An explosive investigative series published in the Washington Post today begins, "The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work." Among the findings: An estimated 854,000 people hold top-secret security clearances. More than 1,200 government organizations and nearly 2,000 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence in 10,000 locations. We speak with one of the co-authors of the series, Bill Arkin.
Everybody is blogging about about this. I knew about this shit in the 80's and I KNEW it was going to explode after 9/11, even though I didn't quite know why. Now I do. The M-I-C is like bacteria or virus, it adapts in order to live and grow stronger. I've been watching the adaptations from the black heart of the M-I-C since the late 70's. I've lived my whole life in San Diego. I call SD the black heart of the M-I-C, but it's really DC and Virginia. You think in a city that is basically one big military base we don't have companies like Northrop Grumman, SAIC, General Dynamics, BAE....you want me to go on?
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