“SAIC has about $4 billion in annual revenues, roughly 80 percent of which are derived from federal contracts.
SAIC board members include Retired Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, who was offered the job of defense secretary by
Bill Clinton, and two retired generals, from the army and the air force. Past board members have included
former Defense Secretary William Perry; Melvin Laird, Nixon’s defense secretary; Donald Hicks, former head of
research and development for the Pentagon; and former NIKE SHOX directors Robert Gates and John Deutsch. The
firm and its executives contribute over $100,000 to political campaigns in each election cycle. …
“All of the facts indicated to us that NSOL should not have been successful in retaining the interests that if
did in the domain-name registry. The amount of money it was allowed to change for its registry service is
offensive. The terms were imposed on the market through the influence that Network Solutions has with the
federal government. That’s what makes this case completely different from any other company we’ve publicly
shorted.
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