"... Because it is privately held, financial data regarding the Chertoff Group is hard to come by, but its clients have won more than a few government contracts—often in large part because Chertoff and Hayden use their status as former security officials to advocate publicly for policies that help their clients while downplaying their enormous financial stake in the outcome. For example: After a failed attempt to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day 2010 with a bomb hidden in underwear, Chertoff appeared on the major TV news shows and wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post advocating the use of full-body scanning systems at airports without disclosing that Rapiscan Systems—the leading maker of the machines—was a client of his firm. The Transportation Security Administration ordered 300 Rapiscan machines and Rapiscan made $118 million from the government between 2009 and 2010.............." Chertoff Group and the Fear Industry terrapapers/?p=38755
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:34:28 +0000
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