So Snowden shows up in Hong Kong just when Obama is meeting with the Chinese

[flamingdem]

88. Carlyle Group owns Booz Allen

I remember focusing on them years ago as a source of evil like Halliburton

How would this benefit them? They want business, wouldn't this hurt their Chinese aspirations?

forbes june 10

There was a time when Carlyle’s ties to the government made the private equity giant a target of conspiracy theories, but the firm has worked hard and successfully to improve its image and limit its connections to the government. In recent years Carlyle has escaped much of the public criticism that has dogged other big players in its industry, like Bain Capital. While other private equity firms have increased their hiring of ex-government officials, Carlyle has moved away from the practice. KKR, for example, recently hired former CIA chief David Petraeus. But Carlyle still does deals in the government space and Booz Allen has been one of its most successful such investments in recent years.