David N. Bossie (born 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts)[1] is an American political activist. Since 2000 he has been President and Chairman of conservative advocacy organization Citizens United.[2]
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Bossie grew up in Massachusetts to parents he has described as "apolitical". In an interview with Brian Lamb on CSPAN he said that when he went to register to vote for the first time, he left the political affiliation box blank. When an employee explained to him that it was a requirement for registration in Massachusetts, he said that he wanted to be whatever Ronald Reagan was. The employee said that she wasn't permitted to tell him but gave him a newspaper and said, "Here, read this, figure it out and fill in the appropriate box."[1]
During the 1992 presidential election, Bossie worked with Floyd Brown on a political action committee, the Presidential Victory Committee. During that time, CBS ran an investigative report "Dirty Tricks," by Eric Engberg on CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, alleging that Bossie and a retired policeman named Jim Murphy used what Engberg called "police state" tactics to harass the family of a young woman in Arkansas, Susann Coleman, in their efforts to prove that she had committed suicide because of an affair with Bill Clinton.[3]
Bossie's was hired as a political activist during the WhiteWater scandal. Representative Dan Burton (R-IN), the chairman of the House investigation into alleged Clinton campaign finance abuses. Early in the investigation, Bossie was fired by Burton who found that Bossie had supervised the editing of certain recordings and transcripts so that they portrayed President Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Clinton staffer Webster Hubbell in a negative light. Richard D. Bennett (now Federal Judge, US District Maryland) hired a Professional Team of investigators to continue the House investigation into Campaign Finance abuses.
In his capacity as director of Citizens United, the organization has focused increasingly on producing feature film documentaries through its Citizens United Productions division. The feature film Hillary: The Movie was at the center of a landmark Supreme Court case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which Citizens United prevailed, allowing for-profit and not-for-profit corporations to advertise and broadcast messages of a political nature without limits on how much they can spend and with few limits on the timing and nature of the messages. Other notable films have included Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration, Celsius 41.11, and Rediscovering God in America, hosted by Newt and Callista Gingrich.
Bossie is the author of The Many Faces of John Kerry, a critical look at presidential candidate Senator John Kerry. He has also written Intelligence Failure, a piece alleging failings on the part of the national security apparatus during the Clinton Administration in the years before September 11, 2001. Bossie is also the author of the 2008 publication Hillary: the Politics of Personal Destruction and co-author of the 2000 release Prince Albert: the Life and Lies of Al Gore with Floyd Brown.
At the Tea Party Convention, Bossie debuted his documentary Generation Zero, focusing on the 2008 financial crisis, and its basis in the selfishness of the Baby Boomer generation.
Bossie received the Ronald Reagan Award from the Conservative Political Action Conference in 1999.
David has served for the last 17 years as a volunteer firefighter in Montgomery County, Maryland, where he resides with his wife, Susan, and their three children, Isabella, Griffin and Lily Campbell.
David Bossie met his wife, Susan, through his political work. As of 2010 they have three children. He was a volunteer fireman for Montgomery County, Maryland and lived in the firehouse for several years before his marriage.[1]