Cambridge Analytica harnessed Facebook data in work for super PAC led by John Bolton, according to
Cambridge Analytica harnessed Facebook data in work for super PAC led by John Bolton, according to former employees
By Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Craig Timberg and Josh Dawsey March 23 at 12:48 PM
A super PAC created by President Trump’s new national security adviser John Bolton was one of the earliest U.S. clients of the now-embattled data company Cambridge Analytica, which targeted voters to help boost Bolton’s national security agenda, records show.
The John Bolton Super PAC, led by the former diplomat and foreign policy hard-liner, paid Cambridge Analytica more than $1.1 million in the 2014 and 2016 cycles for research, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
Part of the work the firm performed for Bolton’s super PAC was psychographic voter targeting that it claimed could profile voters based on certain characteristics. The company’s analysis was based in part on data about tens of millions of Americans gleaned from Facebook and other sources, according to documents and former Cambridge Analytica employees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cambridge-analytica-harnessed-facebook-data-in-work-for-super-pac-led-by-john-bolton-according-to-former-employees/2018/03/23/d756967a-2ea3-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html?utm_term=.80b148942f8f
