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in between, he was at booz allen hamilton and now he is back at booz allen hamilton.here's this continuous flow in and out of government and private sector. it is a spending door, not even a revolving door. we have an intelligent ruling class public and private that hold secrets. i think when william binney talks about the east german police that listen to everybody, look, we have hundreds of thousands of contractors was secured clearances. with hundreds of thousands of federal workers in homeland security and intelligence. we have a massive number of people that are monitoring other americans. i think it is a very dangerous situation. >> tim shorrock, investigative reporter, thank you for being with us. his most recent piece that salon.com is, "meet the contractors analyzing your private data: private companies are getting rich probing your personal information for the government. call it digital blackwater." he is also author of, "spies for hire: the secret world of outsourced intelligence." when we come back, we will look at the walmart shareholders meeting and wha
in between, he was at booz allen hamilton and now he is back at booz allen hamilton.here's this continuous flow in and out of government and private sector. it is a spending door, not even a revolving door. we have an intelligent ruling class public and private that hold secrets. i think when william binney talks about the east german police that listen to everybody, look, we have hundreds of thousands of contractors was secured clearances. with hundreds of thousands of federal workers in...
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booz allen is one of them. booz allen is the parent company of the carlisle group.re huge donors to applications like barack obama john mccain, the political parties themselves. i think one thing reporters should be saying when you hear john mccain come out and saying edward snowden is a traitor, he has committed treason, and that this is worthwhile and you hear barack obama saying the same thing. those are not ideological or principled politicians making a declaration, they're potentially speaking for some of their biggest contributers in terms of their campaign contribution. >> john: you know, mike mcconnell, who is head of nsa now workedonce worked at booz allen. is booz allen becoming the halliburton of our decade? >> well, i don't know--yes in a sense that you can say that metaphorically. i mean, they were in two different operations, but here's the thing. you're right to use halliburton because halliburton became this symbol of, well is the bush administration, are they operating on behalf of hallibton when they make the energy policies? that's the same exact
booz allen is one of them. booz allen is the parent company of the carlisle group.re huge donors to applications like barack obama john mccain, the political parties themselves. i think one thing reporters should be saying when you hear john mccain come out and saying edward snowden is a traitor, he has committed treason, and that this is worthwhile and you hear barack obama saying the same thing. those are not ideological or principled politicians making a declaration, they're potentially...
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james clapper used to work for booz allen hamilton now into his predecessor who previous director of national intelligence now works at booz allen hamilton that's the classic revolving door it's not just booz allen who's profiting from spine traditional defense contractors like boeing northrop grumman and as a i see are making big bucks on intelligence s.a.i.c. as locations worldwide including sunny southern california. the contractor thrives thanks to billions of dollars in government contracts as c. is also behind the n.s.a.'s failed trailblazer program the costly and invasive surveillance project that was exposed in the early to thousands so by whistleblower thomas drake staggering amounts of money are being made off the fear mongering since nine eleven you now have an entire industrialized scale mechanism by which a number of contractors are feeding off and it's it's a lot of money the contractor is considered to be one of the major private players in the cyber security industry and employs tens of thousands of people worldwide and here in california. dozens of jobs are available
james clapper used to work for booz allen hamilton now into his predecessor who previous director of national intelligence now works at booz allen hamilton that's the classic revolving door it's not just booz allen who's profiting from spine traditional defense contractors like boeing northrop grumman and as a i see are making big bucks on intelligence s.a.i.c. as locations worldwide including sunny southern california. the contractor thrives thanks to billions of dollars in government...
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today booz allen firing edward snowden for leaking tons of crucial information.ames woolsey is a former booz allen vice president. why do we have so many contractors. why do we not do this internally? >> i suppose part of the reason, congress passed this law requiring lots of things to be done, and then they don't authorize enough people in the civil service to do it. and those slots are filled up by contractor people. and i got to say, that it's not always the civil servants who are more trustworthy. we captured a man named aldred james, a spy, he was not a contractor and we captured a couple years later, robert hanson, who was a terrible spy. the quality of the individuals and the preparation and the schooling and so forth, i think more than whether they're contractors or members of the civil service. >> is there anything. and i realize we have very limited amount of data. is there anything peculiar about snowden. he was only with booz allen three months. before that he had been with the cia. anything unusual about liz clearance with you? >> i have no idea? >>
today booz allen firing edward snowden for leaking tons of crucial information.ames woolsey is a former booz allen vice president. why do we have so many contractors. why do we not do this internally? >> i suppose part of the reason, congress passed this law requiring lots of things to be done, and then they don't authorize enough people in the civil service to do it. and those slots are filled up by contractor people. and i got to say, that it's not always the civil servants who are more...
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surveillance networks worked at booz allen. eamon javer is here with more on the big business of spimpingt this is in the category for me of who knew? >> yeah, that's right, tyler. a lot of people outside the beltway aren't familiar with the industry, but those of us inside the beltway have been exposed to it over the years and it's astonishing, i've got to tell you, to me and others i've talked to just how much the intelligence community outsources some of the key aspects of intelligence-gathering to private companies. it's a trend that exploded after september 11th, and booz, allen, hamilton is deeply intertwined with the intelligence community employing future and past heads of the director of national intelligence, key executives up and down the line with intelligence experience. tens of thousand of employees at this firm. one of the questions here is what exactly was edward snowden doing? he's the man who says that he leaked this key information while he was an employee in hawaii of booz, allen, hamilton. here's what he sa
surveillance networks worked at booz allen. eamon javer is here with more on the big business of spimpingt this is in the category for me of who knew? >> yeah, that's right, tyler. a lot of people outside the beltway aren't familiar with the industry, but those of us inside the beltway have been exposed to it over the years and it's astonishing, i've got to tell you, to me and others i've talked to just how much the intelligence community outsources some of the key aspects of...
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here but talk about the political ties, the protection that could come down for a company like booz allen in the type of security climate we live in as a country now? >> loobooz allen is a contracto like many in the beltway and full of patriots who do tremendous work for the country and probably couldn't do it without booz allen hamilton and this is one guy in the company and i'm sure very very upset about it. it's very damage is as the congress has said. one thing we are not talking about a lot is the damage this is going to cause us with foreign governments. that is probably even more damage than cause us with terrorist acts. but that being said, there is no good avenue in the government for people like this who are id ideolodgeally upset about the process. the fisa court maybe needs to be looked at and allow people to somehow come forward. >> we know that snowden is reportedly holed up in a hong kong hotel room. "the washington post" said they have a report out saying he has checked out. uncertain where he is right now. unconfirmed reports about where he is. here is what he had to say
here but talk about the political ties, the protection that could come down for a company like booz allen in the type of security climate we live in as a country now? >> loobooz allen is a contracto like many in the beltway and full of patriots who do tremendous work for the country and probably couldn't do it without booz allen hamilton and this is one guy in the company and i'm sure very very upset about it. it's very damage is as the congress has said. one thing we are not talking...
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those relationships will certainly keep booz allen afloat for now.doesn't not help carlisle's attempt to shake its reputation as being very close to the government. david: jo ling kent. thanks very much. >> good to see you. cheryl: one of the nation's largest private banks is focusing on middle market businesses giving companies nationwide a major stage to voice concerns. ceo of ge capital americas will give us a look at ge's road show for growth. that is next. david: apple unveiling itunes radio today. announcing iphone and ipad changes at worldwide developers conference. are all the new developments enough to spark investor interest and help the tech giant recapture its magic? a top an analyst who sees apple's stock at 600 before the year is out, weighs in straight ahead. ♪ . it's monday. a brand new star your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, u can do just th. with our visionary cloud infrastructure, global broadband network and custom communications sotions, your business is more reliable - secure - ag
those relationships will certainly keep booz allen afloat for now.doesn't not help carlisle's attempt to shake its reputation as being very close to the government. david: jo ling kent. thanks very much. >> good to see you. cheryl: one of the nation's largest private banks is focusing on middle market businesses giving companies nationwide a major stage to voice concerns. ceo of ge capital americas will give us a look at ge's road show for growth. that is next. david: apple unveiling...
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booz allen hamilton acknowledges snowden worked for them for three months. the company says if his claims are true the theft is a grave violation of its values. senior correspondent john miller is former assistant deputy director of national intelligence. john, you know the intelligence world from the inside. one of the things that snowden said was that he had the authority to wiretap anyone he wanted. what do you make of that have? >> you know, unless the job description of an i.t. person in the intelligence community has changed since i was there a couple of years ago i think he may be confusing his authorities within the computer system of the n.s.a. to access things. because, as an i.t. guy, part of your job is to troubleshoot, so you have wide access, versus his legal authority to do anything. as an i.t. specialist, he wouldn't have had any. >> pelley: what would happen to him now if he's apprehended by the f.b.i.? >> well, what's been going on today is the f.b.i. and the n.s.a. have been working together. because they're not just going to take his word
booz allen hamilton acknowledges snowden worked for them for three months. the company says if his claims are true the theft is a grave violation of its values. senior correspondent john miller is former assistant deputy director of national intelligence. john, you know the intelligence world from the inside. one of the things that snowden said was that he had the authority to wiretap anyone he wanted. what do you make of that have? >> you know, unless the job description of an i.t....
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then james woolsey also a former boost booz allen and melissa hathaway, also with booz allen.look at all that, are you concerned that we have this revolving door between our intelligence officers and the company that profit off of privatizing our intelligence? >> yes, of course i'm concerned. the adjustment about which functions should be inside the government and which functions we should send out to private contractors should be made on what makes sense for america and not what makes sense for private contractors. if you have a revolving door where people expect they'll spend a couple of years with the government with a low salary and then go to the private contractors for a higher salary, and they keep going through that revolving door, it's the same problem we find on capitol hill with congressmen and their staff staffers becoming lobbyists. in the book "capital punishment," the most effective technique he had was approaching a chief of staff or senator saying what are you going to be two years from now. the staffer would say, i don't know. and he said, in two years from n
then james woolsey also a former boost booz allen and melissa hathaway, also with booz allen.look at all that, are you concerned that we have this revolving door between our intelligence officers and the company that profit off of privatizing our intelligence? >> yes, of course i'm concerned. the adjustment about which functions should be inside the government and which functions we should send out to private contractors should be made on what makes sense for america and not what makes...
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booz allen in particular is one of the largest defense contractors.f the primary officials is michael mcconnell who was the director of national intelligence under george bush. it is the type of prototypical defense contractor were there the prior officials go and fill the executive slots and reverse it when it is the democrats and play. the fact to work for them is when it freed a lot of problems for them. ti?nd mike mcconnell's 10 years ago the country was up in arms about the possibility that americans would be spied on. so it was supposedly killed, tia, total information awareness. right. what is fascinating about that, that took place in late 2002, 2003 when it was revealed the pentagon is planning this total and permission awareness program that was being run by john poindexter, the national security adviser to president reagan who resigned in disgrace and almost went to prison over the iran-contra scandal. what was amazing about that, there was great public but or, even in the early stages after 9/11 when the public, media, congress were extrem
booz allen in particular is one of the largest defense contractors.f the primary officials is michael mcconnell who was the director of national intelligence under george bush. it is the type of prototypical defense contractor were there the prior officials go and fill the executive slots and reverse it when it is the democrats and play. the fact to work for them is when it freed a lot of problems for them. ti?nd mike mcconnell's 10 years ago the country was up in arms about the possibility...
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government access to their servers which they now strenuously deny snowden that the twenty nine year old booz allen employee has drawn support from some unlikely that such as michael moore and glenn beck. and microsoft's former chief privacy officer advisor at caspar bowden went as far as to compare cloud that data outside the u.s. as a privacy guantanamo bay will dig into the fine print of the security of mobile payments in just a bit and while we're talking about apple they just shared a lisa jackson through the revolving door she will become their environmental adviser the green hired gun was the ones head of the environmental protection agency under obama she also served as john corps zines chief of staff when he was governor of new jersey the wall street journal's and joseba rag you accused her of being and abusive regulator and that her role making bender at the e.p.a. ten ten used to drag on economic growth and finally after a nervous couple of weeks of a nomics the might just be facing redemption at least in terms of national aggregate thanks to unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus ja
government access to their servers which they now strenuously deny snowden that the twenty nine year old booz allen employee has drawn support from some unlikely that such as michael moore and glenn beck. and microsoft's former chief privacy officer advisor at caspar bowden went as far as to compare cloud that data outside the u.s. as a privacy guantanamo bay will dig into the fine print of the security of mobile payments in just a bit and while we're talking about apple they just shared a lisa...
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he joined booz allen ham 8 on the working in hawaii. and a month later he copied top secret documents and then flew to hong kong to meet with glenn greenwald of "the guardian." snowden says having become hardened about the government's surveillance programs. he told "the guardian" -- >> i'm just another guy that sits in the office day to day and watches what is happening and think this is not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these are right or wrong. >> that's the reason why he felt so compelled to inform his citizens about the capabilities this massive surveillance program provides. >> reporter: no sign of him at his home in hawaii, and he may have left hong kong as well. >> hong kong does have an extradition treaty with the u.s. and a record of close cooperation, but extradition could take months, and china has a veto. no action can be taken until there is a charge. plus snowden still has to be found. >> reporter: a big worry now for the u.s. what do the chinese know? >> obviously we would be concerned if some o
he joined booz allen ham 8 on the working in hawaii. and a month later he copied top secret documents and then flew to hong kong to meet with glenn greenwald of "the guardian." snowden says having become hardened about the government's surveillance programs. he told "the guardian" -- >> i'm just another guy that sits in the office day to day and watches what is happening and think this is not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these are right or...
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the booz allen angle here, booz allen, i didn't really know this. has become a top ten defense contractors, and they got $5.8 billion of revenues, most of it comes from the defense industry. $1.3 billion comes from intelligence alow. that's a staggering thing. that's a hell of a business. can that last? >> you know, i don't think that it's -- you've got to think that that's pressured, but look at a lot of the war on terror has been outsourced effective. i mean, this is sort of the state of affairs that the u.s. government is in, and the defense department is in. it's -- it's pretty -- it's -- >> this is the new high-tech contractor. >> yeah. >> in other words, it's not your old -- not your father's or grandfather's defense contractor. it's high-techie stuff that's becoming defense contractors. >> i think it's everything, right? you'll take contracts wherever it can be, and the government is the biggest -- has got the deepest pockets these days, right? >> we'll leave it there. i hope this kid goes to jail for at least three decades being a traitor. b
the booz allen angle here, booz allen, i didn't really know this. has become a top ten defense contractors, and they got $5.8 billion of revenues, most of it comes from the defense industry. $1.3 billion comes from intelligence alow. that's a staggering thing. that's a hell of a business. can that last? >> you know, i don't think that it's -- you've got to think that that's pressured, but look at a lot of the war on terror has been outsourced effective. i mean, this is sort of the state...
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obama's intelligence guys used to work for booz allen. golly gee all decided to give more contracts to booz allen. the flip side of that is 70% of the intelligence is done by private contractors. a company like booz allen which there is about a million people now in the intelligence field. >> 1.3 million in america that have top-secret clearance. >> cenk: right. with booz allen 3/4 of their employees have classified clearance. half of them have top secret clearance, right? so then wes, doesn't that get to the point of unless they get punitive on manning snowden there will be leaks everywhere. that's what they're really afraid of. >> that's what they're really afraid of. i see why he did it. i don't think he was doing it for any other reason than, you know, just what he thought was right. i know a lot of people say he's trying to get attention. you want to do stuff that matters. also, on the internet, what i see is how stupid he is because he went to hong kong and yeah, he's naive. he's a 29-year-old with a ged that didn't graduate from hi
obama's intelligence guys used to work for booz allen. golly gee all decided to give more contracts to booz allen. the flip side of that is 70% of the intelligence is done by private contractors. a company like booz allen which there is about a million people now in the intelligence field. >> 1.3 million in america that have top-secret clearance. >> cenk: right. with booz allen 3/4 of their employees have classified clearance. half of them have top secret clearance, right? so then...
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we know before booz allen he worked for dell. before that at the nsa earlier on.ime get securitiy clearanc and like a portable -- >> right. in edward snowden's case, it's difficult to know what he himself would have had to gone through. in general if you have clearance, that level of clearance is transferable between government agencies. if you're jumping from secret to top secret, a promotion, obviously they will look at you again. if your status isn't active a long period of time, not active a long period of time or spend a long period of time abroad, they will take another close look at you. >> thank you. so interesting. your government is watching you. guess who's watching your government and pretty much everything else going on in this country? chinese hackers. one thing the government and the chinese president failed to agree on might be the biggest threat to the u.s. economy on. hoo-hoo...hoo-hoo. hoo-hoo hoo. sir... i'll get it together i promise... heeheehee. jimmy: ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? ronny: i'd say
we know before booz allen he worked for dell. before that at the nsa earlier on.ime get securitiy clearanc and like a portable -- >> right. in edward snowden's case, it's difficult to know what he himself would have had to gone through. in general if you have clearance, that level of clearance is transferable between government agencies. if you're jumping from secret to top secret, a promotion, obviously they will look at you again. if your status isn't active a long period of time, not...
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before booz allen he worked for dell. is it a portable passport? >> well, in snowden's days it's difficult to know what he himself would have gone through, right? but, generally, yes, if you have a level of clearance it's trance fearable before government agencies. if you are jumping from secret to top secret like a promotion, for example, and then obviously they have to look at you again. and i want to mention, if your status is inactive for a long period of time, they will take another look at you. >> so interesting. >>> your government is watching you, but guess who is watching your government and pretty much everything else going on in the country? hackers, chinese hackers. ♪ let me play among the stars ♪ and let me see what spring is like ♪ ♪ on jupiter and mars ♪ in other words [ male announcer ] the classic is back. ♪ i love [ male announcer ] the all-new chevrolet impala. chevrolet. find new roads. ♪ you >>> just about every day the u.s. is under attack, repeated attack, cyber attack. hackers in places like china are not just going after ou
before booz allen he worked for dell. is it a portable passport? >> well, in snowden's days it's difficult to know what he himself would have gone through, right? but, generally, yes, if you have a level of clearance it's trance fearable before government agencies. if you are jumping from secret to top secret like a promotion, for example, and then obviously they have to look at you again. and i want to mention, if your status is inactive for a long period of time, they will take another...
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despite the firm stock drop, one safe booz allen hamilton will move past this. while this does not look good, in the grand scheme of things this is more of a rogue event. at this point in time i don't see it having a long-term negative impact on booz allen hamilton. still, there's concerns about the use of contractors. nearly half a million contractors have top clearance. a million and a half can viiw top-secret government documents. cheryl: the doj wants to speak to him. rich edson in d.c., thank you very much. where getting headlines from our partners at the "wall street journal." just pleaded guilty to insider insider-trading charges coming from the doj according to sources, this is the journal of executive admitting to trading ahead of bristol-myers deal. accused of making 300 grand in illicit trades. after being discovered the doj saying he has pled guilty to these charges. the stock down $0.13, a story familiar to those who hold this stock. crossing from the "wall street journal." the closing bell will ring in 52 minutes from now. ibm has made a dozen acqu
despite the firm stock drop, one safe booz allen hamilton will move past this. while this does not look good, in the grand scheme of things this is more of a rogue event. at this point in time i don't see it having a long-term negative impact on booz allen hamilton. still, there's concerns about the use of contractors. nearly half a million contractors have top clearance. a million and a half can viiw top-secret government documents. cheryl: the doj wants to speak to him. rich edson in d.c.,...
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s like booz allen hamilton c.e.o. ralph shrader are making tons of money even low level tech workers like edward snowden are raking in way more than any government employee with a similar job and you factor in the added pressure for shareholder profits and new contracts the idea of any sort of genuine greater efficiency in the private sector at least in this area of the commons is laughable the libertarian reaganomics version of national security is not keeping. it's any safer and it is not more efficient in fact it's the opposite private corporations ultimately are only answerable to profit not to the law or we the people this increases the likelihood of abuses and eliminates many oversights fundamental to democracy it's time to drive a stake through the heart of the zombie of reaganomics and put our national security back into the hands of government bureaucrats who make a middle class paycheck have good job security with a career path and can be held accountable by you and me because they work for our government ra
s like booz allen hamilton c.e.o. ralph shrader are making tons of money even low level tech workers like edward snowden are raking in way more than any government employee with a similar job and you factor in the added pressure for shareholder profits and new contracts the idea of any sort of genuine greater efficiency in the private sector at least in this area of the commons is laughable the libertarian reaganomics version of national security is not keeping. it's any safer and it is not...
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government also spends a lot of money on government contractors and intelligence one of those being booz allen hamilton that's the firm that the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden was working for more that company earned one point three billion dollars last year for government contracting intelligence work and do the allen has profited immensely from the military industrial complex in the post nine eleven world last year the. company reported a five point seven billion dollars in revenue ninety seven percent of that was from the government putting them on the forbes list of five hundred largest public companies and i don't know where it stops this company is just expanding everywhere it's good work if you can get it right but it just kind of exemplifies the cozy nature between the private and public sector and i think it's a little bit. disingenuous to say that you know this is privatization in the form these guys are getting a lot of times no bid contracts i phone one study by the g.a.o. in which they were implicated two million dollars spiled project spiraled into a seventy million dollars
government also spends a lot of money on government contractors and intelligence one of those being booz allen hamilton that's the firm that the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden was working for more that company earned one point three billion dollars last year for government contracting intelligence work and do the allen has profited immensely from the military industrial complex in the post nine eleven world last year the. company reported a five point seven billion dollars in revenue...
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in hiding he was last seen in hong kong and is believed to be in that area still unsurprisingly booz allen hamilton has announced it has fired snowden for violations of the firm's code of ethics and policy meanwhile there has already been some international fallout as a result of these surveillance revelations germany's chancellor angela merkel has said that she will raise the issue of n.s.a. eavesdropping on european communications when she meets with president obama next week also the european union has issued a complaint about all of this spying here to break down the very latest on this case i'm joined now by michael brooks who's a producer for. the majority report he's in new york as well as just one right action is the national security and human rights director at the government accountability project here in d.c. so michael let's start with you first of all let's talk about this international fallout that we are starting to see should we expect to see more of it in the days and the weeks ahead. definitely and i first of all hi meghan and hi jessica i think you'll see it in two ways
in hiding he was last seen in hong kong and is believed to be in that area still unsurprisingly booz allen hamilton has announced it has fired snowden for violations of the firm's code of ethics and policy meanwhile there has already been some international fallout as a result of these surveillance revelations germany's chancellor angela merkel has said that she will raise the issue of n.s.a. eavesdropping on european communications when she meets with president obama next week also the...
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today goes to private contractors like booz allen, which employed edward snowden. this is a major change in the power of surveillance. it now goes not only to the government by private corporations. article, yout raised when you see as the real issues in this week. you mentioned the inability of congress to actually do legitimate oversight intelligence. you say the secrecy system is out of control and you also say the system is profoundly corrupt o all this use of private contractors who make huge amounts of money that no one can actually hold them accountable for. could you talk about those issues? thees, the forerunner of prison system that snowden disclosed is called trailblazer. it wasted $1 billion on private contracts. it replaced a much expensive system which have more privacy protections and had been developed inside the government. the reason that private contractors get this business is because members of congress intercede with them with government agencies and we now have a situation where members of the intelligence committee and others in congress int
today goes to private contractors like booz allen, which employed edward snowden. this is a major change in the power of surveillance. it now goes not only to the government by private corporations. article, yout raised when you see as the real issues in this week. you mentioned the inability of congress to actually do legitimate oversight intelligence. you say the secrecy system is out of control and you also say the system is profoundly corrupt o all this use of private contractors who make...
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>> booz allen hired for their expertise in secrecy.re's going to be a lot of questions about that. >> right now it's not entirely clear even where snowden is. a hotel in hong kong says someone using his name checked out today. why flee there? anna is following that angle for us. she joins us live in hong kong this morning. hi there. >> reporter: hi, christine. i think it's a good question, one that everyone wants answered. why would edward snowden get on a plane to hawaii, travel 14 hours to hong kong, halfway around the world, to leak this highly sensitive information? there are really two schools of thought as to why he chose this. perhaps he got it wrong. perhaps this was a big mistake because hong kong and the united states has a very healthy relationship. they do have an extradition treaty. but others believe perhaps there was no mistake to this, that in actual fact he chose hopping ko because of its proximity to china. hong kong is part of china, but it does function due to its own autonomy. it does come under the two systems pol
>> booz allen hired for their expertise in secrecy.re's going to be a lot of questions about that. >> right now it's not entirely clear even where snowden is. a hotel in hong kong says someone using his name checked out today. why flee there? anna is following that angle for us. she joins us live in hong kong this morning. hi there. >> reporter: hi, christine. i think it's a good question, one that everyone wants answered. why would edward snowden get on a plane to hawaii,...
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he worked for booz allen. and booz allen has fingerprints all over our government. the current head of dni clapper, came from booz allen. and they had a $2 million contract with the government, and it cost the taxpayers $70 million. the defense contractors, all over them, spending a fortune and apparently not much supervise. >> well, one thing i did after retiring work as a defense contractor, and i tell you, we went through a lot of scrutiny, the same as any member of the united states military overseas, we wore the uniform, could not carry weapons, but there are some people that are infiltrating and getting favortism in a lot of defense contracts. b booz allen hamilton, a huge player. you start to see nepotism out there, cronyism out there, and start to see the arrogance. you can come out and lie to the american people, and you can get a promotion, become a national security adviser, or in the case of victoria nuland, now they are looking at making her assistant secretary of state, or someone like lois lerner who gives her statement, plead the fifth and goes on a
he worked for booz allen. and booz allen has fingerprints all over our government. the current head of dni clapper, came from booz allen. and they had a $2 million contract with the government, and it cost the taxpayers $70 million. the defense contractors, all over them, spending a fortune and apparently not much supervise. >> well, one thing i did after retiring work as a defense contractor, and i tell you, we went through a lot of scrutiny, the same as any member of the united states...
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case the commons of our national security and that's created an entire industry of companies like booz allen hamilton where n.s.a. leaker edward snowden worked reaping millions in profits every year to manage and lobby for an ever expanding and ever more profitable national security industry privatization and praise contractors as efficient and responsible purveyors of public service but here's the thing corporations by virtue of being corporations are incompatible with the functions of representative government i don't want the government making my shoes or a corporation doing that but at its core a republic requires accountability for public policy we entrust our public officials with the power to act in our interest if they violate that trust we expect them to face punishment or resign from their duties after all they serve us not the state and accountability in a democratic republican society in turn requires transparency how can the public judge the crimes of its representatives without knowing about them. our founders understood this that's why they enshrined freedom of the press in th
case the commons of our national security and that's created an entire industry of companies like booz allen hamilton where n.s.a. leaker edward snowden worked reaping millions in profits every year to manage and lobby for an ever expanding and ever more profitable national security industry privatization and praise contractors as efficient and responsible purveyors of public service but here's the thing corporations by virtue of being corporations are incompatible with the functions of...
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of exile of the last year and booz allen is owned by the carlyle group you know how much are they skimmed off you know is going to poppy bush it's a it's an expansion of sort of a seventy six where you sort of take there were you know were stockmen set if they were functions that could be contracted out there there's something to be said for contracting out certain functions because with full time employees you have pensions and health care and things but then now there's regulations in place with the federal government where you're not even allowed to compete government services versus what they call the yellow pages test so if there's a function that the government does that in the private sector and you find in the yellow pages you should be able to contract that out or at least have a compete against the the existing you know employees an agency but as we saw with alan and they they compete almost nothing there is no other company that does what this company does and the way that it was done during the iraq war which i don't think you would find in the yellow pages but. you know i loo
of exile of the last year and booz allen is owned by the carlyle group you know how much are they skimmed off you know is going to poppy bush it's a it's an expansion of sort of a seventy six where you sort of take there were you know were stockmen set if they were functions that could be contracted out there there's something to be said for contracting out certain functions because with full time employees you have pensions and health care and things but then now there's regulations in place...
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. >>> meet 29-year-old tech specialist edward snowden who works for the defense contractor booze allenamilton. he's revealed himself as the source of one of the most significant leaks in u.s. history. >> i'm no different from anybody else. i don't have special skills. i'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office, watches what's happening and goes, this is something that's not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong. >> snowden, who spoke to the "the guardian's" glenn greenwald, said he told his nsa supervisor he needed to be away from work to receive treatment from epilepsy, a condition he learned he suffered from after a series of seizures last year. on may 20th, he boarded a flight to hong kong. booze allen confirmed snowden had worked for the company for less than three months and called news reports shocking, saying if accurate, this represents a grave violation the code of conduct of our firm. a justice department spokeswoman confirmed the department is in the initial stages of an investigation into the
. >>> meet 29-year-old tech specialist edward snowden who works for the defense contractor booze allenamilton. he's revealed himself as the source of one of the most significant leaks in u.s. history. >> i'm no different from anybody else. i don't have special skills. i'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office, watches what's happening and goes, this is something that's not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are...
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but when i do, it's a booz allen hamilton. >> bob pisani on the floor.is tie in honor of you. >> mixed data out of asia. that's sort of you know china to the downside on the exports. japan to the upside on the gdp numbers here. but we've got a mixed opening here. important thing that is stock overall are up and moved up around 910, 915 on word raiding the outlook of the u.s. debt to stable on receding crises associated with debt issue. very good news overall. they'll maintain the aa plus rating. they didn't upgrade the rating itself. but change outlook, i think psychologically is very important. theory in theory, this should keep bore rogue costs for the government lower for the u.s. indirectly an endorsement that the usa is healthier and at least the fed is doing its job better. in theory, though the stock market moved up, the bond market moved down because this is increasing talk that the fed will be tapering earlier. this is an argument for the fed to continue tapering talk earlier. but the fact that bonds moved down, interest rates up, and the stock
but when i do, it's a booz allen hamilton. >> bob pisani on the floor.is tie in honor of you. >> mixed data out of asia. that's sort of you know china to the downside on the exports. japan to the upside on the gdp numbers here. but we've got a mixed opening here. important thing that is stock overall are up and moved up around 910, 915 on word raiding the outlook of the u.s. debt to stable on receding crises associated with debt issue. very good news overall. they'll maintain the aa...
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. >> today, his employer defense contract booz allen says that he has been fired.is whereabouts are not known after he checked out of this luxury hong kong hotel on monday. according to the reporters talking to him, he is still there. the f.b.i. is trying to find him. agents showed up at the home his father in pennsylvania. his father had no idea what his son was son up. also left in the dark, according to snowden, was his girlfriend, a pole dearns. he has been praised as hero by some and thousands are demanding that president obama pardon him, and praised from the man would leaked the pentagon papers in 1971 who now lives in the bay area. >> i think he gives me hope that we may actually regain our bill of rights. >> the officials say the secrets he has revealed have caused grave damage to natural security. house speaker boehner in an interview with abc7 news george stephanopolis, called snowden "a traitor." he is a traitor, the disclosure of this information puts americans at risk. >> the contracting firm booz allen says snowden was officially terminated yesterday
. >> today, his employer defense contract booz allen says that he has been fired.is whereabouts are not known after he checked out of this luxury hong kong hotel on monday. according to the reporters talking to him, he is still there. the f.b.i. is trying to find him. agents showed up at the home his father in pennsylvania. his father had no idea what his son was son up. also left in the dark, according to snowden, was his girlfriend, a pole dearns. he has been praised as hero by some and...
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booz allen confirms it fired him yesterday.id they fired him for violating its keyed of ethics. snowden's whereabouts unknown. he has checked out of the hong kong hotel where he was holed up but the fbi is searching for him' the department of justice is preparing charges against him and the white house is ducking questions about snowden the search and potential charges. >> there is, obviously, an investigation under way into this matter and for that reason, i am not going to be able to discuss specifically this individual or this investigation. >> later today, representatives from the justice department, fbi and nsa and national intelligence, will be on capitol hill to brief the full house on those leaks. this is how speaks john boehner joining the ranks of lawmakers insisting that snowden broke the law and putting the nation at risk. >> hea's a traitor. the president outlined these are national security programs to help keep americans safe and give us tools to fight the terrorist threat that we face. >> joining me right now is
booz allen confirms it fired him yesterday.id they fired him for violating its keyed of ethics. snowden's whereabouts unknown. he has checked out of the hong kong hotel where he was holed up but the fbi is searching for him' the department of justice is preparing charges against him and the white house is ducking questions about snowden the search and potential charges. >> there is, obviously, an investigation under way into this matter and for that reason, i am not going to be able to...
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booz allen holding company, down $17 and a half on the day, down %.oing over well on wall street. >> i just don't think it's a very thoughtful way of approaching it. >> i just said, julian, i'm -- >> i don't see -- >> julian -- >> connect the dots. >> julian, i'm telling you, drop the liberal thing and focus on the reality thing. you have one entity after another, going after the american people. you have one system of government, one agency, one department after another, essentially doing the same thing. you can call it -- i'm telling you there's a pattern and you're -- >> i can -- >> i guarantee you, itch george bush was doing it you would be all over it. >> no -- you want me to respond? so, look, you can't conflate all of these
booz allen holding company, down $17 and a half on the day, down %.oing over well on wall street. >> i just don't think it's a very thoughtful way of approaching it. >> i just said, julian, i'm -- >> i don't see -- >> julian -- >> connect the dots. >> julian, i'm telling you, drop the liberal thing and focus on the reality thing. you have one entity after another, going after the american people. you have one system of government, one agency, one department...
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used to work at booze allen. and earlier this year booze allen said it's working on a new contract worth as much as $5.6 billion over the next five years to provide intelligence to the defense department. now, add that up, larry, and what do you get? >> you get a good picture of the way the government does its work today. there are two very different revolving doors in washington. the defense revolving door is long-standing. you know, people go work for the government, they have private -- they have security clearance all the way up to the top. they go into private industry. they have the same security clearance. part of the reason for that is the reality is the government employees don't get paid much relative to what they get paid in the outside. so here's the contract. you'll have a couple bad years and then have a bunch of good years, and a couple bad years and a bunch of good years. that is the way in which defense contracting works, or doesn't work. the question is always, are the policymakers focused on pr
used to work at booze allen. and earlier this year booze allen said it's working on a new contract worth as much as $5.6 billion over the next five years to provide intelligence to the defense department. now, add that up, larry, and what do you get? >> you get a good picture of the way the government does its work today. there are two very different revolving doors in washington. the defense revolving door is long-standing. you know, people go work for the government, they have private...
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lou: we need to be clear he was not working directly for the nsa but booze allen hamilton. >> but everybody is a consultant now to have a top-secret clearance and somewhere you look at the document and you basically see what is the resonate will he be let in here with all of the top secrets? i fired a very high profile ambassador when i was in the warehouse. linked with prostitutes. i will not mention his name i said is this true and if it is and what your resignation right now. he resigned. that is how you do it. not spending three months to investigate. lou: questions arise who is edward snowden working for? it is a peculiar manner that an employee of three months decides he wants to drive headlines around the world. truly it is a head scratcher >> there are two problems one we have outsourced so much of the national security through technology and the explosion of military security and this is what happens. millions of people with security clearance and any one of them taking come down like a house of cards. >> you could argue that today's summit meeting with the chinese president in cal
lou: we need to be clear he was not working directly for the nsa but booze allen hamilton. >> but everybody is a consultant now to have a top-secret clearance and somewhere you look at the document and you basically see what is the resonate will he be let in here with all of the top secrets? i fired a very high profile ambassador when i was in the warehouse. linked with prostitutes. i will not mention his name i said is this true and if it is and what your resignation right now. he...
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. >> that's that former booz allen consultant who admits he's the one who leaked the information and he revealed his identity of the weekend, but he remains in hiding. we'll have the latest developments on that and who is getting access to your data. how did this guy get in a position to tap your phone? >> really fascinating debate. >>> later, carlos slim versus bill gates. who's winning the race to be the richest person on the planet? carlos slim is talking about it, and we'll have that story after this break. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 opportunities are waiting to be found in faraway places. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 markets on the rise. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 companies breaking through. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 endless possibilities. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with schwab, i search the globe for the big movers. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i can trade in 30 different markets tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 to help me seize opportunities, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 potentially better returns and new ways to diversify. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 to get an edge, i use schwab's global research. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 they give me equity ra
. >> that's that former booz allen consultant who admits he's the one who leaked the information and he revealed his identity of the weekend, but he remains in hiding. we'll have the latest developments on that and who is getting access to your data. how did this guy get in a position to tap your phone? >> really fascinating debate. >>> later, carlos slim versus bill gates. who's winning the race to be the richest person on the planet? carlos slim is talking about it, and...