Is the Department of Homeland Security building a mercenary unit?<\/p>\n
Paul Joseph Watson<\/strong><\/p>\n The Department of Homeland Security is to spend $19 million dollars on a private security force in Wisconsin and Minnesota, an armed unit that must have a \u201cTop Secret\u201d security clearance according to an official solicitation.<\/p>\n Image: Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n According to a solicitation<\/a> posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website, the Federal Protective Service, a sub-agency of the DHS, intends to hire \u201carmed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services at various locations throughout the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe project will have a requirement for the contractor to have a Top Secret facility clearance by the start of performance,\u201d states the FPS notice.<\/p>\n Unlike previous solicitations, which normally detail how the guards will be deployed to protect government buildings, the document does not divulge what role the armed security force will undertake.<\/p>\n The fact that the contractors being hired must have a \u201cTop Secret\u201d security clearance clearly suggests that the DHS is not merely seeking to hire armed guards, but Blackwater-style mercenaries who will be engaged in some kind of clandestine activity.<\/p>\n The notion of an armed security force operating domestically under a \u201cTop Secret\u201d designation, something normally reserved for foreign spying and military operations, underscores how the DHS increasingly treats America like some kind of occupied territory.<\/p>\n The hiring of private mercenaries with Top Secret clearances also suggests the DHS may be planning on using the contractors as cutouts who will be involved in a variety of different operations outside the purview of public and Congressional scrutiny.<\/p>\n For some, the idea of an ever-expanding federal government turning to a private security force with a \u201cTop Secret\u201d clearance will stir memories of Barack Obama’s pre-election promise to build \u201ca civilian national security force<\/a> that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded (as the US military).\u201d<\/p>\n The DHS’ purchase of over 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition<\/a> over the course of the last 12 months has also prompted concerns that the feds are gearing up for trouble.<\/p>\n As we previously reported, the federal agency has spent large sums of money in recent weeks hiring large numbers of armed guards to protect government buildings, a development some have connected to the likelihood of civil unrest in America which could arise from food shortages linked to welfare cuts.<\/p>\n Fox News’ Neil Cavuto suggested that<\/a> the Department of Homeland Security’s recent $80 million dollar outlay on armed guards to protect government buildings in upstate New York was related to potential food stamp riots.<\/p>\n The federal agency is also seeking to acquire 723,000 hours of armed guard services<\/a> to protect government buildings in Arkansas and other areas.<\/p>\n The DHS also recently purchased half a million dollars worth of fully automatic pepper spray launchers<\/a> and projectiles that are designed to be used during riot control situations.<\/p>\n