Seisint Inc.

Giuliani's Involvement in the 'Matrix' Project

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made a presentation at the White House in favor of Seisint, Inc.'s Matrix product.

Giuliani Partners was hired in December 2002 by Florida-based Seisint, Inc. to help market its data-mining product called Matrix. The product got a high-level airing in the White House in January 2003 at a meeting attended by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Vice President Dick Cheney. At that meeting, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the president's brother, gave a presentation in favor of the product. But by late 2003, reports surfaced that Seisint chief Hank Asher, a Giuliani friend, had smuggled cocaine into the United States earlier in his life. The Matrix project eventually fizzled and questions were then raised inside Seisint about the size of the firm's compensation.

DOCUMENTS

• Lawsuit affidavit: Giuliani was excessively paid for work of little benefit
• Seisint, Inc. Board Meeting Minutes -- approving the hire of Giuliani Partners DHS privacy report on Matrix
• DHS privacy report on Matrix