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Massive Single-Base Reaper Drone Army Deployment To Afghanistan
Isiah Holmes looks at the questions raised by the new deployment of drones to Afghanistan.
The Private Outsourcing Of America’s Drone Program Worth Millions
Former Blackwater Worldwide Contractor To Get Retrial For 2007 Iraq Massacre
YouTube Suspends Exiled Chinese Dissident’s Account And Video
Erik Prince Weighing Senate Bid While Tackling Xinjiang Security Challenge
Convicted Blackwater Contractors Cleared Of Nisour Square Massacre
Washington DC, (TFC)– In a shocking twist, murder charges for three Blackwater military contractors have been dropped. The men have been embroiled in lengthy court proceedings since infamously massacring civilians during Iraq’s 2003 invasion. The Nisour Square Massacre has haunted…
Two CIA-Contracted Psychologists May Face Trial For Designing Torture Program
Washington DC, (TFC)– Two formerly CIA-contracted psychologists may face trial for their roles in torture programs during the war on terror. Despite defense attempts, a federal judge ruled against dropping a lawsuit against the duo. The legal action was filed…
Ash Carter: More US Troops Won’t Help Syria, Iraq
Washington D.C., (TFC)— Two major events occurred within days of one another inside Washington’s newly terraformed halls. First, ex-Defense Secretary Ash Carter confessed that more US fighters in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere won’t improve anything. Second, a massive airstrike was…
Dakota Access Contractor With Blackwater Ties Heads Protester Surveillance, Violence Escalates
Millions around the world are again gawking over police brutality against water protectors. Following DAPL’s (Dakota Access Pipeline’s) corporation dishonoring Obama’s requests the to halt construction, a new wave of violence hit the protest camps. However, whereas these acts are obvious, those of contracted intelligence firms remain more insidious.
“Do not believe that your cellphones or your computers are clean and uncompromised”, said journalist Jeremy Scahill. “I guarantee you that they’re using the entire suite of surveillance devices.” Scahill was giving water protectors, and fellow journalists in Standing Rock advice on Democracy Now.
“I know that people have been complaining that their cellphones have been down”, he continued, “their internet has been down. That can be caused by surveillance weaponry targeting their devices.” Scahill describes how phones and computers belonging to water protectors can be used as “geo-tracking devices.”
US Private Military Contractor Triple Canopy Implicated In Panama Papers Leak
As shady as the game is, should anyone be surprised a top military contractor has been named in the Panama Papers leak? No, it’s not Blackwater, AKA Xi, AKA Academi, but it’s merger– Triple Canopy. The group, suspect for illegal killings and weapons trading, now adds tax avoidance to it’s list of crimes.