Category Archives: Military Industrial Complex

My Turn: The Post Covers Spy Town (The Atlantic)

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Tim Shorrock

Just posted. An excerpt: To be sure, the Post did the public a huge favor by showing, in excruciating detail, just how massive our secret government has become since 9/11, how far it spreads geographically across the country, and how … Continue reading →

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The Corporate Intelligence Community: A Photo Exclusive

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Tim Shorrock

By Tim Shorrock (WASHINGTON, DC) – Not long ago, as I was preparing an article on government contracting, I was given a tour of Northern Virginia by a friend who spent over a decade as an intelligence operative and another … Continue reading →

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Clapper and the Intelligence “Enterprise”

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Tim Shorrock

My take on retired Air Force General James Clapper, who’s been appointed by President Obama to be Director of National Intelligence, from Foreign Policy in Focus. Clapper doesn’t lean toward either the Bush or Obama foreign policy agendas, nor does … Continue reading →

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Carlyle may jump back into spy business

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Tim Shorrock

My latest, from CorpWatch: The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity funds, may soon acquire the $2 billion government contracting business of consulting giant Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the biggest suppliers of technology and personnel to … Continue reading →

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CIFA tunes in to Cambone story

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Tim Shorrock

Domestic surveillance in America: The Pentagon’s Counter-Intelligence Field Activity (CIFA) office signed onto this website today to read my story on the contract it recently awarded to a British contractor linked to former defense intelligence boss Stephen Cambone. The IP … Continue reading →

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