NSA reviewing deal between official, ex-spy agency head

Re:NSA reviewing deal between official, ex-spy agency head by snsr on Saturday October 18, 2014 @09:53AM (#8475315)

So Patrick Dowd, the NSA's CTO, is actually a part-time employee, and is moonlighting? Seems that this is at best a conflict of interest.

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Re:NSA reviewing deal between official, ex-spy agency head by smackfu on Saturday October 18, 2014 @10:11AM (#8475346)

To be honest, it seems more like he was poached away by this other company, and the NSA made a deal to keep him part-time instead of leaving entirely.

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Re:NSA reviewing deal between official, ex-spy agency head by higherpurpose on Saturday October 18, 2014 @10:59AM (#8475431)

How would that company's pitch go? "Hey, you can trust our services - our guy works for the NSA".

Seems insane to me. What's next? The Stingray makers hiring FBI's director Comey as an "advisor"? You don't see see this as a huge conflict of interest?

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Re:NSA reviewing deal between official, ex-spy agency head by spacemanmatt on Saturday October 18, 2014 @12:57PM (#8475729)

The revolving doors between government and corporate welfare businesses work that way on purpose.

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