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by feklar 3498 days ago
There was plenty of relevant info in those leaks, such as Obama's 2008 cabinet being chosen by a Citibank executive

https://newrepublic.com/article/137798/important-wikileaks-r...

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I mean, I guess, but (a) it's old news and (b) you could call him a Citibank executive, or you could call him the Chief of Staff in Bill Clinton's Treasury Department.

That article mentions Froman's October 6, 2008 email.

Here's an October 27, 2008 CBS story that talks about the role Froman was playing in the transition: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/whos-really-backing-barack-obama...

Here's the Treasury Department's announcement of the staff change, including Froman as Chief of Staff: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDIR-1997-06-04/pdf/CDIR-1997-...

I guess the new news is that we see a bit of how the sausage is made, but my assumption was always that the inner circle of advisors has a lot of clout in deciding who staffs the positions. I don't really see this email as damning one way or the other--what am I missing?

> you could call him a Citibank executive, or you could call him the Chief of Staff in Bill Clinton's Treasury Department

You could point to a revolving door of administration between the private and public sector, along with public-private partnerships that launder would-be-illegal acts between public and private sectors.

It's a pretty big deal to have anyone besides a president elect choose their cabinet, much less an oligarchic figure.