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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Legal News: Judge Dismisses All Charges Against Blackwater Guards In Baghdad Shooting

Filed under: Industry Talk,Iraq,Legal News — Tags: , , , , , , — Matt @ 2:14 PM

   Bravo to the judge for an excellent decision.  In my opinion, the case the prosecution had against these guys sucked from day one and they overstepped their bounds totally.  This is a war and these guys did the best they could in a bad situation.  No one in this industry wakes up one day, and decides they want to purposely kill civilians while in the middle of being ambushed. –Matt

Edit: 01/01/2010 – Blackfive had a great post about this whole deal, and has been covering it pretty close over the years. There is also a pretty happy response on the forums, here, here, and here.

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Judge Dismisses All Charges Against Blackwater Guards in Baghdad Shooting

December 31, 2009

A U.S. judge has dismissed all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards charged in a deadly Baghdad shooting.

WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge has dismissed all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards charged in a deadly Baghdad shooting.

U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina said Thursday the Justice Department overstepped its bounds and wrongly used evidence it was not allowed to see. He said the government’s explanations have been contradictory and unbelievable.

Blackwater contractors were hired to guard State Department diplomats in Iraq. Prosecutors say the guards fired on unarmed civilians in a busy intersection in 2007, killing innocent people.

After the shooting, the guards gave statements to State Department investigators. Prosecutors were not allowed to use those statements in the case.

Story here.

 

Building Snowmobiles: The Bounty Hunter Mobile Application

Filed under: Building Snowmobiles,Law Enforcement,PMC 2.0,Technology — Tags: , , , , , — Matt @ 8:56 AM

Dog Chapman

   This is a basic one, but I think extremely intriguing.  The idea behind this post, is that I am hoping that some programmer or entrepreneur will take this idea and run with it. Meanwhile, my ultimate goal of wanting to see an increase of criminals and terrorists being captured would be the best outcome of all, along with people making money off of the concept.

    You can thank me later, if someone does take the ball and runs with it. Or maybe some whiz kid has already produced something like this? Nothing has come up on my PMC 2.0 radar that would indicate this, but if you do know of a similar concept, I would like to hear about it.

   So lets get this started.  This concept is really pretty simple.  Everyone owns or will own a smart phone with GPS capability.  That is an inevitability in my opinion, and the trends in mobile phone technology and availability points to this. They will actually be free with service plans, and you are already seeing this with some of the older smart phones.

   If everyone owned a smart phone with this GPS capability, then you could very well introduce a type of bounty hunter mobile application, which would connect folks who are looking for something or someone with the folks that are currently signed on with the BH application as hunters.  And what would really make it a ‘bounty’ hunter tool, is if those individuals looking for whatever, offered a reward.

   The way I see this working, is that you download the program onto your phone for free or for a small fee, and have the option to participate in the program or not, based on your personal preference . Just turn on the button that puts you into hunt mode.  You can either participate as a bounty hunter, or you could be the guy or gal offering the reward.   It could be individuals, police departments, organizations, schools, telecom companies, computer companies, countries, it doesn’t matter.  The application is open to the world, and they can sign up and play, all with intent of connecting folks for a common goal and creating an industry out of it.

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Legal News: The Amendment Of Executive Order 12425 And Giving INTERPOL Immunity?

Filed under: Law Enforcement,Legal News — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 7:21 AM

   This speaks for itself, and it is a shocker to say the least.  This is also causing quite a stir in law enforcement circles and constitutional law circles, as to what this new order actually means. Good or bad, I do not think there was enough debate or discussion about if we should have done this or not. Interesting, and let me know what you guys think. –Matt

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

December 17, 2009

Executive Order — Amending Executive Order 12425

EXECUTIVE ORDER- – – – – – –

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 12425 DESIGNATING INTERPOL AS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ENTITLED TO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and in order to extend the appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983, as amended, is further amended by deleting from the first sentence the words “except those provided by Section 2(c), Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, and Section 6 of that Act” and the semicolon that immediately precedes them.

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE,December 16, 2009.

Link here.

 

Jobs: Triple Canopy Open House, Kuwait

Filed under: Industry Talk,Jobs,Kuwait — Tags: , , , , , — Matt @ 7:08 AM

   This is kind of funny.  When I think open house, I think of some kind of real estate deal, with cookies, coffee and really sharp dressed and fast talking realtors. lol  So I guess if you happen to be in Kuwait at the time, check em out and good luck. –Matt

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TC

Triple Canopy Open House – KuwaitWednesday, December 23, 2009, 15:18

US Government Contractors seeking continued employment in Kuwait & the Middle East are invited to attend Triple Canopy’s Open House. We are a global security solutions provider that mitigates risk and develops comprehensive security programs for government agencies, private corporations and non-governmental organizations.

Please join us at our open house to meet our team!

Date: January 14, 2010

Location: Hilton Kuwait Resort in the Burgan Meeting Room

Times available: Session One:  7:30 a.m.  – 11:30 a.m. or

                              Session Two:  7:00 p.m.  – 10:00 p.m.

We are seeking qualified, team players with the leadership skills and maturity to thrive in a fast-paced global environment. We have many opportunities for top performers who would like to join a growing organization founded on legal, moral and ethical principles.

Please visit our website to review all career opportunities.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Kidnap and Ransom: Iraq Contractor And Hostage Peter Moore Released Alive!!

Filed under: Iraq,Kidnap And Ransom — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 11:14 AM

   This is fantastic news and quite a shocker.  It is hard to believe that this poor guy has been alive all this time, and suffering in captivity.  The other men were not so lucky, but this is remarkable and truly a miracle.  What a gift to the family and friends of Peter, and my heart goes out to you all. –Matt

Edit: 12/31/2009 -From what Long War Journal has reported, it looks like there was a trade to get Peter released.  I do not like the idea that we released this murdering thug, and I think we will regret doing this.

“The US has released the leader of an Iranian-backed Shia terror group behind the kidnapping and murder of five US soldiers in Karbala in January 2007.

Qais Qazali, the leader of the Asaib al Haq or the League of the Righteous, was set free by the US military and transferred to Iraqi custody in exchange for the release of British hostage Peter Moore, US military officers and intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. The US military directly implicated Qais in the kidnapping and murder of five US soldiers in Karbala in January 2007.”

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Iraq hostage Peter Moore released alive

30 December 2009

IT consultant Peter Moore is freed in Iraq two and a half years after he was kidnapped along with four other men by militants in Baghdad, the Foreign Office announced today.

The government confirmed today that Moore has been handed over to British authorities in Baghdad.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Moore is “in good health despite many months in captivity” and is “to put it mildly absolutely delighted at his release”.

The foreign secretary added said that he had a “very moving” conversation with Moore adding that the former hostage was in a “remarkable frame of mind”.

Moore, aged 36, was in a group of five British men snatched by gunmen outside a government building in Baghdad in May 2007. He was installing asset tracing software at the Finance Ministry at the time.

Hostages Jason Creswell, Jason Swindlehurst and Alec Maclachlanwere shot dead and their bodies returned to Britain earlier this year. Security guard Alan McMenemy is also believed to have been killed.

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