The $56 Billion "Intelligence" Boom for Private Contractors
by YES! Magazine on Jul 2, 2014 | Views: 398 | Score: 6
Intelligence budget going to private contractors | 70 |
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The rest of the intelligence budget | 30 |
Sources:
nytimes.com, washingtonpost.com
Intelligence budget going to private contractors | 70 |
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The rest of the intelligence budget | 30 |
According to the New York Times, "Seventy percent of America’s intelligence budget now flows to private contractors. Going by this year’s estimated budget of about $80 billion, that makes private intelligence a $56 billion-a-year industry." This means, as Glenn Greenwald explains, "the more this surveillance state expands, the more private interests are enriched." Read Greenwald's full interview: bit.ly/1rHRVN7