thanks for your comments.

Competitors who want your trade secrets, your R&D plans, your bid details, your intellectual property or copies of your confidential communications can hire well placed private contractors to obtain them.

60-70% of our national intelligence budget is paid to private contractors. Private contractors help monitor all telephone and internet communications for the federal government.

There is no independent oversight, control or accountability over private intelligence contractor activities.

FISA presents grave intellectual property security issues.

See http://HappinessHacker.com for links to respected resources describing the risks of private government contractors.