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Big brother becomes little brother

Corporations are the new nation state, U.S. intelligence admits

Envious of the power and wealth of corporate America, the head of U.S. intelligence has issued a new directive calling on the spy agencies to “routinize” and “expand” their partnerships with private companies. Though the directive provides no examples and few specifics on what type of cooperation and “engagement” it is unleashing, their target clearly includes the appistocracy who attended President Trump’s inauguration last week. “Increasingly, informed judgments reside with not just state actors but also non-state entities (NSEs), from companies to academia to cities to civil society organizations,” the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in its own 2024 strategy document.

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