Fear, Corporate Profiteering, and Govt Expansion of the Security Surveillance State on the US border

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Fear, Corporate Profiteering, and Government Expansion of the Security Surveillance State on the US Borderland

Sunday, 10 March 2013 07:42
By Mark Karlin, Truthout | News Analysis


If one were looking for a convention of the Borderland national security state complex, it can be found at the Border Security Expo taking place at the Phoenix Arizona Convention Center March 12-13.

Representatives of the full incestuous array of the thriving Borderland security industry will be in attendance - if last year's gathering is a guide - covering a full spectrum of federal, state and local agencies that can provide the modern form of gold sought by the Spanish Conquistadors: US government contracts.

The grand business exchange of the expo consists of an exhibition hall of vendors and is open free to members of law enforcement and the government. A news release issued by Eagle Eye Expositions LLC - which purchased the borderland security expo brand from E.J. Krause & Associates in May 2012 - boasted that the 2012 event "showed a 24 percent increase in exhibit space with a waiting list of more than 70 companies unable to participate. Attendance was also up 21 percent with event participants from 40 states and 10 countries."

Indeed, the floor plan for the March gathering includes spaces for more than 180 exhibitors including General Dynamics, Raytheon (both are also among the co-sponsors of the event), Motorola, Lockheed Martin, Glock and a bevy of industries that are aimed at increasing the pace at which the US/Mexico Borderland is turned into a full-fledged militarized zone - and cashing in on the bonanza. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://truth-out.org/news/item/14993-fear-corporate-profiteering-and-government-expansion-of-the-security-surveillance-state-on-the-us-borderland