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[PDF] full report: "Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity"
This report examines the dramatically expanded role of private security contractors (PSCs) in Iraq and Afghanistan. It describes the failure of the U.S. government to effectively control their actions, and in particular the inability or unwillingness of the Department of Justice (DoJ) to hold them criminally responsible for their illegal actions. [refers to Blackwater, Custer Battles, Crescent Security Group, Triple Canopy, Zapata Engineering Company, Sandline, Aegis Defense Services, ArmorGroup International, Dyncorp]