(Obviously, EH is a criminal and a fraud, even if she's defrauding other criminals.)

I need more substantiation in regard to Shultz (beyond his delusional policy supports, here and there).

They get jobs on these boards, because the owners of the company want them on the board, because they have friends who can grease the wheels in getting the DOD to buy services from this startup.

It's just plain-old corruption. As long as it's not formally quid-pro-quo, it's not illegal.

> Does Henry Kissinger really have a connection to the modern day FDA to move things along for Theranos?

He probably can't move the FDA, their process is too streamlined and public, and they may be under too much of a microscope, but he almost certainly has friends who can move some less-public/streamlined/visible processes - procurement.