Company Is Seeking Full Retraction of False and Misleading Claims of Sex Trafficking, Security Breaches and Cover Ups at Balad Sallyport Global Holdings today filed a defamation lawsuit against two former employees who made false and misleading statements to the Associated Press about the company's operations at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq. The lawsuit claims the statements harmed Sallyport's […]
Federal court denies DynCorp protest of $10B State Department contract By Robert J. Terry — A federal court has upheld a State Department award of an 11 1/2-year, $10 billion contract to AAR Airlift, dealing a blow to McLean-based DynCorp International’s yearlong fight to wrest the lucrative program away from the Illinois company. The Court of Federal Claims entered a judgment […]
Jamie Harron was at the Rock Bottom Bar when the incident reportedly happened and was was arrested for public indecency after touching the man on his hip. Mr Harron, who works as an electrician in Afghanistan and was on a two-day stopover in the United Arab Emirates, is said to have since lost his job and […]
Contractors accuse Iraq of shake downs to force tax payments WASHINGTON — American military contractors operating in Iraq are accusing Baghdad of employing strong-arm tactics to make them pay exorbitant income taxes, a practice they’ve warned the Trump administration is hampering the fight against Islamic State extremists. To force payment of the taxes, which the […]
DynCorp workers accused of bilking State Department out of millions in Iraq By Rachel Weiner — Workers for government contractor DynCorp International conspired to bilk the State Department out of millions of dollars, according to a federal investigation in Virginia. The criminal charges come as DynCorp faces an unrelated civil suit by the Justice Department in the District of Columbia […]