Journal D.A. Zollinger's Journal: Power of the Corporation

So on Slashdot this evening is an article about how MediaDefender is trying to explain its actions when it seeded a bit-torrent server that Revision3 operates with bogus files, and when Revision3 altered the configuration on its bit-torrent tracker to stop external seeds, MediaDefender performed a denial of service attack on Revision3. Now, a good portion of the comments circled around how if this had been done by an individual, they would already be in jail, the prosecutor would be warming up his speeches, and the judge would be looking at maximum sentencing. But because this was caused by a corporation there is no way they will be found guilty of a crime, much less be charged with one. I truly hope that justice is served in this case. We cannot allow for vigilante justice on the Internet. But in case the nay-sayers are correct, it gave me an excellent idea...

Blackwater for America

People for years have been saying that corporations have been able to get away with murder. Well, what if we created a company which did just that? Lets call it company XYZ. And we would need to give it a legitimate excuse to exist. Say private police force. We could protect the rich from the crazy masses who want to kill them. This serves two purposes, it puts us in touch with the rich people who really run this country, and feeds on their paranoia. In addition, we would have a super secret department, which we would protect in NDA agreements with employees, corporate secrets, intellectual property concerning business practices, etc. This would be the wetworks dept. which would perform domestic assassinations. The way I see it, there are 3 ways they could perform their work.
1) Stage an Accident - If it looks like there was no foul play, why investigate?
2) Witness the Event - If you kill someone in cold blood, but have 5 guys to tell the police that he was only protecting himself from this madman who was about to kill him, it will never go to court.
3) Leave no Evidence - Kill people in a way which leaves no forensic evidence, if there is no evidence, the investigation will be incomplete.

I like this idea because as a chief officer of such a company, you have the ability to kill your enemies as well as the enemies of people you wish to do favors for, and if the government catches wise, you have several options: Rely on your customers to help you out, "If the government shuts us down, who will protect you from the crazies?" Play the scapegoat, "This wasn't some company sanctioned event, this employee went crazy and took it upon himself to kill that person!" I would hope by this time some political favors have been processed, "Remember that message we sent to Senator X by silencing their child? You really want that coming back to you?" Or even the good old standby, "You shutdown this company and your district will be responsible for the loss of a lot of jobs, as well as a large contributor to the tax base. Is this what you really want based on a misunderstanding? An accident?"

Then again, who's to say such an organization doesn't already exist? -Paranoid and cynical