Orson Swindle is in Politics: Swindle served as executive director of "United We Stand, America", and spokesman for Reform Party candidate Ross Perot's 1992 presidential campaign.[1] He also spoke at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota introducing veterans and fellow prisoners of war in the crowd including George H. W. Bush who Perot ran against in the 1992 presidential election.
Swindle is a Senior Policy Advisor at the lobbying firm of Hunton & Williams in Washington, D.C.[2] His specific charge is within the firm’s Center for Information Policy Leadership, which was founded to “develop innovative, pragmatic approaches to privacy and information security issues from a business-process perspective while respecting the privacy interests of individuals.” Their clients include American Express, Eli Lilly, GE, Microsoft, and Wal-Mart.
Swindle is also on the board of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), an independent political advocacy group that seeks to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government. Throughout its history, CAGW has been accused of fronting lobbying efforts of corporations to give them the appearance of "grassroots" support.[3] In part, this is because CAGW has accepted donations from Phillip Morris, the Olin Foundation, the Bradley Foundation, Microsoft, Merrill-Lynch, and Exxon-Mobil. CAGW also has ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.[4] While CAGW describes itself as non-partisan, it has endorsed John McCain[5] for president and donated $11,000 to his campaign or groups controlled by him.(Wikipedia)...........................He did run as a Republican and lost. Whatever he says I take with a grain of salt. Obvious conflict of interest... |
