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Memories Grow Murky in Retrial of Blackwater Figure
A decade after the fact, memories have grown murky in the retrial of the private security guard convicted of murder in the deaths of the 14 Iraqi civilians.
Read moreWitness Calls 2007 Blackwater Shooting Unprovoked
Vying to convict a former Blackwater security guard of a war-time shooting where 14 Iraqi civilians were killed, federal prosecutors primed the jury with photos of the massacre, and followed up Friday with the testimony of one of the first Americans to arrive at the scene.
Read moreJury to Decide if Military Contractors Were Fired for Whistleblowing
After a 15-day federal trial wrapped up Monday, a panel of jurors will now determine whether five former military contractors were wrongly fired for reporting supervisors’ breaches of security at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
Read moreTrial Begins in Military Contractor Whistleblower Case
A federal court in Colorado heard the opening remarks Monday in a 14-day trial that will determine whether five former-military contractors were wrongly fired for reporting supervisors’ breaches of security at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
Read moreCourt Grapples With Defense Contractor’s Bribery Conviction
The owner of a trucking company who was convicted of paying bribes to rake in more than $20 million from military contracts fought for relief Wednesday at the 11th Circuit.
Read moreJudge Advances Conspiracy Claims Over Abu Ghraib Torture
The defense contractor CACI must face conspiracy but not direct-liability claims from men who say they endured tortured at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreRussia Seeks to Regulate Private Military Contractors
The Russian parliament is working on a bill to regulate private military companies, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday after reports that an unknown number of Russian military contractors were killed in a U.S. strike in Syria.
Read moreGeneral Dynamics Unveils $9.6B Takeover of IT Vendor
Defense contractor General Dynamics touted a $9.6 billion takeover Monday of the internet-technology company CSRA. The move comes on the heels of the Pentagon’s biggest budget appropriation in its history.
Read moreMilitary Corruption
Former Navy Cmdr. Troy Amundson became the 20th official Tuesday to plead guilty to bribery conspiracy charges involving defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis and his Singapore-based company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia.
Read moreDefense Contractor Fraud
Two defense contractors were sentenced Thursday to 15 months in federal prison and ordered to pay about $2 million combined in fines and restitution for fraud, conspiracy and dodging taxes. Their companies owe another $2.4 million.
Read moreCourt Tosses CIA Contractor’s Appeal Over Con-Man Label
The D.C. Circuit declined Friday to reinstate defamation claims against journalist James Risen brought by a man who claimed his technology could decipher anticipated al-Qaida attacks embedded in Al-Jazeera broadcasts.
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Fighter-Jet Whistleblower Case Lands in Fifth Circuit
With Lockheed Martin in the crosshairs of a whistleblower who claims its fighter-jet program defrauded the United States of more than $50 million, attorneys for the defense giant urged a Fifth Circuit panel Tuesday to affirm a lower court’s dismissal of the case.
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Orbital ATK Investors Fuming Over Northrop Grumman Merger
Investors claim in a class action that they’re being kept in the dark about Orbital ATK Inc.’s $9.2 billion merger with fellow defense contractor Northrop Grumman.
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Goodwill Industries Says VA Contract Termination Hurts Disabled Vets
A nonprofit that employs disabled veterans to make interment flags claims in court the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs wrongly terminated its decades-old federal contract, causing the veterans to lose what in some cases is their primary means of support.
Read moreImmunity Shields Government on Massive OPM Data Breach
The 21.5 million federal employees whose personal information was compromised by the Office of Personnel Management data hack have no legal recourse, a federal judge ruled, saying immunity forecloses their negligence and privacy claims.
Read moreOne Born Every Minute
An engineer for an undisclosed defense contractor was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for selling stolen satellite information to an FBI agent he believed was a Russian agent. Prosecutors say the engineer planned to send the $3,500 he made from the sale to an “online paramour” he had never met.
Read moreDC Circuit Tosses Murder Conviction of Ex-Blackwater Guard
The D.C. Circuit ordered a new trial on Friday for an ex-Blackwater security guard convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007.
Read moreNonprofits’ Fight Over Disabled Services Not Over Yet
A bitter 5-year legal battle between nonprofits over government contracts to help the disabled cannot be decided on summary judgment, a federal judge ruled this week, though the plaintiff appears to have a tough fight ahead.
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