And, sir, we fired him, we fined him, but we as a private organization can’t do any more. We can’t flog him, we can’t incarcerate him. That’s up to the Justice Department. We are not empowered to enforce U.S. law. -Erik Prince Testimony Before Congress, 2007
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   This is an excellent little article below, and the […]

According to Debra S. Katz, counsel for Mr. Gordon, “this is an important victory for conscientious employees, like Mr. Gordon, who blow the whistle on fraudulent practices by defense contractors and wind up then paying the ultimate price.  The court’s decision today makes clear that such employees can bring federal claims under the False Claims Act […]

    Interesting case, just because it kind of highlights some history about Operation Storm and the work MPRI was involved with. I wouldn’t mind hitting on this in a future ‘history’ or ’strategy’ post, because I am sure there are some very intriguing areas to explore when it comes to this operation.  It certainly sounds […]

     Elena has been kind enough to give us all an update on the condition of Robert Langdon, and it doesn’t sound good.  Bill Shaw made a comment on how horrible the prisons are in Afghanistan, and I certainly do not doubt that Robert is suffering there. And with the great news about Bill […]

     This is fantastic news and Bill can now call this his ‘independence day’.  Excellent work by everyone in bringing attention to this as well. It was so cool to see the media attention, or guys like Michael Yon just hammering away on getting this story out there. I was very impressed to see all the […]

     One operator said Phil Young had shot the Afghan guard in order to stop the bloodbath. According to the operator, the dead man’s brother was well-known in Taliban ranks. His family lived in a Taliban stronghold on the Pakistani border.    
     Trouble maker. The guard had apparently been a troublemaker for some time […]

     Boy, this one stinks and I feel for the friends and family of Bill Shaw.  I don’t know enough about the case to make an accurate comment, but I do know the IPSSC and others have been involved with trying to get attention on this.  In my Robert Langdon post, Bill was mentioned as well.  If […]

     If this is true, this would be a very interesting development that kind of slipped through the cracks last year.  I first read about this in John C. Payne’s book on piracy on page 104.  I was kind of surprised to find such information, and I decided to do a little snooping around on the […]

   I like to do what I can to support my fellow contractors out there, and Robert Langdon is one guy that needs our support.  He is a former Four Horsemen International contractor and he was sentenced to death by hanging in Afghanistan for an alleged murder. I will not pass judgement on what happened, because I was […]

   I found this article over at UPI and I thought it was pretty cool.  One of my goals here at FJ is to explore unique ideas and concepts, such as the Letter of Marque , and see where it ends up.
   This article below highlights several places out there where the idea is popping […]