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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Carter Wrenn and Bernie Reeves Disrespecting Privacy: MBA

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In recent months Carter Wrenn has been more interested in making attacks on Bill Randall than doing his homework. As a result he embarrassed himself with a poor description of the Fair Tax as pointed out by Polifrog in this thread.

Now Carter Wrenn has a new line of attack and it appears "Bernie's friend", as Cater Wrenn refers to the individual who has been busy verifying Randall's MBA, has done quite the investigation of Randall this time around, but have Carter Wrenn  and Bernie Reeves done their due diligence?

According to Carter Wrenn:

Bill Randall says he has an MBA from National Louis University, but National Louis University says he doesn’t.
Wrenn's proof can be found here.

But...

According to the National Student Clearinghouse web site's terms and condition  from which Carter Wrenn's proof originates:

FOR DEGREE AND HISTORICAL ENROLLMENT VERIFICATIONS

Individuals, employers, employment agencies, background screening firms, and similar organizations and entities that act on behalf of these organizations are eligible to request verification of specified degree and enrollment information through the Clearinghouse ("Requestors").

Acting as agent for educational institutions, the Clearinghouse agrees to verify an individual's degree and other educational achievements, including dates of attendance, in a post-secondary educational institution in accordance with this Agreement. In order to verify a subject's dates of attendance, degrees, and other educational achievements, the Requestor must certify that the student has applied for or received products, services or employment that depend upon verification of degree and/or enrollment.
Polifrog wonders just what products, services or employment is dependent upon Bill Randall possessing an MBA. We know those who hold a seat in congress are not dependent on having  an MBA to hold their seat, and a seat in congress is the employment Bill Randall seeks. Just how were the requirements above met by "Bernie's friend" so that he could gain access to Randall's records?

According to Carter Wrenn, "Bernie's friend"  is the recipient of his proof from the National Student Clearinghouse. In that reply from the National Student Clearinghouse "Bernie's friend",  is named as Kent Clizbe (kent@cameronhalifax.com) and that it was  he who requested Randall's MBA information from the National Student Clearinghouse.

Under what authority  did Kent Clizbe request this information? Polifrog doubts the existence of such authority in this instance and,in fact believes it likely that Kent Clizbe abused his privileges as a "Requestor".

Simply put, the above conditions that were agreed to by Clizbe for retrieving Randall's school records from the National Student Clearinghouse were probably not met by Clizbe.

Polifrog also was curious if the odd name "Clizbe" was real. As it turns out, the name is real, and the fact that it is odd is convenient. With the name and e-mail address supplied by Carter Wrenn, Polifrog commenced with some mild google-fu...

This is Kent Clizbe:
On this page the name and e-mail (bottom) match those on the National Student Clearinghouse e-mail provided by Carter Wrenn. Also provided on the page is a photo and a short biography. He has been or is a head-hunter for Cameron Halifax Associates. This is not a surprise considering the information he handed over to the Reeves campaign.

Clizbe is employed by or owns Cameron Halifax.  The first thing listed on Cameron Halifax's website is their commitment to:

The highest level of service. Utmost confidentiality.
Apparently this "utmost confidentiality" does not apply to individuals named Bill Randall or  is it intended to cover the actions of Kent Clizbe. So, not only did Kent Clizbe not have authority to retrieve Randall's MBA information from the National Student Clearinghouse, but he violated Cameron Halifax Associates' confidentiality by passing it on to the Reeves campaign. For its part, the Reeves campaign seems to believe that laundering ill-gotten personal information through Kent Clizbe protects the campaign from the acquisition of improperly acquired personal information.


So there it is.  The information flowed from the sullied hands of Kent Clizbe, a self described "ex-CIA operations officer" with a history of working intelligence positions and, like Bernie Reeves, is an author and media friend,  to the hands of Carter Wrenn and to what has become a political attack machine, the Reeves campaign.  And why?

To attack a private citizen by the name of Bill Randall. Remember Joe the Plumber.

Polifrog hopes, though, this is not an example of governance by Bernie Reeves.

Finally, this is without question another embarrassment  for Carter Wrenn.


The  Cabal

















Carter Wrenn (top left), Bernie Reeves (top right) and Kent Clizbe (bottom)





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7 comments:

  1. Dear Polifrog,

    What a labored theory: Bill Randall says he has an MBA from National Louis University; National Louis University says he doesn't -- and you say Bernie Reeves 'disrespected' Bill's 'privacy' by pointing it out.

    Bernie Reeves asked Bill Randall three times -- over the last twelve days -- to verify he had an MBA. Bill refused. Now, he says he will provide it next week. Time will tell.

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  2. The size of a man's character is diminished by the weight of the mud he throws.....

    there are some tiny,tiny characters out there looking at Bill

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  3. Dennis do you take as much salary from the Reeves campaign funds campaign as Bernie does?

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  4. I'm thankful for this site, you really do a good job investigating these wild statements. I really enjoy reading your post. Thanks we need to all find the truth. M

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  5. Dberwyn misstates the facts.

    According to Carter Wrenn the National Louis University never said that Randall had no degree, only the mistake prone National Student Clearing House claimed Randall had no MBA. Schools are very careful not to had out student records willy-nilly.

    Let me be clear:

    The National Louis University never said that Randall did not receive an MBA. That is according to Carter Wrenn.

    Second,

    Why do you minimize the contempt for decorum and willful skirting of privacy law by a Reeves who wishes to become a law-maker?

    And, I will not accept that the ends justify the means argument from Dberwyn.

    Reeves sullied his campaign with these actions at a time when voters have grown disgusted with the exactly same shenanigans being played out before their eyes in Washington.

    The arrogance of Reeves to believe he can employ the same tactics as those currently running congress in our locality and not get noticed is beyond tolerable.

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  6. Bernie.. Do you still take a salary from you campaign funds? Why did you take a salary in January 2010 when FEC rules say salaries are not payable until after the filing periord in late February? I guess the voters didn't really know you after all these years in Raleigh,now they do. Maybe they don't like what they have learned. I wonder how many of your original supportes are sorry the gave you money now? disappointed too?

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  7. Weird stuff.

    Just to point out that Clizbe is also involved in a campaign to attempt to 'expose' the science behind global warming as a 'hoax', by making use of the "Climategate" brouhaha (which you've probably heard of by now). More on this at Climate Progress.

    "Cameron Halifax" already existed during Clizbe's CIA days, so my guess is that it was used as some sort of front for his counter-terrorism operations and what not. It seems cameronhalifax.com hasn't been updated since 2007, though Clizbe is still holding onto the domain name, so I don't know what the web site's up to these days.

    -- frank

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