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March 11, 2007
Worth a Read: Philippine War, Spice is Nice, and Brain Power
Oh, yeah THAT WAR: Stars and Stripes knows there's a fight in the Philippines. Philippine fight much different than in Iraq. So does GMA7.
VANITY FAIR: Two great stories on contractors in Iraq and beyond. My former neighbor Robert Baer profiles Tim Spicer in Iraq's Mercenary King. Spicer's company, known as Aegis Defence Services, holds a $293 million Pentagon contract to coordinate private security companies in Iraq, effectively putting him in charge of the second-largest foreign armed force in the country.
AND Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele take a look at SAIC, the biggest, most powerful of the "body shops." The sprawling company employs 44,000 people and took in $8 billion last year. It sells brainpower -- including a lot of the "expertise" behind the Iraq war. Washington's $8 Billion Shadow.
Posted by davidphinney at March 11, 2007 04:58 PM
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