Bush's legacy: a criminal perspective (or The GOP: what a racket)

[ProSense]

Jack Abramoff: Abramoff Gets Almost 6 Years in Prison

Randy "Duke" Cunningham: Crooked congressman going to prison

Brian J. Doyle: 5 Years in Prison for Porn E-mails

Italia Federici: Federici pleads guilty, will assist in Abramoff probe

J. Steven Griles: Ex-deputy pleads guilty in Abramoff case

Adam Kidan: Ex-Abramoff associate pleads guilty to fraud

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby: Libby found guilty in CIA leak case

Bob Ney: Lawmaker convicted in lobbying scandal

Tom Noe: GOP Fundraiser Gets 18 Years in Prison

David H. Safavian: Ex-Aide To Bush Found Guilty

Michael Scanlon: DeLay ex-aide pleads guilty in Abramoff case

Robert T. Schofield: DHS official admits taking bribes to fake documents

[pinto]

1. Interesting run down. I agree, the GOP has become racket operation.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Bush and Cheney Incarcerated: Priceless

[Island Blue]

3. Thanks for the quick reference guide, Prosense.

I'm sure there are others we don't know about yet.

[Bitwit1234]

4. Since the bush adminstration is running racketeering

how come the justice department can't get someone to prosecute them under RICCO.

[L. Coyote]

5. MANY GATES: The scandal list is much, much longer than the prosecutions.

Here is a partial list of scandal posts on one DU thread alone:

Gonzales misses deadline to submit Rove emails
FISA-GATE: "most severe and blatant acts of presidential lawbreaking in the country's history"
Bush's Secret Crimes. DoJ "acted to defend illegal spying, not stop it."
voter suppression
US Attorney Firing & GONZO-GATE: Fuel to the Firings = menacing and threatening the USAs
Cheney's net worth is between 21 mil and 100 mil
How many more getting rich?? Hastert's wealth is grounded in land
Cheney Scandal * Candidates and War Powers "$180 million in bribes"
Cheney's GATE-GATE. "Cheney Lawyer" Blamed for Visitor Logs "Elimination" after FOIA request.
Email-Gate FACTS: Felons, georgewbush.com, gwb43.com , et. al.
Dem CONGRESS: Investigations - White House Use of Private E-mail Accounts
More HATCH ACT Violations Noted. The georgewbush.org mis-directed e-mails contain evidence.
OHIO 2004: 6.15% Kerry-Bush vote-switch found in probability study
The scandal sheet ... 34 scandals from the first four years of George W. Bush's presidency
23 Administration Officials Involved In Plame Leak
Sen. Russ Feingold - The Most Outrageous Scandal? Bush's Iraq Policy
Bush Admin Obstructs Prosecution Against Big Tobacco = Bush Political Appointees Interfered With Tobacco Case, Lower Remedy $120 BILLION, interfere with witnesses
Bush Official Arrested in Corruption Probe = David H. Safavian
J. Steven Griles Ordered to Prison, Highest-Ranked Bush Administration Convict
Abramoff and Kark Rove Linked to Prosecution of Ex-Alabama Governor and Campaign Finances
TPM: "a key player in a very big political machine and he was managing a slush fund"
Halliburton's no-bid contracts for work in Iraq get FBI scrutiny "Halliburton did not adequately account for more than $1.8 billion..."
Coalition Provisional Authority: July 2004 finding that a significant portion of CPA assets had gone
FAIR 2001: Scandal? What Scandal? Bush's Iran-Contra appointees are barely a story
Feb. 2004. Hacker-Gate, "Republicans stole thousands of Democratic documents.."
Dec. 2003: Bush signs $40 Billion Secret "Intelligence" Program Bill
Washington Madam: The Scandal Of 'Scandals'
Crisis Papers: Diving Deeper Into the Muck of Bush Scandals
Source to Stephanopoulos: President Bush Directly Involved In Leak Scandal
Intelligence Leak Inquiry Includes Iran Experts in Cheney's office, two Israeli diplomats
Dick "Go Fuck Yourself "Cheney has fully revealed his venomous personality
PLAME-GATE: Prosecutor should dig deeper “violations of any federal criminal laws" L. Coyote May-16-07 04:39 PM #41
Waxman contines to investigate false and misleading intelligence that precipitated the war in Iraq.
$$$ Bush payola scandal deepens as third columnist admits being paid $$$
Major Bush Scandal. Bush admin funneling money to Sunni groups linked to Al Qaeda
Judiciary Hearing on Oil Prices and Market Failure: A Federal Investigation Denied
Bush's AWOL Scandal: Let's Break Through the Media Barrier
NSA SPYING-GATE: the administration's warrantless wiretapping program
Gitmo/Abu Ghraib Torture-Gate: aggressive interrogation techniques that led to the abuses
HOOKER-GATE: Bush Official Resigns in Prostitution Scandal
CRONYISM: Who Are The Bush Pioneers & Rangers?
SCIENCE-GATE: Legacy of Scientific Fraud Honed by Bush Adminstration
Bush and Corporate Fraud "he sold almost $1 million of his shares in Harken Energy"
ABUSE OF POWER: State Secrets Privilege "prevent criminal investigation of administrative actions"
GANNON-GATE: Scandal in the White House Press Corps
Black VOTER PURGING and Civil Right Violations Stole the White House
BATTLEGROUD DISINFORMATION. Telling Lies, Hiding Truth, and Creating Myths. TILLMAN / LYNCH
CHENEY's Energy Task Force: Struggle Over Iraqi Oil: Eyes Eternally on the Prize
Katrina-Gate: President, Chertoff were clearly told of storm’s dangers numerous times
Republicans Play Softball With Scandal "unqualified hack is put in charge" of FEMA
The Medicare Money Scandal = Thomas Scully, Medicare's former administrator
PROPAGANDA-GATE: Paying for the "News" with Tax $$$ to Change Laws, Enrich Cronies
IRAQ-GATE or BUSH LIES to Lead the World into War, Control Oil Supply
WMD-GATE: Fixing Intelligence Around Policy = very extensive investigation site
MZM-Gate: $140,000 contract awarded by the Executive Office of the President MZM - CIA Nominee Hayden Linked to MZM
MZM official who worked closely with Wade shredded a large stack of documents
CIFA-Gate: CIFA collected info on peace activists and anti-Bush protesters. Secret Database Obtained by NBC News Tracks ‘Suspicious’ Domestic Groups
TALON-Gate: reports involved "anti-military protests or demonstrations in the U.S." 'Raw Information' From Military, Civilians Is Given to Pentagon
HATCH-GATE: Rep. WAXMAN - Oversight Committee Requests Documents From Doan Investigation
The FBI's NSL-GATE: more National Security Letter abuses than the IG's report had originally found

FROM: Yesterday was a GREAT DAY for Falwell TO DIE. Or, the Buffalo Jump to Hell.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x899312

[ProSense]

6. More to come:

DHB
WellCare Health Plans
Blackwater

[flashl]

7. The Abramoff and Cunningham scandals

alone have direct links to hundreds of officeholders in Congress. For instance, Cunningham's "hookergate" links back to the entire Senate Intelligence committee. Shortly after "hookergate" heads of intelligence agencies suddenly resigned. In my mind, giving focus only to Cunningham is misleading.

At one time, I was keeping track of the "scandals". The volume was overwhelming to maintain adequate records of the daily corruption eruptions and misdeeds of Republican officals on every level ACROSS the country.