http://mssparky.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:45:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://mssparky.com/2012/02/weapon-dealer-taps-extremists-defense/ http://mssparky.com/2012/02/weapon-dealer-taps-extremists-defense/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:19:08 +0000 Forseti http://mssparky.com/?p=27846 Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Nashville gun company’s owner trying to avoid trial on gun smuggling charges Brandon Gee – (The Tennessean) – February 10, 2012 – An Englishman is borrowing the legal tactics of a radical American movement in an attempt to dodge federal gun-smuggling charges — or at least [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Feds raid defense contractor in Nashville
2. Self proclaimed Lord of War’s company going down the gurgler?
3. Neil Gordon (POGO): ‘Stoner Arms Dealer’ Gets 14-Year Ban from Federal Contracting

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Published: Thursday, February 09, 2012, 2:20 PM     Updated: Thursday, February 09, 2012, 2:33 PM By Mike Francis, The Oregonian An unspecified number of the 34 Oregon National Guard soldiers suing contractor KBR Inc. over their exposure to sodium dichromate in Iraq will have their cases [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR wants to appeal Judge Papak’s decision on the Oregon National Guard case
2. Judge says Oregon National Guard can sue KBR in Oregon for exposing them to deadly toxins
3. KBR asks federal judge to dismiss case brought by Oregon soldiers

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" NEIL GORDON – (POGO) – February 8, 2012 – The Air Force has just suspended from federal contracting a unit of global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and recommended it for debarment. The notice was posted in the Excluded Parties List System on Monday. The EPLS [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. DoD Suspension and Debarment: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
2. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Eric Hamilton pleads guilty
3. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Eric Scott Hamilton sentenced to 18 months for thefts at Fallujah

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" (AFP) – February 8, 2012 – Iraq deeply mistrusts private security companies and wants to limit their operations here, officials say, while the contractors themselves have faced bureaucratic delays and detentions. This mistrust stems from perceived arrogant behaviour by employees of these firms in the past [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Private-Security Firm Sued For (Allegedly) Shooting Up A Cab In Iraq
2. The State Department says no more foreign private security guards for them
3. Security contractors face challenges in Iraq

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Former U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Sentenced to Prison for Role in Scheme to Steal Military Equipment in Iraq WASHINGTON – A former U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) gunnery sergeant was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for conspiring to steal at least 55 electrical generators [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Eric Hamilton pleads guilty
2. Former mayor of FOB Ridgway, Iraq sentenced to 18 months (updated)
3. DynCorp contractor Sean Brehm sentenced to 42 months for stabbing in Afghanistan

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" On his second yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis traveled 9,000 miles, patrolled with American troops in eight provinces and returned in October of last year with a fervent conviction that the war was going disastrously and that senior military leaders had not [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. US Contractors Hired Iranian Spies, Taliban, Warlords To Guard US Troops In Afghanistan
2. US taxdollars pay for armed thugs in Afghanistan
3. Sex, lies and ‘movie night’ with dear old dad

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" From 2004 through 2008, 80 percent of retiring three- and four-star officers went to work as consultants or defense executives, according to the Globe analysis. That compares with less than 50 percent who followed that path a decade earlier, from 1994 to 1998. ~Bryan Bender – [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Gates Criticizes Bloated Military Bureaucracy
2. Detroit pension fund sues Halliburton and KBR for “misdeeds”
3. Members of The Retired General’s Club aren’t interested in full disclosure

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Fed / Contractor Compensation Issues Are Burning Red Hot Scott Amey – (POGO) – February 3, 2012 – Compensation was a hot topic this week–here’s a recap of the biggest developments: Monday: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a study that found that federal employees, on [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Ignorance is waste and other news
2. Short changing taxpayers and other news
3. Tyrants of the Pentagon and other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" (November 11, 2011 – interview with whistleblowers William Zwicharowski, James Parsons & Gari-Lynn Smith) Jim Garamone – (American Forces Press Service) – WASHINGTON  -  January 31, 2012 – The Office of Special Counsel has determined that supervisors at the U.S. Port Mortuary at Dover Air Force [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Dover mortuary landfill dumping: Congressman asked Pentagon about practice in Sept.
2. Pentagon Watchdogs Rarely Side With Military Whistleblowers
3. L-3 Faces Criminal Probe Over E-Mail, Air Force Says – Updated

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Sara Sorcher – (National Journal) – January 30, 2012 – A federal audit that found the Defense Department cannot account for nearly $2 billion in Iraqi funds is likely to fuel Baghdad’s interest in pursuing a claim against Washington for failing to handle its money responsibly, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. State Department Refuses to Cooperate in Audit, Criticized for Handling of Iraqi Police Program
2. Former DoD Employee Tyrone Ellis pleads guilty to stealing funds meant for soldiers in need
3. $40 Billion in Contracts Tied to Republican Security Advisers

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Hold that Revolving Door! Four-Star General Coming Through Dana Liebelson – (POGO) – January 28, 2012 – The revolving door that carried former Department of Defense honcho William Lynn III to a well-paying job with an Italian defense contractor keeps on spinning – now Gen. James [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Not so fast and other news
2. The Pentagon & Department of Justice’s “cash to convicts” policy & other news
3. You’ll pay for that & other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Camp Buehring, Kuwait Postmaster Convicted of Stealing $565,000 in Money Orders (FBI) – January 27, 2012 – HOUSTON – Delmus Eugene Scott, Jr., 34, of Humble, Texas, has pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government money, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Scott [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. ITT employee Delmus Eugene Scott Jr., arrested for theft at Buehring APO
2. Former Army NCO Robert Ashley Nelson pleads guilty to theft
3. Former KBR employee Keith Strimple pleads guilty to child porn charge

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Mike Francis – (The Oregonian) – January 27, 2012 – Lawyers for defense contractor KBR Inc. asked a federal judge in Portland Friday to dismiss the suit brought by a group of Oregon National Guard soldiers who said the KBR knowingly exposed them to a carcinogenic [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR asks judge to throw out Oregon soldiers suit
2. Judge moves to streamline (Oregon National Guard) soldiers’ case against KBR
3. Halliburton argues that Oregon federal judge lacks jurisdiction over hexavalent chromium case

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" I find it hard to believe, after all the reports called into the DoDIG, the CID, the DCIS, all they have managed to investigate are three. Iraq was overflowing with human trafficking issues by contractor employees. POGO published and in depth report regarding human trafficking. The [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR’s Human Trafficking Labor Contractor-See Video
2. KBR Subcontractor Accused of Human Trafficking Continues to Win U.S. Contracts
3. Is KBR guilty of Human Trafficking in…..Americans?

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" (DoJ) – January 26, 2012 – A U.S. military recruiter pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to obtain approximately $190,000 in fraudulent recruiting bonuses from various U.S. military components and their contractor, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Sergeant First [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Another Army officer pleads guilty to bribery – where’s the honor?
2. Army Major pleads guilty and gets 17.5 years
3. Former Army NCO Robert Ashley Nelson pleads guilty to theft

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" 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 Iraq. Government officials say the contractors simply have to follow the requirements for any foreigners. The American Iraqi [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Iraq wants to limit private security contractors
2. How Does The “US-Iraq Security Pact” Affect KBR And Other U.S. Civilians?
3. Hearing: Oversight in Iraq and Afghanistan: Challenges and Solutions

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" “When I served four years in the military, it wasn’t so that Bechtel, KBR, Halliburton and all the other corporations could make money and buy politicians to further drag out the war and create policies that support all that,” Bodell said. “I fought for the Constitution, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Pentagon persists in patronizing perps & other news
2. That bird won’t fly and other news
3. The spoils of sole sourcing & other news

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Kenneth Cochran, of Wilder, died Sunday in Helmand province. He was killed during combat operations along with 22-year-old Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman, of Tulsa, Okla. ~ Idaho Family Mourns Death Of 20-Year-Old Marine (KARK 4 News) – January [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. 10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in 24 hours (Updated)
2. Dyncorp employee Gary Willard killed in attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility-Updated
3. Dyncorp & DRS Technology employees killed in Afghanistan (Updated 9/13/2010)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" US Army Sergeant Major and Former Sergeant Sentenced to Prison for Bribery Conspiracy at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan (DoJ) – WASHINGTON – January 20, 2012 – A former sergeant and a sergeant major in the U.S. Army, who were deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, were sentenced to [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Former Air Force Master Sgt. Patrick Boyd sentenced in Bagram bribery case
2. Christopher P. West sentenced to 5 years for bribery at Bagram
3. Former soldiers plead guilty to charges in Afghanistan contract fraud

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg – (Huffington Post) – January 20, 2012 – Some things just seem to go together: day and night, bread and butter, Romeo and Juliet, Abbott and Costello, Crosby and Hope, Batman and Robin, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Cheech and Chong, Sonny and Cher, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. DynCorp, EEOC settle harassment, retaliation suit
2. EEOC sues DynCorp for hostile work environment in Iraq (Updated)
3. David Isenberg: KBR is Asking for It

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