To assist in their new venture, they(Biden & Heinz) partnered with a Massachusetts-based consultancy called the Thornton Group, headed by James Bulger, son of former Massachusetts state Sen. Billy Bulger. James Bulger has the dubious honor of being named after his uncle, the notorious mob hitman James “Whitey” Bulger. They have a Chinese counterpart Solebury Thornton (Beijing) Consulting Co., Ltd., Beijing, China Does it seem to you the problem we have is the incompetent offspring of 'elites' are screwing up because they're not even talented in graft? No less anything else? In the private sector these types would be let go... in DC they get ever larger jobs..