I'd be impressed if they managed this. From what I've seen, once a project loses funding, it atrophies and is either cannibalized for funded projects or dies (slowly). But I could see that as long as the black budget stays black and if it grows, then a project could receive a minimum of sustenance from black sources until it can be rebranded and get larger funding from a more transparent source. Hell, for all I know some of the black budget is already used for this sort of thing.
On Mon, 2013-06-17 at 12:34 -0400, mar...@snoutfarm.com wrote: > Going back to the government contractor vs. employee issue. What I imagine > will happen is that the legally questionable work will be compartmentalized > to contractors (BAH, Chertoff group) and they will `advise' the government > on imminent risks. That way, if/when the contractors do illegal things > they can have their contracts revoked, be fined, etc. but the capability > remains (perhaps in the hands of another contractor if needed). This has > the added benefit that the officials that run the government organizations > during some administration have a nice and profitable place to continue > their work in later years. -- ⇒⇐ glen e. p. ropella I pinned my baby into yanking satan's crank ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
