Jobs for the Boys

The Carlyle Group counts Bush Snr, John Major, and various other ex-despots and autocratic apparatchiks on its board. It “advises” governments and companies about world events. The Bin Laden family pay it scadloads of cash, as do the Saudis. it pays people like Colin Powell and Steve Case to give dull lectures. Its consultants screw around a lot. Could it be one of the reasons that Bush Jnr instructed the FBI to “back off” the Bin Ladens after his election, and before September 11th.