Bush's Spy Chief Nominee Faces Ethical Scrutiny

Associated Press TED BRIDIS January 30, 2007 09:28 PM

President Bush's choice for the nation's next spy chief would give up his $2 million-a-year job at one of Washington's premier consulting firms for a position that provides him with considerable influence over lucrative secret government contracts.

Retired Vice Adm. Mike McConnell could face an unusually daunting challenge avoiding ethical entanglements over his decade-long work as a senior vice president for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., the consulting giant with sales of $3.7 billion worldwide, according to an Associated Press review of McConnell's personal finances and business deals.

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