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Nor are Blackwater's contractors subject to United States military law.
In certain instances, Mr. Amey noted, contractors subject to civil and criminal settlements with the department continue to rack up violations.
It would also make private American security companies and other contractors subject to Iraqi justice in criminal cases, which was a major Iraqi demand.
Nor are contractors subject to the uniform code of military justice because, after all, they are not in the US military.
In a significant breakthrough after months of halting negotiations, the agreement would make private American security companies and other contractors subject to Iraqi justice in criminal cases.
Private firms that administer parts of the NHS, criminal justice, schools and other public services will also be exempt (Scotland, which has separate laws, is considering making big contractors subject to FOI requests).And changing the rules might not, by itself, fix a cultural resistance to scrutiny within some bits of government.
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Accountability test: At worst the big contractors are subject to short term bidding bans in the event of failure.
Sean McCormack, the spokesman for the State Department, said in a briefing that contractors "are subject to Department of State rules of engagement".
In January, the Times dismissed a new play about Frank Lloyd Wright as a "dreary drama" that focussed too much on Wright's tirades against contractors, a subject that, however easy it may be for people to identify with, doesn't make for stirring theatre.
Unnamed C.I.A. officers and contractors had subjected Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding; Martinez had acted as a "good cop," building trust with the prisoner.
A reporter and editor at USA Today who investigated Pentagon propaganda contractors "were subjected to a propaganda campaign of sorts, waged on the Internet through a series of bogus Web sites," the newspaper reported.
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