Dark Days For Bureau Of Indian Affairs (CBS Exclusive/GOP corruption)

[NVMojo]

(CBS) On Thursday, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, headed by Sen. John McCain, will release its long-awaited report on the Abramoff scandal, which has also cast a cloud over the government agency charged with managing Native American issues, the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

In an exclusive interview with CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian a former BIA official painted a troubling portrait of the agency.

One-quarter Sioux and the grandson of an Indian chief, Wayne Smith went to Washington in the summer of 2001 full of hope for his people. "We had a very profound belief that we could make a difference. That we could help out in Native America," Smith says.

Eight years as a top aide to California's attorney general taught Smith a lot about politics, but did little to prepare him for the raw political opportunism he says he witnessed when he took charge of Indian gambling at the BIA.

'I had lobbyists ... tell me that it was, 'It was our time, this is our time to make some money in the Indian game arena, the Indian, arena. We worked hard to get this president elected, and we expect to be rewarded for it,'" Smith tells Keteyian.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/21/cbsnews_investigates/main1739020.shtml

[roguevalley]

1. may they all burn in hell for this outrage.

[NVMojo]

2. the truest thing coming out of their filthy mouths is this:

"They have no respect whatsoever for Native Americans. They're there to make a lot of money," Smith says.

[Erika]

3. The republicans give them small pox...again

Let's jab it to the Indians one more time says the GOP.

[MagickMuffin]

4. A Lesson to be Learned

Beware of Elephants in Sheep's clothing!

I read through a lot of those emails released to the public. Still haven't finished, but from everything I've read it's
appalling to say the least.

They let greed dominate their lives, and now they except sympathy:puke:

Let them eat gruel...

[ismnotwasm]

5. It just never ends.

How completely disgusting, in more ways than I can possibly express.

[Mnemosyne]

6. K and R! n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Let's root them out person by person.

How many times do I have to tell you that this philosophy of using government positions is ingrained and even encouraged by business organizations?

You all need to raise the qualifications for public servants, and the ability for self-sacrifice to benefit the public SHOULD BE THE ONLY QUALITY that we should look for in an employee.

[Lerkfish]

8. parable of the woman and the snake

An old woman was walking down the road when she saw a gang of thugs beating a poisonous snake. She screamed at the thugs and rescued the snake, taking it back to her home where she nursed it back to health.

One day on their way into town, the woman picked up the snake and he bit her repeatedly. “Oh God,” she screamed, “I am dying. I am dying!” She turned to the snake and looked it in the eyes. “I saved your life. I was your friend. I trusted you. Why did you bite me?”

The snake turned to face her as she drew he final breath and hissed,

“What did you expect? You knew I was a snake when you took me home.”