It is an amazing coincidence that within one day two notable hedge funds/asset managers have been linked to big players in U.S. intelligence. If the announcement that former CIA director David H. Petraeus was hired as the head of KKR Global Institute was not enough, now we know that Bridgewater Associates’ general counsel is Obama’s lead pick for the upcoming appointment of FBI director. The expected nominee, James Comey, was also No.2 in Bush’s Justice Department. Unnamed sources familiar with the nomination process have said that the Obama administration is going to pick James Comey, reports Associated Press. Comey was the lead counsel…
Bridgewater Counsel Comey Is Lead Pick For New FBI Director
HFA Staff
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