John Tierney person
also: Representative John Tierney, Tierney
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Claims (3)
John Tierney exposed
International Peace Operations Association book_quoted
“And yet again, someone in Congress was sponsoring a bill to rein it in. In August, Representative John Tierney of Massachusetts introduced Oversight and Accountability and More Time Contracting Act of 2012. That created new positions in the…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers Part 10 Final @ 27:57
John Tierney exposed
Coalition Provisional Authority book_quoted
“He was also the congressman who introduced the legislation that launched the commission on wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Three years later, he initiated a probe that uncovered an extortion racket initiated by U.S. contractors…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers Part 10 Final @ 29:28
John Tierney exposed
International Peace Operations Association book_quoted
“He was also the congressman who introduced the legislation that launched the commission on wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Three years later, he initiated a probe that uncovered an extortion racket initiated by U.S. contractors…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers Part 10 Final @ 29:28
Mentions (8)
▶ 27:57
And yet again, someone in Congress was sponsoring a bill to rein it in. In August, Representative John Tierney of Massachusetts introduced Oversight and Accountability and More Time Contracting Act of 2012. That created new positions in the…
▶ 28:57
We want to know the history of contractors and make sure that they can't get away by just changing their name. There has to be some consistency. So who were you before you were Academy? Tierney was the top Democrat on the subcommittee for n…
▶ 29:28
He was also the congressman who introduced the legislation that launched the commission on wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Three years later, he initiated a probe that uncovered an extortion racket initiated by U.S. contractors…
▶ 30:21
In 2011, he drew attention to the State Department's private armed security forces, noting that although they were employed by the State Department, armed contractors would end up in situations requiring them to engage in combat. It was tha…
▶ 30:52
was especially concerned about the government's habit of awarding contracts to companies with bad track records, histories of human rights abuses, unresolved allegations of fraud, or longstanding active legal cases. Ironically, on the same …
▶ 31:45
Just in 2010, increased incensed about the 2012 fine, Tierney told the press that it was simply not a big enough punishment to stop such illegal behavior, whether by the former Blackwater or any other firm. If you look at the magnitude of t…
▶ 32:46
how it was determined that that penalty fit the offense. In an interview in September, Tierney said, this had been a repeat problem that goes on, and it's not just Blackwater. We've had other private military companies taking millions of do…
▶ 13:17
As Representative John Tierney of Massachusetts said at the hearing, I understand the department will employ a number of contractors who will be responsible for rapid response to security situations, in addition to stationary security force…