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 “Top Secret” security clearance according to an official solicitation.<\/p>\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 “armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services at various locations throughout the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “The project will have a requirement for the contractor to have a Top Secret facility clearance by the start of performance,” 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 “Top Secret” 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 “Top Secret” 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 “Top Secret” clearance will stir memories of Barack Obama’s pre-election promise to build “a civilian national security force<\/a> that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded (as the US military).”<\/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 Paul Joseph Watson<\/strong> is the editor and writer for Infowars.com<\/a> and Prison Planet.com<\/a>. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News. <\/em><\/p>\n Facebook @ https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paul.j.watson.71<\/a><\/em>
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