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By Alex Kane
Michael Hayden, the former director of the National Security Agency, has invaded Americas television sets in recent weeks to warn about Edward Snowdens leaks and the continuing terrorist threat to America.
But what often goes unmentioned, as the Guardians Glenn Greenwald pointed out, is that Hayden has a financial stake in keeping Americans scared and on a permanent war footing against Islamist militants. And the private firm he works for, called the Chertoff Group, is not the only one making money by scaring Americans.
Post-9/11 America has witnessed a boom in private firms dedicated to the hyped-up threat of terrorism. The drive to privatize Americas national security apparatus accelerated in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, and its gotten to the point where 70 percent of the national intelligence budget is now spent on private contractors, as author Tim Shorrock reported. The private intelligence contractors have profited to the tune of at least $6 billion a year. In 2010, the Washington Post revealed that there are 1,931 private firms across the country dedicated to fighting terrorism.
What it all adds up to is a massive industry profiting off government-induced fear of terrorism, even though Americans are more likely to be killed by a car crash or their own furniture than a terror attack.
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Autumn
(45,082 posts)for those who don't have enough. Disgusting isn't it.
Rex
(65,616 posts)they will be rewarded for their own greed and petty agendas. Selling off the country for pennies on the dollar. It goes far beyond disgusting.
Autumn
(45,082 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 22, 2014, 07:15 PM - Edit history (1)
more of the same old shit. That fucker should never be allowed to work in the private sector it should be against the law.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Seems like all that went out the window after the 2000 selection.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)warrant46
(2,205 posts)My aged 82 year old mother-in-law watches those clowns 24-7
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)except they apparently didn't know about those Isis wanna be's. Oooops