How Many Cops on the Beat?
The number of Afghan police has shifted constantly over time, hampered by corruption, incomplete statistics and "ghost" officers. The Government Accountability Office has reported that the Pentagon doesn't trust the figures, which come from Afghanistan's Interior Ministry. The ministry "reports the number of police assigned ... these numbers may not be reliable," according to a May 2007 GAO report (PDF). Later that year, the Defense Department conducted a survey and was unable to verify the existence … more…
AIGs Man in Jordan (in Arabic)
عماد حطبة
This is an Arabic translation of our Dec. 17, 2009 story, For AIG’s Man in Jordan, War Becomes a Business … more…
U.S. Contractor Announces Plans to Train Pakistani NGOs, On Its Own Dime
Development Alternatives Inc., a major American development contractor, will open a center in Pakistan to train local nongovernmental … more…
T. Christian Miller Comes Up for Fresh Air
Listen to T. Christian Miller on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Miller will discuss his series about the difficulties injured war zone … more…
USAID Asks for Help Training Pakistani NGOs Set to Receive U.S. Money
As the United States prepares to drastically increase civilian aid in Pakistan, the agency in charge has asked for help training the … more…
The Clock Ticks Slowest at Gitmo: Why It’s Taking so Long to Close the Prison
As we have reported throughout the year, the Obama administration has been serially hampered in its efforts to shutter the prison at … more…
Chart: Iraqi Translators, a Casualty List
The following spreadsheet, an internal L-3 document from May 2008, lists 667 cases of Iraqis injured or killed while working under … more…
Foreign Interpreters Hurt in Battle Find U.S. Insurance Benefits Wanting
This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times.
After the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the U.S. military discovered that … more…
Lost in Limbo: Injured Afghan Translators Struggle to Survive
PAGHMAN, Afghanistan -- Earlier this year, U.S. Army soldiers traveled to a remote valley in northeastern Afghanistan in hopes of … more…
For AIG’s Man in Jordan, War Becomes a Business Opportunity
AMMAN, Jordan—For Emad Hatabah, the war in Iraq became a business opportunity.
As AIG's chief representative in Jordan, he was … more…
Blinded From a Sniper Bullet and Shortchanged by the System
PHOENIX, Ariz. – While Iraqi interpreters served directly with U.S. troops, hundreds of other Iraqis have been injured or killed while … more…
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September 07, 2009
Sailors’ Abuse Kept Silent in Navy Canine Unit Rachel Krantz, Youth Radio, September 07, 2009
August 20, 2009
C.I.A. Sought Blackwater’s Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists Mark Mazzetti , NYT, August 20, 2009
July 17, 2009
Texas Gov. Refused Stimulus, Wants Loan Stephanie Condon, CBS News, July 17, 2009
May 18, 2009
Obama to Keep Tribunals; Stance Angers Some Backers William Glaberson, New York Times, May 18, 2009
May 05, 2009
Congress Seeks State Dept’s ‘Alternative’ Torture Memo Zachary Roth, TPMMuckraker, May 05, 2009
May 04, 2009
Murtha’s Nephew Named a Lobbyist for Marines David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times, May 04, 2009
April 28, 2009
U.S. Official: NSA Didn’t Wiretap Rep. Harman Pamela Hess, AP, April 28, 2009
April 20, 2009
U.S. Border Screening Under Fire Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, April 20, 2009
Who Are the Torture Memo Authors? Zachary Roth, TPMMuckraker, April 20, 2009
Influential Muslim Groups Question FBI’s Actions Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2009
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