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Thanks for the insight on who supports these kind of guys who write a book and want to start in politics as President of the United States.

One is just a doctor, one has been a Senator with vast political and governmental experience, and is still a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.

Senator Thompson (1994–2003) was no stranger to government and politics, going back to the 1960s when he worked as an assistant U.S. attorney from 1969 to 1972 and then Thompson was the campaign manager for Republican U.S. Senator Howard Baker’s reelection campaign in 1972 and was minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in its investigation of the Watergate scandal (1973–1974).

“Thompson served as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board at the United States Department of State, was a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.”

“Thompson was the campaign manager for Republican U.S. Senator Howard Baker’s reelection campaign in 1972 and was minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in its investigation of the Watergate scandal (1973–1974). In the 1980s Thompson worked as an attorney, with law offices in Nashville and Washington, DC, handling personal injury claims and defending people accused of white collar crimes. He also accepted appointments as Special Counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1980–1981), Special Counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee (1982), and Member of the Appellate Court Nominating Commission for the State of Tennessee (1985–1987).”

Senator Fred Thompson served as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board at the United States Department of State September 2005 — July 2007. Senator Thompson also is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute.

He later served on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senate Intelligence Committee, and the Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission.
Fred Thompson Served on the US-China Economic Review Commission
- U.S. - China Economic and Security Review Commission
http://www.uscc.gov/about/commissioners/thompsonpg.php

Fred Thompson is an AEI Scholar specializing in Diplomatic Relations and Foreign Intelligence.

United States senator from Tennessee, 1994-2003 (chairman, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1997-2001)
Member, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission, 1985-1987
Special counsel, Senate Committee on Intelligence, 1982
Special counsel, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1980-1981

As Chairman of the Government Affairs committee, he blocked giving North Korea essentially all of our trade secrets.

Fred Thompson is currently the Chairman of the International Security Advisory Board, a high-level panel charged with evaluating long-term threats to U. S. security.

- U.S. Dept. of State, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, ISN, ISAB
http://www.state.gov/t/isn/isab/68268.htm

Fred Thompson’s Senate Committee assignments:

Special Counsel to both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations under President Reagan

Member of the powerful Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over, among other things, international trade.

Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Member of the National Security Working Group, which observes and monitors executive branch negotiations with foreign governments.

Chairman of the Government Affairs Committee 1997-2001

Ranking Republican Minority Member of the Government Affairs Committee 2001-2003

Chairman of the Senate Government Oversight Committee

Foreign Relations Committee, 1995-96

Member, Technology, Terrorism and Government. Information, 1995-98

Member, Finance Committee, 1999-200

Important Proposals and Inclusions Introduced while in the Senate:
Nuclear Proliferation Act
Special Counsel Act
Aviation Security Bill Amendment
FY 1999 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Regulatory Right-To-Know Act
Homeland Security Workforce Act
Homeland Security Education Act
Thompson amendment to Treasury-Postal Title (Section 646) of the Consolidated Appropriations Bill
Regulatory Improvement Act (S. 981)
Thompson Amendment to the National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act
Thompson Amendment to the National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Act
The Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility Act
The Federalism Accountability Act
The Government Information Security Reform Act (GISRA)
The Thompson Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act
The Truth in Regulation Act