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Article

3 Nov 2009

Author:
Cyril Magnon-Pujo, Journal of International Peace Operations

[PDF] A Shadowy Business [scroll to pg. 29]

...In Shadow Force, Isenberg analyzes the security element of contractor business in the Iraq intervention...With the aspiration of furthering the private security contractor debate, described as a “tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury,”... Isenberg attempts to offer a fair view of the security contractors in Iraq by avoiding judgments...A long discussion of the Abu Ghraib scandal, involving two private companies (CACI and Titan) providing unarmed translators and interrogators to the Iraqi prison, illustrates this tension between theory and practice, eventually questioning the efficiency of oversight and accountability...[also refers to Blackwater]