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June 27, 2013
New Podcast: How the Intelligence World Came to Rely on Contractors
Why did the United States start outsourcing so many of its intelligence activities? What risks and costs does this pose to the government?
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Topics: Contract Oversight
June 18, 2013
Does America Have a Security-Industrial Complex?
A new article in The Atlantic argues that the level of secrecy in Washington has become “absurd,” especially around intelligence and defense programs.
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Topics: Open Government
June 17, 2013
NSA Leak Prompts Talk of Limiting Contractor Access to Secrets
In the wake of Edward Snowden’s leak of highly classified documents from the National Security Agency, some in Congress are raising concerns about contractors’ access to government secrets, according to an article in The New York Times.
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Topics: National Security
June 14, 2013
When Will the Contractors Contract?
Does privatization work as predicted by the neo-liberal ideologues?
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Topics: National Security
June 10, 2013
NSA Leaker Came From Massive Intelligence Contractor
The latest national security leak comes not from a government employee, but from one of the many contractors now hired to run parts of our national security state, according to an article in The New York Times.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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Podcast: How The Intelligence World Came to Rely on Contractors
POGO's Scott Amey talks about the growing private intelligence industry that includes major federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, the former employer of Edward Snowden. Podcast with Joe Newman, Aimee Thomson, Jana Persky and Andre Francisco.
