Yikes. If these lawmakers were to observe the history of wars in America, they will find that when the war is over, that is when the demand for contractors diminishes and they are naturally phased out.  Until then, this idea of ‘phasing’ out wartime contractors in the middle of a war is just stupid […]

     Ok, for those that know me, you will understand that I absolutely despise companies that screw over their contractors.  Partly because I have been the victim of unscrupulous companies, and the other reason is that I get oodles of emails from guys who are getting screwed over by companies.  I shake my head and […]

     It applies to about 250 security contractors who worked for Blackwater in Iraq at the time of the incident, Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told The Associated Press.
     Some of the guards now work for other security firms in Iraq, while others work for a Blackwater subsidiary, al-Bolani said. He said all “concerned […]

    Well, we will see how it goes.  I just hope that if this does pass through congress, that those who continue to use the argument that contractors are ‘above the law’ or immune, will finally shut up. We have the MEJA, UCMJ, SOFA’s and MOA’s of other countries and now they want to do […]

   This was expected.  Hell, even the Vice President of United States was all over this.
   Although I tend to think that if prosecutors could not win this thing while violating the constitutional rights of these individuals, I don’t think they will be able to do much with some other angle.  Politically it looks great […]

   Unfortunate to say the least.  It is hard to comment on this, other than I truly hope that justice is being served and the Australian government can help to commute the sentence.  This kind of deal is one of those things where you had to be there, in order to understand the dynamics. Was […]

   Thanks to Matt for sending me this one. I am disappointed with this decision, and this is yet again another attack on a ruling determined in U.S. Federal Court.  When was it alright for the US Government to make appeasing Iraq, more important than respecting the rights of it’s US Citizens? Prosecutors completely violated […]

   Boy, this gets me fired up. This guy sold fake bomb detectors to Iraq, and wins the Bernie Madoff award for fraud for this year.  I would like to see this guy do hard time in an Iraqi prison, along with the dorks in the Iraqi military who bought off on this thing.
   What […]

   Well this sucks. Thanks to Cannoneer No. 4 for bringing this to my attention.  These guys have been through hell, and now they are being charged for murder because they actually defended themselves in a war zone.  What bothers me most, is how the company has treated them.  Paravant, a Xe subsidiary, has pulled some stuff […]

The judge calls it “the government’s reckless violation of the defendants’ constitutional rights.” 
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   Finally, some push back.  This thing was highly politicized from the beginning, and the DoJ was right in there, thinking of anything they could possible do to get these guys.
   So we take a giant crap on the Marines at Haditha, or […]