As head of safety, Comey reported to Dalio’s longtime deputy Greg Jensen, who appeared wanting to show that he took the safety of Bridgewater’s secrets and techniques as critically as Dalio. With little proof of precise offending habits to snuff out, they created their very own. Comey helped give you a plan to depart a binder, clearly labeled as Jensen’s, unattended within the Bridgewater workplaces. It labored like a allure. Comey watched as a low-ranked Bridgewater worker stumbled upon the binder and commenced to peruse it. Jensen and Comey put the worker on trial, discovered him responsible, and fired him, with Dalio’s approval.
Throughout and after Comey’s period at Bridgewater, tens of 1000’s of hours of the agency’s inside deliberations, arguments and trials had been uploaded into what was referred to as the “Transparency Library” and out there for playback for all on the agency.
Lordy, there was lots to observe.
Little question Comey’s most notorious inside case was his prosecution of Bridgewater co-chief government officer, Eileen Murray, who stood out like a pimple in Bridgewater’s blue-blooded government suite. She’d grown up in a housing undertaking in Queens, hardly ever wore skirts, by no means married, by no means had youngsters, and talked regularly about her canines. A former Morgan Stanley government, she despatched emails off the cuff, all lowercase, with typos, suggesting she was too busy to offer something her full consideration.
The proximate reason for Murray’s lesson within the utility of The Rules was innocuous sufficient. A job candidate talked about to a Bridgewater government that he was accustomed to the hedge fund’s head of accounting, Perry Poulos, one among Murray’s hires. The job candidate evinced shock—didn’t they know Poulos had been fired from Morgan Stanley?
Comey grabbed a former FBI agent on the Bridgewater workers and went to intercept the unsuspecting Poulos. The duo pulled him right into a convention room with out warning.
“Hello, guys,” Poulos stated.
“We simply need to know, is there something in your background we should always find out about?” Comey responded.
“I had some issues there, however it’s all cleared up now.”
“You wouldn’t thoughts if we ask just a few questions and look a bit of extra?”
There’s actually nothing to search out, Poulos stated.
Go forward. He exited the room, coronary heart racing, and shortly discovered Murray. She knew, as he did, that he had been let go from Morgan Stanley after questions had been raised about his bills. However Murray sensed a bigger goal at play. “It’s not you,” she instructed Poulos. “It’s me. They’re making an attempt to get to me.”
Comey referred to as in Poulos for an additional interview.
“Did you discuss to anybody about this?” Comey requested.
“No.”
“Are you certain?”
“No, I haven’t talked to anybody.”
“You reside with Eileen, don’t you?”
Realizing Bridgewater’s status for intimate relationships, Poulos assumed Comey was sniffing for a romantic angle. Through the week, Poulos stated, he generally spent the night at Murray’s place, in separate bedrooms.
“Even that night, after we spoke, you didn’t discuss to her?” Comey requested.
“I don’t bear in mind saying something specifically.”