Is Trumps CIA Pick A Puppet Of The Koch Brothers?

[Snarkoleptic]

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/is-trumps-cia-pick-a-puppet-of-the-koch-brothers/

A former army officer and corporate lawyer, Pompeo has represented Kansas' 4th District since 2011. His ties to the Kochs date back before his political career. In the late 1990s, Pompeo founded the private aerospace company Thayer Aerospace with seed money from Koch Venture Capital. In 2011, Pompeo told the Washington Post that the Kochs funded less than 2 percent of the venture. (Details of the deal were never made public.) Pompeo also served as president of the fossil fuel equipment company Sentry International, a company which, Think Progress reported in 2010, works closely with the Koch’s Brazilian distributor.

When Pompeo left the private sector to run for Congress in 2010, the Kochs bankrolled his campaign. He was endorsed by their Super PAC and received more Koch-related donations than any other candidate that cycle. Pompeo then hired Koch industry lawyer Mark Chenoweth to be his chief of staff. Koch Industries is headquartered in Pompeo’s district.

When Pompeo faced a tough primary challenge in 2014, the Koch brothers came to his aid. Koch Industry's Super PAC formally endorsed Pompeo — even though his challenger was another longtime Koch ally, former congressman Todd Tiahrt. Pompeo received over $50,00 from the PAC and from Koch industry employees, and went on to defeat Tiahart in the primary.

[WhiteTara]

1. The Birchers take over spying and espionage

good stuff.

[2naSalit]

3. That's what it is too! ...nt

[think]

4. Unfortunately they already are in thick in this area. It's not new. Just a continuation....

[WhiteTara]

5. On steroids. nt

[2naSalit]

2. That miserable POS

is absolutely a kochshill. And expect the Endangered Species Act to go down if he gets any position at Interior.

That is his middle name, Mike "kill the ESA" Pompeo. He was a topic of discussion in a few of my seminars back in grad school.