Outsourcing: Out of control

My latest, in Federal Times, of all places: “In the aftermath of Sept.11, Vice President Dick Cheney famously warned that the war on terrorism would be fought on ‘the dark side, if you will,’ using ‘sources and methods that are available to our intelligence agencies.’ Few expected those tactics would include torture, secret prisons and the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping of U.S. persons. And fewer had any idea this work would be carried out by private corporations working under contract to the U.S. government…” To read on, click here.

Update: SPIES FOR HIRE reviewed in the New York Times.

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