Brian Beutler is the Washington Correspondent for the Media Consortium, a network of progressive media organizations, including In These Times.
![](https://imgproxy.gridwork.co/3jtiaatsIkIJlj0tEHKVBpBNrpyOTiGjY4HHEZHKcy0/w:256/h:171/rt:fill/g:sm/q:70/el:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbnRoZXNldGltZXMuY29tL2ltYWdlcy8zMi8xMi9jdWx0X2JldXRsZXIuanBn.jpg)
Culture
Inside the Shadow Factory
James Bamford's important new book details America's post-9/11 surveillance-industrial complex
Brian Beutler