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Former DoS special agent James Cafferty sentenced to 7 years on child porn conviction

By Forseti | Filed in Indictments, Convictions & Arrests, Working Overseas
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The e-mail arrived in James Charles Cafferty’s inbox on July 14, 2011. Unlike most unsolicited e-mail on the Internet, the message did not pitch mortgages, get rich quick scams, or penis pills. Instead, it provided a link to an under-the-radar child pornography website and the password needed to access it. Cafferty, a diplomatic security officer working for the US government at its London embassy, waited for three days, then clicked on the link.  ~ “The hidden side of your soul”: How the FBI uses the Web as a child porn honeypot

Former State Department Agent Sentenced for Transportation of Child Pornography

(FBI) – TAMPA – April 26, 2012 – United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that United States District Judge Richard A. Lazzara sentenced (45, Largo) to seven years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for transporting child pornography. Cafferty pled guilty on January 5, 2012.

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Security contractors face challenges in Iraq

By Forseti | Filed in GOV. CONTRACTORS, Politics, Security Contractors, Working Overseas
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Problems mount after U.S. troops withdraw from country

Fred Pleitgen – (NECN/CNN) – January 24, 2012 – It’s getting harder for private security contractors to do business in .

Government officials say the contractors simply have to follow the requirements for any foreigners.

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Thinking about working in Iraq, think again… Don’t go there!!!

By Forseti | Filed in GOV. CONTRACTORS, Politics, Security Contractors, Working Overseas
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Sign suggestion for U.S. Dept. of State

The U.S. Embassy is aware of cases where discrepancies in permits or paperwork have resulted in legal action, including detention, by Iraqi police and other entities. Detentions often last 24-96 hours or more. The Embassy’s ability to respond to situations in which U.S. citizens are arrested or otherwise detained throughout is limited, including in and around Baghdad. Please refer to the current Travel Warning for further information about limitations, as well as information about the security situation.
 ~ U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq

U.S. Embassy workers detained in Baghdad
Dan Morse – (Washington Post) – BAGHDAD – January 12, 2012 – Four U.S. Embassy workers driving through Baghdad were stopped and detained by Iraqi security forces for two hours Thursday, a day after the embassy warned that some American citizens working here had been held for days over “discrepancies in permits and paperwork.”

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Afghan police arrest 2 GardaWorld employees accused of illegal arms transport

By Forseti | Filed in GOV. CONTRACTORS, LOGCAP-Dyncorp, Politics, Security Contractors, Working Overseas
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Afghanistan British contractors with guns

AHMAD MASSIEH NESHAD – (Associated Press) – , Afghanistan – January 5, 2011 – Afghan police arrested two British private security contractors and two Afghan colleagues and ordered their company closed down after finding a cache of weapons in their vehicle, an official said Thursday. They are being held for investigation into illegal arms transport.

Their detention spells the latest trouble for Afghanistan’s dozens of private security companies that guard supply convoys, development projects and private businesses. President has ordered all the protection companies shut down by March, to be replaced by a unified government-run protection force.

Police who stopped the contractors’ vehicle at a Kabul checkpoint Tuesday found more than two dozen AK-47 rifles in a metal box covered by a blanket, Ministry of Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqi told a press briefing.

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Firefighters Say They Were Stiffed in Iraq

By Ms Sparky | Filed in GOV. CONTRACTORS, LAWSUITS, Lawsuits Against KBR, Working Overseas
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Ryan Abbott – (Courthouse News) – WASHINGTON – December 8, 2011 – In a federal class action, 28 firefighters say , and forced them to work around the clock in Afghanistan and but paid them for only half their time, and responded to requests for fair pay with “shorthand threats to fire” them, such as “‘chicken or beef,’ which referred to the dining choices one had on the flight home from .”
     
The firefighters sued the contractors for fraud, conspiracy and breach of contract.
     
“This complaint alleges actions and omissions of defendants, in conspiracy with each other, and individually, done to defeat the right of American citizens to receive their lawful wages required by government contracts – including in-country pay, danger pay, on-call pay, up-lift pay, overtime, and other benefits and compensation,” the complaint states.
     
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