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grasswire

(50,130 posts)
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 10:18 PM Sep 2015

Carly: The CEO Ed Snowden warned us about?

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417938/ceo-and-cia-jim-geraghty

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The most obvious knock on Fiorina’s newly announced presidential bid is that she has never been elected to any government office. But during the Bush presidency, Fiorina walked the corridors of the CIA and other high offices of government, assembling recommendations for national-security policy and developing a close working relationship with some of the most powerful officials in the administration.

She’s already begun to cite these years in an attempt to counter those critics who say she lacks the experience needed to be commander-in-chief. When Hayden moved to the CIA, Deitz became his senior counselor. He served as the CIA’s main liaison to the advisory board, although he says Hayden and Fiorina had regular private lunch meetings. “The board had a lot of egos — these were people from academia, retired three- and four-star generals, big poobahs from private industry,” Deitz remembers. “It was a challenging board to run. She would generally sit quietly, ask questions, but you never got a sense she was dominating or big-footing — but by the end of the meeting, she had gotten exactly what she wanted. . . . Polite, but you couldn’t push her around.”

During the Bush presidency, Fiorina walked the corridors of the CIA and other high offices of government, assembling recommendations for national security policy and developing a close working relationship with some of the most powerful officials in the administration. At first a member and then the chair of the advisory board, Fiorina had “more or less the highest” security clearance, Deitz says. The board would meet roughly twice a month, running through an agenda determined by what was concerning Hayden the most.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417938/ceo-and-cia-jim-geraghty
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Carly: The CEO Ed Snowden warned us about? (Original Post) grasswire Sep 2015 OP
I will always remember what she did to HP--and the damage to this town's economy alone. niyad Sep 2015 #1
I like it skype Sep 2015 #2
You like what? ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #3
I bet I can guess Skittles Sep 2015 #5
Pizza? ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #6
well I was thinking crazy repuke lady Skittles Sep 2015 #7
Also a good choice. ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #8
man, she's the CEO "The Hudsucker Proxy" warned us about MisterP Sep 2015 #4
She's no circle, though. She's a complete zero. Octafish Sep 2015 #18
Thanks for posting this Hydra Sep 2015 #9
my thought, too grasswire Sep 2015 #11
Has she been to bilderberg? arikara Sep 2015 #10
Probably as a guest several times Hydra Sep 2015 #14
how dare she position herself as an outsider??? grasswire Sep 2015 #12
Carley and Hayden are both lethal schemers with bland exteriors. leveymg Sep 2015 #13
thank you for weighing in grasswire Sep 2015 #15
Me, too. No apparent remorse or ability to learn from mistakes. leveymg Sep 2015 #17
I wonder what Snowden might have on her. grasswire Sep 2015 #19
Not as much as Russia, China and half a dozen "allies" leveymg Sep 2015 #22
Says a lot about the Bush mis-administration that someone so incompetent joeybee12 Sep 2015 #16
Recommend! KoKo Sep 2015 #20
Gotta keep tabs on these players who are part of the Intel elite. nt grasswire Sep 2015 #21

niyad

(113,393 posts)
1. I will always remember what she did to HP--and the damage to this town's economy alone.
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 10:23 PM
Sep 2015

so many of my friends out of work--not to mention, having to train their oversees replacements.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
18. She's no circle, though. She's a complete zero.
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 09:03 PM
Sep 2015

She may be the Face of the Future, selected representatives for the various corporations "serving" in Wall Street-on-the-Potomac. In her case, the Carlyle Group.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
9. Thanks for posting this
Mon Sep 28, 2015, 11:25 PM
Sep 2015

It seems they have the deck stacked every way they can- We can assume from this that she has been involved in the Bushco/DLC operations to a dangerous extent.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
14. Probably as a guest several times
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 09:35 AM
Sep 2015

She'll probably get her own invite soon depending on how well she does here.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
13. Carley and Hayden are both lethal schemers with bland exteriors.
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 02:40 AM
Sep 2015

Last edited Tue Sep 29, 2015, 07:53 AM - Edit history (1)

Often underestimated, a trait they have leveraged into positions of panopticon power.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
17. Me, too. No apparent remorse or ability to learn from mistakes.
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 08:37 PM
Sep 2015

But that seems to be a common trait of highly successful war criminals. She and Hayden both seem headed for glory.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
19. I wonder what Snowden might have on her.
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 09:11 PM
Sep 2015

We can only speculate. Would be nice if Greenwald would do some digging.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
22. Not as much as Russia, China and half a dozen "allies"
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 10:30 PM
Sep 2015

Mutual blackmail is far more commonplace than most believe possible both in domestic and international politics. There's lots of material with these two.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
16. Says a lot about the Bush mis-administration that someone so incompetent
Tue Sep 29, 2015, 07:43 PM
Sep 2015

was given such clearance and de facto authority.

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