Archive for the 'Outsourced' Category
Feds Investigating Blackwater USA for Selling Weapons to Iraqi Insurgency
September 23rd, 2007Imagine my shock. But keep in mind, Blackwater is a CIA cutout that got so big that it just happened to become a household name. They’re just doing what Uncle tells them to do. Remember these? Pentagon Arms its Enemy’s Enemies in Iraq What Did $19 Billion Buy? U.S. “Loses” 190,000 Weapons in Iraq If […]
Making a Killing: How Private Armies Became a $120 Billion Global Industry
September 21st, 2007Note: Someone emailed and said that there are no privately owned Apache helicopters. As far as I know, that’s true. Furthermore, Apache helicopters don’t carry troops at all. The Apache is an attack helicopter—a flying weapons platform—with no personnel transport capacity. Via: Independent: In Nigeria, corporate commandos exchange fire with local rebels attacking an oil […]
Blackwater’s License to Operate in Iraq Has Been Cancelled Following Atrocity
September 17th, 2007Via: AFP: Iraq has ordered the cancellation of the operating licence of US security firm Blackwater after it was involved in a shootout in Baghdad that killed eight people, a senior official told AFP on Monday. Blackwater offers personal security to US officials working in Iraq. “The interior minister (Jawad al-Bolani) has issued an order […]
Indian Software Firm to Outsource to U.S.
September 8th, 2007Before you listen to this, try to think of all the reasons why Wipro would want to do this. There are several. Via: NPR: Morning Edition, September 6, 2007 · Indian software firm Wipro plans to open a big software design center in Atlanta. The Bangalore, India-based firm expects to hire around 500 computer programmers […]
Mexico Trucks to Roll on U.S. Highways
September 3rd, 2007Via: Yahoo: The Bush administration can proceed with a plan to open the U.S. border to long haul Mexican trucks as early as next week after an appeals court rejected a bid by labor, consumer and environmental interests to block the initiative. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco late on Friday denied […]
Mercenaries Outnumber U.S. Troops in Iraq
July 5th, 2007“The coalition of the billing.” Via: Los Angeles Times: The number of U.S.-paid private contractors in Iraq now exceeds that of American combat troops, newly released figures show, raising fresh questions about the privatization of the war effort and the government’s capacity to carry out military and rebuilding campaigns. More than 180,000 civilians — including […]
Several U.S. Corporations Support Colombian Death Squads
July 2nd, 2007One for your same-shit-different-century file. Via: Los Angeles Times: A former paramilitary soldier told a congressional panel Thursday that several U.S. companies provided financial support to illegal militias accused of killing Colombian civilians. Edwin Guzman, a former Colombian army sergeant who later became a paramilitary member, testified that his military units were responsible for guarding […]
Blood Money and More Blood Money
June 28th, 2007On the one hand, you’ve got a reporter talking about Cheney and his privatized genocide and ripoffs. Then you’ve got a story about how the U.S. Army has just awarded $150 BILLION worth of contracts for more of the same, except with three corporations, instead of one. It’s just a nonstop meat grinder of doom […]
The Corporate Takeover of U.S. Intelligence
June 3rd, 2007We’re solidly into the post-mortem phase of the analysis now. Via: Salon: More than five years into the global “war on terror,” spying has become one of the fastest-growing private industries in the United States. The federal government relies more than ever on outsourcing for some of its most sensitive work, though it has kept […]
Big Brother, Big Business
June 3rd, 2007Here’s a two hour CNBC piece about privacy, surveillance and the emerging biometric lockdown. Even though the situation presented here is grim, we know that it’s much worse. If, however, you or someone you know is looking for a general, easy to understand presentation on these issues, and have about two hours to spare, this […]
