When the DoD IG found that NSA “does not effectively monitor the Special Access Programs it operates or supports,” it inadvertently outlined how Project Preserve Destiny functioned without oversight.
Thank you for the comment! I found the DoD IG report on Friday, and the parallels between the report's findings and PPD were too close to ignore.
>the question becomes: what prevents similar architecture from housing far more exotic programs?
The article defines a very specific instance on how one piece of "the program" avoided oversight; however, the ultimate of goal of the article was to show that if this mechanism--purposefully made to avoid oversight-- exists, there are certainly more. And, that there may be more literature in the open source to uncover them.
Well written discussion that clearly shows the loopholes in oversight of classified ‘black’ and Legacy Program programs.
Most likely incompetence sits at its core.
Thank you for the comment! I found the DoD IG report on Friday, and the parallels between the report's findings and PPD were too close to ignore.
>the question becomes: what prevents similar architecture from housing far more exotic programs?
The article defines a very specific instance on how one piece of "the program" avoided oversight; however, the ultimate of goal of the article was to show that if this mechanism--purposefully made to avoid oversight-- exists, there are certainly more. And, that there may be more literature in the open source to uncover them.