Markle Foundation:The Task Force on Security in the Information Age

Markle Foundation:The Task Force on Security in the Information Age

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The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit formed in 2002 "to determine how best to make information discoverable and accessible to the right officials at the right time to enable improved decision making with regard to major security threats against our nation.

Although the Markle Foundation Task Force claims that its purpose is to advance national security by promoting greater emphasis on information-sharing within government, it has been accused of being a covert lobbying group devoted to securing the transfer of taxpayer money to private information technology corporations.

Criticism

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Markle Foundation is supposedly prohibited from lobbying government officials. Nonetheless, it has been accussed of "actively and enthusiastically lobbying for more government spending on information technology. . . the increased expenditures and bureaucratic “reforms” advocated by the Markle Task Force are extremely beneficial to private contractors, which happen to be the very corporations and private interests represented in various official capacities by Task Force members and the Markle board of directors.

Markle Foundation Co-Chair Zoe Baird-- who first became famous after her nomination for President Bill Clinton's U.S. Attorney General was withdrawn amidst disclosures that she employed an illegal immigrant as a nanny and failed to pay Social Security taxes-- has also been accused of having a conflict of interest by sitting on the board of Convergys Corporation, which has a General Services Administration (GSA) contract for homeland security. . (read more here). A 2002 New York Times article also criticized Baird.

Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age

Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age is a national-security project for the Markle Foundation.

Note: R. Rand Beers is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and the Homeland Security under secretary for the Barack Obama administration.

Ashton B. Carter is the defense acquisitions czar for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Mary DeRosa was the deputy counsel to the president for national security affairs for the Barack Obama administration, and is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Eric H. Holder Jr. is the attorney general for the Barack Obama administration, a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and was a board member for the American Constitution Society.

John Gage is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, a director at the Markle Foundation, and was a partner at the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

James L. Barksdale is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Colin L. Powell is a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

John A. Gordon is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Arnold Kanter is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Judith A. Miller is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Wesley K. Clark is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

James B. Steinberg is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Center for American Progress.

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

George Soros was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), Human Rights First, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the International Rescue Committee.

Wesley K. Clark is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a board member for the International Crisis Group, and was the supreme allied commander in Europe, for NATO.

Ivo H. Daalder is the U.S. permanent representative for NATO, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

James B. Steinberg was a director, foreign policy studies for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the deputy secretary of state for the Barack Obama administration, is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory

http://commercialclubchicago.org/members/e.html

Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.

Robert S. Osborne is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Booz Allen Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Richard Wilhelm was the information warfare director for the National Security Agency (NSA), is the EVP for Booz Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age is a national-security project for the Markle Foundation.

Zoe Baird is the president of the Markle Foundation, a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the Markle Foundation.

Harold H. Koh was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at Human Rights First, the State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and his brother is Howard K. Koh.

Lewis B. Kaden is a director at Human Rights First, and a director at the Markle Foundation.

Howard K. Koh is Harold H. Koh’s brother, and is the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Barack Obama administration.

Margaret A. Hamburg was the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

William H. Donaldson is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Lurita Alexis Doan is a member of the Belizean Grove, and was an administrator for the General Services Administration.

Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Bohemian Club, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Colin L. Powell is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and was a director at the United Negro College Fund.

James L. Barksdale is a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Linda Johnson Rice is a director at the United Negro College Fund, a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a friend of Linda Johnson Rice, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Robert S. Osborne is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Booz Allen Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Richard Wilhelm was the information warfare director for the National Security Agency (NSA), is the EVP for Booz Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.