Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton is a US private consulting firm based in McLean, Virginia.[1]In 2012 Booz Allen reported $5.86bn in revenue.[2]
The New York Times reported in June 2013 that $1.3bn of the firm's revenue comes from intelligence contracts. The firm's most recent financial report boasts that 70% of its 25,000 employees hold a government security clearance, “of which 49% were top secret or higher”. Booz Allen vice-president John “Mike” McConnell is a former director of US national intelligence. McConnell’s successor, retired general James Clapper, is a former Booz Allen executive.[2]
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Whistleblower contractor
In June 2013 Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old IT contractor who had worked for Booz Allen for three months, exposed massive domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency.[3]
Contact
- Website http://www.boozallen.com/
External resources
Profiles
Sourcewatch Booz Allen Hamilton Wikipedia Booz Allen Hamilton
Articles
- Booz Allen Not An Independent Check On SWIFT Surveillance, American Civil Liberties Union and Privacy International, 14 September 2006.
- Robert O'Harrow, Jr., Costs Skyrocket As DHS Runs Up No-Bid Contracts, Washington Post, 28 June 2007.
Notes
- ↑ About, Booz Allen Hamilton, accessed 10 December 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spencer Ackerman, Snowden leak shines light on US intelligence agencies' use of contractors, The Guardian, 10 June 2013 20.21 BST
- ↑ Julian Borger, Booz Allen Hamilton: Edward Snowden's US contracting firm, 9 June 2013, acc 12 June 2013
