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Tax and DBA Insurance Fraud, Misrepresenting Employee’s as Contractors

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on February 24, 2011 Some Contract Companies avoid paying Medicare and Social Security Taxes on their employees by classifying them as independent contractors or...

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Obama presides over a private contractor boom

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on February 25, 2011 The use of armed private contractors has soared in Afghanistan since President Obama took office, a report finds War Room Salon February 25, 2011 The...

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What KBR really knew about the chemicals at Qarmat Ali

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on March 18, 2011 Thanks to MsSparky for letting us crosspost p In the ongoing legal battle being waged by several State National Guard Units,  this video is pretty typical...

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KBR claims Iraqi law should apply in suit over Ryan Maseth’s death

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 5, 2011 The Pittsburgh Tribune Review U.S.  soldiers living on military bases in Iraq had no expectation that they were  protected by Pennsylvania law instead of...

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Should we care if a contractor dies in a warzone?

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 25, 2011 “I’ll say it, because it’s true. If a few contractors get killed nobody seems to care,” he said. “We’ve over-relied on contractors because they’re, like,...

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AmrorGroup’s Danny Fitzsimons Faced Charges for Assault Prior to Being So...

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 26, 2011 “If people start to recognise PTSD and do something about it, then at least some good has come out of this horrendous situation. Danny doesn’t deserve...

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Senators Press for Burn Pit Updates from the Military

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on May 18, 2011 TAMPA BAY ONLINE May 18, 2011 Armed with a new study showing military personnel deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq are eight times more likely to suffer...

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Class Action Tax Misclassificiation filed against XE, Formerly Blackwater

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on June 7, 2011 Scott Bloch blasts Blackwater on behalf of thousands of former employees who were mistreated and denied employee benefits, unemployment and other...

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Ex Blackwater worker gets 37 months in Afghan’s death

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on June 14, 2011 Bill Sizemore The Virginian Pilot  June 14, 2011 NORFOLK  A former Blackwater contractor from Virginia Beach was sentenced to 37 months in prison today for...

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2nd Ex Blackwater worker Justin Cannon gets 30 months for manslaughter

Posted by defensebaseactcomp on June 27, 2011 by Bill Sizemore at The Virginian Pilot June 27, 2011 A second former Blackwater contractor was sentenced to prison for involuntary manslaughter today in...

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RAND Corporation Launches Contractor Health and Well-being Study

Subject: RAND Corporation Launches Contractor Health and Well-being Study   We have removed this post due to it’s failure to include all civilian contractors. You will not know until you get to...

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ArmorGroup North America settles Whistleblower False Claims for $7.5 million

ArmorGroup North America settles Whistleblower False Claims for $7.5 million Posted by defensebaseactcomp on July 7, 2011 Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday,...

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Government says KBR failed to make valid claim, asks judge to dismiss...

by Mike Francis, The Oregonian March 18, 2013 The federal government should not be ordered to reimburse KBR Inc. for the costs the contractor has incurred for defending itself in lawsuits brought by...

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Army paid $5 million for garbage incincerators it never used in Afghanistan

The Washington Guardian  April 25, 2013 Talk about burning taxpayer money! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spent more than $5 million to have a contractor build two garbage incinerators at a...

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The Ongoing Cover Up of Justin Pope’s Death in Iraq

Claims of a cover-up in the killing of a metro Detroit man in Iraq By Curt Guyette Five years ago, after surviving one tour of duty in Iraq and another in Afghanistan, Cpl. Justin Pope left the Marine...

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KBR’s Gag Orders Revealed

“This is mostly about trying to scare someone into not talking,” McCormack said. “It’s very effective to say you will be fired or sued. This is a very big company with lots of resources.” Lawsuit...

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Losing Tim

Ten Years Ago Today We lost Tim Eysselinck to PTSD, to RONCO, to the Iraq War, to the lies. The lies continue to this day despite having been made boldly public. Due to the corporate takeover at every...

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