Pratap is an investigative journalist and producer. He is the author of "Halliburton's Army" (Nation Books, 2009) "Iraq Inc.: A Profitable Occupation" (Seven Stories Press, 2004) and "The Earth Brokers" (Routledge Press, 1994).
He has many years of experience working in radio, print and digital media, including hosting a weekly radio show on Berkeley station KPFA, working as global environment editor for InterPress Service and as a freelance writer for the Financial Times, the Guardian and the Independent of London.
He has won five Project Censored awards as well as a Silver Reel from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters for his work in Afghanistan, and the best business story award from the National Newspaper Association (US), among others. He has also appeared as a commentator on numerous radio and television shows ranging from BBC World Service, CNN International, Democracy Now!, Fox and MSNBC.
Pratap serves on the board of Amnesty International USA, Corporate Europe Observatory and Corruption Watch UK.
Additional Resources
A. Halliburton
Books
Halliburton's Army
Iraq, Inc.
Videos
Halliburton's Army talk on Democracy Now
Halliburton's Army book talk in Portland
Halliburton's Army book talk in Washington DC
Halliburton's Army book talk on KEXL radio, Seattle
Iraq, Inc. book talk on C-Span
Articles
B. Other military contractors
Testimony:
U.S. Congressional Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and
Afghanistan
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Reports
Outsourcing Intelligence in Iraq: A CorpWatch Report on L-3/Titan with
recommendations from Amnesty International
Videos
Democracy Now interview on L-3
Talk on CIA contractors at the American University of Beirut
Dyncorp Rent-a-Cops May Head to Post-Saddam Iraq
Darfur Diplomacy: Enter the Contractors
DynCorp Oversight in Afghanistan Faulted
DynCorp in Colombia: Outsourcing the Drug War
Longer list including non CorpWatch articles here
