DynCorp’s deviants participate in “bacha bazi” in Afghanistan (updated)
I can’t even put into words how sickened I am that one of our own US Government contractors would participate in the heinous child abuse, the ancient Afghan tradition of “bacha bazi” also known as...
View ArticleIt’s Déjà Vu for DynCorp All Over Again – The sex crimes continue (updated)
I have been following and researching this deplorable bacha bazi “dancing boys” custom in Afghanistan since I learned of it. I published an article a couple of days ago after a article in the UK came...
View ArticleDynCorp denies allegations in U.S. ambassador’s cable
WikiLeaks: DynCorp Responds To Dancing Boys Scandal John Nova Lomax – December 9, 2010 – In the wake of our story about DynCorp’s ill-fated Afghan dance party, DynCorp’s vice president of...
View ArticleInterview with Kathryn Bolkovac, author of “The Whistleblower”
Marjorie Kehe – January 6, 2011 – How far would you go to defend justice? Would you risk your job – and perhaps even your life? Kathryn Bolkovac did just that when, while working as a human rights...
View ArticleSmuggled Contract Laborers in Afghanistan: The Tip of the Iceberg (POGO)
Neil Gordon – POGO – February 4, 2011 – The Washington Examiner obtained an investigative report that uncovered instances of foreign workers without proper security clearances or identification being...
View ArticleCozy and secure with contractors and other news
In March 2006, a jury found Custer Battles liable for the submission of 5 false claims, each one of which is subject to a US$5,000 -11,000 civil fine, as well as 26 false statements supporting the 5...
View ArticleHall of shame inducts/indicts new members & other news
Mr. Bush is gone now, but that algorithm remains ruthlessly in place. War-oriented companies like DynCorp, Washington Group International, Aegis Defense Services, URS Corporation, BAE Systems, Renco,...
View ArticlePeacekeepers’ Sex Scandals Linger, On Screen and Off
While making more than $36 billion to support bases in Iraq, KBR allegedly earned another $700 million in kickbacks from the subcontractors it hired for projects. It also spent $5 million on 144...
View ArticleAll I want for Christmas is a new IG & other news
Pentagon Inspector General Gordon Heddell to Step Down on Christmas Eve Nick Schwellenbach – (POGO) – November 26, 2011 – POGO got word this morning that Department of Defense Inspector General (DoDIG)...
View ArticleNeil Gordon: Two Former Watchdogs Ring in the New Year on the Other Side of...
NEIL GORDON – (POGO) – January 5, 2011 – Welcome to another episode of “As the Washington Revolving Door Turns.” The two latest ex-government officials to land jobs with private companies formerly...
View ArticleDealing: Even Ex-Federal Watchdogs Are Doing It
Dina Rasor – (Truthout | Solutions) – January 12, 2012 – Several years ago, I pushed for a revival of the old “Truman Committee” in the US Congress to look at war fraud and profiteering in the Iraq and...
View ArticleHouston you have a problem & other news
…In April 2003, Dyncorp dropped its appeal against the verdict, and three days later announced an award by the US state department for a contract to police Iraq… …”These crimes are perpetrated by...
View ArticleDavid Isenberg: Gun? Check. Radio? Check. Lawyer? Check!
David Isenberg – (Huffington Post) – January 20, 2012 – Some things just seem to go together: day and night, bread and butter, Romeo and Juliet, Abbott and Costello, Crosby and Hope, Batman and Robin,...
View ArticleNo complaints here & other news
…“God will forgive you, but the bureaucracy never will.” This is an appropriate warning for civil servants who would report contractor fraud against the military, one of our nation’s more popular...
View ArticleAmerica’s Shame: The U.S. Government’s Human Trafficking Dilemma
Joe Newman – (POGO) – May 7, 2012 – For Vinnie Tuivaga, the offer was the answer to a prayer: A job in a luxury hotel in Dubai–the so-called Las Vegas of the Persian Gulf–making five times what she was...
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