It seems to be one of the better known techniques. First you get a compliant company that will supply "your" contractors to where they are required. Ernst & Young have been mentioned in that context.
Then you get your agent signed up with them as a trusted contractor. That contractor could be, say, CIA agent Edward Snowdon. When, say the NSA, wants another IT guy they might go to an agency like Ernst & Young and ask for help. They will supply a contractor. That contractor has now effectively infiltrated a US intel agency and is still loyal to his "real" employer, the CIA.
These days, no-one wants to keep a huge IT staff on-hand just in case some work crops up. If you do that you get two major causes of cost. First, you have to pay the IT staff when they are not working on a project and, second, you need to keep them up-to-speed with the latest IT technology and training is expensive. Contractors are popular as a result.
It seems to be one of the better known techniques. First you get a compliant company that will supply "your" contractors to where they are required. Ernst & Young have been mentioned in that context.
Then you get your agent signed up with them as a trusted contractor. That contractor could be, say, CIA agent Edward Snowdon. When, say the NSA, wants another IT guy they might go to an agency like Ernst & Young and ask for help. They will supply a contractor. That contractor has now effectively infiltrated a US intel agency and is still loyal to his "real" employer, the CIA.
These days, no-one wants to keep a huge IT staff on-hand just in case some work crops up. If you do that you get two major causes of cost. First, you have to pay the IT staff when they are not working on a project and, second, you need to keep them up-to-speed with the latest IT technology and training is expensive. Contractors are popular as a result.
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