These are private IT companies involved in secret intelligence. The GAO is out of this. Money spent is not reportable because it is funneled from many sources including foreign. And the Wash Post didn't break this story they borrowed material from an author who broke the story years ago. http://open.salon.com/blog/onebyland/2010/07/19/exposed_private_it_companies_in_spy_operations The real author, Shorrock, says the Wash Post turned an eye against the story. Do remember, the Russian, a Microsoft employee, deported last week for supporting the spy operation. Check the Opensalon blog link here and comment.

Here's an excerpt: Time to hit the Refresh button. Under its note of apology, ScienceBlogs asks these questions: “How do we empower top scientists working in industry to lead science-minded positive change within their organizations? Hey, Pepsi is Refreshing the World by funding great ideas so how about this one: An open forum between the bloggers on ScienceBlogs and the Pepsi scientists about this fiasco and other topics going into the future would be just fine. Yeah, let's talk about it together. If you truly want dialogue, Scienceblogs, then give it a chance. My blog is on: opensalon: Fifth Estate Best Practices and Democracy.

Music and video can be “fair used” if the material is intrinsically related to the topic, has some news value, and only a brief portion is used.