Here's a pretty disturbing story on Clark's lobbying efforts with Acxiom, a data mining company that has encouraged the US government to use its data for survellience purposes.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/02/10/acxiom/
As a disclaimer, I am a Clark supporter. However, I think:
- We need a database that screens airport passengers so I don't see a problem with the activities in general.
- The quote in the beginning of the piece is entirely misleading. Clark was talking about securing access to planes for flights, not screening passengers on airlines. Come on what kind of journalism is this.
- I don't like the fact that Clark was lobbyist (or CNN "analyst" for that matter), but how else should he make money as a retired general?