Comments on: Regulating Private Military Companies http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/10/regulating_priv.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: scared http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/10/regulating_priv.html/comment-page-1#comment-52038 scared Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:43:51 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/10/regulating-private-military-companies.html#comment-52038 I look forward to reading your piece. I have been skimming the special issue of the ICRC Review on this issue; one article is available here: http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/review-863-p573 Also, this may be of interest: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/11/halliburton200711?printable=true&currentPage=all "Qui tam cases from Iraq are investigated by an F.B.I. unit in Rock Island, Illinois. According to Grayson, the unit has a "standing order" to get approval from the attorneys at Vinson & Elkins before questioning anyone at Halliburton or KBR. "F.B.I. agents are not supposed to politely ask permission," he says. "The most common interview technique by the F.B.I. is a knock on your door at nine o'clock at night. They're not allowed to do that when it comes to Halliburton and KBR employees." (In its e-mailed statement, the D.O.J. said it cannot comment on how any Iraq case has been investigated; Vinson & Elkins did not respond to a request for comment.)" I look forward to reading your piece. I have been skimming the special issue of the ICRC Review on this issue; one article is available here:

http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/review-863-p573

Also, this may be of interest:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/11/halliburton200711?printable=true&currentPage=all

“Qui tam cases from Iraq are investigated by an F.B.I. unit in Rock Island, Illinois. According to Grayson, the unit has a “standing order” to get approval from the attorneys at Vinson & Elkins before questioning anyone at Halliburton or KBR. “F.B.I. agents are not supposed to politely ask permission,” he says. “The most common interview technique by the F.B.I. is a knock on your door at nine o’clock at night. They’re not allowed to do that when it comes to Halliburton and KBR employees.” (In its e-mailed statement, the D.O.J. said it cannot comment on how any Iraq case has been investigated; Vinson & Elkins did not respond to a request for comment.)”

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