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Sitting on the Secret »
by David Phinney Several judges made headlines by threatening reporters with prison sentences after refusing to reveal [...]
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Sad news. Tom Wolfe, one of the best writers of his generation has passed away. I met Tom in San [...]
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April 13 -- Mike Pompeo seemed combative as a tank platoon commander and happy as a former member of [...]
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April 13 -- Thursday was yap day for three former intelligence heads and the present CIA director who [...]
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Escape from Iraq: Filipino Migrant »
He Didn't Want to Go: Ramil Autencio thought he was traveling to Kuwait for a job in a luxury hotel. The employer, a major Kuwait contractor working for [Read More]
Iraq
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He Didn't Want to Go: Ramil Autencio thought he was traveling to Kuwait for a job in a [...]
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by David Phinney Nov. 1, 2007 -- Interesting that State Department employees are up in [...]
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Contractors
National Security Contracts into »
by David Phinney June 21, 2013 -- A contractor vetted a contractor to work for a contractor that is contracted to the U.S. National Security Agency – all for the security of U.S. taxpayers that the contractors are being paid to sometimes apparently surveil. This [Read More]
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