dax, spies hired to spy on american citizens that don't like your politics are not comparable even in crazyland to private army men. that whatabout'ism is looked down upon by even the most extreme whatabout'ist enthusiasts.
SD, outsourcing of spying has been going on for years. The black budget and all that goes with it is called the black budget because nobody really knows what's in it and what they're up to.
You should have been melting down years ago. So I'll call out the partisanship. Have a great day, tho.
Oh, and please, you can make a clear case that most of this board's hero was clearly spying on people for political purposes. When you sign executive orders to allow "intelligence" to get into the hands of people who are more politicians than national security people, you're basically green lighting political spying and just using the in-house gang to do it.