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In other words, this is a new incarnation of the military-industrial complex in the making. The old complex—the aerospace and shipbuilding corporations that emerged or thrived after World War II—was probably necessary, too. But, as students of that complex know, it has a downside—and the downside in this new intelligence-IT complex could be fatal.

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— Slate - The most frightening thing about our unfathomably complex intelligence bureaucracy. (Based on the must-read [by which I mean, “I must get around to reading”] WaPo series “Top Secret America”.)