Lester Crawford: Cashed Out to Cash In

"There is no longer much government left to defend the interests of lesser institutions, including other businesses, or the welfare of mere citizens, or the actual security of the nation," says Carol Brightman in TOTAL INSECURITY: THE MYTH OF AMERICAN OMNIPOTENCE (Verso, May, 2004). Here's yet another example of the takeover of government...

Former FDA Head Cashes In
Lester Crawford, the veterinarian appointed to head the Food and Drug Administration by President Bush who later resigned the post under a cloud of scandal due to his wife's massive pharmaceutical stock holdings, has now joined a lobbying shop that represents such upstanding clients as Altria (the new face of Phillip Morris) and PhRMA, the lobbying arm of big drugs.

From Sirotablog