Here's a section from the soon to be Pulitzer Prize nominated series in the WaPost on the growing intelligence industry:
"To ensure that the country's most sensitive duties are carried out only by people loyal above all to the nation's interest, federal rules say contractors may not perform what are called "inherently government functions." But they do, all the time and in every intelligence and counterterrorism agency, according to a two-year investigation by The Washington Post.
What started as a temporary fix in response to the terrorist attacks has turned into a dependency that calls into question whether the federal workforce includes too many people obligated to shareholders rather than the public interest -- and whether the government is still in control of its most sensitive activities. In interviews last week, both Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and CIA Director Leon Panetta said they agreed with such concerns."
Not to put too fine a point on it, but weren't Aldrich Ames and Robert Hannsen both bought and paid for government employees?
Bryan McGrath
No comments:
Post a Comment