Newsom served on the board of directors of Trans-International Computer Investment Corporation (TCI), a [[Silicon Valley]] computer firm with ties to [[military]]-[[intelligence agency|intelligence]] [[front]]s under its president Otto von Bolschwing, an [[SS]] officer and early associate of [[Adolf Eichmann]] in the Office of Jewish Affairs (''Judenreferat'') where specialized in the expropriation of [[Jewish]] property. He served in the [[Sicherheitsdienst]] (SD) in [[Mandatory Palestine]] and later in [[Romania]], where he was involved in instigating the Legionnaires' Rebellion and the Bucharest Pogrom in 1941. Von Bolschwing obtained [[US]] [[citizen]]ship in 1959 under [[Operation Paperclip]]. Newsom acted as the company's [[attorney]]. The two traveled together extensively in [[Europe]] allegedly to "secure business deals" with Bolschwing's contacts in [[bank]]ing and [[industry]]. | Newsom served on the board of directors of Trans-International Computer Investment Corporation (TCI), a [[Silicon Valley]] computer firm with ties to [[military]]-[[intelligence agency|intelligence]] [[front]]s under its president Otto von Bolschwing, an [[SS]] officer and early associate of [[Adolf Eichmann]] in the Office of Jewish Affairs (''Judenreferat'') where specialized in the expropriation of [[Jewish]] property. He served in the [[Sicherheitsdienst]] (SD) in [[Mandatory Palestine]] and later in [[Romania]], where he was involved in instigating the Legionnaires' Rebellion and the Bucharest Pogrom in 1941. Von Bolschwing obtained [[US]] [[citizen]]ship in 1959 under [[Operation Paperclip]]. Newsom acted as the company's [[attorney]]. The two traveled together extensively in [[Europe]] allegedly to "secure business deals" with Bolschwing's contacts in [[bank]]ing and [[industry]]. |