Article cites Chris Kelly's firsthand experience dealing with issues that "overlap with the responsibility of the California attorney general's office"

Palo Alto, CA — In an article published today, the New York Times profiled Democrat Chris Kelly's candidacy for Attorney General, highlighting Kelly's leadership in developing groundbreaking Internet safeguards and his role in protecting Internet users from predators online.

"With my background as a policy advisor to President Bill Clinton, my experience collaborating with Attorneys General from all 50 states, and my record of keeping the Internet safe from predators while chief counsel of Facebook, I will be ready on day one to bring a successful and results-oriented approach to the Attorney General's office and to keeping Californian's safe," said Chris Kelly.

Here are a few highlights from the New York Times article featuring Chris Kelly:

• "Bringing order to that Wild West environment has given candidates like Mr. Kelly, formerly Facebook's chief privacy officer, a chance to work on policy making long before they hold elected office."
• "In many ways, Mr. Kelly typifies the youth and ambition that characterize the start-up culture. A 39-year-old, Harvard-educated lawyer, he worked during his 20s as an aide in Bill Clinton's presidential campaign and later moved back home to Silicon Valley to advise start-ups on privacy and intellectual property law."
• "In 2005, he began his job as general counsel and chief privacy officer at Facebook, where he was quickly given the task of sorting out privacy and security concerns for the site's rapidly increasing user base, which grew to 400 million earlier this year, from 5.5 million in 2005."
• "Mr. Kelly has often made the case that his work prepared him for being attorney general, saying in an interview that he was grateful to 'work on these issues as the Internet was moving in a different direction.'"
• "Much of that work involved collaborating with privacy regulators, including a nationwide group of attorneys general and officials overseas, to establish safeguards related to privacy and sexual predators. Those issues overlap with the responsibility of the California attorney general's office, which also investigates identity theft and can influence policy related to online crime - concerns Facebook has dealt with firsthand."

An attorney and businessman, Kelly brings the right mix of experience in public policy, technology and law to fight traditional crime and combat new crimes of today - like identity theft and online sexual predators. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Kelly worked for a federal judge assisting on a wide range of criminal and civil cases, including drug smuggling and money laundering. Kelly then came home to work for a Palo Alto law firm, representing innovators and entrepreneurs, including Netscape in the Microsoft anti-trust case.

In the 1990's, he served as a domestic policy advisor to President Clinton. During his time at the White House, Kelly helped to advance the landmark plan that put 100,000 new community police officers on America's streets. As chief legal counsel at Facebook, Kelly led efforts to protect the safety and security of the online community. And as top legal counsel at Facebook, Chris Kelly worked with all fifty Attorneys General to crack down on online sexual predators.

To learn more about Chris Kelly's candidacy, please visit: www.kelly2010.com or www.facebook.com/chriskelly.

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