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Put the Spies Back Under One Roof

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

Op-Ed Contributor Put the Spies Back Under One Roof By TIM SHORROCK Published: June 17, 2013 Maxwell Holyoke-Hirsch “I’m very concerned that we have government contractors doing what are essentially governmental jobs,” Senator Dianne Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate … Continue reading →

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Edward Snowden and the National Security Industrial Complex

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Edward Snowden and the National Security Industrial Complex by Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch/IPS* June 17th, 2013 Cartoon by Khalil Bendib When Edward Snowden, an employee of Booz Allen Hamilton – a military contractor based in McLean, Virginia – blew the whistle on the … Continue reading →

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After Profits, Defense Contractor Faces The Pitfalls Of Cybersecurity

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

New York Times June 16, 2013 Pg. 1 After Profits, Defense Contractor Faces The Pitfalls Of Cybersecurity By David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth WASHINGTON — When the United Arab Emirates wanted to create its own version of the National … Continue reading →

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How Private Contractors Like Booz Allen Cost Taxpayers More

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

How Private Contractors Like Booz Allen Cost Taxpayers More By Bryce Covert on Jun 10, 2013 at 3:45 pm Booz Allen facility in Maryland (Credit: Jeffrey MacMillan/Capital Business) When the National Security Administration (NSA) leaker outed himself over the weekend, … Continue reading →

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Growth of intel outsourcing no secret, but now Congress taking notice

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

Growth of intel outsourcing no secret, but now Congress taking notice Reuters Self-professed NSA leaker Edward Snowden, shown here in an image taken from video during an interview by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong June 6, … Continue reading →

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A Promise Of Changes For Access To Secrets

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

New York Times June 14, 2013 Pg. 18 A Promise Of Changes For Access To Secrets By David E. Sanger and Jeremy W. Peters WASHINGTON — The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee emerged from a classified briefing on Thursday … Continue reading →

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Contractors Battle over $600 Million CIA Computing Contract

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

June 14, 2013 Contractors Battle over $600 Million CIA Computing Contract A fight between Amazon Web Services and IBM U.S. Federal over a $600 million contract to provide cloud computing services to the Central Intelligence Agency gives a rare glimpse … Continue reading →

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The History of America’s Secret Wars: Corporate Espionage and the Outsourcing of National Security

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

The History of America’s Secret Wars: Corporate Espionage and the Outsourcing of National Security By Greg Guma Global Research, June 14, 2013 This text is excerpted from Big Lies: How Our Corporate Overlords, Politicians and Media Establishment Warp Reality and … Continue reading →

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Little impact seen from suspension of clearance investigations

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

Little impact seen from suspension of clearance investigations ‘We’ve seen this movie before’ By Matthew Hay Brown, The Baltimore Sun 11:22 p.m. EDT, June 14, 2013 The Pentagon decision to suspend security clearance vetting for some defense contractors is likely … Continue reading →

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Big bucks for Big Brother spies

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Big bucks for Big Brother spies By Peter Huck 10:24 AM Saturday Jun 15, 2013 Rogue spy agencies are conducting mass surveillance on the public without real oversight Intelligence director James Clapper swore the National Security Agency never collected any … Continue reading →

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