Plame and Wilson: The NSA's metastasised intelligence-industrial complex is ripe for abuse

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108. "We are now dealing with a vast intelligence-industrial complex that is largely unaccountable..."

"to its citizens."

But, but, but "checks and balances" and and and "FISA" and and and "briefings."

We apparently read different articles:

NOT privatization PROBLEM NUMBER 1: "Prism and other NSA data-mining programs might indeed be very effective in hunting and capturing actual terrorists, but we don't have enough information as a society to make that decision."

NOT privatization PROBLEM NUMBER 2: "We are now dealing with a vast intelligence-industrial complex that is largely unaccountable to its citizens. "

NOT privatization PROBLEM NUMBER 3: "And then you could have some explaining to do to an over-zealous prosecutor."

NOT privatization PROBLEM NUMBER 4: "On this spying business, officials from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to self-important senators are, in effect, telling Americans not to worry: it's not that big a deal, and "trust us" because they're keeping US citizens safe."

But it's okay, cognitive dissonance explains a lot about the blind spots in your interpretation there...