No Respect

This is a little OT again but should interest everyone enough to cross post from Civilian Contractors
Regret the ring wing left wing language as we try to avoid that here
Colonels’ Corner by Ollie North
Bagram, Afghanistan —  It is amazing how a change of geography can alter perception. In the weeks leading up to this, my 16th [...]

AIG stocks jump, curiously

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NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) — An unlikely resurgence of American International Group may epitomize the new appetite for risk on Wall Street, an equity analyst at Optique Capital said.
Analyst William Fitzpatrick wondered “who would want to buy stock that’s still 80 percent owned by the government?”
On the other hand, he said, “the risk appetite [...]

Practicing Medicine Without a Licencse

When Donna Sprags refuses to approve surgery ordered by the injured contractors doctor on a destroyed shoulder because it won’t help the injured contractor get back to work, it will only relieve his constant pain……….
When Roger Levy refuses TBI screening to someone who took the full blast of a bomb……….
When Samin Papa refuses to approve [...]

CNA Big Dog Attorneys Juggling Cases

Hot Potato  Hot Potato  Hot Potato
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Things Went Really Bad

‘Things went really bad’ says British ex-soldier facing Iraq death penalty
Paratrooper turned security guard Daniel Fitzsimons tells of night in Baghdad that left him accused of shooting dead two men
Leading security providers have recently been accused of lowering employment standards for prospective guards and in some cases barely vetting them at all.
The British security guard [...]

Really Big Fishing

We don’t have Waxmans list of insurance companies but AIG and CNA are bound to be on it.
Democratic Investigators Target Health Insurers

House Democrats are probing the nation’s largest insurance companies for lavish spending, demanding reams of compensation data and schedules of retreats and conferences.
Letters sent to 52 insurance companies by Democratic leaders demand extensive documents [...]

Superbugs via the military evacuation system and your DBA claim

Injured contractors who enter the military evacuation system either in Iraq or Afghanistan are at an extremely high risk of being contaminated with Multiple Drug Resistant or Completely Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, in addition to MRSA, Klebsiella pneumonia, VRE, C diff, Psuedomonas aeruginosa, several species of Proteus, and more.  While these bugs are also available [...]

The DBA’s Exclusive Remedy: Why Danny Fitzsimons’ PTSD was a Non Issue?

The Defense Base Act includes a clause called the “Exclusive Remedy” making the DBA the employers exclusive liability and the employees’s exclusive remedy.
When the contract company  purchases the cost reimbursable DBA insurance for it’s employees it has just been released of all liability for any reason.   It is relieved from  litigation by the employee or [...]

Sometimes It’s Not Your War, But You Sacrifice Anyway

T. Christian Miller has been investigating and reporting on contractor issues for the LA Times and ProPublica.  The following is a heartfelt commentary on the plight of the injured war zone worker both domestic and foreign.
The exploitation and abandonment of these foreign workers at the hands of our corporate war profiteers, that includes you [...]

Tales from the Dark Side

Mickey Thomas and Michael Quinn, formerly of Laughlin, Falbo, Levy, and Moresi who used to, maybe still do, serve the Dark Lord CNA, have apparently decided to stick by the Dark Side.
You can find them at
Thomas, Quinn & Krieger
199 Fremont Street, 20th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Where they appear to be doing some work for CNA.