Archive for the 'Outsourced' Category
It Happened in America: Katrina’s Secret Jail
September 20th, 2009Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Via: Buffalo News: When the storm hit, Zeitoun stayed, to protect his house, help friends and clients, and watch over properties he and Kathy owned: their office building and houses bought as investments. Kathy and their four children evacuated to Baton Rouge. Zeitoun weathered the storm’s harrowing landfall, and ended up […]
Pakistan Army Is Said to Be Linked to Many Killings in Swat
September 15th, 2009Via: New York Times: Two months after the Pakistani Army wrested control of the Swat Valley from Taliban militants, a new campaign of fear has taken hold, with scores, perhaps hundreds, of bodies dumped on the streets in what human rights advocates and local residents say is the work of the military. In some cases, […]
What Is American Police Force?
September 14th, 2009Update 10: Hilton Wrote a Check to Hardin Bed and Breakfast That Bounced Via: Missoulian: In announcing the suspension of a state investigation into American Police Force on Tuesday, state Attorney General Steve Bullock said he was “unaware of any Montanans who have been harmed financially by this company.” Meet Marcianna Smith. She is the […]
USAID Probes the Possibility That Contractors Give a Cut to the Taliban
September 3rd, 2009Via: Global Post: The United States Agency for International Development has opened an investigation into allegations that its funds for road and bridge construction in Afghanistan are ending up in the hands of the Taliban, through a protection racket for contractors. And House Foreign Affairs Committee member, Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) vowed to hold hearings […]
Mercenaries in Afghanistan: “Lord of the Flies Environment”
September 2nd, 2009Via: New York Daily News: Secretary of State Clinton ordered an investigation on Tuesday into the Animal House revels of private guards at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan – including booze, hookers and other “deviant behavior.” “These are very serious allegations, and we are treating them that way,” State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said of […]
CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassination Program
August 21st, 2009“Blackwater is a CIA cutout that got so big that it just happened to become a household name.” —Feds Investigating Blackwater USA for Selling Weapons to Iraqi Insurgency I’ve asserted (for years) that Blackwater was a CIA contractor. Now that Blackwater’s involvement with CIA covert assassination programs has been admitted, my guess is that it’s […]
Massachusetts Deputizes Dentists, Others to Help with Vaccinations
August 13th, 2009Via: Boston Globe: Massachusetts health authorities took the unprecedented step yesterday of deputizing dentists, paramedics, and pharmacists to help administer vaccines against both the seasonal flu and the novel swine strain expected to make a return visit in the fall. In another emergency measure, regulators directed hospitals and clinics to provide vaccine to all their […]
Unemployed? Work to Pass Obamacare, $9 to $14 per Hour
August 10th, 2009The organization behind this is called Fund for Public Interest Research. Via: Craigslist: Aug 7 – Make social change – Help Pass Obama’s Health Care Reform!!! – (Sacramento) Jul 31 – Help Pass Obama’s Health Care Reform! Earn $325-550 per week! – (Sacramento) Jul 29 – Work to Pass Obama’s Plans this Summer! Earn $9-14/hr! […]
Blackwater Mercenaries Had Child Prostitutes on Base in Iraq
August 8th, 2009Video Backup: RawStory Research Credit: ltcolonelnemo
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
August 5th, 2009Via: The Nation: A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia. The two men claim that the company’s owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated […]
