Curiouser And Curiouser
So, the latest trigger for howling outrage from the left is the State Department contractors who have been peeking at Barack Obama's passport records. Somewhat lost in the shrieking is the fact that the records of John McCain and Hillary Clinton were also accessed. What I doubt will get much attention from the left is the curious fact of who one of the State Department contractors worked for: A Barack Obama adviser.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The CEO of a company whose employee is accused of improperly looking at the passport files of presidential candidates is a consultant to the Barack Obama campaign, a source said Saturday.
John O. Brennan, president and CEO of the Analysis Corp., advises the Illinois Democrat on foreign policy and intelligence issues, the source said.
Brennan briefed the media on behalf of the campaign this month.
The executive is a former senior CIA official and former interim director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
He contributed $2,300 to the Obama campaign in January.
When asked about the contribution, a State Department official told CNN's Zain Verjee, "We ethically awarded contracts. Political affiliation is not one of the factors that we check."
On Friday, the department revealed that Obama's passport file was improperly accessed three times this year, and the passport files of the two other major presidential candidates — Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain — had also been breached.
Will we ever know exactly what happened at State? Possibly not. But one should be asking another question entirely here. What is a man who makes a lot of money from government contracts doing advising a politician seeking a job as Commander in Chief? Anyone see the conflict of interest here? Anyone see the candidate of hope and change doing business as usual? Anyone see a former government employee cashing in on their government contacts? Anyone else see the hope for bigger and better contracts behind any of this?
Anyone see size fourteen clay feet?
By Maggie, Saturday, 22 March , 2008 @ 5:49 pm
I sure do hope yunz like lots of butter on your popcorn …
By martian, Sunday, 23 March , 2008 @ 1:57 pm
Anyone see the MSM mentioning any of what Gaius asked?