Trump’s Private Security Force: an Operational and Legal Swamp
Trump's precendent-breaking decision to retain a private security force raises troubling questions about transparency and accountability.
In The News Piece in The American Prospect
Jan. 20, 2017
Peter Singer was quoted in the American Prospect about Trump’s idea to keep his own private security force as President:
“The idea of Trump keeping his own private security force in some form, while being President, is both unprecedented and a bad idea,” says Peter Singer of the New America Foundation. Singer, who’s written extensively on privatization of national security functions, thinks a private force could be potentially used to bypass institutional and legal constraints. “These roles are best performed by law enforcement professionals responsible to the public and under public oversight.”