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The individual names and says of the 854,000 people with top secret clearances, 265,000 of them private contractors but is privatization of our national security a bad thing? former deputy assistant secretary of defense fox news contributor k.t. mcfarland. you had a chance to look at this story. what does part two mean to you? does our top -- is anything exposed here? >> no, that's what everybody was worried about. that this article would start naming names of individuals who were contracted top secret people who might be doing, you know, who would be working with our own military. >> that's n...

Goldman is pretty much flat at this point. looking forward some some of the names coming out after the bell like apple and yahoo. jenna: great to see you nicole. thank you very much. jon: the nation's growing reliance on private contractors for sensitive intelligence operations is raising concerns both inside and outside government. "the washington post" investigation on top secret america reveals nearly one-third of the 854,000 americans with top secret security shraoerpbsess do not work -- clearances do not work directly for the government. joining us now a member of the house committee, dut...

Director of national intelligence talking about a "washington post" series of reports in which they found among other things more than 1200 government organizations are working on intelligence, 1900 private companies working on intel, 854,000 people with top secret security clearance. more than 13 major departments and agencies make up the intelligence community. there was concern about this series and the website accompanying it as well. >> i must say i'm concerned about the security implications of having, you know, it's great research, but making it easy for adversaries to point out specifi...

Organizations as well as 1,900 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence. 263 separate new entities have been created to root out violent extremism. some 854,000 people across the country have been given top level security clearance. that's nearly 1.5 times as many people as actually live in washington, d.c. the official intelligence budget is now $75 billion, almost three times what it was on 9/11. much of the work is overlapping. 51 federal and military units in 15 cities across the country are charged with tracking the financing of te...

Effectiveness is impossible to determine. the numbers are staggering. more than 1,200 government organizations as well as 1,900 private companies work on programs related to counter terrorism, homeland security and intelligence. 263 separate new entities have been created to root out violent extremism. some 854,000 people across the country have been given top level security clearance. that's nearly 1.5 times as many people as actually live in washington, d.c. the official intelligence budget is now $75 billion, almost three times what it was on 9/11. much of the work is overlapping. 51 federa...