That techdirt story was nothing but conjecture. I remember it and laughed at the innuendo with nothing backing it up.
Always nice to have friends in high places.
Posted on April 20, 2013 by jfl
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Smilin’ Mike Rogers
Oh Look, Rep. Mike Rogers Wife Stands To Benefit Greatly From CISPA Passing…
Rep. Mike Rogers, the main person in Congress pushing for CISPA, has kept rather quiet about a very direct conflict of interest that calls into serious question the entire bill.
Rogers’ wife stands to benefit quite a lot from the passage of CISPA, and has helped in the push to get the bill passed.
… all attempts at cybersecurity legislation have always been about money. Mainly, money to big defense contractors aiming to provide the government with lots of very expensive “solutions” to the cybersecurity “problem” …
Rogers accidentally tweeted (and then deleted) a story about how CISPA supporters, like himself, had received 15 times more money from pro-CISPA group that the opposition had received from anti-CISPA groups.
Rogers’ wife, Kristi Clemens Rogers, was, until recently, the president and CEO of Aegis LLC a “security” defense contractor company, whom she helped to secure a $10 billion (with a b) contract with the State Department.
Kristi Rogers recently changed jobs as well, such that she’s now the “managing director of federal government affairs and public policies” at Manatt a big lobbying firm, where (surprise, surprise) she’s apparently focused on “executive-level problem solving in the defense and homeland security sectors.”
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Kristi Rogers at Aegis
Kristi Clemens-Rogers – Aegis President & CEO
Kristi Clemens Rogers is President & CEO of Aegis LLC. She brings with her more than 18 years experience in strategic communications, problem solving and senior service in the US Government.
Immediately prior to Aegis, Mrs. Rogers served as an Assistant Commissioner at the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs & Border Protection. As the Assistant Commissioner, she was responsible for creating and implementing the agency’s national strategic communications plan. She was also the senior advisor to the Commissioner and other leadership on their relationship with the media, public and other stakeholders.
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Kristi Rogers at Manatt
Kristi Clemens-Rogers – Manatt Managing Director Federal Government Affairs and Public Policy
Prior to joining Manatt, Ms. Rogers was president and CEO of Aegis LLC, a leading risk management and private security company. … Ms. Rogers obtained top-secret facility security clearance for Aegis, created the company’s board of directors and positioned it for future growth and expansion. Ms. Rogers successfully developed and led a two-year pursuit-and-capture strategy to win a five-year, $10 billion contract under the Department of State’s Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) program, which enables U.S. diplomats and government representatives to operate in strained, if not hostile, foreign environments.
After establishing a platform for Aegis LLC’s long-term growth and profitability, Ms. Rogers was promoted to join its board as vice chairman, where she focused on business development and new-market-entry relationship building for Aegis LLC and the worldwide Aegis Group, drawing on her established global network of relationships with key stakeholders in U.S. federal civilian, defense and intelligence agencies …
Before joining Aegis, Ms. Rogers was assistant commissioner of public affairs for U.S. Customs & Border Protection, where, as senior communications advisor to the commissioner and CBP leadership, she managed relationships with the media, third-party organizations and public officials.
Prior to that, Ms. Rogers served in Iraq as Ambassador L. Paul Bremer’s strategic communications liaison to his cabinet of senior advisors, and as the director of strategic communications in the press office of the Coalition Provisional Authority.
Before this tour she held several senior positions within the federal government, including in the Department of Transportation and the Small Business Administration.
Ms. Rogers cut her political eyeteeth in Michigan politics, including working for Governor John Engler and in the office of the majority leader of the Michigan Senate, and serving as vice president of government and community affairs for the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
