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ORIGINAL: Thadius

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Guess it's time to play name that advisor....

This advisor is credited with "strong-armed the Mozambique government into accepting Enron's bid for the vast Pande gas fields by shutting off humanitarian aid and threatening the president of Mozambique."

This advisor is credited with "oversaw the largest sell out of the century by working with Hughes." by concluding... ""It is my understanding that State has resisted vigorously Commerce attempts to do just that. For the national good, this situation must change. A commercial communications satellite is not a defense item. State Department control of satellites is not required for national security. Continued State Department control is damaging to the U.S. satellite industry and is not warranted." which lead to "Of course, all of these items were developed for military applications and China simply could not resist, sending all this technology into the development of nuclear warheads now aimed at America." and was only discovered upon "In fact, Hughes executives admitted that the satellites sold to China were military items. Ironically, the admission came when the company tried to sell Asiasat-3, a former Chinese satellite, to the U.S. military. "

Any guesses yet?  Awww okay, here's a few more clues.

He is credited with getting a certain president in the '90s to approve the sign waivers for Loral to export satelites and missile technology to China, while they were under investigation by the FBI... Clinton's waiver gave Loral enough cover to claim that any previous transfers of advanced missile technology were approved. The result was that the FBI had to close the investigation.

BUZZZZ... Times up.  This advisor's name is Anthony Lake.  "Lake is currently charged with drawing up Obama's future foreign and military policies."

For more information on this example of what a foreign affairs expert should be like, here is a great article where all of the trivia tidbits I included can be found. http://www.newsmax.com/smith/obama_anthony_lake/2008/05/12/95296.html

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250


With all due respect Sir, I really don't care about Mozambique, Dar Fur or Somalia.