The Iraqi police project is the largest law-enforcement training mission the U.S. has ever conducted, with more than 800 private contractors helping to train more than 60% of the police. This being the last major non-military project of the war of choice the U.S. launched 10 years ago: an ambitious, expensive post-withdrawal effort to strengthen […]
A judge dealt a severe blow Friday to a long-running torture lawsuit filed against military contractor CACI International Inc. by four Iraqis who say they suffered abuse at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. At a hearing in U.S. District Court, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee tossed out claims that CACI conspired to torture the four men who […]
The company known for providing pre-eminent risk assessment, training and security solutions around the world is welcoming Brigadier General (Ret) Craig Nixon as CEO. Nixon comes to ACADEMI (formally known as Black Water) from the McChrystal Group where as a partner, he worked closely with the executive and business teams of Fortune 500 technology companies including HP and […]
Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc. are entitled to the same legal protection as U.S. armed forces when serving as military contractors, a judge ruled, dismissing claims over so-called burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. U.S. District Judge Roger Titus threw out 57 consolidated lawsuits against the companies brought mainly by military personnel who claim they suffered damaging health […]
The Afghanistan Security Forces Fund and the Economic Support Fund for Afghanistan have roughly $6 billion in un-obligated money from the past two years, enough to cover that country’s projects through 2014, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). And there’s about $6 billion more in the fiscal 2013 budget. Sequestration is expected […]
