Chris Lehane

Lehane was just shy of thirty years old when he came up with the notion of “a vast right-wing conspiracy,” to explain Republican efforts to undermine Bill and Hillary Clinton. After serving in the White House, Lehane joined Al Gore’s Presidential campaign, as press secretary, and after Gore’s defeat he set up shop in San Francisco. To other political operatives, Lehane’s tactics hardly seemed groundbreaking. But within Silicon Valley his approach was a revelation.