published: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 11:47 p.m. Fifty-seven illegal immigrants rounded up Tuesday at a Buncombe County factory were sent to the Henderson County Jail for processing but didn’t stay long. After the raid at the Woodfin parachute making plant, ICE agents [...] ...

Source: www.bad-news-day.com --- 38 days ago
THE biggest US Military Contractor in Iraq has been accused of recklessly causing the electrocution deaths of US soldiers. “While I had always been prepared to hear that one of my sons died by way of a firefight or a roadside bomb, I was dumbstruck to hear that my son was electrocuted while taking a shower [...] ...

Source: www.watchyourend.com --- 22 days ago
Randal Craig used USB thumb drive to sell personal information for $500 ...

Source: movies.yahoo.com --- 3 days ago
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn. A mysterious figure with a web of connections to terrorist organizations, Horn has a knack for emerging on the scene just as a major operation goes down. The inter-agency task force looking into the case meets with Carter, a veteran CIA Contractor who seemingly has his own agenda and Max Archer, a fellow FBI agent. The task force links Horn to a prison break in Yemen, a bombing in Nice and a raid in London, but a tangle of contradictory evidence emerges, forcing Clayton to question whether his quarry is a disaffected former Military operative -- or something far more complicated. Obsessed with discovering the truth, Clayton tracks Horn across the globe as the elusive ex-soldier burrows deeper and deeper into a world of shadows and intrigue. ...

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 1 day ago
The Military Contractor said that it would acquire Jet Aviation, a privately held provider of business-aviation services based in Zurich, for about $2.25 billion in cash. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 13 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Personal data collected on Military, civilian and Contractor employees seeking federal security clearances between 1997 and 2005 could be at risk due to inaccurate record-keeping by the Pentagon agency that did the investigations, an audit showed on Thursday. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 14 hours ago
NEW YORK - The city has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit claiming 52 Iraq war activists The activists were arrested in April 2003 outside the Manhattan offices of a Military Contractor, the Carlyle Group Lawyers for the activists said in a ...

Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com --- 5 days ago
A veteran of an elite British Military unit, John Geddes proudly calls himself a "private Military Contractor" in this chatty page turner that enthusiastically defends the mercenary trade as useful and ethical. ...

Source: www.chron.com --- 1 day ago
NEW YORK — The city has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit claiming 52 Iraq war activists were unjustly arrested, lawyers announced Tuesday. The activists were arrested in April 2003 outside the Manhattan offices of a Military Contractor, the Carlyle Group. ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 8 days ago
WASHINGTON — Military contracts in the Iraq theater have cost taxpayers at least $85 billion, and when it comes to providing security, they might not be any cheaper than using Military personnel, according to a report released Tuesday. The Congressional Budget Office report comes on the heels of increased scrutiny of contractors in the last year, some of whom have been investigated in connection with shooting deaths of Iraqis and the accidental electrocutions of U.S. troops. The United States has relied more heavily on contractors in Iraq than in any other war to provide services ranging from food service to guarding diplomats. About 20 percent of funding for operations in Iraq has gone to contractors, the report said. Currently, there are at least 190,000 contractors in Iraq, a ratio of about one Contractor per U.S. service member, the report says. The study does not include monetary figures for 2008, so the total paid to contractors for work in the Iraq theater since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 is probably much higher. If spending for contractors continues at about the same rate, by the end of the year, an estimated $100 billion will have been paid to Military contractors for operations in Iraq. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., chairman of the Senate budget committee, which requested the CBO review, said the Bush administration's reliance on Military contractors has set a dangerous precedent. The use of contractors "restricts account ...

Source: www.nydailynews.com --- 7 days ago
The government has handed out at least $85 billion in contracts to mercenaries and private Military contractors in Iraq, according to a report issued today by the non-partisan research arm of Congress. The Congressional Budget Office reports that for every uniformed serviceman or woman in the war zone there is a much better paid private Contractor on the ground in Iraq, making it one of the most outsourced wars in U.S. history. “The United States has used contractors during previous Military operations, although not to the current extent. According to rough historical data, the ratio of about one Contractor employee for every member of the U.S. armed forces in the Iraq theater is at least 2.5 times higher than that ratio during any other major U.S. conflict, although it is roughly comparable with the ratio during operations in the Balkans in the 1990s,” the report states. The PMCs and mercs work for companies like Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root, DynCorp and Blackwater. “Although personnel counts are rough approximations, CBO estimates that as of early 2008 at least 190,000 Contractor personnel, including subcontractors, were working on U.S.-funded contracts in the Iraq theater. Just under 40% of them are citizens of the country where the work is being performed (primarily Iraq); about 20% are U.S. citizens,” the report states. - Ken Bazinet ...

Source: blogs.kansascity.com --- 16 hours ago
For arresting the 52 protesters, who were picketing outside the Carlyle Group, a Military Contractor. The protesters say they were arrested without warning and weren't given an opportunity to disperse. ...

Source: www.kentucky.com --- 1 day ago
General Dynamics Corp. said Tuesday it will buy Jet Aviation for about $2.25 billion in cash, part of the defense Contractor's push to expand its private civilian jet business and tap into robust demand for luxury planes overseas. With the purchase, General Dynamic's Gulfstream business jet unit adds a worldwide network of aircraft maintenance and service centers where wealthy individuals and cash-rich governments can outfit private jets with plush interiors and custom features. While General Dynamics is perhaps best known for its tanks, ships, submarines and other Military equipment, it has significantly expanded its aerospace unit in recent years and now expects its fleet of flying business jets to double in the next decade to roughly 30,000 planes. The Falls Church, Va.-based company has seen orders for its Gulfstream jets grow in the past several years, as wealthy buyers from burgeoning areas like the Middle East and China have helped push international sales past those in North America, traditionally the largest market for private jets. Analyst Cai von Rumohr of Cowen and Co. said in an investor note that the deal was a "great fit" for General Dynamics and its aerospace unit. ...

Source: tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com --- 12 days ago
U.S. Military documents show that at least 17 detainees at Guantanamo Bay were forced to repeatedly move from place to place to cause disorientation and sleep deprivation. This program, called the "frequent flyer" program, occurred even after it was banned in March 2004. (Washington Post) The Mayor of a Maryland suburb is demanding that the Department of Justice investigate a July 29th police raid when police fatally shot his two dogs. The raid was apparently targeting a drug-trafficking scheme in which drugs were delivered to unsuspecting people, such as the mayor, to be picked up later by drug dealers. (AP) After spending last night in jail , Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may face a new criminal charge for confronting a detective trying to serve a subpoena. He was released from jail today after violating the terms of his bond. (AP) Blackwater Worldwide , the controversial Military Contractor, has started to produce its very own customized rifles . The rifles, which are an updated version of the basic M4, come with the firm's logo. (Wired) FBI files released this week reveal the inner workings of a back channel that President Gerald Ford created between J.Edgar Hoover's FBI and the Warren Commission's independent investigation into the assassination of President John Kennedy. The back channel's existence has been known for thirty years, but the new files reveal Ford's involvement in the meetings. (Washington Post) The mother of ...

Source: www.kansas.com --- 8 days ago
Military contracts in the Iraq theater have cost taxpayers at least $85 billion, and when it comes to providing security, they might not be any cheaper than using Military personnel, according to a report released Tuesday. The Congressional Budget Office report comes on the heels of increased scrutiny of contractors in the last year, some of whom have been investigated in connection with shooting deaths of Iraqis and the accidental electrocutions of U.S. troops. The United States has relied more heavily on contractors in Iraq than in any other war to provide services ranging from food service to guarding diplomats. About 20 percent of funding for operations in Iraq has gone to contractors, the report said. Currently, there are at least 190,000 contractors in Iraq and neighboring countries, a ratio of about one Contractor per U.S. service member, the report says. The study does not include monetary figures for 2008, so the total paid to contractors for work in the Iraq theater since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 is probably much higher. If spending for contractors continues at about the same rate, by the end of the year, an estimated $100 billion will have been paid to Military contractors for operations in Iraq. ...

Source: miamiherald.typepad.com --- 8 days ago
Harry Sargeant III, the Delray Beach defense Contractor whose fundraising for John McCain and Charlie Crist has drawn recent scrutiny and calls for the money to be returned, tells the Washington Post today that there's zero link between his fundraising and his business. "I am indeed a fundraiser for various candidates from both parties," he said in a letter to the editor printed in today's Post. "However, I take exception to the intimation in the article that ties this activity to my company's work delivering oil to our troops in Iraq."Sargeant is a partner in International Oil Trading Co., a Boca Raton firm with Defense Department contracts to ship oil to the Military in Iraq. Federal records show the company received $601 million in the 2007 budget year. In June, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., head of a congressional oversight committee, sent a letter to Sargeant seeking records in a probe of alleged overcharging of the Military for fuel costs. Sargeant said in the letter that he's met with Waxman and his staff "and have been fully cooperating with them in their inquiry, since we have nothing to hide." A political watchdog group called for investigations Monday to determine whether Sargeant or associates used illegal "straw" donations - contributions from people who did not spend their own money. Campaign Money Watch urged Attorney General Michael Mukasey to probe the activities of Sargeant, who is credited with raising more than ...