TYT: Author Discusses His New Book, "SPIES FOR HIRE: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing."

[ihavenobias]

Spies For Hire is the first book to reveal that spying, the most sensitive duty of the government, has become privatized with, as of now, absolutely zero oversight by a government agency.

Here is an audio segment of author Tim Shorrock discussing this with Cenk of The Young Turks:

http://youngturks.wmod.llnwd.net/a591/o1/5-27-08Shorrock.wmv

And here is an udio segment from NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90411856

Finally, for dial-uppers or anyone else who's interested, here's a book review from Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/12/0228/93413

And in case you missed it, here's a segment regarding another new book "The Family: Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power":

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3371903&mesg_id=3371903

PS---Keep in mind that you can download the first hour of The Young Turks free every day through Itunes. Also, the show loops 24 hours a day at www.theyoungturks.com

[Maat]

1. Thanks (n/t)!

[ihavenobias]

2. The sad part is, I'm not surprised about this n/t

[CherylK]

3. Thanks for posting!

:)

[OhioChick]

4. No Surprise Here...

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