It also belongs to some interesting associations including The American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and the Society for Epidemiological Research.
These private companies performing government functions ("Cutouts" in the vernacular of the intelligence community) serve two purposes. They provide "deniability" to government officials and they are beyond the reach of congressional oversight and investigations as well as the Freedom of Information Act.
Congress should (but won’t) take action to forbid this practice.
Jim Rarey
The author is a free lance writer based in Romulus, Michigan, U.S.A.. He is a former newspaper editor and investigative reporter, a retired customs administrator and accountant, and a student of history and the U.S. Constitution.
He can be reached at: jimrarey@provide.net.
Please also read:
DynCorp Still Taking the Moral Low Ground, by Kelly Patricia O'Meara
http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=260511
These private companies performing government functions ("Cutouts" in the vernacular of the intelligence community) serve two purposes. They provide "deniability" to government officials and they are beyond the reach of congressional oversight and investigations as well as the Freedom of Information Act.
Congress should (but won’t) take action to forbid this practice.
Jim Rarey
The author is a free lance writer based in Romulus, Michigan, U.S.A.. He is a former newspaper editor and investigative reporter, a retired customs administrator and accountant, and a student of history and the U.S. Constitution.
He can be reached at: jimrarey@provide.net.
Please also read:
DynCorp Still Taking the Moral Low Ground, by Kelly Patricia O'Meara
http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=260511