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November 5, 2012
By Neil Gordon
Government Sues Triple Canopy for Iraq Contract Fraud
The federal government joined a whistleblower lawsuit alleging private
security contractor Triple Canopy used hundreds of foreign nationals
without proper firearms training to guard a U.S. airbase in Iraq.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
October 19, 2012
By Joe Newman
We've Seen This Before: Video of Drunk Security Contractors
There are lurid parallels between a new investigation of private security contractors drunk in Kabul and a similar POGO investigation three years ago.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
July 30, 2012
By Mia Steinle
Mission Impossible? Not for 82-year-old Anti-Nuclear Weapons Activist
When a nuclear weapons facility can't stop infiltration by an octogenarian nun, it's time to reassess its security standards. The 82-year-old nun, accompanied by two other anti-nuclear activists, broke into Tennessee's Y-12 National Security Complex early Saturday morning.
Continue Reading Mission Impossible? Not for 82-year-old Anti-Nuclear Weapons Activist
Topics: National Security
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