Saturday, November 03, 2007
Another giant stride for Privatization
Another part of government organized for the public good is being sold off to F. O. G. to provide private profit from public treasuries. This time it is the spook trade.
The Prince Group, the holding company that owns Blackwater Worldwide, has been building an operation that will sniff out intelligence about natural disasters, business-friendly governments, overseas regulations and global political developments for clients in industry and government.So far it has only foreign and corporate clients, but with the New Republicans in charge, how long before they sell off the CIA, at a loss, to their moneyed Princes? And like every other example, privatization will cost more with less result and no accountability. Is this George's real legacy?
The operation, Total Intelligence Solutions, has assembled a roster of former spooks -- high-ranking figures from agencies such as the CIA and defense intelligence -- that mirrors the slate of former military officials who run Blackwater. Its chairman is Cofer Black, the former head of counterterrorism at CIA known for his leading role in many of the agency's more controversial programs, including the rendition and interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects and the detention of some of them in secret prisons overseas.
Its chief executive is Robert Richer, a former CIA associate deputy director of operations who was heavily involved in running the agency's role in the Iraq war.
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