The Washington Post is midway through a series on the huge network of intelligence operations that sprouted up after 9/11. Like much of the rest of our national security, the network is dominated by private contractors and packed with redundancies -- no one knows how many people are being employed or at what cost. Even top political and intelligence leaders don't know the scope of the operations.
The series is called Top Secret America. It took a dozen reporters two years to dig up all the info, much of it from anonymous sources. The Post reporters managed to find out what companies received contracts, although there's little information about what they do or how much government money they receive.
Minnesota companies according to the reporting's awesome data feature:
Link: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/
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The Washington Post is midway through a series on the huge network of intelligence operations that sprouted up after 9/11. Like much of the rest of our national security, the network is dominated by private contractors and packed with redundancies -- no one knows how many people are being employed or at what cost. Even top political and intelligence leaders don't know the scope of the operations.
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