Bank of America hires Booz Allen Hamilton to help prepare for Wikileaks

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2011-01-02 Bank of America hires Booz Allen Hamilton to help prepare for Wikileaks
Submitted by GeorgieBC on Mon, 01/03/2011 - 09:08

In Julian Assange's Nov. 29, 2010 interview with Forbes magazine, he indicated that he had information on a major US bank, to be released early this year. He did not specify the Bank of America, but they have been preparing anyway. The NY Times writes:

Since then, a team of 15 to 20 top Bank of America officials, led by the chief risk officer, Bruce R. Thompson, has been overseeing a broad internal investigation — scouring thousands of documents in the event that they become public, reviewing every case where a computer has gone missing and hunting for any sign that its systems might have been compromised.

In addition to the internal team drawn from departments like finance, technology, legal and communications, the bank has brought in Booz Allen Hamilton, the consulting firm, to help manage the review. ...

“This is a significant moment, and Bank of America has to get out in front of it,” said Richard S. Levick, a veteran crisis communications expert. “Corporate America needs to look at what happens here, and how Bank of America handles it.” ...

Last month, the bank bought up Web addresses that could prove embarrassing to the company or its top executives in the event of a large-scale public assault, but a spokesman for the bank said the move was unrelated to any possible leak.

Booz Allen Hamilton, who has been brought in "to help manage the review" is one of the largest and most controversial US intelligence contractors.

With revenues of $3.7 billion in 2005, Booz Allen is one of the nation's biggest defense and intelligence contractors. Under McConnell's watch, Booz Allen has been deeply involved in some of the most controversial counterterrorism programs the Bush administration has run, including the infamous Total Information Awareness data-mining scheme. As a key contractor and advisor to the NSA, Booz Allen is almost certainly participating in the agency's warrantless surveillance of the telephone calls and e-mails of American citizens.


---- Because NYT link does not give you the article, I am referencing the WL Central article. Last paragraph is important, I thought....

[xchrom]

1. birds of a feather flocking together --

'With revenues of $3.7 billion in 2005, Booz Allen is one of the nation's biggest defense and intelligence contractors. Under McConnell's watch, Booz Allen has been deeply involved in some of the most controversial counterterrorism programs the Bush administration has run, including the infamous Total Information Awareness data-mining scheme. As a key contractor and advisor to the NSA, Booz Allen is almost certainly participating in the agency's warrantless surveillance of the telephone calls and e-mails of American citizens.'

creepy uber big corporations hiring and supporting creepy uber big corporations.
a marriage made in hell.

[kgnu_fan]

2. Wikileaks is such a tiny group compared to it

[SpiralHawk]

5. "Out west, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning..." - Scooter (R)

"...They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them. Come back to work -- to life."

- Scooter (R)

[malaise]

3. They must be really worried about something

they did - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Go WikiLeaks!!

[Somawas]

4. In a rational world, the fat liposuctioned from

Mrs. Moynihan's ass would lubricate the rails of a guillotine, the East River would run red, and bodies would be stacked in lower Manhattan like cordwood. Maybe Assange can find the tipping point.

[Robb]

6. This is likely a touch inaccurate.

Booz Allen Hamilton services exclusively the public sector. Booz & Company consults for the private sector. They have not been the same company for a few years now, IIRC.

[kgnu_fan]

10. Booz Allen Hamilton was sold to Carlyle Group!!!!

From Wikipedia....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booz_%26_Company

Booz & Company is the oldest management consulting firm in business.<3> Founded in 1914 by Edwin Booz, Booz & Company is a partnership and thus entirely owned by its approximately 260 officers. With 61 offices in 34 countries, the firm has a large international presence. Among Booz's clients are 75 of the world's 100 largest corporations.<4>

The company recently sold its public sector business, Booz Allen Hamilton, to private equity firm Carlyle Group, taking the entirety of its commercial consulting business as well as all consulting operations with government entitites outside the United States. Meanwhile, Booz Allen Hamilton is now focused exclusively on U.S. government consulting endeavors. While the two firms continue to collaborate on a limited number of joint opportunities, their non-compete agreement will lapse in 2011, after which it is likely that Booz & Company will return to the U.S. Government market. The company recently purchased Katzenbach Partners for an undisclosed sum

[DCKit]

7. I should'a bet money on it being Skank of Amurka.

But Shitty Grope was running a close second.

[kgnu_fan]

8. NYT link here

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/business/03wikileaks-bank.html?_r=1

[kgnu_fan]

9. NYT names "Booz Allen Hamilton" ...

In addition to the internal team drawn from departments like finance, technology, legal and communications, the bank has brought in Booz Allen Hamilton, the consulting firm, to help manage the review. It has also sought advice from several top law firms about legal problems that could arise from a disclosure, including the bank’s potential liability if private information was disclosed about clients.

[sarcasmo]

11. There must be some good stuff on these scumbags, can't wait.

[kgnu_fan]

12. How soon????

[GoCubsGo]

13. I wonder how many of those Booz Allen investigators are B of A customers.

This could actually backfire if they're pissed off about getting screwed over by fees or other B of A shenanigans.

[kgnu_fan]

14. Need to combine with another thread..

[kgnu_fan]

15. .