More! Probe of Armstrong Williams Widens ("illegal 'covert propaganda'")

[DeepModem Mom]

Bring it on!


AP: Probe of Armstrong Williams Widens
By NANCY BENAC
Associated Press Writer

Investigators at the Education Department have contacted the U.S. attorney's office regarding the Bush administration's hiring of commentator Armstrong Williams to promote its agenda.

The action was disclosed by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., who has pressed for a criminal fraud investigation focused on questions about whether Williams actually performed the work cited in his monthly reports to the Education Department.

The Government Accountability Office has concluded that the Education Department engaged in illegal "covert propaganda" by hiring Williams to promote the No Child Left Behind Act without requiring him to disclose that he was being paid. The Education Department's inspector general has also reviewed the Williams deal, which was part of a broader contract that the education agency had with Ketchum, a public relations firm.

Now the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia is investigating whether Williams accepted public money without performing his required duties, said Dan Katz, chief counsel for Lautenberg. The attorney's office has a range of potential remedies, from suing to recover the money to possible criminal charges, Katz said.

"The inspector general wouldn't refer this to the U.S. attorney unless there was evidence of misconduct that requires further investigating," Katz said....

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/14/D8D7V6680.html

[Coexist]

1. oh please - oh please...

expose all the filthy, corrupt sins of this administration.

[converted_democrat]

2. Recomended.....

I hope they get nailed for this.....

[SpiralHawk]

3. Propaganda Probe into Promotion Performance

BushCo: All propaganda all the time.

A Republican Culture of Corruption.

Clean house. Now.

[tk2kewl]

4. I wonder how much Judith Miller was getting paid?

:shrug:

[KittyWampus]

6. who else was/is being paid's a very good question.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. I like it. NO BUSH CROOK LEFT BEHIND>>> n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Ayuh. Works for me too.

[cascadiance]

11. Except people like Traficant...

Any crooks found that are associated with Dems will be "publicly" left behind to serve their public image purposes!

[MADem]

7. And the hits just KEEP ON COMIN'!!!!

Go, Frank, go!

[Carla in Ca]

8. Time to get to the rooftops!

FOLLOW THE 'OILED' BRICK ROAD...to prison

[Lex]

9. I really hope that Fitzgerald's investigation will spur a closer look

at all these Bush criminal acts, such as the propagandizing Williams was paid to do.

[bluedawg12]

12. Boy I hate to see a smug RW apologist go down n/t

[leesa]

13. Good. Another fake christian going down.