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Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
65. Damn right there is.
Sun Jul 7, 2013, 10:28 AM
Jul 2013

All of their Boards Of Directors overlap. If you were able to really dig deeply into Carlyle, the Kochs, the Waltons, and a few more under the radar, you'd find they're tightly coupled and coordinating their takeover.

Contractors can do things the government can't. dkf Jul 2013 #1
All Part Of The Institutional Military Industrial Complex cantbeserious Jul 2013 #2
I have to wonder if flamingdem Jul 2013 #3
I would like to know more about them too. Whisp Jul 2013 #4
Precisely. Abramoff was an amateur compared to what was happening at Booz Allen is my GUESS. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #52
Whisp, I dont think I've said this before, but I agree with you. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #56
Posted a long essay on that this very morning. Savannahmann Jul 2013 #5
They do business with the UAE Union Scribe Jul 2013 #6
They are part of the global 1% power-elite. nineteen50 Jul 2013 #39
Behind the Curtain: Booz Allen Hamilton and its Owner, The Carlyle Group spanone Jul 2013 #7
George H. W. Bush. xtraxritical Jul 2013 #41
It's a big elephant and a big donkey progressoid Jul 2013 #8
Nice Article on Booz: "How Booz Allen Made the Revolving Door Redundant" think Jul 2013 #9
Thank you. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #27
This is the important article: 2 DNIs were Booz Allen Hamilton VPs before the govt job muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #61
carlyle group owns booz, since 2008. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #10
Nothing wrong with good old fashion capitalism think Jul 2013 #17
What a small, small world. Octafish Jul 2013 #45
figgin' flapoodle grasswire Jul 2013 #55
oh my! nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #58
I'd call it a huge elephant turd from our chewed up tax dollars. Yeah, you'd think Congress KittyWampus Jul 2013 #11
They will if we unite on the things we agree on. randome Jul 2013 #14
+1000000000000000000000000000000000! SunSeeker Jul 2013 #20
Okay, now you're just making numbers up. randome Jul 2013 #22
Great synopsis of what should be focused on. think Jul 2013 #30
And they're involved in implementing the ACA Union Scribe Jul 2013 #12
My impression is they do a superb job of getting paid BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #13
This is why so many have the agenda of making it all about Snowden and Greenwald Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #15
and especially not about Obama. nineteen50 Jul 2013 #40
LOL! Snowden made it about himself when he decided to leak info to foreign countries. He could have KittyWampus Jul 2013 #50
Where did you get the info that he actually gave data to foreign countries? nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #66
So he's the one who decides what this is about for you? Why? Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #68
40 billion PROFIT annually booz-allen xiamiam Jul 2013 #16
Bingo Berlum Jul 2013 #18
I've pointed that out from Day One Warpy Jul 2013 #19
Democracy Now: Spies for Hire (video) antigop Jul 2013 #21
Unless I missed it, I don't think you can mention The Carlyle Group w/o naming the Bush clan. byeya Jul 2013 #23
Is the bin Ladin family associated with the Carlyle Group? nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #35
This is from the Center for Global Research from 2003...can't vouch for them but I remember byeya Jul 2013 #42
Thank you. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #47
Fault lies with CIA..they are the agency that granted him TS security HipChick Jul 2013 #24
Just because you have TS security doent mean you are allowed to access a ton of data. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #69
You are allowed whatever is needed for the project you are working on HipChick Jul 2013 #70
Bookmarking for later. Skidmore Jul 2013 #25
Because their employees are screened by a hedge fund, that's why. It would create all kinds of silvershadow Jul 2013 #26
My search on Booz-Allen found a link to the Deseret News siligut Jul 2013 #28
Why are we just going after Snowden and not the movonne Jul 2013 #29
PRISM and Other Spy Tools Segami Jul 2013 #31
Why the access? Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #32
Because they are the boss of our government. You don't investigate the boss. Cleita Jul 2013 #33
The same reason we don't look at certain groups orpupilofnature57 Jul 2013 #34
You mean USIS? Crow73 Jul 2013 #36
former CIA agent Robert Baer talked about this on pacifica yurbud Jul 2013 #37
I blame privatizing and contracting out our government security nineteen50 Jul 2013 #38
I Have Been Preaching That For Nearly A Month DallasNE Jul 2013 #43
Exactly. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #48
And I'm sure it isn't just Booz-Allen. Who are the other parasites? KittyWampus Jul 2013 #51
BAH is bad RVN VET Jul 2013 #44
Owned by Crlyle meaning a BUNCH of rich FOREIGNERS and their pals elehhhhna Jul 2013 #46
How can anyone be surprised that "lower level employees had access . . . . [to] a very large amount JDPriestly Jul 2013 #49
That makes me feel so much better knowing he was intended to have that kind of access. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #53
No. It really isn't intended to defend anything just to make an observation. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #54
This is so true about clerks, secretaries and assistants siligut Jul 2013 #62
I've had the highest level access to companies assets for many years now Cronus Protagonist Jul 2013 #57
You missed nothing, a lot of people are purposely not mentioning them. Rex Jul 2013 #59
More on them (one bit from 2001): The Straight Story Jul 2013 #60
I think this is part of a really, really big point Doctor_J Jul 2013 #63
I agree. I also believe there is a cabal that coordinates the Corp-Rule. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #64
Damn right there is. Doctor_J Jul 2013 #65
Here's a thread on Booz-Allen-Hamilton. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #67
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