$$$ means never having to say you're sorry
by digby
Can't keep a good contractor down:
Whatever you think of Snowden, the Teflon character of his former employer, which is where the leaker got access to all of government intelligence secrets, is truly stunning. But, from a pecuniary perspective, the Snowden affair has been a non-event for Booz. Yesterday, Booz reported that quarterly sales held steady, year over year, at $1.4 billion while profits jumped 13 percent to $73.2 million. The higher profits are a result of Booz's ability to increase rates for its billable consulting hours, a measure of the company's prestige with clients. Booz stock is up nearly 50 percent this year.
A couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Air Force cleared Booz of any accountability for Snowden's data heist, saying that the firm could not have known. In the earnings call, Booz chief executive Ralph W. Shrader addressed the Snowden issue for the first time, saying that "Mr. Snowden was on our payroll for a short period of time, but he was not a Booz Allen person and he did not share our values."
I'll say.
They "couldn't have known" their top secret data was accessible by some guy they hired a few months earlier? No biggie. Let's throw some more money at 'em.
And I don't know how they think they're going to only hire people who "share their values" in the future because I'm fairly sure the thought crime softwear is still in development. The kind of people who know how to do the work from which these fat cats are profiting often see the world from a slightly different perspective than bilking the taxpayers by violating the constitution. Good luck with that.
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