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WPPS World
The Worldwide Personal Protective Services contract, or WPPS, is the way the State Department hires private security firms to protect its personnel. Various parts of the contract are held by Dyncorp, Blackwater and Triple Canopy.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
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Contractors account for a quarter of U.S. spy operations
Private contractors account for more than one-quarter of the core workforce at U.S. intelligence agencies, according to newly released government figures that underscore how much of the nation's spying work has been outsourced since the Sept. 11 attacks.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
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More contractors in Iraq
U.S. reliance on private contractors in Iraq is even greater than previously thought, according to a study released last week by the Congressional Budget Office.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
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Blackwater as Wal-Mart
Say whatever you want about Blackwater Worldwide -- and hardly a day goes by when something isn't being said about it -- it does not put all its eggs in one basket. Long before the company's recent announcement that it would seek to de-emphasize its personal security work in the future, it had created a diversified corporate structure. To use military terminology, it is a combined arms operation.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Dogs of War: Who protects the protectors?
The recent rescue of three U.S. private military contractors, held for more than five years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, highlights one of the perils of the industry -- they don't get the same legal protections as regular military combatants.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
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Dogs of War: The con side of contractors
Much of the discussion about the rights and wrongs of private military and security contractors in Iraq is framed either as a capabilities question -- can U.S. forces operate without them? -- or a values question -- should private contractors have such a big role? But another way of framing the debate -- one we might term the Iraqi outcomes question -- is whether Iraq itself is being weakened by their presence.
Monday, July 21, 2008
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Dogs of War: The founding contractors
While many commentators acknowledge that private military and security contractors are not mercenaries, some of them still contend that their use, both qualitatively and quantitatively, is a new phenomenon, something that emerged full blown from free market apostles like Ronald Reagan, George Bush (senior and junior) and Bill Clinton. But any fair-minded reading of history should quickly expose such a view for what it is: namely nonsense.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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A small step for contractors
For a long time now, much of the discussion of the use of private contractors on the battlefield and war zones has been sensationalistic and not particularly helpful. Either contractors are just patriots helping out their former comrades, as most of them are former military themselves, or they are just war profiteering money-grubbers who trample on human rights. Neither view is correct.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
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Contractors Cost-effective: Myth or fact?
If you've heard it once, you've heard it countless times: Governments and corporations turn to private military contractors because it is more cost-effective than using regular military forces. But is it true?
Sunday, April 27, 2008
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Panel questions cost of contractors in war zones
Army Secretary Pete Geren disclosed Wednesday that there are 196,000 defense contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, a larger number than the 181,000 U.S. military forces there. The figure appeared to be the largest reported to date and prompted House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Murtha, D-Pa., to demand a detailed accounting of what they are doing and how much it is costing.
Friday, March 14, 2008
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ArmorGroup presents to US Senate committee
ArmorGroup International plc, reported that on 27 February it was called to present to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on “An Uneasy Relationship: U.S. Reliance on Private Security Firms in Overseas Operations”.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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Security contracting continues to grow
Blackwater Worldwide's gunfights in Iraq have attracted more congressional scrutiny than the private security industry would like. It was bound to happen, though. After all, men with guns tend to draw attention. And isn't that the point? But while Congress and the public decide what to make of this new generation of corporate warriors, and what rules if any should apply to them, the industry as a whole isn't looking back.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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Security contracting continues to grow
Blackwater Worldwide's gunfights in Iraq have attracted more congressional scrutiny than the private security industry would like. It was bound to happen, though. After all, men with guns tend to draw attention. And isn't that the point? But while Congress and the public decide what to make of this new generation of corporate warriors, and what rules if any should apply to them, the industry as a whole isn't looking back.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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