Goldman, Lazard Look to Ex-Spies to Gain an Edge in Volatile World https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-24/goldman-sachs-lazard-hsbc... In the pre-dawn hours of Oct. 7, Jami Miscik awoke in her California home and flipped open her iPad to the shocking news of the Hamas attack on Israel. The Central Intelligence Agency veteran quickly rang up a pair of associates—a former leader of US Central Command and a former US Navy admiral—and crafted a response to the growing crisis, gaming various scenarios about a potential Israeli response and the broader effects it was likely to have.