With defense contractors vying for the experience and contacts only retired top military officials can provide, these retired generals and admirals have seen their potential earnings skyrocket.
"That fear is always lurking in the back of our minds," one recently retired top diplomat said.
It brought together retired top industry executives and academics to advise companies facing problems in their foreign operations.
As several recently retired top security officials have done, Mr. Olmert urged Mr. Netanyahu's government not to rush into unilateral military action against Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program.
Nairne soon joined other recently retired top Whitehall officials in the growing campaign for the repeal of the "catch-all" Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act.
Dudley Kingsnorth, a consultant and retired top industry executive whose rare earth supply and demand models are widely used, last month reduced his forecast of demand in 2015 to 170,000 tons, from 190,000 to 195,000 tons.
