Feb. 22, 2022 (from an article)
A nongovernment entity can get around the laws that government must meet. For instance, The New York Times recently reported how billionaire CIA contractor Eric Prince created a private spy company, employed by Trumper politicians to do surveillance on democrats, unfriendly republicans and political activists to damage them. And the government directly hires companies to do things it cannot legally pursue. For example, half of the Pentagon’s operations and intelligence budget now goes to private corporations. If direct cite is required, let me know. I can only have so many browser windows open at once!