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Gates Gets Government Guards for Gala

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rosebud dept.

Nick Irelan writes "The home of the world's richest man was a 'temporary security zone' when he held a party for members of the National Governors Association. Bill's guests included Newt Gingrich, Tommy Thompson, and Leon Panetta. Gates also put in $150,000 for the governors' meeting held the next day. News.com covered this story very well." If your invitation to Gates' place got "lost in the mail", you can read about a Microsoft intern who got to have dinner with the big cheese.

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  1. The richest? by yebb · · Score: 5, Informative

    I thought the owner of IKEA was now worth more than Gates.

    1. Re:The richest? by Chess_the_cat · · Score: 5, Informative

      No, it isn't. CNN discredited this story.

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  2. Re:In all fairness..... by tazanator · · Score: 4, Informative

    having done work in that area, it's pretty much a standing rule, the secret sevice takes over all security when present in the US. At the olympics in Ga 1996 they had special badges and ALL security was told to stay out of their way and follow the orders from them above any other orders you may get.

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  3. Re:In all fairness..... by SuiteSisterMary · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apparently, this is how Bill tries to separate the wheat from the chaff; he attacks your idea (and you) and expects you to defend it, if it's worth defending.

    I've read accounts where Microsoft has taken massive risks on the basis of a single engineer shooting back at Bill and defending an idea.

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