Articles: Intelligence

Contractors fret about freeze-out after Snowden leak By: Leigh Munsil June 10, 2013 04:47 PM EDT Washington’s national security contractors are bracing for criticism after learning one of their own was… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Private firms have tighter security; ‘Rogue’ leakers hard to stop, former contractor VP says Published: Monday, June 10, 2013 By CHAD SELWESKI chad.selweski@macombdaily.com @cbsnewsman A “rogue” employee who engages in a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

About 500,000 private contractors have access to top-secret info By Brad Plumer, Published: June 11, 2013 at 11:01 am One of the big questions raised after Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Private contractors’ key role at issue in NSA leak By JONATHAN FAHEY and ADAM GOLDMAN Associated Press June 11, 2013 4:10AM FILE – In this April 18, 2013 file photo, National… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

NationalJournal.com June 10, 2013 Our Privatized National Security State More than a decade ago, CIA Director Michael Hayden began enlisting the private sector to build the NSA’s data ops. Today Silicon… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Washington Post June 11, 2013 Pg. 1 Amid Rise Of Outsourcing, Shakier Vetting By Robert O’Harrow Jr., Dana Priest and Marjorie Censer The unprecedented leak of top-secret documents by National Security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Wall Street Journal June 11, 2013 Pg. 1 U.S. Relies On Spies For Hire To Sift Deluge Of Intelligence By Siobhan Gorman and Dion Nissenbaum The leaks by Edward Snowden reveal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Edward Snowden: Exhibit A for How Washington Blows Money on Contractors What the leaker’s $200,000 salary tells us about the absurd cost of privatizing government. Jordan Weissmann Jun 10 2013, 8:08… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Jun 11, ’13          THE ROVING EYE Digital Blackwater rules By Pepe Escobar The judgment of Daniel “Pentagon Papers” Ellsberg is definitive; “There has not been in American history a more important… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →