Maximum Irony

Monkey posted information on the Carlyle Group that I'll repost here.

Controversy

Critics of the Carlyle Group frequently note its connections to various political figures. Some of the sectors and companies in which it invests are highly sensitive to political activity; indeed, its actions may be viewed as a form of political arbitrage. This may create conflicts of interest when political decision makers have their own personal wealth [4] linked to such investments. Carlyle is the largest private equity firm located in Washington, D.C. - its corporate headquarters are located on Pennsylvania Avenue. Some have also linked Carlyle to some of lesser-known companies that have been linked to US Intelligence, such as Centre Analytics and In-Q-Tel.


In the book House of Bush, House of Saud, author Craig Unger states that Saudi Arabian interests have given $1.4 billion to firms connected to the Bush family. Nearly 85% of the $1.4 billion, or about $1.18 billion, refers to Saudi Arabian government contracts awarded to defense contractor BDM in the early to mid 1990s. Carlyle, however, sold its interest in BDM before former President George H. W. Bush joined as an advisor. Although, it should be noted that Bush family confidant James A. Baker was on the board when the interests were sold.[citation needed].



The Saudi Arabian relatives of Osama bin Laden were also investors in Carlyle until October 2001 when the family sold its $2.02 million investment back to the firm in light of the public controversy surrounding bin Laden’s family after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. The bin Laden family has publicly disowned the al-Qaeda leader.[5] Osama bin Laden has no publicly known or acknowledged economic interest in Saudi Binladin Group (SBG), whose investments were in part managed by the Carlyle Group until the arrangement was terminated by mutual consent.

I also want to point out Bill Clinton's 'closeness' with one George H. Bush and his association with this group. Keep in mind that GHB was under investigation by Kerry and yet Clinton stopped the investigations.

I think it's more than irony...it's spooky!

Casey said

I also want to point out Bill Clinton's 'closeness' with one George H. Bush and his association with this group. Keep in mind that GHB was under investigation by Kerry and yet Clinton stopped the investigations. I think it's more than irony...it's spooky!

That's why their names have been linked. Bill Clinton doesn't even realise that what he said about him and George HW together fixing George W's mistakes, has spooked a lot of people away from Hillary. Not that they don't want his *mistakes* fixed, they need them to be acknowledged and fixed.

The republicans are hoping against hope that Hillary wins the primaries. If they do, the candidates for president will be Republican OR Republican Hillary style.

sigh. I only had a tiny little header to read followed by a short comment to read - and I didn't attribute it to the right person. The blockquote above was posted by sparrow, for monkey - I think.