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Mark · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1052

Iraq Case Sheds Light on Secret Contractors

http://www.military.com/forums/0,15240,171941,00.html

Excerpt:

When Dave Boone complained that his fellow security contractors in Iraq were stockpiling weapons and padding their expense reports, his company talked him out of quitting and promised to run a tighter ship.

Later, Mr. Boone reported that colleagues guarding U.S. spy personnel had fired shots into a Baghdad neighborhood and falsely claimed they defeated a horde of snipers. This time, the company fired him - though two of its people backed up Mr. Boone's account. He has spent more than three years trying to get U.S. officials to investigate the incident.

(Note: This is an Associated Press story that was published by the Wall Street Journal, which requires a subscription to read the whole story, so I've used this source instead which does not require a subscription. --Mark)