Military Contractors

American Held in Pakistan Shootings Worked With the C.I.A.

American Held in Pakistan Shootings Worked With the C.I.A. The American arrested in Pakistan after shooting two men at a crowded traffic stop was part of a covert, C.I.A.-led team of operatives conducting surveillance on militant groups deep inside the country, according to American government officials. Working from a safe house in the eastern city […]

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Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

September 2, 2009 New York Times By JAMES GLANZ Civilian contractors working for the Pentagon in Afghanistan not only outnumber the uniformed troops, according to a report by a Congressional research group, but also form the highest ratio of contractors to military personnel recorded in any war in the history of the United States. On […]

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