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“Digital Blackwater”: Meet the Contractors Who Analyze Your Personal Data

Posted on: Jun 10, 2013, Source: Salon

Private companies are getting rich examining your private information for the government. Here's who they are.

North Korea 101: Are We Really Primed for War?

Posted on: Apr 5, 2013, Source: Salon

America’s current policy toward North Korea is an utter failure -- here's how we got here.

Carlyle Group May Buy Major CIA Contractor: Booz Allen Hamilton

Posted on: Mar 20, 2008, Source: CorpWatch

The global titans may be buying a premiere supplier for the intelligence community.

Top Rumsfeld Aide Gets Cushy Contract From Spy Agency He Created

Posted on: Jan 18, 2008, Source: CorpWatch

Steven Cambone, an advocate of torture who was briefly sought for war crimes by German prosecutors, is raking it in.

Bush Goes Private to Spy on You

Posted on: Dec 5, 2007, Source: CorpWatch

The Bush administration is launching a new government agency that will rely heavily on private security contractors to conduct surveillance in the U.S.

Watch What You Say

Posted on: Mar 9, 2006, Source: The Nation

How the telephone company listens in on your calls and what they tell the government.

A Skewed History of Asia

Posted on: Apr 29, 2003, Source: The Nation

Comparing Iraq 2003 to Japan 1945 is a distortion of history.