This Revolving Door Stuff has to STOP

This Revolving Door Stuff has to STOP

Posted By: glasc
Date: Sunday, 9-Jun-2013 19:34:09

This rampant revolving door from corporations like Monsanto, KBR, Motorola, Booz Allen Hamilton, and on and on and on, (the list is just too long to put here...do your research), into all government branches has to cease! Whatever happened to conflict of interests? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/booz-allen-hamilton-edward-snowden Booz Allen Hamilton: Edward Snowden's US contracting firm $6bn company that employed the NSA whistleblower is closely connected to US intelligence community and its leaders Julian Borger guardian.co.uk, Sunday 9 June 2013 17.01 EDT Booz Allen Hamilton, Edward Snowden's employer, is one of America's biggest security contractors and a significant part of the constantly revolving door between the US intelligence establishment and the private sector. The current of director of national intelligence (DNI), James Clapper, who issued a stinging attack on the intelligence leaks this weekend, is a former Booz Allen executive. The firm's current vice-chairman, Mike McConnell, was DNI under the George W Bush administration. He worked for the Virginia-based company before taking the job, and returned to the firm after leaving it. The company website says McConnell is responsible for its "rapidly expanding cyber business". James Woolsey, a former CIA director was also a Booz Allen vice-president, and Melissa Hathaway, another former company executive also once worked as the top aide on cybersecurity to McConnell when he was DNI. The company headquarters in the leafy Washington suburb of McLean in northern Virginia, close to CIA headquarters and home to former and current intelligence officers. (snip) For the rest of the article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/booz-allen-hamilton-edward-snowden http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=279253