The FBI Deputizes Business
Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does--and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials. In return, they provide information to the government, which alarms the ACLU. But there may be more to it than that. One business ... Full Story »
Posted by Melva Hackney
This is a strong story. I’d like a follow-up investigating which companies are involved in the program, as well as a deep historical look at similar programs (ie, the incorporated states’ hiring of pirates in the early days of the country, up through the outsourcing of military functions in the war on Iraq)