David Isenberg, investigator, blogger, writer and author of Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq

David Isenberg has more than 20 years experience analyzing U.S. defense, foreign policy, national and international security issues. He is a published author and has appeared on television and radio. He has a BA in International Studies and an MA in International Affairs. He has testified before Congress and lectured to the military. His area of expertise is U.S. military force structure, defense budgeting, WMD proliferation, terrorism, homeland security, counterdrug, peace operations, intelligence policy, international arms trade, small arms proliferation, operations other than war, information warfare, private military contractors, biological weapons, and general arms control.

David recently investigated, co-wrote and published an article called the “Najlaa Episode Revisited” at the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) website. During the course of his investigation, David uncovered many other issues regarding Najlaa and their defense contracts, one I just recently published entitled “You Want Chickenpox With That?“. In an attempt to publicize these wrong doing, many of which put our soldiers and civilians at risk, David has continued to investigate and publish article on Najlaa and so many other defense issues at his blog The PMCS Observer. David stays well informed on Defense Department issues and writes about them regularly.  I highly recommend you register at David’s site and stay informed.

Below are some recent articles and documents David published about Najlaa and KBR from information uncovered during his investigations.

The KBR – NICS Documentation: Part 1

by David Isenberg

Last month a report I co-wrote, “The Najlaa Episode Revisited” was published by the Project on Government Oversight. The report detailed various labor trafficking violations by a KBR subcontractor, Najlaa International Catering Services (NICS).

A subsequent report I wrote, “Subcontracting Substandard Services: Military Contracts in Iraq Still Controversial” published by CorpWatch, detailed how NICS did not pay an Iraqi contractor for work that it did by building a housing camp for Najlaa workers. (Read the rest of the story here…)