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STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD (11/15/05) |
Edited on Tue Nov-15-05 11:39 AM by OKthatsIT
Your Weekly 'Republican Corruption and Scandal' Update
(See *Notes* below about use) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Alabama Investigation: Sen. Richard Shelby Disposition: received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Gov. Robert Riley Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Investigation: Republican Legislative Committee(very sleazy) Disposition: financing of a Republican flier that accused a Democratic candidate of supporting same-sex marriage because she failed to sign a pledge against it. Republican committee did not file a report five days before the election showing who paid for the ad, as required by state law. READ THIS: "Ala. Dems seek investigation into financing of anti-gay flier" http://www.washblade.com/2005/2-25/news/legislative/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Alaska Investigation: Senate President Ben Stevens (son of US Senate Pro Tem President Ted Stevens) Disposition: Probed for accepting consulting fees from oil services firm Veco. Subject to a recall petition. Investigation: Sen. Ted Stevens Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Arkansas Investigation: Arkansas Republican Party Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Investigation: State Rep. David Burnell Smith. The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission ordered Smith to resign after concluding that he violated spending limits in the 2004 primary election he agreed to in order to receive public campaign money under the Clean Elections Law. Disposition: Smith contends that he made accounting mistakes and overpaid a political consultant, but did not violate the law. http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special12/articles/0414nesmith14.html http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=52927 Arkansas - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Joshua Dickens, Republican Constable of Faulkner County. Disposition: Severly beat, burned, handcuffed and kidnapped woman he was in a relationship with. Sentenced 5 yrs, could be released within 1 year. After the trial, a 16-year-old girl, also made accusations to the police that she had been sexually assaulted by the young man. http://www.arkansasleader.com/2005/10/editorial-good-words-for-criminals.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona Investigation: Rep. J. D. Hayworth Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. Investigation: Gov. Evan Mecham Disposition: impeached, in 1988, after he was convicted of obstructing an investigation into a death threat allegedly made by an aide. He also failed to report a $350,000 from a contributor to his campaign for Governor as required by campaign laws; loaned himself $80,000 of public money to help his failing car dealership; allegations of covering up a death threat by one of his appointees to a government employee. Was the first US Governor to face removal from office by three means simultaneously: impeachment by the legislature, a scheduled recall election, and a criminal indictment. http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Evan_Mecham http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050624/NEWS24/50624002 Investigation: Governor Fife Symington Disposition: Resigned after being convicted of bank fraud charges. Conviction overturned due to improper dismissal of a juror during deliberations. Pardoned by Clinton, probably so he would stop wasting the Federal government's time and money investigating him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife_Symington_III http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sword-szymczak.html#RI91AA6OL Investigation: Nathan Sproul, Sproul & Associates launched voter registration drives in at least eight states, most of them swing states. Disposition: under investigation for allegedly destroying voter registration forms signed by Democrats. http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102204U.shtml http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/071405B.shtml http://www.alternet.org/election04/20194/ Investigation: Scottsdale Rep. David Burnell Smith (R) initially admitted overspending in his campaign but now, objects to his charges claiming the election laws are unconstitutional. The matter is going to court on Dec. 6th. 2005 (Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Mark Aceto.)(Has $70,000 cash-in-hand to spend on his defense) Disposition: March 2005, Arizona's Citizens Clean Elections Commission voted 5-0 to remove Smith from office because of a campaign finance violation. The commission’s order also directs Smith to return $34,625 in campaign funds and pay a $10,000 fine. http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special12/articles/0414nesmith14.html http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=52927 ------------------------------------------------------------------- California Investigation: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Disposition: Ethics probe for accepting salary from two men’s fitness magazines while governor, possible kickback from American Media publisher to Schwarzenegger charity and silence money to a woman who had an extramarital affair with Schwarzenegger. This probe may go criminal. Investigation: Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham Disposition: Probed for bribery regarding financial ties with and favors for defense firm MZM Investigation: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Disposition: Tied to Abramoff scandal on loan papers. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Doug Ose Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. Investigation: Rep. Richard Pombo Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. http://www.publicintegrity.org/report.aspx?aid=753 Investigation: Rep. John Doolittle Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. Investigation: Rep. Ed Royce Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. Investigation: Roland E. Arnall (CA), Bush Picks Ameriquest Owner as Ambassador-Firm's Lending Tactics Investigated http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072801842.html Investigation: Katrina Leung, who helped raise money and contributed to several other Republican campaigns. Disposition: arrested in April 2003, on charges of working covertly for the Chinese government(CODENAME: Parlor Maid). Leung was alleged to have copied U.S. secrets with intent of providing them to Chinese intelligence services. http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/leung.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54571-2005Jan6.html Investigation: Retired FBI agent James J. Smith Disposition: pleaded guilty to lying about the affair, with Katrina Leung, during an FBI background review and agreed to cooperate with the government's investigation of Leung in exchange for the dropping of more serious charges of mail fraud and mishandling of classified documents. He was sentenced three months' home confinement. http://www.cicentre.com/Documents/DOC_Smith_James_J_Case.htm http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/smith.html http://www.newsgd.com/news/World1/200507190030.htm Investigation: U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) Disposition: used his influence to open doors in Washington for a Hollywood producer pitching a television show after the producer paid him a $23,000 option on a screenplay, records and interviews show. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rohrbacher4nov04,0,3476995.story?page=2&coll=la-home-headlines Hypocrite: US Congressman David Dreier Exposed: closeted homosexual Republican who oppose civil rights for gay people. http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/44/news-ireland.php California - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Howard L. Brooks, Republican legislative aide and advisor to a California assemblyman, Disposition: charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography. http://www.sacbee.com/static/live/news/calreport/N2001-11-22-2300-0.html Investigation: Nicholas Elizondo(Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation) Bakersfield, CA Disposition: molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Nicholas_Elizondo.htm Investigation: Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline Disposition: placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00914F93A550C718CDDAA0894DA404482 Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger "told a magazine in 1977 that he had a stripper girlfriend, hung out with prostitutes and engaged in group sex. Then in October 2003, the Los Angeles Times reported that several women said he had forced himself on them, grabbing them and trying to pull off clothing. Schwarzenegger didn't admit anything specific, but he didn't exactly proclaim his innocence, either. "Wherever there is smoke, there is fire," he said. "I have behaved badly sometimes." ------------------------------------------------------------------- Colorado Investigation: Colorado Republican Party Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Investigation: Scott McInnis, former US Rep of Colorado Disposition: at the end of his term, left the House with more than $1 million in his campaign bank account from Aramoff http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aBiarD4WDkww&refer=us Colorado - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Larry D Floyd (R-Denton County Constable) Disposition: Arrested charged with one count of soliciting for child prostitution, three counts of enticement of a child and three counts of attempted sexual assault on a child. http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa050916_am_constable.63c90142.html Investigation: Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative. Disposition: fired after child pornography was found in his possession http://www.armchairsubversive.com/schwarz.htm Investigation: Colorado Republican Party activist Randal David Ankeney Disposition: charged in a second sexual-assault incident, following his July arrest involving a Disposition: 14-year-old girl he had met in an Internet chat room. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/1130885/detail.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Connecticut Investigation: Gov. John Rowland Disposition: Convicted, racketeering enterprise, imprisoned 2004 Investigation: Peter N. Ellef, Mr. Rowland's co-chief of staff. Disposition: pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/nyregion/26plea.html Investigation: William A. Tomasso, Mr. Ellef's close friend, whose family's companies won more than $100 million in contracts under Mr. Rowland's administration. Disposition: pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/nyregion/26plea.html Investigation: Rep. Rob Simmons Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Connecticut - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Philip Giordano, former Republican mayor of Waterbury, CT, Disposition: convicted of forcing two 8 and 10 year old girls to perform oral sex on him. Sentenced to 37 years. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Giordano.htm Investigation: Larry Giordano (R- former Mayor of Waterbury) Disposition: Sexually abused 2 girls. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Giordano.htm Investigation: Republican legislator Peter Dibble Disposition: pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1913548 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Delaware Investigation: Attorney General Jane Brady Disposition: Accused of helping MBNA Bank of Wilmington skirt campaign finance laws. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington DC Investigation: Chicago Federal Grand Jury is investigating George W. Bush and his Administration's involvement in the outing of a CIA Operative, Valerie Plame. Investigation: Vice President Dick Cheney(Cabal Chief). Believes in Govt nondisclosure policies. All evidence of Cheney wrongdoing is 'classified'. Cheney has no problem lying to the American People. He's been caught several times lying on camera, but refuses to be questioned under oath. Grrrrr. Disposition: No bid contracts, torture policy, hidden energy policies, environmental destruction policies, was Chairman and CEO of Halliburton during it's . Cheney's Halliburton stock options were worth $241,498 a year ago -- are now valued at more than $8 million. Assigned Halliburton and Betchel to rebuild coastal military bases in New Orleans and Missisppi with no bid contracts. Basically, he's a S.O.B. and we're going to get him! War Criminal! TREASON! Windows media: http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ME&showDate=03-Nov-2005&segNum=3&NPRMediaPref=WM&getAd=1 Realplayer: http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ME&showDate=03-Nov-2005&segNum=3&NPRMediaPref=RM&getAd=1 http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-03,RNWE:en&q=Dick+Cheney+and+Halliburton http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/24/cheney.leahy/ http://www.thenation.com/doc/20040112/ireland http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0403-10.htm Cheney's rap sheet is just too extensive to add to this list. I hope to put him in his own catagory soon ;) Investigation: Jack Abramoff, GOP lobbyist Disposition: Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy, with possible mob connections to murder http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081101108.html http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1114/p03s03-uspo.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092700980_pf.html http://www.madcowprod.com/10272005.html http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/09/30/GOP_corruption/index_np.html http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13117499.htm Investigation: lobbyist Jack Abramoff asked for $9 million in 2003 from the president of a West African nation to arrange a meeting with President Bush and directed his fees to a Maryland company now under federal scrutiny, according to newly disclosed documents. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/10/politics/10lobby.html&OQ=hpQ26exQ3D1131598800Q26enQ3Dc143a0d022b49971Q26eiQ3D5094Q26partnerQ3Dhomepage&OP=7ef61eacQ2FBqQ7DQ25BQ23gQ51oOggtuBu44Q26BzzBz4B!g2itiQ51oBz42gQ25Q25yfQ5Bt,2 Investigation: Adam Kidan, DC Dial-a-Mattress franchise in DC and Abramoff associate Disposition: Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy Investigation: Michael Scanlon, former chief of staff to Tom DeLay Disposition: Being probed for involvement in Indian casino scandal with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay Investigation: Ralph Reed Former Executive Director of the Christian Coalition. Has called gambling a "cancer on the American body politic." Disposition: Recieved $3.8 million in payments from 2001-2002 from a former aide of Tom Delay, which specifically benefitted two tribal clients in their efforts to protect casino interests. http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2004/11/10_400.html Investigation: Italia Federicie, a Republican environmentalist ordered to appear in front of Senate Panel Ambramoff Investigation. Disposition: expected witness, Ms. Federicie did not show up for questioning by McCain's Senate panel. McCain said he willl send a Federal Marshall out to find her. Investigation: Michael Rosetti, former Interior Department Counsel, appeared in front of Senate Panel Ambramoff Investigation. Disposition: Questioned by Senate Panel, rejected testimony made by J. Steven Giles http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abramoff3nov03,0,7870424.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines Investigation: J. Steven Griles, a former deputy Interior secretary, appeared in front of Senate Panel Ambramoff Investigation Disposition: possible perjury charges in the making....hearing focused on whether Abramoff, when working for the Coushatta tribe of Louisiana, relied on Griles to influence the Interior Department to block a rival tribe from opening a casino that would compete with the Coushattas' gaming business. Griles said he rejected the offer and reported it to ethics officials. http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abramoff3nov03,0,7870424.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines Investigation: Steve Rosen, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information Investigation: Keith Weismann, AIPAC Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information Investigation: Larry Franklin, Colonel, USAF Reserves, Dept. of Defense Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information Investigation: Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President's Chief of Staff Disposition: (5 Count)Indictment: obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury in the investigation into the leak of a covert CIA agent’s name. http://www.guilfordian.com/media/paper281/news/2005/11/11/World/Libby.Indicted.For.Involvement.In.Cia.Leak-1055204.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.guilfordian.com http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9837835/ Investigation: David Addington, New Vice President's Chief of Staff. Background in Federalist Society. Attorney for White House during the Iran-Contra Affair. Believes Military lawyers should have less power. He believes in the Presidents, and the agencies the president is responsible for, should have complete nondisclosure powers in govt. He was a principal author of the White House memo justifying the torture of terrorism suspects. He also strongly endorsed holding suspects without access to the legal system, a measure rebuked by the Supreme Court. Disposition: mentioned in Lewis Libby's indictment. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/july-dec05/wilk_11-4.html http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2004/3128addington_memo.html http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9917435/ http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Vice_President_Dick_Cheneys_chief_of_1028.html Investigation: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove Disposition: Continued investigation by Grand Jury. Probed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9837835/ Investigation: David Safavian, Chief of Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget Disposition: Arrested, Safavian is charged with making false statements to a General Services Administration ethics officer and the GSA inspector general's office. Safavian served as chief of staff at GSA before moving to OMB. Arrested Sept 19 2005 on charges of lying to investigators and obstructing a federal inquiry involving Jack Abramof Investigation: Timothy E. Flanigan, Flanigan was nominated in May 2005, to be the No. 2 official at the Justice Department - Gonzales' top deputy. But the nomination has been held up over questions about his connection to Abramoff. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5329154,00.html Investigation: John Hannah, a key aide to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the architects of the Iraq war, Disposition: cooperating with Fitzgerald after being told that he was identified by witnesses as a co-conspirator in the leak. Sources said Hannah was not given immunity, but was likely offered a “deal” in exchange for information that could result in indictments of key White House officials. http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Second_Cheney_aide_cooperating_in_leak_1019.html Investigation: Richard Perle, Pentagon's Defense Policy Board Disposition: forced to resign after it was learned he'd been advising Goldman Sachs International, an habitual Bilderberg attendee, on how it might profit from the war in Iraq. http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/BilderbergExposed.html http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D10F73A550C728EDDAA0894DB404482 Bio: http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Richard_Perle Senate Panel Investigation of Abramoff Investigation: Italia Federicie, a Republican environmentalist Disposition: expected witness, Ms. Federicie did not show up for questioning by McCain's Senate panel. McCain said he willl send a Federal Marshall out to find her. Investigation: Michael Rosetti, former Interior Department Counsel Disposition: Questioned by Senate Panel, rejected testimony made by J. Steven Giles http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abramoff3nov03,0,7870424.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines J. Steven Griles, a former deputy Interior secretary Disposition: hearing focused on whether Abramoff, when working for the Coushatta tribe of Louisiana, relied on Griles to influence the Interior Department to block a rival tribe from opening a casino that would compete with the Coushattas' gaming business. Griles said he rejected the offer and reported it to ethics officials. http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abramoff3nov03,0,7870424.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines Investigation: David Safavian, former chief of staff of the General Services Administration Disposition: charged with making false statements and obstructing justice in connection with a golf trip that Abramoff organized for lawmakers, including Representatives DeLay and Ney, in 2002. Mr. Safavian has pleaded not guilty. http://www.csmonitor.com/200Investigation: 5/1114/p03s03-uspo.html Investigation: a second Cheney aide, David Wurmser, has agreed to provide the prosecution with evidence that the leak was a coordinated effort by Cheney’s office to discredit the agent's husband. Her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, was one of the most vocal critics of the Iraq war. http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Second_Cheney_aide_cooperating_in_leak_1019.html Investigation????: Michael Brown, former Director of FEMA. Disposition: LIED on his resume. LIED repeatedly under oath to the House investigative panel. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092700709.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/21/MNG3OFC26S1.DTL Investigation: Lester M. Crawford, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Disposition: The GAO and Senate Health committee will be investigating the circumstances of Crawford's resignation, including his financial disclosures. He was also accused before his confirmation of having an improper relationship with a female colleague -- a charge that independent investigators said both parties denied. The final report did note, however, significant discrepancies between Crawford's testimony and that of others in the commissioner's office. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Crawford http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501544.html http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9533793/ http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=31466 Investigation: NEOCONS WHO ARE POISONING US CITIZENS. Donald Rumsfeld was the CEO at Searle when aspartame was created. Rumsfeld spent 17 yrs trying to get aspartame approved by the FDA but failed, due to its toxic compounds. The day after Reagan was sworn in, the FDA was forced to retract its findings from govt studies on asparatame and the drug was rename, "Nutrasweet". Disposition: Lawsuits against Monsanto for ASPARTAME, a neurotoxin and carcinogenic. Used in 5000 food products. Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas and John Ashcroft were Monsantos attorneys who strong armed the FDA into silence. See This VIDEO http://www.soundandfury.tv/pages/rumsfeld.html Source Links: http://www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive15.htm]http://www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive15.htm http://www.newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking25.htm]http://www.newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking25.htm http://www.lawresearchgroup.com/article.php?story=20040919174404971]http://www.lawresearchgroup.com/article.php?story=20040919174404971 http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/fraud.htm]http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/fraud.htm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6936203]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6936203 Investigation: James C. Langdon Jr., chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and a major Bush fundraiser, underscores the tangled Washington connections beneath CNOOC Ltd.'s bid. Disposition: non-competitive bid, possible corruption involved. There's no Senate oversight. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/archivedStory.asp?archive=true&dist=ArchiveSplash&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B47786982%2D7FD2%2D4B02%2D884E%2D597A42CCAECF%7D&returnURL=%2Fnews%2Fstory%2Easp%3Fguid%3D%7B47786982%2D7FD2%2D4B02%2D884E%2D597A42CCAECF%7D%26siteid%3Dmktw%26dist%3D%26archive%3Dtrue%26param%3Darchive%26garden%3D%26minisite%3D http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/11/AR2005071101671.html Investigation: Oliver North cyndicated columnist and host of a weekly Fox News Channel program, "War Stories with Oliver North." Disposition: convicted on three separate charges relating to his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s. He has embezzelled $200,000 in a Swiss Bank account and was involved in drug trafficking to fund secret NSA Operations. He received a three-year suspended prison sentence, two years probation and immediate superstar status. http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/oliver-north/ http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ciadrugs/volii.html http://www.consortiumnews.com/2004/121304.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/october96/crack_contra_11-1.html Robert Earl (DC)-Chief of Staff to Acting Deputy Defense Secy Gordon England. "Iran-Contra Figure Lands Key Pentagon Position" http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/12/1411204&mode=thread&tid=25 Investigation: Ted E. Schelenski (DC)-Heritage Foundation- VP for Finance and Operations Disposition: Convergence of Driver, Bicyclist Ends in Arrest http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/01/AR2005070101881.html Investigation: US Intelligence, FBI and CIA identified as helping Plan Venezuelan Prosecutor's Murder Disposition: Danilo Anderson was a Venezuela Prosecutor killed by a car bomb in Caracas on November 18, 2004. He was murdered while investigating those who were involved in leading and organizing the April 2002 coup that briefly overthrew President Chavez and abolished the constitution and the National Assembly. Vasquez De Armas, a member of Colombia's right wing paramilitary group called the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) has said that he was in charge of logistics for the plot to kill Danilo Anderson. http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1809 Washington DC - Scandal, Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Mark Grethen, a longtime GOP activist and fundraiser. He was to be honored in Washington D.C. as “Republican of the Year” – an honor bestowed upon him by Representative Tom Davis of Virginia. Disposition: convicted of six sex crimes involving raping children. He’s scheduled to be in the Deep Meadow Correctional Facility until September 25, 2024. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html Investigation: Richard Delgaudio, served as president of the Republican-affiliated Legal Affairs Council, raising money for Oliver North’s defense during the Iran-Contra scandal, and for former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger’s defense fund (back in the pre-Ashcroft/Gonzales days when Republican criminals were actually sometimes tried for their crimes). He also raised money for such Republican notables as Ronald Reagan and Jesse Helms. Disposition: he pled guilty to charges of producing child pornography after getting caught paying two teenage girls to pose for his camera in a Baltimore hotel. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html John Bolton: Corroborated allegations that Mr. Bolton’s first wife, Christina Bolton, was forced to engage in group sex have not been refuted by the State Department despite inquires posed by Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt concerning the allegations. http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/larry_flynt_bolton_511 History of Washington DC Pedophilia - http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/conspiracyofsilence2.wmv Video http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1570946.php Bush Sr White House Scandal 1989 Investigation: Donald Rumsfeld (R-Defense Secretary) Disposition: authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate Report 1: Full Reporthttp://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/abughraib/151108.pdf Hypocrite: Harvey Pitt, SEC Chief under George W. Bush until he was forced to resign in 2002. Exposed: previously Worked for New Frontier Media, a firm which distributed teen sex videos. Typical Bush appointee. http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/regulation/2002-11-05-pitt-resigns_x.htm http://www.startribune.com/stories/1069/5696184.html http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/01/top10_2001_18.html W David Hager (KY)-FDA Advisor on Women's Health Issues, evangelical Christian who preaches propaganda about Family Values" Dr. Hager's Family Values (Sodomized Wife) http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050530/mcgarvey http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp Hypocrite: Matthew Glavin, president and CEO of the Southeastern Legal Foundation. Glavin, the legal beagle who’d led major ‘morality’ campaigns against President Bill Clinton, now joins Paulk and other such creeps in the Hall of Hypocrites. Exposed: arrested multiple times for public indeceny. resign last week as president and CEO of the Southeastern Legal Foundation after having been twice charged with public indecency in a Chattahoochee River park a popular spot for men who regale in outdoor same-sex cruising. http://www.gvny.com/columns/nichols/nichols10-13-00.html Hypocrite: John Paulk, the leader of the bogus Ex-Gay movement was caught frolicking in a Washington, D.C. gay bar. . Just two years ago, as Advocate reporter Bill Ghent wrote, "Religious conservatives ran a series of ads calling for a new national discussion of homosexuality.'" The ads, coordinated by 15 religious right groups, featured Paulk and his ex-lesbian wife, Anne, and proclaimed that gay men and lesbians can be "cured" through the "truth of God's healing love.' http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2000_Nov_21/ai_67185633 http://www.gvny.com/columns/nichols/nichols10-13-00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida Investigation: NAACP vs. GOP Election(Nov 7, 2005) A lawsuit filed by civil rights groups who contend black voters were disenfranchised last November won't come to a quick resolution. Disposition: U.S. District Judge Alan Gold has denied motions by Secretary of State Katherine Harris to dismiss the suit and by a county elections supervisor for a summary judgment. The judge's order was filed Tuesday. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/01/11/politics/main263337.shtml Investigation: Rep Katherine Harris, US Senate candidate Disposition: Probed for campaign donations from MZM, Inc. (related to Duke Cunningham probe) Investigation: US Rep Tom Feeney Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. Probed for corporate ties to Yang Enterprises, involved in over billing state of Florida. Feeney was Jeb Bush’s 1994 running mate for Lt. Gov. Investigation: US Rep Tom Feeney Disposition: alleged 'vote rigging', investigation pending by US House of Reps. VIDEO of Hearing: http://www.iwilltryit.com/fixed1.htm Computer programmer Clinton Curtis testified at the December 13th, 2004 Congressional hearing in Columbus, Ohio naming Republican Congressman Tom Feeney as the person who hired him to prepare vote-rigging software. http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3674 Florida GOP won't return money tied to DeLay fundraising Eleven House Republicans from Florida who received cash from Tom DeLay's PAC said they will keep it. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12907989.htm Investigation: Rep. Ric Keller Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Sen. John Isakson Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and Kidan. Investigation: Rush Limbaugh, a conservative talk show host. Allegedly 'doctor shopped' for pills. He claims he was being blackmailed by his housekeeper about his addiction to pain killers. Disposition: ongoing investigation. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/limbaugh/120503_limbaugh.html http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/22/limbaugh.hearing/ http://biz.yahoo.com/law/050929/9ea2aa07599d179eafca9738389fb210.html?.v=1 Hypocrite: Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman, currently a conservative talk show host. Exposed: Resigned his congressional seat abruptly to spend more time with his family, amidst allegations of an affair. His intern, Lori Klausutis, was soon after found dead in his office. The medical examiner, who had his license revoked in Missouri for falsifying information in an autopsy report, and suspended in florida for six years, ruled the case an accident, after giving conflicting information about her injuries. He said he lied about them because "The last thing we wanted was 40 questions about a head injury." http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010808Klausutis.html http://blogs.salon.com/0002551/2003/12/09.html Investigation: Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele Disposition: indicted on 26 counts of fraud and money laundering (suicide) http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12241082.htm Investigation: David H. Smith, president of Allied Specialty Insurance Inc. of Treasure Island Disposition: A Pinellas County insurance executive has been charged with a felony violation of state campaign finance laws, after two former employees said he used them to disguise contributions to state Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson. http://www.sptimes.com/News/022400/TampaBay/Campaign_donations_le.shtml Investigation: Brian H. Darling, 39, legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) and former lobbyist for the Alexander Strategy admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the senator said in an interview last night. Disposition: offered his resignation and it was immediately accepted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32554-2005Apr6.html Investigation: Chris Hill, a Florida businessman, to whom the National Republican Congress Committee, or NRCC, awarded a “Republican of the Year Award” Disposition: accepted a plea bargain, agreeing to 14 months in a minimum security prison camp at Elin Air Force Base in Florida, plus five years probation. Hill also suffered a $500,000 fine, along with the loss of his warehouse building and manufacturing equipment. The NRCC rescinded the award after learning that Hill was facing federal charges related to drug paraphernalia. The NRCC then awarded Mark Grethen, a Virginia businessman, who couldnt show up for his awards dinner because he was serving time for multiple sex crimes against children. http://www.anchoragepress.com/archives-2005/coverstoryvol14ed36.shtml http://redmorals.com/ Investigation: Mr. James K. Isenhour as owner and operator of the Silver Archer Foundation. Inspector General John M. Franco found that Isenhour took in about $400,000 from private companies. He sent an estimated $168,000 to a private school, but did not devote any of the money to private scholarships for low-income children as the law requires, Franco wrote. Disposition: Franco to the FDLE on Tuesday. "We believe the misappropriation ... constitutes theft and a scheme to defraud." http://www.sptimes.com/2003/09/24/State/State_suspects_vouche.shtml http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/state/epaper/2005/11/09/a14a_silver_1109.html Florida - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: John Burt (FL)-Anti-Abortion Activist Disposition: convicted last year of molesting a 15-year-old resident at Our Father's House, which he and his wife operated near Milton. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/webzine/eyeonextremism/eoe-050405-prison.xml http://www.sptimes.com/2003/06/12/Columns/Preaching_life_while_.shtml Investigation: John Allen Burt, Republican anti-abortion activist, Disposition: convicted of sexually molesting a 15 year old girl at the home for troubled girls that he ran. http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=7849 Story found in the 'Pensacola News Journal'. Investigation: Howard Scott Heldreth, a Republican anti-abortion activist. Disposition: convicted child rapist in Florida. http://news.tbo.com/news/MGB16Y1NV6E.html Investigation: Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty") Disposition: charged with four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a juvenile and one count of delivering the drug LSD. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia Investigation: Ralph Reed, candidate for Lt. Gov. Disposition: Probed for involvement in Abramoff, Kidan, DeLay Indian casino money laundering. Investigation: Sen. John Isakson Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Sen. Saxby Chambliss Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Phil Gingrey Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Jack Kingston Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Richard Leonard, former manager of Linda Schrenko Campaign Disposition: Pleads guilty on attempted witness tamering http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan/press/12-21-04.html Investigation: Linda Schrenko, Georgia School Superintendent Disposition: indicted on federal charges of stealing taxpayer money http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/1104/10schrenkotime.html http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/1104/11schrenko.html http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/1104/12schrenko.html http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/04/11/edi04086.html Investigation: Governor Sonny Perdue Disposition: Fined for Ethics Violations, the first time a sitting governor has ever been fined since the commission was created in the 1970s. http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=64813 Investigation: state Rep. David Graves of Macon Disposition: will drop his legal claim that his status as a legislator should shield him from DUI charges. http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/12788935.htm Hypocrite: Bob Barr, Republican Congressman from Georgia. Sponsored the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act, saying "The flames of hedonism, the flames of narcissism, the flames of self-centered morality are licking at the very foundation of our society, the family unit." Exposed: Was married three times. Paid for his second wife's abortion. Failed to pay child support to the children of his first two wives and while married to his third and present wife was photographed licking whipped cream off of strippers at his inaugural party. http://www.americanpolitics.com/012699Barr.html Hypocrite: Newt Gingrich, married three times. Gingrich campaign worker Anne Manning admitted that she gave Newt oral sex while he was still married to his first wife. Informed one wife he was filing for divorce while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer treatments. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newt/ http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/11/24/gingrich/print.html Hypocrite: Neal Horsley, Republican anti-abortion activist. Created abortion doctor list on his website. The list included the doctors home and work addresses. Neal Horsley would cross a line through their names when the doctors had been murdered. Exposed: admitted to having sex with a mule - http://mail.oldamericancentury.org/fundie_mule_porker%20May%209-01.mp3 http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html, ArtNews Fox News, Alan Colmes Show Interview http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/21/abortion/index_np.html http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=136 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Guam Investigation: Gov. Felix Camacho Disposition: Probed for ties to Abramoff and demoting Acting US Attorney for Guam Frederick Black ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawaii Investigation: New Hawaii PAC and House GOP PAC Disposition: Campaign violations filed against a number of GOP candidates for the state legislature and US House for skirting spending limits. Investigation: Dalton Tanonaka, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 2002 and Congress in 2004, Disposition: plead guilty to federal charges related to his campaign. To Spend 3 Months In Prison, 3 Months At Homeand must also pay a $10,000 fine. http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/4755759/detail.html http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7f11677d-c284-4e19-9d66-c3887af78493 http://khon.com/khon/displayStory.cfm?storyID=8621 Hawaii - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Former Hawaii County Councilman Keola Childs Disposition: pleaded guilty in Kona Circuit Court to sexual assault in the first degree for molesting a male child last year. http://starbulletin.com/2000/07/20/news/briefs.html Investigation: Rep. Galen Fox, R-Waikiki, will step down from his position in the Hawaii State House on Dec. 1, 2005, after being Disposition: convicted Oct. 20, 2005, of a misdemeanor sexual offense in a Los Angeles federal court, reportedly for fondling a 27-year-old female passenger. http://kgmb9.com/kgmb/display.cfm?storyID=6296 http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7f11677d-c284-4e19-9d66-c3887af78493 Investigation: Rep. Brian Blundell, R-Maui, was convicted of sexual assault in the fourth degree for fondling an undercover male police office in a Waikiki restroom and lost his re-election in 2004 as a result. Disposition: http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7f11677d-c284-4e19-9d66-c3887af78493 http://shaking-the-tree.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/2/4036/97672 http://starbulletin.com/2005/11/03/news/story03.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaho Investigation: Rep. Michael Simpson Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Butch Otter Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff ------------------------------------------------------------------- Illinois Investigation Target: House Speaker Dennis Hastert Disposition: Probed for accepting money from Turkey. Investigation Target: former Illinois Gov. George Ryan. Disposition: Indicted. Trial pending. Charges for handing out state contracts to friends and backers in return for campaign contributions, trips and gifts. http://www.suntimes.com/output/ryan/cst-nws-ryan18.html http://www.pjstar.com/stories/102605/REG_B7UQLF96.050.shtml See "Operation Safe Road" Scandal where 66 Defendants (and "Ryan's Kitchen Cabinet")have been indicted. http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osr/osrcasesummary.pdf http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=3569192 http://www.suntimes.com/output/ryan/cst-nws-ryan22.html http://www.ipsn.org/ryan_george/indictment_targets_ryan_fund.htm http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/68609.asp http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp Investigation: Larry Warner, lobbyist, co-defendent with Gov Ryan's trial. Prosecutors say Ryan steered state contracts and leases to a select group of friends, including his co-defendant in the case, lobbyist Larry Warner, and received subtle kickbacks that included gifts, vacations and other benefits. Prosecutors say Warner reaped $3 million in business under Ryan. In return, prosecutors charge, Warner financed gifts, loans, cash and vacations for Ryan. Disposition: charged in a 22-count indictment, trial in process. Investigation: Scott Fawell, Gov.Ryan's top aide Disposition: convicted of racketeering, theft of Govt funds, conspiracy to obstruct justice, perjury, 2 mail fraud counts, and 3 counts of filing false tax returns. He is serving a 6 1/2-year sentence at a Yankton, S.D., prison camp. Fawell later agreed to help the government at the request of his indicted fiancee, Andrea Coutretsis. http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/69631.asp http://www.ipsn.org/ryan_george/indictment_targets_ryan_fund.htm http://www.pjstar.com/stories/102605/REG_B7UQLF96.050.shtml http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/georyan12.html Investigation: Andrea Coutretsis Disposition: Coutretsis, a Fawell assistant who later developed a relationship with him, has pleaded guilty in two separate corruption cases and awaits sentencing. http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp http://www.pjstar.com/stories/102605/REG_B7UQLF96.050.shtml Investigation: Richard Juliano, ran President Bush's Illinois campaign Disposition: indicted in the licenses-for-bribes scandal. Pleaded guilty to Mail Fraud. http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osr/osrcasesummary.pdf http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/indict/2002/fawell_et_al.pdf http://www.ipsn.org/ryan_george/indictment_targets_ryan_fund.htm Investigation Target: Rep. Jerry Weller Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff (Weller is married to the daughter of Guatemalan dictator and mass murderer <300,0000 Guatemalans> Efrain Rios Montt). Investigation: Republican National Treasurer Bob Kjellander Disposition: Under Federal probe for steering investment contracts to Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund. Investigation: Michael Tristano, chief of staff to Disposition: Indicted for diverting state employees to campaign work http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2005/pr0519_01.pdf Illinois - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Republican Congressman, Dan Crane(R-IL), Married, fathher, had sex with a minor congressional page. http://archive.salon.com/col/cona/1998/10/05cona.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Indiana Investigation: Rep. Dan Burton Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Gov. Mitch Daniels Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts) Investigation: Thomas Sharp, INDOT Commissioner Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts) Investigation: Jim Kittle, GOP state chairman Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts) Investigation: Bradley R. Hiller, Ex-GOP insider Disposition: pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felonies in connection with spending he could not account for while running the Senate Republicans' fundraising committee. Judge Stoner sentenced him to one year in prison. Initially, Hiller was charged with writing eight fraudulent checks to himself valued at $24,890.39, but he agreed to repay the committee $146,775 for expense checks he wrote to himself that could not be documented. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050923/NEWS02/509230507 Hypocrite: Dan Burton (IN)-US Rep Exposed: abused his power by using strong-arm and unethical campaign finance practices and by preying on female lobbyists, staffers and constituents. Editor's Note: Earlier this year, Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., the powerful head of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee and a major critic of both President Clinton's personal behavior and his campaign fund-raising techniques, startled the country by suddenly admitting that he had fathered a child out of wedlock. http://www.russbaker.com/Salon%20Newsreal%20-%20Portrait%20of%20a%20political%20pit%20bull.htm Indiana - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Earl "Butch" Kimmerling, a representative of the Christian community and temporary foster parent. Disposition: he confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl and sentenced to 40 years in prison. NYTIMES(AP) http://www.nospank.net/n-f83.htm http://www.armchairsubversive.com/kimmerling.htm Investigation: Mark Harris, Republican city councilman who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," Disposition: convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Mark_Harris4.htm http://www.armchairsubversive.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa Investigation: Sen. Charles Grassley Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: US Rep. Jim Nussle and GOP gubernatorial candidate. Disposition: Received $15,000 contributions Tom DeLay’s PAC http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2005/09/29/news/state/doc433b63fdf2f13496976908.txt Investigation: Mike Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor in DES MOINES, Iowa, introduced by Bush on the campaign trail and promoted his policies. Disposition: married father of four turned himself into police, charged with the sexual exploitation of a child. http://www.kcci.com/news/3976822/detail.html http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bgoodsel/post911/2004/12/republican-family-values.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kansas Investigation: Rep. Jim Ryun Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Sen. Sam Brownback Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Adam Taff Disposition: 2004 congressional candidate (KS-3), indicted for campaign violations amnd wire fraud. http://www.kcactive.com/comment/pubnote/pubnote2004_07_28.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kentucky Investigation: Gov. Ernie Fletcher Disposition: Criminal probe in a state employees’ merit system scandal. Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff. Investigation: Dick Murgatroyd (KY)-Governor Ernie Fletcher's Deputy Chief of Staff Disposition: Indicted in Hiring Probe http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050707/NEWS01/507070359 http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/12952841.htm Investigation: Transportation Commissioner Dan Druen Disposition: Merit system scandal, witness tampering. Indicted. http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=3613285&nav=0RZEcJZV Investigation: Deputy Personnel Secretary Bob Wilson Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted Investigation: GDarrell Brock, Chairman of Kentucky GOP Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted. Investigation: Gov. Personnel Adviser Basil Turbyfill Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted Investigation: Transportation Secretary ill Nighbert Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted Investigation: Dick Murgatroyd, Gov. Deputy Chief of Staff Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted Investigation: Jim Adams, Deputy Transportation Secretary Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted Investigation: Cory Meadows, Executive Director, Transportation Dept. Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted Investigation: Environmental Protection Commissioner Lloyd Cress Disposition: Probed in merit system scandal Investigation: Sen. Jim Bunning Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Lt. Gov. Stephen Pence Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Investigation: Kenneth Day, a convicted felon and Republican county election commissioner Disposition: pleaded guilty to heading the drug ring from his Clay County pawnshop. http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/sports/horse_racing/kentucky_derby/12993197.htm Investigation: Jennings B. White, a former county clerk Disposition: pleads guilty to drug charges to eight federal counts of marijuana trafficking and money laundering in connection with a ring that authorities say sold millions of dollars in drugs. http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/sports/horse_racing/kentucky_derby/12993197.htm Kentucky - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Bobby Stumbo, Former Floyd County republican leader Disposition: Charged with sexually abusing a five year old boy http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3943230&nav=4CAL ------------------------------------------------------------------- Louisiana Investigation: Sen. David Vitter Disposition: Linked to Abramoff in a case involving a Louisiana Indian tribe. Hypocrite: US Rep. Robert Livingston (R-LA) Exposed: Martyred himself during the Clinton's impeachment proceedings, resigned from office for having an affair, outside of his marraige. http://www.courttv.com/archive/casefiles/clintoncrisis/121998_livingston.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Maine Investigation: Maine Republican Party Disposition: Received contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Maine - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Merrill Robert Barter(R-County Commissioner) Disposition: pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. http://boothbayregister.maine.com/1999-04-15/barter_pleads_guilty.html Investigation: Republican Senate candidate, John Hathaway, was accused of having sex with his 12-year old sitter. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/hathaway1.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- Maryland Investigation: Joseph Steffen, aide to Gov. Bob Ehrlich Disposition: Resigned for starting a rumor campaign against Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley. Investigation: Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R) Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and his wife, who live in Maryland, donated $16,000 to Ehrlich's 2002 campaign, according to state records. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/10/AR2005111001903.html Investigation: Maryland Republican Party, Disposition: Received $7,750 in contributions from Abramoff, according to state records. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/10/AR2005111001903.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Massachusetts Investigation: Gov. Mitt Romney’s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Disposition: Under ethics cloud for awarding a $10,000 contract to conservative Boston Herald columnist to write columns supportive of Romney’s policies. Investigation: Lawrence Novak, Atty, vice chairman state Republican Party Disposition: Indicted, money-laundering charges accusing him of offering to ``cleanse'' drug proceeds for a legal client(Scott Holyoke). Hypocrite: Arthur Finkelstein (MA)- Republican Political Strategist Consultant, Head of Polling Firm, ]Arthur J. Finkelstein and Associates Exposed: made a career of promoting anti-gay Republicans like former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, New York Governor George E. Pataki and former New York Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, has announced that he has married his male partner in gay-friendly Massachusetts. http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/299104p-255983c.html http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=99&contentid=2072 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Michigan Investigation: Rep. Dave Camp Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Steve Rice City Councilman and former Mayor of Sterling Heights, Republican. Disposition: Charged with possession of cocaine, a felony. Crystal meth was found on his housemate, Jeremy Burns. http://www.detnews.com/2005/macomb/0509/28/B04-328357.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- Minnesota Investigation: Rep. Gil Gutknecht Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Ron Eibensteiner, Minnesota Republican Party Chairman. Disposition: Eibensteiner is accused of helping American Bankers Insurance Co. of Miami make illegal corporate contributions in Minnesota. He also is accused of violating another law by soliciting and accepting donations from an insurance company. http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/13104094.htm http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5718182.html Minnesota - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Jon Grunseth(former Republican candidate for Governor) Disposition: withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/grunseth.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- Missouri Investigation: Sen. Christopher Bond Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Sen. Jim Talent Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff NEW! "Talent returns Abramoff contributions": http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/politics/13003623.htm Investigation: Gov. Matt Blunt Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Investigation: Congressman Roy Blunt, temporary House Majority Leader. Received contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC Disposition: The records for Blunt's non-federal PAC could be of interest to the House Ethics Committee. There is a federal ban on officials using their office to benefit "friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a non-governmental capacity." http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w051003&s=judis100805 http://www.cleanupcongress.org/press Investigation: Ronnie Gene DeShon, 50, of Gallatin, Mo., superintendent of the Pattonsburg, Missouri R-II School District Disposition: pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $844,000 from the school district. The court released DeShon on his own recognizance. http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/news2005/deshon.ple.pdf Investigation: Thomas J. Noonan(R), deputy mayor of Kirkwood, MO. Disposition: was charged with possession and attempted possession of a controlled substance. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/20FE0E88A6E141DD862570AE001D764B?OpenDocument Missouri - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Kevin Coan, Republican St. Louis Election Board official, Disposition: arrested and charged with trying to buy sex from a 14-year-old girl whom he met on the Internet. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/3/5/161648.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mississippi Investigation: Rep. Charles Pickering Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Roger Wicker Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Sen. Thad Cochran Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff ------------------------------------------------------------------- Montana Investigation: former Gov. Marc Racicot, presently acting as confidante and high-end lobbyist, chaired the RNC back in 2002 when the corporate money supposedly was laundered. Disposition: probed for his relationship to Tom Delay and ARMPAC while acting as RNC Chairman. http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=5225 Investigation: US Senator Conrad Burns Disposition: Probed for links to Abramoff http://www.montanademocrats.org/CultureOfCorruption.html http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/937/1/88 Hypocrite: US Senator Conrad Burns Burns defends vote against pesticide testing ban. Pesticide testing would pay low-income families to participate as 'test subjects'. http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/01/AR2005070101881.html Investigation: Rep. Dennis Rehberg Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff, took $21,000 in campaign contributions from Abramoff and the tribes he represented. http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=5225 Investigation: Max Baucus Disposition: Probed for $5,000 in contributions from the Abramoff http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=5225 Montana - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Richard A. Dasen Sr.,Businessman, Christian Financial Counseling, Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups Disposition: found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dansen, 62, told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women. http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/mtregional/news07.txt http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/05/13/news/top/news01.txt http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/mtregional/news07.txt http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Richard_Dasen.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nebraska Investigation: Former Rep. Jon Christensen Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Lawrence E. "Larry" King, Jr. ran the Franklin Community Credit Union of Omaha, Nebraska and was a prominent fundraiser for the GOP. Disposition: pleaded guilty of embezzlement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_King http://www.politicalsoundoff.com/home/the-franklin-coverup.html Nebraska - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Lawrence E. "Larry" King, Jr. Disposition: alleged to have been involved in, or the leader of, a child-sex group in Nebraska in the 1990s. 80 children initially came forward to testify, including orphans from 'Boys Town', against Lararence E. King, Jr. and several prominenet citizens of Omaha. Many of these children recanted their testimony under duress. Discovery Channel was pressured to not air the documentary called, "Conspiracy of Silence". In February, 1999, a U.S. District Court awarded a plaintiff, Paul A. Bonacci, $800,000 in damages against King for various tort claims, including physical, mental, and sexual abuse. The award followed a default judgment. See Discovery Channel's documentary, "Conspiracy of Silence" http://www.ctrl.org/silence/webConspiracy%20of%20Silence.mov Source Links: http://educate-yourself.org/cn/gundersonreportchildsexualabuse.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_A._Bonacci http://www.tedgunderson.com/Investigations/Russell%20Nelson.htm http://www.nationalvanguard.org/printer.php?id=4711 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Nevada Investigation: Sen. John Ensign Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff Nevada - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Republican Assembly candidate Richard Gardner(forced to withdraw from race.) Disposition: sexually abused his daughter, who was about 12 when the crime was committed in May 1982. Child molestation in 1983 against another daughter under the age of 14 in California. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Oct-30-Wed-2002/news/19951668.html http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-gov/2002/oct/14/514115698.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- New Hampshire Investigation: Sen. John Sununu Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC Investigation: Rep. Jeb Bradley Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC Investigation: House Speaker Gene Chandler Disposition: Campaign contributions violations New Hampshire Republican Party Despite a zero-tolerance policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party has quietly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New Hampshire. http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050811113209990029 See Tobin, Raymond, and McGee. Investigation: James Tobin, a former Bush campaign official Disposition: indicted on charges of orchestrating a low-tech version of a denial-of-service attack. Tobin's legal bills -- $700,000 and counting -- are being paid by the Republican National Committee. And he wasn't working for the Republican National Committee. He was working for the National Republican Senatorial Com |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good list |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow! Little correction though. |
Edited on Tue Nov-15-05 11:35 AM by Pacifist Patriot
You've got this under Florida.
Investigation: Sen. John Isakson Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and Kidan. Johnny boy represents Georgia. More accurately, represents himself and the GOP. He hardly represents my parents. |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. thanks |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. Nominated |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. NEW HAMPSHIRE -- WYOMING |
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New Hampshire Investigation: Sen. John Sununu Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC Investigation: Rep. Jeb Bradley Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC Investigation: House Speaker Gene Chandler Disposition: Campaign contributions violations New Hampshire Republican Party Despite a zero-tolerance policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party has quietly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New Hampshire. http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050811113209990029 See Tobin, Raymond, and McGee. Investigation: James Tobin, a former Bush campaign official Disposition: indicted on charges of orchestrating a low-tech version of a denial-of-service attack. Tobin's legal bills -- $700,000 and counting -- are being paid by the Republican National Committee. And he wasn't working for the Republican National Committee. He was working for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. http://news.com.com/Former+Bush+campaign+official+indicted/2100-1028_3-5473524.html Investigation: Allen Raymond , Former GOP Consultant Disposition: Va. Man Pleaded Guilty to Making Harassing Phone Calls to N.H. Democrats, sentenced to five months in prison. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9149-2005Feb8.html Investigation: Chuck McGee, former executive director of the Republican state committee. Disposition: indicted in Republican phone-jamming scheme and been sentenced to seven months in federal prison. http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/04/04/fourth_man_indicted_in_republican_phone_jamming_scheme/ New Hampshire - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Raymond Burton, Executive Councilor Disposition: U.S. Sen. John Sununu is calling for the resignation Raymond Burton, a fellow Republican, for having hired an aide, Mark Seidensticker, with an extensive criminal record. Mark Seidensticker, 45, of Concord and Ogunquit, Maine, was arrested last month in Concord, accused of inappropriate contact with teenage boys. Based on that arrest, Burton said last week he no longer will employ Seidensticker, who is being held on $50,000 bail at the Merrimack County jail. http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2005/09/26/sununu_calls_for_burtons_resignation/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- New Jersey Investigation: GOP State Chairman Tim Wilson Disposition: Probed for his firm receiving $2.7 million from the Burlington County Bridge Commission Investigation: Rep. Jim Saxton Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Frank LoBiondo Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Mike Ferguson Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff New Jersey - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography And then there’s anti-abortion crusader Nicholas Morency, who recently pled guilty to offering a $1.5 million contract to anyone who would murder an abortion provider. In the course of the investigation, authorities also turned up a computer packed with child pornography. Morency’s perception of reality seems all screwed up – with him thinking zygotes are children, and children are sexual beings without the right to childhood. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html http://www.armchairsubversive.com/morency2.htm Investigation: John J. Collins, 20-year Republican councilman, a popular music teacher at Memorial School, has been officially suspended with pay from his teaching position of 35 years. Disposition: charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree offense, and two counts of child endangerment, a second-degree offense, for the alleged incidents http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2005/0323/Front_Page/001.html Investigation: Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti Disposition: arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/jeffrey_patti.htm Hypocrite: John Fund (NJ)-editorial writer of the Wall Street Journal, right-wing conservative values. Exposed: had sexual affairs with Ex-girlfriend's children, without her knowing. One daughter needed to abort a pregnancy with John Fund. http://www.americanpolitics.com/sc20010904connolly.html http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp ------------------------------------------------------------------- New Mexico Investigation: Rep. Heather Wilson Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff ------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Investigation: Governor Pataki and state Republican Party's hiring of a 50,000-dollar-a-year administrative assistant for his wife Libby. Disposition: Democrats are calling for Governor Pataki to "come clean", there have been reports that Stubbs serves as Mrs. Pataki's maid and personal valet. http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/local/local_news.asp?selection=article_27820 Investigation: Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro and US Senate candidate Disposition: Probed for campaign donations from mobsters. Her husband served a year in prison for tax evasion. Investigation: Russell Harding(R-former top Giuliani administration official), Former Republican President of NYC Housing Dev Corp Disposition: sentenced 62 months, embezzled $400,000 NYC revenue http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-russ0722,0,695757.story?coll=nyc-moreny-headlines Investigation: Jeffrey Buley , New York Republican Party's top lawyer, and senior political adviser to Gov. Pataki (R), Disposition: arrested for assaulting his wife in a drunken rage. They have two young children. http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36931.htm New York - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Mayor John Gosek(R), Oswego, NY Disposition: placed under house arrest. Charge of using his city-issued cell phone to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce minors to engage in sexual acts. He could face a sentence of five to 30 years in prison. http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20051105/4048725.asp http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1127032873240020.xml&coll=1 Investigation: Russell Harding(R-former top Giuliani administration official) Disposition: sentenced 62 months, possessing child pornography http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-russ0722,0,695757.story?coll=nyc-moreny-headlines Investigation: Bill O'Reilly Right-wing conservative talk show host on Fox News, Disposition: sued for 'sexual harrassment' by his producer. She said O'Reilly told her: "If any woman ever breathed a word I'll make her pay so dearly that she'll wish she'd never been/ born. I'll rake her through the mud, bring up things in her life and make her so miserable that she'll be destroyed." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/13/entertainment/main649135.shtml Hypocrite: Rudy Giuliani, had an adulterous affair. Pocketed $80,000 for speaking at a charity benefit for tsunami aid which raised $60,000 for the victims themselves (Feb 2005). http://www.bcrevolution.ca/stealing_charity.htm Hypocrite: John Fund, of the Wall Street Journal, a prominent anti-abortion columnist and GOP fund raiser. He lost his position after it was revealed that he impregnated the daughter of an old girlfriend and then encouraged her to abort his child. http://www.mafamily.org/Statutory%20Rape%20Report.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern Marianas Investigation: Gov. Froilan Tenorio Disposition: Grand Jury probe, ties to Abramoff ------------------------------------------------------------------- North Carolina Investigation: Rep. Charles Taylor Disposition: Probed for ownership of shady Russian bank – whose other major investor is a former KGB general. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Hayes Martin, Taylor Campaign Treasurer Disposition: Indicted, fraud and money laundering Investigation: Rep. Walter Jones Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff Hypocrite: Doug Hanks (NC)-Running for Charlotte City Council Race Exposed: Hanks admits supremacist postings-Republican candidate exits city council race http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/12307713.htm Hypocrite: Scott Heldreth (NC)-Operation Rescue/Operation Save America participant Exposed: Schiavo protester is a registered sex offender http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp http://creve-coeur.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/27/152922/839 ------------------------------------------------------------------- North Dakota Investigation: Richard Clayburgh, House candidate Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ohio Investigation: Gov. Bob Taft, Misuse of state funds/ethics violations Disposition: Convicted, four first degree misdemeanors, pleaded no contest (admission of guilt). $4000 fine and public apology, two Federal Grand Juries, one state Grand Jury still investigating Taft. Investigation: Thomas Noe, Bush-Cheney 04 campaign chair, NW Ohio; Turnpike Commissioner; University Regent Disposition: federal indictment, charged with illegally funneling $45,400 to the president's re-election bid through two dozen friends and associates. Individual contributions are limited by law to $2,000. State investigation: under investigation over an ill-fated $50 million investment in rare coins he managed for the Ohio workers' compensation fund. He has acknowledged that up to $13 million is missing, and Ohio's attorney general has accused him of stealing as much as $6 million. No charges have been filed in that case, though state officials say they plan to do so. http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/10/28/build/nation/85-gop-contributions.inc Investigation: Bernadette Noe, Thomas Noe’s wife; chair Lucas County GOP; chair Lucas Co. Board of Elections Disposition: Misuse of state funds Investigation: Brian Hicks, Taft chief of staff, member Ohio University Board of Trustees Disposition: Convicted http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1387 http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp Investigation: Cherie Carroll, Taft Chief of Staff Executive Secretary Disposition: Convicted Investigation: Rep. Bob Ney Disposition: Being probed for involvement with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay, Indian casino money laundering. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051104/NEWS01/311040004 http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3402738 http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=23&ID=248047&r=0 Investigation: Rep. Jean Schmidt Disposition: Probe of financial ties to Games, Inc., and proposal to put Ohio State Lottery on the Internet. Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Ralph Regula Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Douglas Moormann, former high-ranking aide to Gov. Bob Taft Disposition: charges for accepting a loan and free meals from GOP fund-raiser Tom Noe. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051103/NEWS24/51103018 Investigated: US Rep. Donald "Buz" Lukens(R-OH) Disposition: was sentenced in 1996 to 30 months in prison for conspiracy and accepting bribes while in office. http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/1998/01/pritchard.html Ohio- Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation Target: David Swartz (R-Richland County Commissioner) Disposition: Swartz pleads guilty in court to felony sex charges involving a teenage, girl whose assault lasted 10 yrs. He faces up to 10 years in prison at an upcoming sentencing. 2nd investigation involving another child has not gone to trial, yet. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/David_Swartz.htm Investigated: US Rep. Donald "Buz" Lukens(R-OH) Disposition: convicted of having sex with a minor in 1989 http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1101890213-151183,00.html "Naked Photographer" Released From Jail Investigation: Stephen Linnen is a former lawyer for the Ohio House Republican caucus Disposition: ambushed women in the nude and took photos of their shocked expressions. He was sentenced last year to 18 months ordered Linnen not to possess any cameras, video equipment or recording device of any kind. http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/10/15/naked_photog.html Investigation: Michael K. Allen, a lawyer active in Ohio Republican politics. From 1999 to 2005, he served as Prosecuting Attorney for Hamilton County, Ohio. Disposition: Allen announced he had a three and a half year adulterous affair with a lawyer on his staff, Rebecca Collins, one day before she filed a federal lawsuit charging sexual harassment. Allen is under investigation by the Ohio Attorney General and the Hamilton County Commissioners. Amid the scandal, Allen resigned his post as Southwest Ohio chairman of George W. Bush's re-election campaign. In September, he withdrew from the November ballot--he had been running unopposed--but did not resign his office. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_K._Allen http://www.cincinnati.com/news/mikeallen/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Oklahoma Investigation: Ernest Istook Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Sen. James Inhofe Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Sen. Tom Coburn Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff ------------------------------------------------------------------- Oregon Investigation: Sen. Gordon Smith Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: state Rep. Dan Doyle, a Salem Republican, resigned after starting his third term in the Oregon House because of widening investigations into irregularities on his campaign finance reports. Disposition: Doyle pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts of lying on his reports and was sentenced to 10 months in jail Thursday for filing false election campaign finance reports. http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051001/OPINION/510010309/1048 http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=80563 Hypocrite: Bob Packwood, Senator (R-Ore.), resigned in 1995 under a threat of public senate hearings related to 10 female ex-staffers accusing him of sexual harassment. , Senator (R-Ore.) Exposed: resigned in 1995 under a threat of public senate hearings related to 10 female ex-staffers accusing him of sexual harassment. http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2003/11/20/in_depth_politics/whoswho584748_0_7_person.shtml Oregon - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Louis Beres, 70, denied any criminal conduct in a statement posted Monday on www.coalition.org. Beres said he will pursue "the Biblical response" and do all within his power "to reconcile with that person." http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/112902849697030.xml&coll=7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pennsylvania Investigation: Sen. Arlen Specter Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Don Sherwood Disposition: Investigated by DC police for assaulting and choking a 29-year old Maryland woman Investigation: Rep. Curt Weldon Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Joe Pitts Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Pennsylvania - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Jack W. Gardner, Republican Councilman and former Marine, Disposition: convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Jack_Gardner2.htm Investigation: Judge Mark Pazuhanich(R-Monroe County) Disposition: Pleaded 'No Contest' for indecent assault, corrupting a minor and endangering the welfare of a child. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E6DE1331F935A35752C0A9629C8B63 Hypocrite: John Peterson, Congressman (R-Pa) Exposed: accused of sexual harassment and creation of a hostile work environment by six women. Peterson has refused to admit a crime, saying only "I may have been an excessive hugger." http://blogs.salon.com/0002551/2003/12/09.html Investigation: Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. (R-City Councilman) Disposition: pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison. http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/4176008/detail.html Investigation: Republican preacher, Stephen White Disposition: arrested after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy to perform oral sex on him. http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=23709 Investigation: Michael Dructor‚ Republican candidate for North Wales Borough Mayor‚ Pennsylvania. Disposition: accused of hitting and choking a woman at his Montgomery Township...The woman accused Dructor of hitting her in the head‚ arms and waist‚ ripping her clothing off and choking her after an argument that began around midnight‚ according to the affidavit of probable cause filed in district court. http://www.thereporteronline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15378339&BRD=2275&PAG=461&dept_id=466404&rfi=6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Puerto Rico Investigation: Puerto Rican New Progressive Party (GOP affiliate party) Disposition: Paid Abramoff $400,000 for lobbying for 1998 statehood referendum Puerto Rico - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Edison Misla Aldarondo(R-Speaker of the State House of Reps) Disposition: sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Edison_Misla_Aldarondo.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rhode Island Investigation: Former House candidate (2002) Mike Battles Disposition: Firm, Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq contracts after allegations of over charging and money laundering Investigation: Providence Mayor Vince Cianci Disposition: Imprisoned in 2002 for 5 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------- South Carolina Investigation: Rep. Joe Wilson Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Gresham Barrett Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Henry Brown Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff Investigation: Will Folks (SC)-Spokesman for Governor Mark Sanford Disposition: arrested on domestic abuse charges http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=BRF%20Spokesman%20Arrested http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp South Carolina - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Beverly Russell, County Chairman of the Christian Coalition, sexually molested his step-daughter, Susan Smith, who later drowned her two children. http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/8695/ http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0004/10/lkl.00.html http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/Bev_Russell ------------------------------------------------------------------- South Dakota Investigation: Sen. John Thune Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Bill Janklow Disposition: Guilty, second degree manslaughter, imprisoned 100 days. Received contributions from Abramoff. Presently facing civil suit. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A40107-2004Jan22¬Found=true http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2004/01/22/news/local/top/news01.txt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennessee Investigation: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn Disposition: 2 investigations by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Securities and Exchange Commission into his stock sales. Investigation: Rep. Van Hilleary Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff Investigation: state Rep. Chris Newton Disposition: bribery and conspiracy Tennessee - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Keith Westmoreland (TN)-State Rep R-Kingsport, Disposition: arrested last week in Florida on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to minors under 16 and is free on $3,500 bond, Walton County, Fla., Sheriff Ralph Johnson said yesterday. http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Keith%20Westmoreland.htm http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/06/20/tenn.lawmaker.dead/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas Investigation: Rep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader Disposition: INDICTED Twice, Money Laundering. Laundering conspiracy. Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan, Saipan sweat shops. Grand Jury, Travis County prosecutor, and House Ethics Committee probing DeLay Received contributions from Abramoff. Election law violation. Investigation: Jim Ellis, Director Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC) PAC tied to DeLay and Abramoff Disposition: Indicted, 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering charges stem from $190,000 in corporate funds that were sent to the Republican National Party Investigation: US Rep. Roy Blunt(MO), Temporary House Majority Leader Disposition: Money Laundering. Laundering conspiracy. Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan, Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: John Colyandro, Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), DeLay associate Disposition: Indicted, 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering charges stem from $190,000 in corporate funds that were sent to the Republican National Party Contributing Companies to Delay's TRMPAC: http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-10-01/pols_feature3.htm Questerra Corp., Va. 2 counts, illegal contribution ($50,000) Third-degree felony Westar Energy, Kan. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony Diversified Collection Services, Calif. Illegal contribution ($50,000) Third-degree felony Sears, Roebuck, Ill. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony The Williams Companies, Okla. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony Bacardi U.S.A., Fla. Illegal contribution ($20,000) Third-degree felony Cracker Barrel, Tenn. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care Illegal contribution ($100,000) Third-degree felony Investigation: House Speaker Tom Craddick Disposition: Probed for campaign violations involving TRMPAC and DeLay Investigation: Warren RoBold, Lobbyist and DeLay associate Disposition: Indicted Investigation: Jim Turner, a Former Representatives of Texas Disposition: at the end of his term, left the House with more than $1 million in his campaign bank account from Aramoff "It has enabled me to help some of my former colleagues and friends,'' Turner said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aBiarD4WDkww&refer=us Investigation: U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady Disposition: arrested on DUI charges. http://www.click2houston.com/news/5082784/detail.html Investigation: Rick Roach, West Texas Republican district attorney who was elected in 2000 after running a "strong anti-drug campaign." According to the Washington Times, he was "once publicly praised for his efforts to stamp out narcotics in his part of the Panhandle." Disposition: In 2005 FBI agents confiscated two handguns from Roach's briefcase, before raiding his home and discovering "35 more guns, along with a cache of cocaine, methamphetamines, marijuana, scales and syringes." http://www.thepampanews.com/articles/2005/01/18/news/2news.txt http://www.hankskinner.org/hs/hs.php?lang=en&site=roach http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/374/thisweek1.shtml Texas - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography, Scandal Investigation: Sam Walls, candidate for Texas House Disposition: Photos of him wearing women’s clothes surfaced in the 2004 runoff campaign Investigation: Larry Dale Floyd, a 62-year-old Republican constable from The Colony. Disposition: arrested on suspicion of soliciting to have sex with an 8-year-old child and was charged with seven related crimes, Cañon City police said. http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_07_24_atrios_archive.html#112276560043299378 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/denton/stories/073005dnmetconstable.207cbbab.html Investigation: Jon Matthews, Conservative radio talk show host (KSEV-AM 700, Houston Texas) Disposition: indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17. http://radio.about.com/b/a/042911.htm http://tesibria.typepad.com/redmorals/where_texas/ Investigation: Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer Disposition: charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial. http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=7544&Section=Local Investigation: Nicholas Morency, Republican anti-abortion activist, Disposition: pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor. Copyright 2001 The Dallas Morning News http://www.armchairsubversive.com/morency2.htm Hypocrite: Sam Walls (TX)-Republican Ran for Texas State House Exposed: Texas conservative candidate's has been a cross-dresser. http://www.ccchronicle.com/back/2004_spring/2004-04-19/campus10.html Hypocrite: Terry Smith (TX)-Preacher Canyon Creek Baptist Church, Richardson Exposed: Was seen stealing condoms in a local store. The more obvious question is why a pastor of a conservative Baptist church would steal, of all things, a pack of condoms. And one of the answers alleged was that he was having extramarital affairs with female members of his church. http://salon.glenrose.net/rfv.asp ------------------------------------------------------------- Utah Investigation: Rep. Chris Cannon Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff -------------------------------------------------------------- Vermont Investigation: Gov. Jim Douglas Disposition: Opposition to universal health care in Vermont tied to huge contributions from insurance industry. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Virginia Investigation: Rep. Virgil Goode Disposition: Probed for contributions from MZM, Inc. (related to Duke Cunningham probe) Investigation: Jerry Kilgore, gubernatorial candidate Disposition: Received $5000 from MZM, Inc. Investigation: Edmund Matricardi III, former executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia Disposition: guilty in 2003 to a single federal count of intercepting a wire communication, a week before he was to go on trial for eavesdropping on Democratic conference calls...charged with five counts stemming from his listening to and taping two different conference calls in which Democrats discussed strategy in their lawsuit against the new legislative districts Republicans drew in 2001. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2003/042003/04022003/931147/index_html http://www.votelaw.com/blog/archives/003249.html http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/17/gop.eavesdropping.ap/ http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/east/2005/08/22/features/59465.htm Investigation: Claudia Tucker, chief of staff to former state House Speaker S. Vance Wilkins Jr. listened in on 1, of the 5, Democratic Party Conference calls with Edmund Matricardi III. Disposition: pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/17/gop.eavesdropping.ap/ Investigation: Rep. Eric Cantor Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Randy Forbes Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Sen. George Allen Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Tom Davis Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and Kidan. Virginia - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Robin Vanderwall (R- Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate) Disposition: convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Vanderwall.htm Investigation: Parker J. Bena, a Republican activist and presidential electors for Virginia Disposition: pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000. Investigation: Richard A. Delgaudio, of Burke, Va., who is a nationally-known Republican party fund-raiser. Disposition: facing child porn charges. http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2153721/detail.html Investigation: Mark Grethen, a Virginia businessman, too whom the National Republican Congress Committee, or NRCC, awarded the “Republican of the Year Award”. Grethen had been invited to accept the award at a luncheon of the NRCC’s Business Advisory Council, which raises money to elect GOP candidates to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was then chaired by U.S. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va. Disposition: The NRCC rescinded the award after learning that Grethen was unavailable to attend the awards dinner because he was serving time for multiple sex crimes against children. Grethen was convicted in 2001 of six sex crimes involving children - two counts each of forcible sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties, and was in jail at the time of his invitation to accept the GOP award. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- Washington Investigation: Rep. George Nethercutt Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Doc Hastings Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation Target: Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash Disposition: Received contributions through DeLay’s ARMPAC, Cheney linked to Abramoff. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002319804_cheney07m.html http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=826700 http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/1011-05.htm Washington - Scandal, Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Spokane Mayor Jim West, who championed an anti-gay agenda during his tenure as one of the most powerful Republicans in the Legislature, yesterday admitted to using the trappings of his current office to entice what he thought was a young adult man but denied allegations that he molested two young boys more than 20 years ago. Disposition: Under Federal and state investigation for abusing his office to obtain sexual favors and soliciting sex over the Internet from underage males. After becoming Mayor of Spokane, West was using his Mayoral Office to set up dates with young men. A Special Ballot vote was set up to decide if a special election should be set up. The Special Ballot voting will be held on Dec 6, 2005. A hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 12 before Judge Richard Miller in Adams County Superior Court. http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8D3DHUO6.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/05/AR2005050501868.html http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2005/05/11/notes051105.DTL&nl=fix http://www.spokesmanreview.com/jimwest/ http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2005/05/11/notes051105.DTL http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/223201_west06.html http://www.spokesmanreview.com/jimwest/story.asp?ID=050505_westmain Investigation: Paul Ingram, Republican Party leader of Thurston County, Washington, Disposition: pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison. http://users.cybercity.dk/~ccc44406/smwane/Ingram2.htm NOTE: Paul Ingram has since recanted his plea and cries 'wrongly accused'. His daughters have not changed their testimonies. --------------------------------------------------------------------- West Virginia Investigation Target: Rep. Shelly Moore Capito Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wisconsin Investigation: Rep. Paul Ryan Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation US Rep. Mark Green (R-Green Bay) Disposition: Received $30,000 in contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff. Green's former Chief of Staff and current campaign manager, Mark Graul, accepted free tickets for skyboxes from Abramhoff. US Rep. Mark Green is being investigated for financial misconduct. Green is now running for Governor. And Graul is his Campaign Manager. http://badgerherald.com/news/2005/10/12/proposal_may_pool_fr.php http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_10_09.php#006722 Wisconsin - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography Investigation: Mark Harris (R- City Councilman), described as a "good military man" and "church goer" Disposition: was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Mark_Harris4.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wyoming Investigation: Sen. Mike Enzi Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff Investigation: Rep. Barbara Cubin Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff ===================================================================== MEDIA CORRUPTION CPB Investigation: CPB Chairman Ken Tomlinson. Disposition: Inspector General Kenneth Konz was requested for an investigation, in the form of a letter from Reps. David Obey (D-Wis.) and John Dingell (D-Mich.). CPB increasingly is making personnel and funding decisions on the basis of political ideology are extremely troubling." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051201754.html Former CPB Chairman Ken Tomlinson Resigns: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/CA6281019.html http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/nov2005/toml-n08.shtml http://mediamatters.org/items/200511040010 http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=industryNews&storyID=2005-11-04T130446Z_01_KRA409809_RTRIDST_0_INDUSTRY-MEDIA-USA-BROADCASTING-DC.XML&archived=False Ken Ferree resgns fromm the CPB: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6271549.html Investigation: Armstrong Williams Disposition: The GAO said the Education Department's contract with Williams violated the law barring publicity or propaganda that did not disclose that the government had sponsored it and taxpayer funds were used. 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-New Jersey, 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 attorney's office has a range of potential remedies, from suing to recover the money to possible criminal charges, said Dan Katz, chief counsel for Lautenberg. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56330-2005Jan7.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10984-2005Jan14.html http://www.blackcommentator.com/121/121_cover_williams.html http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-10-17-williams-contract-charges_x.htm http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-edu16.html Investigation: Bush Administration Disposition: violated laws prohibiting the use of covert propaganda when it secretly paid broadcaster/ columnist Armstrong Williams to promote its education policies, and by hiring a public relations company to analyze media perceptions of the Republican Party, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said Friday. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001219925 Senate panel pushes disclosure in govt. news: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1235225 http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB40/ Hypocrite: Judith Miller, The NY Times and The Bush Administration Exposed: a criminal conspiracy by the Bush administration, aided and abetted by both Congress and the media, to drag the American people into a war based upon lies. http://www.consortiumnews.com/2005/101705.html http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/oct2005/mill-o18.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/oct2005/pbs-o26.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1640124,00.html Hypocrite: Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman, currently a conservative talk show host. Exposed: Resigned his congressional seat abruptly to spend more time with his family, amidst allegations of an affair. His intern, Lori Klausutis, was soon after found dead in his office. The medical examiner, who had his license revoked in Missouri for falsifying information in an autopsy report, and suspended in florida for six years, ruled the case an accident, after giving conflicting information about her injuries. He said he lied about them because "The last thing we wanted was 40 questions about a head injury." http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010808Klausutis.html http://blogs.salon.com/0002551/2003/12/09.html Investigation: Rush Limbaugh, a conservative talk show host. Allegedly 'doctor shopped' for pills. He claims he was being blackmailed by his housekeeper about his addiction to pain killers. Disposition: ongoing investigation. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/news/limbaugh/120503_limbaugh.html http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/22/limbaugh.hearing/ http://biz.yahoo.com/law/050929/9ea2aa07599d179eafca9738389fb210.html?.v=1 ==================================================================== NOTE: A Special Thanks to Investigative Journalist, Wayne Madsen, for his work on the list which gave me the inspiration to compile EVERY indictment, allegation, conviction and sentencing of the entire GOP and distribute it! THANKS! Show your appreciation too by Visiting his website. http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/ ===================================================================== NOTE: You have my permission to post, email or print this 'scorecard' in its complete form. If you are reposting this scorecard onto another blog or website, please create a link directed back to this SCORECARD web address. Thank You - OKthatsIT |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. DU is limiiting the size of this post....SCORECARD is in 2 parts. |
Sorry....you'll need to add ew Hampshire thru Wyoming by hand, if your reposting this somewhere.
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You can add this for Arizona |
Edited on Tue Nov-15-05 11:50 AM by Kali
AMERICANS UNITED for DEMOCRACY, INTEGRITY, and TRANSPARENCY
in Elections CONTACTS: Lianda Ludwig: (520) 298-2650 John Brakey: (520) 578-5678 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 EVENT: Arizona will be the first State in the Nation to sue the Secretary of State over voting issues related to voting equipment. William (Bill) Risner, Esq. on behalf of Tom Ryan, Ph.D, of Arizona Citizens for Fair Elections, is suing the Secretary of State, Jan Brewer because of her failure to set standards to decertify faulty voting machines in AZ. Brewer is scheduled to appear in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson on Tuesday morning (tentative) to explain why she has not complied with Arizona law that requires adoption of voting system decertification standards. Our public meeting will inform the community of the problems with the voting machines in AZ; give information and evidence exposing the Poll Worker scam in Pima county; disseminate information about problems with our voting system, and give information about how to help assure that our vote counts in the future . Speakers will include Rep. Ted Downing (LD 28), Attorney Bill Risner, Tom Ryan, Ph.D, and David Griscom, Ph.D. Date: Oct. 27, 2005 / 6:30 pm Location: 4831 E.22nd Street (Unitarian Universalist Church) (1/4 mile east of Swan, north side of street) ################ I can see if I can find some follow up on this - I know Bill Risner. - Kali Edited to add: OOPS! posted as a reply in wrong place - can somebody move this or should I re-post or just leave it? |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 01:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Abramoff: recurring theme. |
He will bring down large numbers of GOP leaders. His Mafia ties make for very sexy news copy, such as the recent story about him ordering a hit on a Senate staffer, who got whacked numerous times with a baseball bat.
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. ummm...slight problem |
Dems have also received money from Abramoff
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060202158_pf.html |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 08:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I had heard rumors, but this is pretty crappy. |
We have fewer of them, and some are already gone, but it's still a mess.
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Honestly....we need campaign financing reform |
our politicians need to focus on govt, not financial strategies 24/7.
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. FL- addition |
Posted on Wed, Nov. 23, 2005
SUNCRUZ CASINOS Ex-partner cooperates in fraud prosecution A former SunCruz spokesman has cooperated with prosecutors in the fraud case against Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and businessman Adam Kidan. BY DAN CHRISTENSEN dchristensen@herald.com With a guilty plea Monday in a widening Capitol Hill corruption scandal, federal prosecutors in South Florida have landed a star witness in the fraud and conspiracy case against Jack Abramoff and Adam Kidan in their $147 million purchase of SunCruz Casinos. Michael Scanlon, Abramoff's former partner, agreed to cooperate here as part of a broader plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department in which he pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe public officials, including an unnamed congressman. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/13237901.htm |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. MO-addition |
US Sues Missouri Over Voters in 2004 Election
By REUTERS Published: November 22, 2005 Filed at 9:17 p.m. ET KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has sued Missouri, a swing state won easily by President George W. Bush, for voting violations in the 2004 election, including registering more people to vote in some counties than their entire voting-age population. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-election-missouri-lawsuit.html |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Nominated n/t |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. This would be a really good topic in the Research Forum. n/t |
Edited on Tue Nov-15-05 12:02 PM by unhappycamper
on edit: typo (forgot to put on my goggles) |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. 2 more for Georgia |
Thanks for the great list. Here are a couple of more from Georgia, courtesy of the Red Morals web site:
Right Wing Leader pleads guilty to public indecency Matthew Glavin, head of the Southeastern Legal Foundation--a right-wing group and self-appointed morals cop, which most recently brought suit to disbar President Clinton in Arkansas--pleaded guilty to a charge of public indecency. An undercover federal officer spotted him indulging in the sin of Onan al fresco, on a trail in the Chattahoochee National River Park near Atlanta. Glavin then made advances to the officer, who arrested him. No doubt pornography brought him to his low state--probably reading the steamier passages of the Starr report. See “News of the Week in Review: Matthew Glavin charged with public indecency,” The Nation, Nov. 6, 2000. Georgia state representative charged in 30-count indictment for conspiracy, money laundering, health care fraud and more Former Republican state representative Robin Williams and four others accused of stealing millions from Augusta's mental health center were scheduled to make their first court appearance in June 2004, after being named in a 30-count federal indictment issued in May 2004. Williams, who was a Republican state representative for 10 years and a candidate for mayor in the previous election, was charged with conspiracy, theft, money laundering, health-care fraud and bribery, in connection with the Community Mental Health Center of East Central Georgia scandal. According to the charges, while serving in the General Assembly, Williams allegedly arranged for a co-defendant to be hired at the mental health center, who then steered lucrative contracts to companies with ties to Williams, who would in turn reward the co-defendant with cash and gifts. See Sandy Hodson, “Augusta fraud case goes to court; Ex-state Rep. Williams, 4 others accused in theft from mental health center,” Florida Times-Union, Jun. 9, 2004 |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. thanks |
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WLKjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. WTF?!!?!? where's Ohio? |
We have the all time high I bet, or am I blind and didn't see them listed?
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. DU limits the bytes per post...keep looking....its all there. |
I would have added the remaining states back to back...but people started posting before I could add it on.
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. (see) NEW HAMPSHIRE -- WYOMING (above) |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. I turned on |
Edited on Tue Nov-15-05 03:12 PM by troubleinwinter
my search / highlight and eneterd the word "Abramoff". His name shows up 60 times in the OP.
Abramoff appears to be the thread to pull that will unravel the cloth. EDIT! 44 ADDITIONAL Abramoff entries in New Hampshire - Wyoming. |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. what? |
explain what you mean.
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It's a computer thing |
that will highlight any word one is searching for. I searched the word 'Abramoff' in the two posts... first the original post, then the post containing the second set of states. The name Abramoff showed up 104 times in the two posts.
I am using a tool in Google toolbar. |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mass - addition |
Officials hit briefing halt by Goyette
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 By PAMELA H. METAXAS pmetaxas@repub.com CHICOPEE - Aldermanic President Keith W. Rattell expressed concern yesterday that Mayor Richard R. Goyette's decision not to brief aldermen on financial orders jeopardizes expenditures by departments and obstructs the smooth running of city government. Goyette, who was arrested on federal extortion charges two weeks ago, remains in office and has performed some, but not all, of his traditional duties. Goyette was in his office yesterday morning, left and then returned in the afternoon, according to his staff. He was not available for comment. more.. http://www.masslive.com/chicopeeholyoke/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-1/113204462250300.xml&coll=1 |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. Michagan - addition |
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051112/NEWS01/511120333/1001/news
Published November 12, 2005 < From the Lansing State Journal > Scandal unleashes finger pointing Cox's blackmail charges refuted by Fieger camp By L.L. Brasier and Patricia Montemurri Special to the State Journal Lee O'Brien, a lawyer with a criminal record, huddled in a West Bloomfield sports bar on the night of Oct. 14 with a top aide to Michigan Attorney General Michael Cox. O'Brien, according to Cox, was there for a shakedown. While meeting with Cox staffer Stu Sandler, the attorney general says, O'Brien brought a message from attorney Geoffrey Fieger: Back away from an investigation of questionable political spending by Fieger or they'd reveal that Cox had cheated on his wife. That night, O'Brien became a key player in a high-stakes political tsunami that threatens the high-flying careers of Cox, regarded as an ambitious player in the state Republican Party, and Fieger, the flamboyant attorney who parlayed a once-small Southfield law firm into a legal juggernaut after becoming known as the legal defender of suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian. http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051112/NEWS01/511120333/1001/news |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. CPB-Chairman violated statutory provisions &the Director’s Code of Ethics |
another update to note on former CPB Chair, Ken Tomlinson, OIG finds that Tomlinson violated ethics code, in regards to program content ("balancing" Bill Moyers with Tucker Carlson), and broke the law, in regards to hiring practices (hiring former RNC Chair, Pat Harrison)
----------------------------------------------------------------- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Office of Inspector General, has conducted a review of alleged violations of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, as amended. We found evidence that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) former Chairman violated statutory provisions and the Director’s Code of Ethics by dealing directly with one of the creators of a new public affairs program during negotiations with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the CPB over creating the show. Our review also found evidence that suggests “political tests” were a major criteria used by the former Chairman in recruiting a President/Chief executive Officer (CEO) for CPB, which violated statutory prohibitions against such practices. http://www.cpb.org/oig/reports/602_cpb_ig_reportofreview.pdf |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. DC - addition |
DC Hypocrite: Bernard Bailey Kerik, (born September 4, 1955) is an American law-enforcement officer. Kerik was Police Commissioner of the City of New York (2000-2001). In December 2004, George W. Bush nominated Kerik as Secretary of Homeland Security. Exposed: A week later, Kerik withdrew his acceptance, explaining that he had employed an illegal immigrant as a nanny; subsequently, numerous allegations of extramarital affairs and past conflicts of interest surfaced, which would have led to a difficult confirmation battle <snip> But this turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg. Shortly after withdrawal of the nomination, the press reported on several other scandals which might also have posed difficulties in gaining confirmation by the Senate. These include: an outstanding arrest warrant from 1998 stemming from unpaid bills on the maintenance of a condominium (documents regarding this warrant were faxed to the White House less than three hours before Kerik submitted his withdrawal of acceptance to the President); questions regarding Kerik's sale of stock in Taser International shortly before the release of an Amnesty International report critical of the company's stun-gun product; two simultaneous extra-marital affairs, one with his publisher Judith Regan, alleged by many close to Kerick to have taken place partly in a donated apartment near the World Trade Center site intended for rescue workers; a sexual harassment lawsuit; allegations of misuse of police personnel and property for personal benefit; connections with a construction company suspected of having ties to organized crime; and failure to comply with ethics rules on gifts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. DC - Washington addition |
DC
"No-Bid Rigging" Indicted: Philip H. Bloom Disposition: - unlawfully received cash and goods" from Bloom, according to the complaint. - ran several companies in Iraq and Romania, including one called GBG Logistics - paying officials from the coalition’s south-central region "bribes, kickbacks and gratuities, amounting to at least $200,000 per month," in order to obtain reconstruction contracts through a bid-rigging scam. - "conspired with United States government contract employees and military officials to obtain fraudulently government contracts." http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10074995/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is suppose to be Halliburton and others, facing their own Abramoff' ring leader. Keep an eye on this, folks. It's the corporations, remember that. |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 01:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. more |
U.S. Files First Criminal Charges Against Contractors in Iraq
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Justice Department filed the first criminal charges against a contractor receiving Iraq reconstruction contracts, according to court documents. Philip H. Bloom, 65, funneled at least $693,000 in bribes and kickbacks through bank accounts in Iraq, Switzerland, Romania and the Netherlands in the year through January 2005, according to the documents filed yesterday. The money then went to at least two unnamed U.S. government officials and their spouses in exchange for reconstruction work valued at over $3.5 million, the documents show. http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aBjCi0sn8wtE&refer=home |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. Tomlinson wrote Rove about CPB and hiring w/GOP replacements |
Rove Discussed Programming With Public TV Chief, Konz Says
Nov. 17 2005 (Bloomberg) -- Presidential adviser Karl Rove and Kenneth Tomlinson, then chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, discussed creating a ``conservative'' talk show and adding it to the public television lineup, the organization's top investigator said. Kenneth Konz, inspector general of the nonprofit company that oversees government funding of public TV, said in an interview yesterday that Tomlinson and Rove exchanged e-mails on programming and that Tomlinson also wrote to Rove about ``shaking up'' the agency and recruiting Republican staff. In a report two days ago, Konz said Tomlinson broke federal laws and internal rules by hiring corporation President Patricia Harrison, a former Republican National Committee co-chairwoman, based on her Republican ties. The report discussed the e-mails but didn't identify Rove as one of the people involved. MORE.... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aHe_046cYvC4&refer=top_world_news ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Kenneth Tomlinson was the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a position he was elected to in September 2003. <1> (http://www.cpb.org/programs/pr.php?prn=335) He also serves as the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. <2> (http://www.bbg.gov/bbg_board.cfm) He resigned as chairman of the CPB in early November 2005, due to adverse findings of an internal investigation by the CPB Inpsector General, Kenneth Konz, into Tomlinson's controversial use of outside "bias ratings" to make executive decisions regarding shows such as NOW with Bill Moyers. more... http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kenneth_Tomlinson http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aHe_046cYvC4&refer=top_world_news |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. NJ - additions |
Investigation: Mayor Paul Coughlin(R), Mayor of Hazlet, NJ Disposition: charged with extorting cash bribes and free work from a contractor. who was cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie and FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph Billy, Jr. announced. Investigation: Butch Saunders, former Mayor of Ashberry Park, NJ Disposition: arrested on federal corruption charges. charged with extorting cash bribes and free work from a contractor. Investigation: Rayfield James, a Saunders' advisor. Ashberry Park, NJ Disposition: arrested on federal corruption charges. charged with extorting cash bribes and free work from a contractor. Investigation: Terrence Weldon, former Ocean Township Mayor and Asbury Park City Manager. Disposition: arrested on federal corruption charges. charged with extorting cash bribes and free work from a contractor. Investigation: former Asbury Park Councilman James Condos Disposition: arrested on federal corruption charges. charged with extorting cash bribes and free work from a contractor. Investigation: Kenneth Nixon, former executive director of the Asbury Park Housing Authority(deceased) Disposition: arrested on federal corruption charges. charged with extorting cash bribes and free work from a contractor. http://orig.app.com/app/story/0,21625,897530,00.html http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2005/1116/Front_Page/020.html http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/publicaffairs/NJ_Press/files/monm0222_r.htm |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 12:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. NJ - addition |
B]NJ
Investigation: former state Sen. John O. Bennett III, Bennett was paid $65,333 a year as Senate co-president, and held several other public jobs at once over the years. Bennett still works as an attorney for a number of towns, mostly as bond counsel. Disposition: a federal grand jury subpoenaed Bennett's billing records from town hall as part of an investigation into an undisclosed matter. Bennett stepped aside as Marlboro attorney in March after the Asbury Park Press reported that he double-billed the township $8,130 for work to revamp the township's code book. A day after leaving office, losing the election, he registered to become a lobbyist for private business clients so he can talk to lawmakers he once served with about pending legislation. He has also been accused of charging more than $100,000 over seven years to rewrite the township ordinances, a job he left unfinished. http://orig.app.com/app/story/0,21625,897530,00.html http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051109/NEWS/511090350 |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. Thank you for the detailed list with links to back it up! |
:yourock:
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. thanks |
come back and look again...its still growing.
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. What a post! Thanks. Ran out of space and you didn't even get |
to Ohio yet. You'll need an entire thread for that state of corruption.
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. NEW HAMPSHIRE -- WYOMING is there....look up |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. media corruption |
Conrad Black indicted for fraud By David Bailey
Thu Nov 17, 7:23 PM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors announced criminal fraud charges on Thursday against Conrad Black and his former associates, accusing the ex-publisher of looting his now-shrunken media empire, once one of the world's largest The executives not only illegally dealt themselves millions of dollars from the $2.1 billion sale of hundreds of Canadian newspapers, but Black also misused corporate perks by taking the company jet to Bora Bora for a vacation and spending more than $60,000 on a birthday party for his wife, the mail and wire fraud indictment alleged. "All in all what has happened here has been the grossest abuse by officers or directors and insiders," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told a briefing. <snip> THREE FORMER HOLLINGER EXECUTIVES NAMED Also named in the indictment were three former Hollinger executives -- John Boultbee, Peter Atkinson and Mark Kipnis, Hollinger International's in-house lawyer. He was charged in an earlier indictment in August and pleaded not guilty but additional counts were added in Thursday's indictment. "Let this investigation be a warning to those in corporate America or elsewhere who would attempt to defraud shareholders, that these crimes do not pay and we will eventually find you," said Robert Grant, special agent in charge of the Chicago office of the FBI. more... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051118/wl_canada_nm/canada_media_black_col_3 |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-05 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. DC - Scanlon |
DeLay Ex-Aide to Plead Guilty in Lobby Case
Michael Scanlon, a former top official for Representative Tom DeLay and onetime partner of the lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with federal prosecutors, according to his lawyer. The deal reveals a broadening corruption investigation involving top members of Congress. Criminal papers filed in federal court outlined a conspiracy that not only named Mr. Scanlon but also mentioned a congressman, identified only as Representative No. 1, as part of the exchange of favors from clients funneled to lobbyists and officials. This was the first time that a member of Congress, identified by lawyers in the case as Representative Bob Ney, Republican of Ohio, has been implicated in criminal papers as part of the inquiry, which has sprawled from Indian casinos to the lucrative lobbying firms of Abramoff and Scanlon and then reached to the Republican leadership. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/19/politics/19lobby.html?hp&ex=1132376400&en=47c6f9fc3b66c80b&ei=5094&partner=homepage |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
35. DC - Halliburton corruption |
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Whistleblower's Iraq claims to be investigated: Friday, November 18, 2005; Posted: 8:57 p.m. EST (01:57 GMT) "It's long past the time for people to be held accountable," Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota says. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A whistleblower's claims that reconstruction in Iraq has been rife with waste, fraud and abuse -- particularly in regard to a division of Halliburton -- will be turned over to the Justice Department, a U.S. senator said Friday. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-North Dakota, has championed the cause of whistleblower Bunnatine H. Greenhouse, a former high-ranking civilian employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Greenhouse has testified that the contracts awarded to Kellogg, Brown and Root represent "the most blatant and improper contract abuse I have witnessed during the course of my professional career." (Read about a U.N. report on KBR's work in Iraq) Dorgan attempted unsuccessfully to persuade Congress to hold hearings on the allegations, and when they declined he conducted unofficial hearings before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. (Read how Democrats attacked Halliburton before last year's presidential election) MORE... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/19/international/middleeast/19reconstruct.html ---------------------------------------------- DC Corrupt Halliburton KBR U.S. Aide Accused of Graft in Iraq Had a Shadowy Past (NYT) One of them dressed all in black, Johnny Cash style, even in the summer in Iraq, where the temperature often rose above 120 degrees. The other put up huge blue-and-white signs advertising one of his companies - GBG Logistics - that remain standing even now along the dangerous road to the Baghdad airport, after car bombs and firefights have destroyed nearly everything else around them. This week these two Americans, Robert J. Stein Jr. and Philip H. Bloom, were charged in federal court with working together in a bribery and kickback scandal. Mr. Stein, the one who favored the black attire, worked for the American occupation authorities as a comptroller and financial officer and is accused of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to steer lucrative reconstruction contracts to Mr. Bloom's companies. The work done for those contracts, amounting to at least $13 million in the area around the southern city of Hilla, was either never done or was of such poor quality as to make the results almost useless, according to reports by the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction. Problems included computers that were never delivered, renovation work that was never carried out and buildings that began falling down almost as soon as they were built. "It's the most shoddy work I've ever seen from a contractor," said a State Department official who was stationed in Hilla and inspected some of the work at first hand. "It's a disaster." The official requested anonymity to preserve his ability to continue to work in Iraq. MORE... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/19/international/middleeast/19reconstruct.html |
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Independent_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-05 12:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Kick! |
Can't forget Halliburton and KBR.
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
36. OH SCHMIDT! |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-05 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
40. FL - Boulis murder |
Abramoff - Kidan - Miami Subs founder Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis
3 hitmen accused of Boulis' murder in Florida(Anthony "Little Tony" Ferrari, James "Pudgy" Fiorillo, Anthony "Big Tony" Moscatiello Moscatiello, 67, said Fiorillo also told him that Ferrari ordered the hit after getting a call from New York businessman Adam Kidan, according to court filings. Kidan had been fighting with Boulis for control of SunCruz Casino, a cruise ship gambling operation based out of Dania Beach. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cboulis24nov24,0,4325764.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines |
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