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Report: Obscuring of Civilian Contractor’s Death Expands to U.S. Department of Labor

TAXPAYERS FOOT BILL TO INSURANCE COMPANY, EMPLOYER AMID CONTRADICTIONS IN CAUSE OF DEATH by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 27, 2018) — The widow of a civilian contractor killed in Afghanistan in 2012 is now convinced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and its insurer, Zürich North American Insurance Company and the law firm of Flicker […]

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Widow of Civilian Contractor Reports Having Been Monitored

“YOU ARE NOT ALONE” by Pauline Boyle, ©2017 (Mar. 12, 2017) —[Editor’s Note:  The following account was written by Pauline Boyle, widow of a civilian contractor killed in 2012 in Afghanistan in circumstances that have remained unexplained by the Army and his employer, L-3 Communications/Engility Corp. Retired Chicago Police Department officer and U.S. Marine veteran Thomas […]

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Widow Provides Information with Possible Nexus to Last-Minute Obama-Kenya Deal

“L-3 COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE” by Pauline Boyle (Feb. 25, 2017) — [Editor’s Note:  The letter below was sent to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA50), a cosponsor of a resolution to disapprove a $418 million proposed sale of specially-outfitted airplanes to the Kenyan government reported to have been approved by the Obama administration on his […]

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The Art of Plausible Deniability

HOW DOES A “NO RECORDS” RESPONSE BECOME “CLASSIFIED IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL DEFENSE?” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 6, 2016) — On September 28, the widow of a civilian contractor stationed in Afghanistan at the time of his death on June 19, 2012 filed an appeal to a September 6 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) […]

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Does Thomas J. Boyle’s Former Employer Know His Cause of Death?

“I REQUEST THE DOCUMENTS YOU HOLD” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 25, 2016) —On June 19, 2012, civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. was killed during an insurgent attack against the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Provincial Reserve (PR), to which he had been assigned in support of U.S. military intelligence operations in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.  At […]

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Widow Accuses Contracting Companies of “Criminal Activities”

REQUESTS CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO CONTINUED FUNDING WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS by Pauline Boyle, widow of late civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr. (Jul. 12, 2016) — [Editor’s Note:  The following email was sent to Rep. Jason  Chaffetz (R-UT3), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and copied to Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC4), Chairman of the […]

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Two Faces – Two Files – One Person’s Gain is Another Person’s Loss

WHY HAVE INSURANCE COMPANIES REFUSED TO PAY AFTER DEATH OF CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 10, 2016) — On June 17, 2016, Pauline Boyle, widow of former civilian contractor Thomas J. Boyle, Jr., whose story we have covered over the last several months, once again requested the “complete file” relating to her late husband’s […]

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Are Civilian Contractors Sacrificed to the “Big Business” of War?

“A WORK OF FICTION” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 29, 2016) —The Post & Email previously reported in two articles on the death of Thomas J. Boyle, Jr., a civilian contractor killed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province on June 19, 2012 while supporting U.S. Army Reserve operations. Mr. Boyle was employed by MPRI, later called Engility Corporation, […]