Dan Senor - Is this a real person?

[spanone]

Seriously, look at this guy. He's like fucking computer generated or something he really gives me the creeps. He's the coalition spokesguy. Freaky, where do you get a hairline like that?

[Stew225]

1. Is there a real image or something you can share?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

2. exactly what i felt the first time i saw senor....image and bio here

creepy and unblinking robot when he stands at the podium with Mark Kimmit


Dan Senor is an advisor to Coalition Provisional Authority director Paul Bremer. He also acts as the civilian spokesman at CPA press conferences in Baghdad, partnering with US military spokesman Mark Kimmitt.

Senor's official biography on the White House website gives a selective version of his curriculum vitae. He did his bachelor's degree jointly at the University of Western Ontario and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He then did a stint as a staffer for former Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI). Senor left Washington to do an MBA at Harvard Business School (1999-2001). During the initial (pre-May 1st 2003) phase of the Iraq war, Senor was Director of the Coalition Information Centre at CENTCOM HQ in Qatar.

The following elements of Senor's CV are not present in the version on the White House website:


In 1993 Senor did an internship <1> at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerful pro-Israel lobby organization which some regard as being affiliated to the Likud party. AIPAC's website quotes him as saying: "Whether I was learning the ins and outs of Washington with my fellow interns or attending briefings on Capitol Hill, my internship at AIPAC prepared me for my work in politics".

Senor is listed as a director on the website of USIBEX, the US-Israel Business Exchange. It describes him as a Senior Associate of the Carlyle Group. It is not clear from the website if this information is still current.

Senor worked for the Carlyle Group as a venture capitalist from 2001 to 2003. <2> The Carlyle Group is a venture capital company specializing in defence and industry which has strong ties to the Bush family.

Before going to Baghdad, Senor was briefly deputy to White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. <3>

The omission of some of these elements from Senor's official CV would suggest either sloppy research by the White House webmaster, or sensitivity within the Bush administration as to how they would be regarded in Iraq and the wider Middle East, given sensitivities in the region about possible American economic motives for the Iraq invasion, and about the backing of Israel for the war.

In an April 2004 interview with the Associated Press, Senor claimed that he was avoiding political partisanship in his work: "'Senor... said his office is guided by ethical `red lines' that prevent it from crossing into the Bush campaign'." However, continues the article, "Senor jogged in a Thanksgiving Day race here wearing a `Bush-Cheney 2004' T-shirt."



A real creep for sure!

[demosincebirth]

3. I think his last name is made up

If he ever went to Latin America he would be called Senor Senor.

[redstateblues]

4. Dan Senor- straight from the Matrix

[Cleita]

5. I was thinking the same thing, or in twisted English Senor Mister.n/t

eom

[LittleApple81]

7. He is Jewish. Do you consider him courageous for being in Iraq

despite this fact? The people doing the killing of civilians (besides us, of course) don't seem to like Jewish people.

[Cleita]

8. I haven't thought about his courage.

It's his name we were discussing as being remarkable. Excuse us for being crass I guess. Sometimes late nights cause silliness.

[mike1963]

10. I imagine he's very, very well protected. I didn't know nor do care if he

happens to be Jewish. In any case, he's probably in about as much danger as Roy Moore in Birmingham...
:eyes:

[LittleApple81]

6. One picture:

Dan Senor is a Senior Advisor to Presidential Envoy L. Paul Bremer III, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority. Senor traveled to Baghdad in mid-April in one of the first civilian convoys to enter Iraq following the fall of the former regime. He has been serving in Iraq since, advising Amb. Bremer on a variety of policy and communications issues. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Senor was based at Centcom Headquarters in Qatar, where he was Director of the Coalition Information Center. Senor has also served as a Legislative Aide, Press Secretary, and Communications Director for then-Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI). Senor completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Western Ontario and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/senor-bio.html

[librechik]

9. nope--he's 100% pod people n/t

[SoCalDem]

11. He's Ari...with hair

:)

[IkeWarnedUs]

12. He reminds me of Doonesbury's Mr. Butts

Not the best pic of Mr. Butts, but you get the idea: