Secret America
The Washington Post has begun releasing their two-year investigation into post-9/11 intelligence and national security growth. It would seem that USA's security/spy/secrets rival any nightmare conjured up by tales of East Germany. In fact, it is so sprawling that it is almost impossible to effectively coordinate.
The report shows that the intelligence bureaucracy in the US has become "so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programmes exist within it, or exactly how many agencies do the same work".
... intelligence and national security work takes place in some 10,000 locations across the country.
The report also showed the degree to which US intelligence gathering and analysis has been farmed out to private contractors, with 1,931 private companies said to be working on counter-terrorism related programmes.
"To get their contracts renewed for the following year they will hue, they will dodge and they will dance around to give the right answer."
The report is lengthy and complex- just the type of reading that most Americans like to ignore. Below are links to several sites covering the report (and different aspects of it).
GAWKER - Post-9/11 Intelligence Apparatus Enormous, Wasteful, Intractable
AL JAZEERA - US 'intelligence flaws' revealed
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGES - Top Secret America
and of course,
WASHINGTON POST - THE SECRETS NEXT DOOR
The report shows that the intelligence bureaucracy in the US has become "so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programmes exist within it, or exactly how many agencies do the same work".
... intelligence and national security work takes place in some 10,000 locations across the country.
The report also showed the degree to which US intelligence gathering and analysis has been farmed out to private contractors, with 1,931 private companies said to be working on counter-terrorism related programmes.
"To get their contracts renewed for the following year they will hue, they will dodge and they will dance around to give the right answer."
The report is lengthy and complex- just the type of reading that most Americans like to ignore. Below are links to several sites covering the report (and different aspects of it).
GAWKER - Post-9/11 Intelligence Apparatus Enormous, Wasteful, Intractable
AL JAZEERA - US 'intelligence flaws' revealed
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGES - Top Secret America
and of course,
WASHINGTON POST - THE SECRETS NEXT DOOR
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