What Could Go Wrong?

Thursday 25 April 2013 - Filed under Uncategorized

In a world where the security state has no accountability because of its colossal size, and no real means of forcing it to be accountable, what could go wrong? Dana Priest and William M. Arkin at The Washington Post:

The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work.

These are some of the findings of a two-year investigation by The Washington Post that discovered what amounts to an alternative geography of the United States, a Top Secret America hidden from public view and lacking in thorough oversight. After nine years of unprecedented spending and growth, the result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe is so massive that its effectiveness is impossible to determine.

But apparently I’m crazy and irrational for not trusting government and whether the things it does are either necessary or effective, while those who support this boondoggle are the rational, reality based people in America.

2013-04-25  »  madlibertarianguy