Private security contractors such as Blackwater USA are under scrutiny for their role in Iraq. The State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security lacks the manpower to protect its officials so it ...

The first meeting of contractors who have served in Iraq was held in Tennessee this weekend. The event aimed to give contractors a chance to discuss their experiences and get advice for adjusting to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Friday ordered an American military contractor to pay $85 million after finding it guilty of negligence for illnesses suffered by a dozen Oregon soldiers who guarded an ...

Military investigators said yesterday that they will not file any charges after completing their investigation into an incident in Iraq last May in which a group of Marines alleged they had been fired ...

A Caldwell County judge has ordered a Lenoir contractor to repay tens of thousands of dollars to an Iraq War veteran after ...

WASHINGTON – The coming months will bring a series of damning reports about the behavior of non-military contractors in Iraq, according to John Hamre, a former deputy secretary of defense. “I fear ...

Under plan, private contractors would be subject to prosecution by U.S. courts. WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Thursday that would make all private contractors working in Iraq and other combat ...

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In a largely invisible cost of the war in Iraq, nearly 800 civilians working under contract to the Pentagon have been killed and more than 3,300 hurt doing jobs normally handled by the U.S. military, ...

correctionA Feb. 18 article incorrectly said in one reference that the Program Management Office of the Coalition Provisional Authority had prepared a draft document on security and contractors ...

Rajiv Chandrasekaren, of the Washington Post talks about what he witnessed in his years covering Iraq for the newspaper. Chandrasekaren spent many years both in and outside of the Green Zone during ...

Can Blackwater incidents shed light on contractors' mental health? Oct. 3, 2007 — -- Along with congressional hearings on allegations of recklessness against Blackwater USA security forces in ...