I think the poster's employment is just context. The "inmates" here are the tech companies being held hostage by the NSA. But I'm not sure I really agree. At t

I think the poster's employment is just context. The "inmates" here are the tech companies being held hostage by the NSA. But I'm not sure I really agree. At this point "bedfellows" seems like an apt description, given how feeble and ineffective their opposition (certainly publicly, anyway) to it seems to have been.