Thread by @PatriotGrace17, The Cohen Grouphttp://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/william-cohenWilliam Cohen-Chrman &CEO [...]

The Cohen Group
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/william-cohen
William Cohen-Chrman &CEO
Fmr Sec Def 97-01
Sen 79-97
Congressman 73-79
*As a freshman Congressman( House Jud. Com.) he built evidence to impeach Nixon.

Cohen served on the "Iran-Contra Committee".
He was selected for the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations (1989-1997) where he chaired the Middle East study group. Pic inc.more exp.
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/william-cohen

After deciding to return to private life, Bill Clinton convinced Cohen to lead the Department of Defense.
This was the first time in modern history that a Pres. asked an elected official of opposing party to serve in their cabinet.
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/william-cohen

William Cohen as Secretary of Defense during Bill Clinton's administration.
Once again, this was a big deal because he was "Republican ".
https://history.defense.gov/Multimedia/Biographies/Article-View/Article/571281/william-s-cohen/

Shadow Government?
Here's a recent article w/video of Cohen where he speaks negatively about Trump.

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/former-maine-sen-and-sec-of-defense-william-cohen-trumps-actions-are-the-mark-of-a-dictatorship/97-fa08d246-93c6-4ae0-9c9e-d89f85f231e3

Here's yet another article with Cohen's thoughts on Trump. Cohen says we wouldn't recognize "America as a democracy. "
He also praises BLM.
https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2020/07/former-defense-secretary-william-cohen-62-raises-alarm-about-second-trump-administration.html

Marc Grossman -
Vice Chrman-Cohen Group
Background below
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/marc-grossman

After serving as Vice Chairman with the Cohen Group from 2005-2011, Grossman was called back to service by Obama and Hillary. He became the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He then returned to the Cohen Group in 2013.
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/marc-grossman

Here is more background on Grossman. https://macmillan.yale.edu/ambassador-marc-grossman-named-kissinger-senior-fellow

Ambassador Marc Grossman named Kissinger Senior Fellow

January 17. New Haven, CT—Ambassador Marc Grossman, who recently stepped down as the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, will come to Yale as a Kissinger Senior Fellow, accord...

https://macmillan.yale.edu/ambassador-marc-grossman-named-kissinger-senior-fellow

Sr fellows @ the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.
Grossman is a fellow here along with Stan McChrystal and Eric Braverman, CEO of Clinton Foundation.
https://macmillan.yale.edu/new-jackson-senior-fellows-bring-global-expertise-yale

DLA PIPER is the ONLY strategic partner listed on the Cohen Group website.

The Cohen Group
General James Mattis
Senior Counselor
Also, on the Board of Directors for General Dynamics
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/james-mattis

The Cohen Group
Joseph W. Ralston
Vice Chairman
Ralston is also on the Board of Directors of Lockheed Martin and The Timken Company.
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/joseph-w-ralston

The Cohen Group
Nicholas Burns
Senior Counselor
*Another Council on Foreign Relations guy...(board member)
*Atlantic Council

board member
*Dir. Aspen Strategy Group
*Entegris,Inc. Board of Directors
*Rockefeller Brothers Fund board member
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/nicholas-burns

The Cohen Group Nicholas Burns Senior Counselor *Another Council on Foreign Relations guy...(board member)*Atlantic Council board member *Dir. Aspen Strategy Group *Entegris,Inc. Board of Directors *Rockefeller Brothers Fund board member http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/nicholas-burns

The Cohen Group
Edward Cardon
Sr Counselor
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/edward-cardon

The Cohen Group
Jeffrey Davidow
Sr. Counselor
US Ambassador to Venezuela for Pres Clinton 1993-96
US Amb to Mexico for Bill Clinton 98-02
President of the Institute of Americas ,San Diego
Served as an adviser to Obama for the 2009 summit of the Americas
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/jeffrey-davidow

The Cohen Group
Ellen Embrey
Sr Counselor since 2010
Pres and CEO Statitia, Inc
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/ellen-embrey

The Cohen Group
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK, AFC (Ret.)
Sr. Counselor
Board member of Virgin Australia along others in pic.
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/sir-angus-houston

The Cohen Group
Paul Kern
Sr. Counselor
Dir. LGS Innovations
Member CoVant Board of Managers
Member of the Defense Science Board
Nat Sec Fellow JFK school and Harvard
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/paul-j-kern

The Cohen Group
James Loy
Sr Counselor
Member of Board of Directors at Lockheed Martin and RIVADA networks, Inc.
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/james-loy

The Cohen Group
P. Michael McKinley
Sr. Counselor
37 yr career- Dept of State
Sr Advisor to Sec of State till Oct 2019
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/p-michael-mckinley

The Cohen Group
Harry D Raduege Jr.
Sr. Counselor since Aug 05 when he left as Dir at DISA
Extensive mil career
Member of the Homeland Sec Science &Technology Adv Comm of the Dept of Homeland Sec.
Partner & Managing Dir Ridge-Lane
Limited Partners
&more
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/harry-raduege-jr

The Cohen Group
George Robertson
Sr. Counselor since Apr 2004
Spec Adv to BP plc & Chairmn of BP Russian Investments Ltd
Non Exec Dir Western Ferries Ltd
More listed in pic 2
1999 Sec Gen of NATO & Chrman of North Atl Council
Pres Medal of Freedm- GWB
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/george-robertson

The Cohen Group
Curtis M. Scaparrotti
Sr. Counselor
General 41 yr Army Career
Member of Board of Directors at The Atlantic Council
Adv Board Patriot Foundation
Sr Fellow Nat Def University
Adv Board Spirit of America
Board Korea Def Vet Association
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/curtis-scaparrotti

The Cohen Group
Arun K. Singh
Sr. Counselor
Indian Ambassador to US, France, & Israel
Halle Institute Distinguished Fellow at Emory University
Dist nonresident sr fellow in the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/arun-singh

The Cohen Group
Peter Yakovac
Sr. Counselor since July 2008
Lt General
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/joseph-yakovac

The Cohen Group
William Zarit
Sr. Counselor
Chairman of the Board for the American Chamber of Commerce in China
Served as Mandarin Chinese Interpreter for US State Dept Language Services
Positions in Beijing (see Pic)
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/william-zarit

The Cohen Group
James Bodner
Co-President
1983-1996 principal advisor to Sen William Cohen
Board of Directors TEAC Aerospace Technologies
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/james-bodner

The Cohen Group
Megan Ortiz
COO
Worked at the German Council on Foreign Relations
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/megan-ortiz

The Cohen Group
Robert S. Tyrer
Co-President
Chief of Staff of DOD 1997-2001
21 yrs Capitol Hill
1996 Campaign Mgr Sen Susan Collins

http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/robert-tyrer

The Cohen Group
Qian Bai
Associate Vice President since Sept 2013
8 yrs global healthcare
Dr from Tianjin, China
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/qian-bai

The Cohen Group
Liting Bao
Sr. Beijing Representative
Worked at US Embassy in China
Prior to those 12 yrs she worked at a Chinese technology company for 2 years.
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/liting-bao

The Cohen Group
Zeina Boustani
Associate Vice President
Worked in the Beirut office of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Spent time at the Center for Strategic and Intl Studies supporting the Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation.
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/zeina-boustani

The Cohen Group
Mark Brunner
Vice President
Sr Advisor Senator Mark Warner (Virginia) 2009-15
Adv Boards:
US Senate Cybersecurity Caucus
College of William and Mary Law School's Veterans Legal Clinic
BlueCat Networks
Senior Fellow-The Atlantic Council
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/mark-brunner

The Cohen Group
Fernando Cutz
Sr Associate
Served as Sr Advisor to National Security Advisor Lt Gen HR McMaster
Worked on Obama's National Security Council Staff
Special advisor for Obama's trip to Cuba
Advisor for USAID Bogota, Columbia
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/fernando-cutz

The Cohen Group
Kate Fernandez
Vice President
Was a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Chief of Staff to Dep Sec of State William Burns
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/kate-fernandez

The Cohen Group
Paul R. Gebhard
Vice President
*Spec Asst Sec Def Rumsfeld Jan-June 2001
*Nonresident Sr Fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security at the Atlantic Council
*member of International Institute for Strategic Studies
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/paul-gebhard

The Cohen Group
Alyssa Haslett
Sr Associate
*International Policy Analyst- Podesta Group
*Center for Strategic and International Studies
*German Marshall Fund
http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/alyssa-haslett

There are many more associates, fellows and such but I am going to move on to the connections of those above.

DLA PIPER has a page dedicated to The Cohen Group shown here..
https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/aboutus/in-the-united-states/the-cohen-group/

DLA Piper Global CEO is linked to Smartmatic voting systems that uses ElectionGuard-Microsoft. https://twitter.com/PatriotGrace17/status/1326019902587641856?s=19

https://twitter.com/PatriotGrace17/status/1326019902587641856?s=19

https://twitter.com/DeplorableMadam/status/1327043052595187713?s=19

https://twitter.com/DeplorableMadam/status/1327043052595187713?s=19

KH husband DLA Piper
Chy-nah https://twitter.com/Griffey1111/status/1327343288907657216?s=19

https://twitter.com/Griffey1111/status/1327343288907657216?s=19

Sir Nigel Knowles
[DLA PIPER]
Retired as Global CEO and Managing Partner(1996-2016) of DLA Piper in 2017.
Chairman Zeus Capital 2014
Chrman DWF LLP- International law firm.
High Sheriff Greater London
Council member- The Prince's Trust
https://zeuscapital.co.uk/staff/sir-nigel-knowles/

Nov 2014
SGO spun off Smartmatic
Lord Malloch Brown- fmr Dep Sec Gen UN, VP World Bank, UK For Off Minister SGO>Chrman of Board
Sir Nigel Knowles-DLA Piper Global CEO SGO>Board
Antonio Mugica-Smartmatic CEO & co-founder CEO >SGO

https://www.biometricupdate.com/201411/smartmatic-spins-off-new-parent-company-sgo-with-british-lord

Also included on the SGO Board is Smartmatic COO Roger Piñate and entrepreneur David Giampaolo.
https://www.biometricupdate.com/201411/smartmatic-spins-off-new-parent-company-sgo-with-british-lord
"...biometrics, online identity verification, internet voting and citizen participation, e-governance and pollution control.”

Smartmatic spins off new parent company, SGO, with British lord

Biometrics voting technology provider Smartmatic announced it has launched its new venture, SGO, which will evolve the business beyond election technologies and consulting. Smartmatic CEO and co-fo…

https://www.biometricupdate.com/201411/smartmatic-spins-off-new-parent-company-sgo-with-british-lord

DLA Piper https://twitter.com/IDAIRELAND/status/1128586986116218881?s=19

https://twitter.com/IDAIRELAND/status/1128586986116218881?s=19

Sen George Mitchell served in Clinton admin as special advisor on Ireland.
Chrman of Global Board DLA Piper
Chrman of Board of Directors Walt Disney

https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/people/m/mitchell-george-j/

Found this one by accident.
Vice Admiral Peter V Neffenger, USCG (Ret)- Chairman of the US Board of Directors- Smartmatic
Appointed by Obama to lead TSA
Dist Fellow- The Atlantic Council
Managing Principal-Neffenger Consulting, LLC
CNA Brd of Trustees
https://www.cna.org/about/board-bios

Paragon buys Scytl #Ireland https://twitter.com/fismaex/status/1327603254180638722?s=19

https://twitter.com/fismaex/status/1327603254180638722?s=19

https://twitter.com/Robcaze/status/1327739404727709696?s=19
Thanks for the link @Robcaze
Great background on Smartmatic.

https://twitter.com/Robcaze/status/1327739404727709696?s=19

https://infodio.com/content/smartmatic-revisited
This article feels very important.
Mugica and Piñate have been in this a LONG TIME. They were a HUGE part of the SGO spinoff from Smartmatic.

https://twitter.com/1foreverseeking/status/1327461717392175105?s=19
Convenient timing..
Scytl, Service Point, Paragon

https://twitter.com/1foreverseeking/status/1327461717392175105?s=19

SGO Corporation Limited was prev. Smartmatic Limited (Dec 23, 2010- Nov 24, 2014)
Officers-
David Charles Melville- Sec
Sir Nigel Graham Knowles- Dir
Lord Malloch Brown, George Mark- Consultant
Venezuelan Antonio Jose Mugica Rivera- Smartmatic Group Ceo
…https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07477910

SGO Corporation Limited Officers cont.
Venezuelan Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez- Director
David Anthony Giampaolo- Director(resigned)
Armando Yanes- Director (resigned), CFO Smartmatic Group
*correction Malloch Brown- Director
Marle UK Ltd- resigned
…https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07477910

Well hello Peter.

They conveniently left out Neffenger's role at Smartmatic.
Atlantic Council, Obama's TSA, Smartmatic board...and now on Biden's transition team.
How much is the big guy paying?
https://globalresilience.northeastern.edu/distinguished-senior-fellow-admiral-peter-neffenger-named-as-volunteer-for-bidens-agency-review-team/

Mugica Smartmatic >SGO Corporation 2018 https://twitter.com/hppyjesusfreak/status/1328054108465500160?s=09

https://twitter.com/hppyjesusfreak/status/1328054108465500160?s=09

Neffenger https://twitter.com/PatriotGrace17/status/1328459833985572866?s=19

https://twitter.com/PatriotGrace17/status/1328459833985572866?s=19

Marc Grossman is a board member of German Marshall Fund.
One of the top donors is USAID at over $1 million. Soros' Open Society Foundation donated 250k-499k. Listed under 99k is Google, Lockheed Martin, US Dept of State and many more.
https://www.gmfus.org/our-partners

German Marshall Fund "Think Tank"
Nothing to see here.. 7.9 million in government grants-2017
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/german-marshall-fund-of-the-united-states/

Nicholas Burns of Cohen Group participated in a Virtual Round Table along with Lord Malloch Brown of SGO at Chatham House. (June 2020)
https://www.belfercenter.org/index.php/publication/virtual-roundtable-where-global-response-covid-19

Cohen Group =Shadowy Swamp https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1332073136993472520?s=19

https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1332073136993472520?s=19

Cohen Group > Huawei
"To work on its image in Washington, it engaged the lobbying firm of former Defense Secretary William Cohen."
https://fortune.com/2011/07/28/what-makes-china-telecom-huawei-so-scary/amp/#aoh=16067197156713&amp_ct=1606719826595&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

Cohen Group >China
William Cohen has a 30 year relationship with China.
US-China Business Council Board of Directors
Honorary Professor @ Nankai University, Tianjin, China

http://www.cohengroup.net/regional/china

William Cohen with Wang Yi
November 2019
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjb_663304/zzjg_663340/bmdyzs_664814/xwlb_664816/t1718511.shtml

William Cohen praised the BLM movement and said the election wouldn't be fair

.
https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2020/07/former-defense-secretary-william-cohen-62-raises-alarm-about-second-trump-administration.html

William Cohen praised the BLM movement and said the election wouldn't be fair . https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2020/07/former-defense-secretary-william-cohen-62-raises-alarm-about-second-trump-administration.html

Buttigieg 2004-05
Conference Director for the Cohen Group
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article231645413.html

Reminder: Shadow Government
The Cohen Group

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