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Double Take: Condoleezza Rice As Dropbox's Newest Board Member

Posted by timothy on from the describe-your-conversation-with-the-inquisition dept.

Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State under George W. Bush, and defender of Bush-era (and onward) policies about surveillance by wiretapping and other means, has landed at an interesting place: she's just become a part of the small board at Dropbox. TechDirt calls the appointment "tone deaf," and writes "At a time when people around the globe are increasingly worried about American tech firms having too close a connection to the intelligence community, a move like this seems like a huge public relations disaster. While Rice may be perfectly qualified to hold the role and to help Dropbox with the issues it needs help with, it's hard not to believe that there would be others with less baggage who could handle the job just as well." Some people are doing more than looking for an alternative for themselves, too, as a result.

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  1. Re:Good choice by khasim · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Anyone that thought the Iraq War was a good idea, should not be described as "pretty sharp".

    That depends upon whether you mean "good idea ... for the USofA" or "good idea ... for me and my friends".

    A lot of companies made a lot of money off of that war.

    She is female (and black), and promoted to the highest levels, despite the failure of nearly all her policies. She is proof that you no longer have to be male to be both successful and incompetent.

    I don't agree with that. I think that anyone, regardless of race, creed, religion, etc, will always have a job publicly supporting the existing power structure.

    She wasn't elected. She was appointed by the people who were elected. And those were white men.

    Which is why I think that she's now at DropBox. She still has those political connections. And DropBox wants to pay her for access to them.