Or more accurately, he presumes. Recent signs point to a run for the Montana Governorship in 2012 by notable (and occasionally controversial) investigator and intelligence old-hand, Neil Livingstone. Best known from his stints as a founder of GlobalOptions and Executive Action, Livingstone appears to be looking to add "Governor" to his resume.

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ExecutiveAction is the, apparently troubled, risk management firm founded by Neil Livingstone, formerly of GlobalOptions. It is well known that Livingstone's parting from GlobalOptions was less than cordial and it would seem that acrimony has followed him to his new digs. Intelligence Online is reporting that multiple senior staff have bailed from Livingstone's new venture.

This defection comes at the same time some of the current prime movers at GlobalOptions, and have been named in an investigation of controversial Russian billionaire, Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska was apparently Livingstone contact initially, and is only one of the dodgy characters from that part of the world with which Livingstone has been known to associate himself.

In any case, click on though to the IO article for full details on the sitch at ExecutiveAction.

-- MDT

Labels: ExecutiveAction, GlobalOptions, Neil C. Livingstone, Oleg Deripaska

ExecutiveAction is the new shop from Neil Livingstone, founder of Global Options, an investigative firm he split from in 2006 in a very nasty and public manner. Mother Jones has the humerous/scary details on a recent ExecutiveAction press release concerning deadly spores.

-- MDT

Labels: ExecutiveAction, GlobalOptions, Neil C. Livingstone