"terror, terror, terror" is big, very profitable business for some corporations.

[cali]

of course they can't lobby for terror threats, but terrorism has become a huge business over the last 10+ years. It's naive to think that this doesn't have an influence.

Just as war is profitable, so too is terrorism.

This is an older article but still to the point.

The huge business of fighting terrorism
The government has spent incredible amounts of money on homeland security over the past decade, essentially creating a new industry.
http://money.msn.com/mutual-fund/article.aspx?post=a01f39c7-4558-4965-b903-fab2b796d76a

[Lint Head]

1. They have taken a simple tactic, not an army, and turned it into a business model.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. You mean they can not lobby publically for threats....'can't' is a huge word.

The lobbying itself is a 'National Security Secret' for a reason....

[rhett o rick]

3. k&r

[felix_numinous]

4. The MIC has gotten so bloated

that they have to create enemies in order to stay in the arms/prison/surveillance business. They have no right to make public safety into a business, because it is a conflict of interest. They create, define and classify their missions and then are able to lobby to continue and expand their operation.

I don't think anyone here is naive enough to believe we can operate in the modern world without classified missions. But at this point in time the American people want to put the brakes on their unregulated expansion, mission creep and skyrocketing cost.

Digital Blackwater: How the NSA Gives Private Contractors Control of the Surveillance State

http://truth-out.org/video/item/16904-digital-blackwater-how-the-nsa-gives-private-contractors-control-of-the-surveillance-state