Booz Allen Hamilton

==Überblick==
"Booz Allen Hamilton is an international technology and management consulting firm that is one of the U.S. government's main contractors."[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/post200/2005/BAH.html| Washington Post]

Mit einem Gesamtvolumen von knapp 1,6 Mrd. Dollar neuntgrößter öffentlicher Auftragnehmer im Jahr 2006, davon entfielen gut 930 Mio. Dollar auf den Verteidigunssektor und knapp 660 Mio. Dollar auf den zivilen. Kunden unter anderem: Federal Aviation Administration, Army, Air Force, National Security Agency, Defense Department.[http://www.washingtontechnology.com/top-100/2006/9.html| Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors: 2006 -- WashingtonTechnology]

Die Einnahmen aus öffentlichen Aufträgen des Pentagon betrugen von 1998-2003 insgesamt rund 3 Mrd. Dollar. Von diesen Auträgen erhielt Booz Allen Hamilton 26% ohne öffentliche Ausschreibung, die Hälfte davon aus Gründen der nationalen Sicherheit.[http://www.publicintegrity.org/pns/db.aspx?act=cinfo&coid=006928857| The Center for Public Integrity]

Involviert in eine Übung des National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) an [[9/11]]. Außerdem in das [[Terrorist Finance Tracking Program]] von [[SWIFT]] und [[Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)]].

==Mitarbeiter==
Über 1.000 teils hochrrangige ~Ex-Militärs und Geheimdienstler arbeiten für Booz Allen Hamilton: [http://www.privacyinternational.org| Booz Allen Not An Independent Check On SWIFT Surveillance -- Privacy International, 14.9.2006]
* [[Mike McConnell]], a former director of the National Security Agency (Senior Vice President)
* [[James Woolsey]], a former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Vice President)
* [[Dale Watson]], a former Executive Assistant Director of the FBI (Principal)
* [[Joan Dempsey]], former Executive Director of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Deputy Director of the CIA, and 17-year top official at the Department of Defense (Vice President)
* [[Richard Wilhelm]], former high-ranking official at the NSA, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other intelligence posts (Vice President)
* [[Dov S. Zakheim]], former Under Secretary of Defense (Vice President)

==Quellen und weiterführende Links==

   1. Washington Post [back]
   2. Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors: 2006 -- WashingtonTechnology [back]
   3. The Center for Public Integrity [back]
   4. Booz Allen Not An Independent Check On SWIFT Surveillance -- Privacy International, 14.9.2006 [back]