From the Washington Post:
Perhaps everyone is worrying about the wrong thing. How much does this opaque network of top secret agencies, departments, private companies cost the taxpayers How much duplication is there? ? How effective is it? Who is really in control? How do we evaluate it? Has terrorism become even more politicized?
I think I am growing concerned. It sounds like the Patriot Act is on steroids and we didn’t know it.
This story uncovers a tangled web of inner departments that exemplify that the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. Often there are multiple departments doing the same thing. Our own counter terrorism now becomes too big to fail. Where has the Congressonal oversight been the past 5-6 years? GAO cannot investigate intelligence.
The Washington Post uncovers 2 years of investigative reporting. A 4th branch of the government is not mandated by the Constitution. Perhaps the Tea Parties need to start demanding some answers. Perhaps they don’t know who to direct those questions toward. Is this the new Intel-gate?
Dana Priest and William Arkin, the inevestigative journalists just might be the next Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. This is the first of a three part series.
