R. James Woolsey Views

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The director of the Central Intelligence Agency under President Bill Clinton (1993-1995), R. James Woolsey is a neoconservative writer, activist, and government and corporate adviser who argues that the United States is fighting a Long War against terror. Woolsey is a self-described Scoop Jackson/Joe Lieberman Democrat [1] who, despite his party affiliation, has advised a number of Republican Party figures, including President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain.

Critics have decried Woolsey's simultaneous service to government and the private sector. In a March 2003 report about the potential conflicts of interest of several DPB members, the Center for Public Integrity highlighted Woolsey as an example: Former CIA Director James Woolsey is a principal in the Paladin Capital Group, a venture-capital firm that, like Perle's Trireme Partners, is soliciting investment for homeland security firms. Woolsey joined consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton as vice president in July 2002. The company had contracts worth more than $680 million in 2002. Woolsey told the Wall Street Journal that he does no lobbying and that none of the companies he has ties to have been discussed during a Defense Policy Board meeting. [13]

R. James Woolsey joined Booz Allen Hamilton in July, 2002, as a Vice President and officer in the firmers"s Global Assurance practice located in McLean, Virginia. Previously Mr. Woolsey was a partner at the law firm of Shea & Gardner in Washington, D.C., where he practiced for twenty-two years, on four occasions, beginning in1973; his practice was in the fields of civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution.