Now he claims to earn his living as a private security contractor.

ECONOMIST: A rotten army cannot keep the peace

He started working as a private security contractor after leaving the Army.

BBC: Danny Fitzsimons jailed for Iraq security guard murders

The event's private security contractor, G4S, was forced to admit that it was short of staff and asked the army to step in to help.

CNN: Why Britain doesn't love the Olympics

The An effort was rattled in the homestretch when a private security contractor, G4S PLC, failed to provide as many guards as it promised to guard stadiums, forcing the military to provide more soldiers for the operations.

WSJ: Menu

This week the New York Times reported that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had once hired Blackwater, a private-security contractor, in connection with a plots to assassinate al-Qaeda operatives.

ECONOMIST: Private security contractors