> “I’m trying to find a way to employ your device on a swift ‘pilot project’ or ‘proof of principle to expedite its entry to our forces,” Mattis wrote Holmes in

> “I’m trying to find a way to employ your device on a swift ‘pilot project’ or ‘proof of principle to expedite its entry to our forces,” Mattis wrote Holmes in October 2011, when he was the commander of US Central Command. Retired a year and a half later, then immediately joined Theranos boar. Also defense corporation General Dynamics. The real crime here is that this is not a crime, and in fact it's pretty normalized to the point that it would be a surprise if high ranking government officials didn't collect their fortune in private industry after retiring from their positions where they used their influence to prop up said companies. Theranos investors if nothing else at least had a choice to invest. Taxpayers don't.