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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 07:51 PM
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Lets play watch this stock..
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 07:54 PM
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1. Heh.
Looks like they got the gig in October. Textbook "ground floor." Should be interesting.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 08:24 PM
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3. Actually, there is a lot more to it.
Edited on Sun Jan-03-10 08:29 PM by Jamastiene
Ex-Homeland Security Chief Chertoff Pushes Body Scanners, Abuses Public Trust
Ex-Homeland Security Chief Head Said to Abuse Public Trust by Touting Body Scanners

by Kimberly Kindy

Since the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff has given dozens of media interviews touting the need for the federal government to buy more full-body scanners for airports.

Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks at the ceremonial swearing-in of Paul J. Fishman, US Attorney for the District of New Jersey at Rutgers Law School in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Zelevansky)
What he has made little mention of is that the Chertoff Group, his security consulting agency, includes a client that manufactures the machines. The relationship drew attention after Chertoff disclosed it on a CNN program Wednesday, in response to a question.

An airport passengers' rights group on Thursday criticized Chertoff, who left office less than a year ago, for using his former government credentials to advocate for a product that benefits his clients.

"Mr. Chertoff should not be allowed to abuse the trust the public has placed in him as a former public servant to privately gain from the sale of full-body scanners under the pretense that the scanners would have detected this particular type of explosive," said Kate Hanni, founder of FlyersRights.org, which opposes the use of the scanners.

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/01-2

Also,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chertoff

More:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/01/chertoff_uses_f.php

More or less, one of the Chertoff Group's clients is Rapiscan, which is a subsidiary of OSI Systems, Inc.

Chertoff co-wrote The Patriot Act.
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 09:15 PM
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5. At least it isn't hypocritical.
Chertoff was touting these machines long before he started consulting anybody.
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 08:00 PM
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2. awful name. rapiscan.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 10:03 PM
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7. Rape-a-scan immediately comes to mind.
:o
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Loudmxr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 08:38 PM
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4. It says the CEO is Deepak Chopra....am I misreading this???
Ohhhh I am feeling very gooood about this. My shakras are aligned. But then I am a Californian.:bounce:
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 09:23 PM
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6. yes...deepak chopra is a common name
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