LILA RAJIVA: The Mind-Body Politic

Former Spy Bosses, Goldman Exec Behind Full-Body Scanner

January 18, 2010

Tags: body scanners, electronic police state, homeland security, Kleptocracy, michael chertoff, surveillance
Posted in: Kleptocracy, Police State, Uncategorized

I blogged earlier about the full-body scanner.

It turns out that one of the scanner’s strongest advocate, Michael Chertoff, former Homeland Security Czar, stands to gain by the sale of the scanner, via his security consulting outfit, Chertoff Group.

Its 8 members include 3 former senior executives from Homeland Security, 2 from the CIA, 3 from the NSA, 1 from FEMA, and 1 from Goldman Sachs.

Or, to put it another way: 5 spy chiefs, 4 police state hacks, and their megabank paymaster, are making money from governments ordering more of their Peeping Tom machines.
(Hey, I think I have a hit here: try singing that to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”*)

1. Michael Chertoff is a Co-Founder and Managing Principal, Former Homeland Security Chief
2. Charles E. Allen: Formerly at The Dept. of Homeland Security along with Chertoff, 40 years at CIA , Central Intelligence Agency
3. Larry Castro: 44 years at the NSA - the National Security Agency.
4. Jay M. Cohen: Former Chief of Naval Research at the Dept. of the Navy (under George W. Bush).
5. Michael Hayden: General US Army. Former Director of NSA, former Director of the CIA (under George W. Bush).
6. Nathaniel T. G. Fogg: Top executive at FEMA (under George W. Bush).
7. Paul Schneider: Senior Acquisitions Executive at the National Security Agency (under George W. Bush).
8. Chad Sweet: Former Chief of Staff at The Dept. of Homeland Security (under George W. Bush). Previously, a top executive at both Morgan Stanley and Goldman-Sachs.

More at Mother Jones about who’s part of the body-scanning lobby.

*Yes, it has quite a swing: -

“On the Fourth day of Empire, my lobbyist brought to me…

Four Homeland hacks/three spy chiefs/two cia/one goldman sachs..and a POTUS with a mili- t’ree…”