At worst it looked like a stock swindle built on a mountain of mathematical nonsense.
Individual preference aside, the Internet depends on the free flow of information, Swindle argues.
While continuing to serve in the Marines, Swindle earned an MBA from Florida State University.
Swindle left home to attend Georgia Tech, earning a degree in industrial management in 1959.
Swindle returned to Hawaii, where he had been living with his second wife, Angie, since 1989.
Lottery fraud is an old con, but experts say Jamaicans have proven very adept at the swindle.
They will press on as before so this is a swindle and a short-lived one at that.
But Swindle's stance may gain more currency should Texas Gov. George W. Bush win the November election.
When McCain called Swindle about the job, Swindle first had to figure out exactly what the commission did.
Even by Latin American standards, the collapse of Baninter, as it was known, amounts to an unusually large swindle.
ECONOMIST: A bank fraud leaves unanswered political questions
Orson Swindle, along with former Navy pilot Carl Smith, who served with him.
Swindle "will come up with answers to problems we address that will surprise you, " says FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky.
Swindle's maverick streak might come from his strong grandmother who raised him in the small town of Camilla, Ga.
In the meantime, Swindle doesn't mind being the lone voice in the crowd.
Her biggest film acting credit appears to be in Tom Sizemore's "Swindle, " a 2002 crime thriller, according to the IMDb.
Belgian Green MEP Philippe Lambert agreed, saying that that operators' margins were still too big, and amounted to a "swindle".
Swindle is the only nonlawyer on the FTC, which, he claims, allows him to approach issues from a citizen's perspective.
Where privacy advocates see the specter of a corporate Big Brother gathering details on consumers' every move, Swindle sees enterprise thriving.
And the under-30s know they are at the forefront of that swindle.
FORBES: The Under-30s Should Demand an Opt Out of Social Security
The lawsuit is on behalf of investors who bought shares inflated by a swindle and sold them after the swindle was exposed.
FORBES: Class-Action Lawyers Fight For Piece Of JPMorgan Case
Nuhu Ribadu, head of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said the swindle took place over a four-year period starting in 1995.
We are tired of being an unwilling party to what appears to be a deliberate attempt to deceive voters and swindle investors.
ECONOMIST: Why we are removing a figure from our indicators page
Carol McCain worked for Nancy Reagan during the 1980 presidential campaign and introduced Swindle to the man running Reagan's campaign in Georgia.
Swindle didn't stay long, and Empower America became known for its high salaries paid to executives and its feuds with other Republicans.
If left alone, the Internet industry will resolve its problems, Swindle insists.
The White House ordered Swindle to apologize, but the uproar helped mobilize Republicans in a campaign that eventually forced Wright to step down.
Privacy advocates think their movement is reaching a critical mass and that Swindle is holding on to a well-intentioned but ultimately doomed ideal.
It's not only the organized criminals and terrorists (see: The Invisible Bankers) but also corporations and governments that are in on the swindle.
"My old friend Ross Perot asked me to help and I was impressed by his capacity to get people involved" in politics, Swindle says.
应用推荐