Ex-Sen. Scott Brown Working With Gun Company Tied To Brutal Regime

[Tx4obama]

Ex-Sen. Scott Brown Working With Gun Company Tied To Brutal Regime

From 2010 until January this year, Republican Scott Brown represented the people of Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. Now, in his post-government career, Brown is working with a company that has sold weapons to Bahrain, a country where the regime has been engaged in a brutal crackdown against its citizens for more than two years.

On Sept. 9, Florida-based Global Digital Solutions, Inc. announced Brown would be joining its "advisory board" where he would "provide advice and guidance to the GDSI executive leadership team" about "the company's overall global strategy" as well as a planned merger with a firm called Airtronic USA, Inc. That merger, which will be the focus of Brown's work, took GDSI from a company that, as of May, billed itself as "specializing in wireless data communications" into the world of international arms dealing.

In August 2012, GDSI announced its plan to merge with Airtronic, which had filed for bankruptcy. The planned merger of the two companies requires approval from a federal bankruptcy court, which has scheduled an Oct. 2 confirmation hearing. According to the GDSI web page, the acquisition of Airtronic will be the centerpiece of a "new military mission" for the company.

"Global Digital Solutions is refocusing its business strategy on positioning itself as a leader in providing small arms manufacturing, complementary security and technology solutions and knowledge-based, culturally attuned social consulting in unsettled areas," the site said. "Pursuant to the new focus, GDSI announced the planned acquisition of Airtronic USA, Inc., a small arms manufacturer headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois."

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Full article here: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/ex-sen-scott-brown-working-with-gun-company-tied-to-brutal-regime

[Cha]

1. But, he could have "beaten Sen Markey".. that is IF

he weren't so chicken.

Wonder what Bloomberg thinks of his boy now? The one he endorsed over Senator Warren?

Thanks Tx