http://www.metafilter.com/tags/DynCorp Posts tagged with 'DynCorp' at MetaFilter. Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:37:01 -0800 Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:37:01 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/21749/US%2DNow%2DRelying%2Don%2DMercenaries%2Din%2DAfghanistan <a href="http://www.thenewrepublic.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021125&amp;s=tepperman112502">Can Mercenaries Protect Hamid Karzai? </a> The US govt is hiring private mercenaries to do it's dirty work overseas. <i>In short, by hiring private military contractors such as DynCorp, the U.S. government has found an effective way to conduct foreign policy by proxy and in secret. These proxies cannot be monitored, are effectively immune from all criminal sanctions, and are dangerously hard to control since they answer to corporate bosses, not military brass. </i> (easy registration required) tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.21749 Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:37:01 -0800 Afghanistan brokenlink contractors DynCorp mercenaries NewRepublic TNR USA war Coop http://www.metafilter.com/8278/ <a href="http://www.dyncorp.com/areas/perssec.htm">Customer-specific solutions</a> <br>"When the Department of State (or other public sector entities) needs personnel to reconstitute, establish and maintain rule of law in emerging democracies, they come to DynCorp. " Found thru <a href="http://www.aioku.com/forget/060501.htm">Washington's secret forces in Latin America </a> tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.8278 Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:30:27 -0800 brokenlink Colombia DepartmentOfState DynCorp LatinAmerican mercenaries SouthAmerica riley370