Oct 9, 2019
In this final episode of Force for Hire, we examine some key
issues about the private military contracting world that we
uncovered.
The cost effectiveness of contracting kept coming up as one of the
major questions during the season, and experts had widely differing
answers.
We found that the broad use of third-country and host-country
nationals in security contracting often goes overlooked,
particularly when it comes to their casualty rates.
We examine the use of private contractors by the Defense Department
for intelligence, and how intelligence agencies have relied on them
since 9/11.
Addressing one of the main questions of the series, we look at
trends within the military contracting industry and examine its
future.
Thank you for listening to Force for Hire. Stay tuned for Military
Matters, our new topical podcast that will launch this fall. We
hope you’ll join us.
The full transcript of the podcast can be found here.
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