A defense contractor that supplied interrogators to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq argued Friday that it can't be sued for abuses that occurred there because its employees were working in tandem with military personnel whose judgment about conducting wartime operations shouldn't be questioned by a federal judge. Four former inmates at Abu Ghraib […]
KABUL, Afghanistan — As the United States declares an end to its war in Afghanistan, the American-led coalition has taken steps to classify most of the indicators of how Afghan forces are faring after more than a decade of assistance. For the past six years, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has been able […]
The U.S. Agency for International Development announced Monday that it has suspended one of its largest nonprofit contractors from federal work after investigators found “serious misconduct” in the nonprofit’s performance and management of taxpayer money. For years, International Relief and Development, headquartered in Arlington, Va., served as one of USAID’s key contractors, undertaking ambitious humanitarian […]
Last week brought a new development in a nearly four-year-old fraud lawsuit accusing private security firm Triple Canopy of providing security guards in Iraq who lacked basic firearms proficiency. In March 2011, former Triple Canopy employee Omar Badr filed a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit alleging the company billed the government for hundreds of Ugandan guards at […]
Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”) denied Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.’s (“KBR“) fight to recover $41 million in disallowed subcontractor costs incurred in performance of dining services in Iraq, bringing an end to KBR‘s longrunning claim litigation. Of significance for other contractors, the Supreme Court’s denial leaves intact the decision by the […]