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Re:Ex-Spy Runs His Own Private C.I.A. by ahi on Saturday January 22, 2011 @06:19PM (#2131317)
There are plenty of private intelligence agencies. It's an industry pretty much like any other. Few are dumb enough to compete with the CIA. Why hire a private agency in Afghanistan when the American taxpayer is already paying for those services? If you run a private intelligence firm, just how desperate for customers/donors do you have to be to get an article in the New York Times?
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Re:Ex-Spy Runs His Own Private C.I.A. by joe_the_user on Saturday January 22, 2011 @06:48PM (#2131369)
Yes,

The "intelligence community" is a community - whether a given actor is in or out of government does not seem as important as whether they in the community.

Secrecy grants it's possessors the ability to act very informally.

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