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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChief NSA contractor Booz Allen also working for United Arab Emirates

Chief NSA contractor also working for United Arab Emirates
A private NSA contractor is doing quite well thanks in part to wealthy sheiks in the United Arab Emirates. What could possibly go wrong with that?
When the United Arab Emirates wanted to create its own version of the National Security Agency, it turned to Booz Allen Hamilton to replicate the worlds largest and most powerful spy agency in the sands of Abu Dhabi.
It was a natural choice: The chief architect of Booz Allens cyberstrategy is Mike McConnell, who once led the N.S.A. and pushed the United States into a new era of big data espionage. It was Mr. McConnell who won the blessing of the American intelligence agencies to bolster the Persian Gulf sheikdom, which helps track the Iranians.
They are teaching everything, one Arab official familiar with the effort said. Data mining, Web surveillance, all sorts of digital intelligence collection.
It's swell they got a blessing and great they're teaching the UAE everything.
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As a forensics accountant (in-training) I am interested in money trails. So let's do a small follow money.
Question:
Who is Booz Allen Hamilton owed by?
Booz Allen Is Owned By the Carlyle Group:
Booz Allen Hamilton is majority owned by private equity firm The Carlyle Group, while Booz & Company is owned and operated as a partnership. On November 17, 2010, Booz Allen's shares of common stock began trading at the New York Stock Exchange.
[the Carlyle Group is/was owned by Poppy Bush, head of the Bushista Crime Family].
George H. W. Bush, former U.S. President, Senior Advisor to the Carlyle Asia Advisory Board from April 1998 to October 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booz_Allen
Snowden is getting smeared for "espionage-related stuff" while the Boozers openly teach foreign countries all about this.
Sweet. Always good to be in the drivers seat. Isn't it?
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Chief NSA contractor Booz Allen also working for United Arab Emirates (Original Post)
Katashi_itto
Jun 2013
OP
Just another step in the offshore privatization of US intelligence going back to Bush, Sr.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#1
No disagreement there. Heck, I plan on getting my Data mining cert after I finish my CPA
Katashi_itto
Jun 2013
#2
leveymg
(36,418 posts)1. Just another step in the offshore privatization of US intelligence going back to Bush, Sr.
Please, see, See, http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg/280
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)2. No disagreement there. Heck, I plan on getting my Data mining cert after I finish my CPA
leveymg
(36,418 posts)3. I have Open Source intelligence analysis on my resume, too.
We should become a contractor.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)4. hehe, lots of money to be made. :)
You'll always have some flag waving patriot defending whatever you do too.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)5. .
Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)7. Acorrding to Plame about
60% of intelligence workload is done by private contractors now. That is crazy.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)8. Thats amazing, and they have a problem with Snowden...to funny
leveymg
(36,418 posts)9. That's about the same ratio as private security contractors to troops in Afghanistan.
Last edited Mon Jun 24, 2013, 01:38 PM - Edit history (1)
It's all over the federal gov't, particularly DoD/IC.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)10. agree
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)11. Ah I feel better now
and finally can go back to sleep.....zzzz
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)12. :)
progressoid
(50,932 posts)13. Rec.