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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.

• smackfu 12y ago
  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.
  • higherpurpose 12y ago
    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?
    • spacemanmatt 12y ago
      The revolving doors between government and corporate welfare businesses work that way on purpose.