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Why? This isn't a case of some shadowy organization actively trying to spy on americans, a la HBGary. BAH had a contract to support netops and hired Snowden. No
by philar 13y ago
Why? This isn't a case of some shadowy organization actively trying to spy on americans, a la HBGary. BAH had a contract to support netops and hired Snowden. Not exactly the same thing Barr did as CEO.
- pvnick 13y agoI'm not advocating or encouraging the hacking (I'd like to think I'm smarter than that). I'm saying for the case of the national discussion happening at the moment regarding government contractors carrying out national security jobs, I would be interested to see the response of folks like Feinstein, who publicly discussed limiting contractor access [1]. If contractors aren't trusted with secrets, the outcome plays right into Assange's theory of the locking down of information and subsequent paralysis of an authoritarian conspiracy [2]. [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-14/feinstein-eyes-limit-on-contractor-access-after-nsa-leaks.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-14/feinstein-eyes-limi... [2] http://cryptome.org/0002/ja-conspiracies.pdf http://cryptome.org/0002/ja-conspiracies.pdf
- philar 13y agoI agree that it would likely yield an interesting discussion. The fact is federal contractors are responsible for almost all cases of espionage in the past 10 years. Good links too.
- CamperBob2 13y agoBAH had a contract to support netops and hired Snowden. Ah, the modern version of the Nuremberg defense. "It was in the contract."