Cheney linked to Stevens corruption trial.

[ProSense]

Cheney linked to Stevens corruption trial.

Newsweek reports that in a conversation “secretly tape-recorded by the FBI on June 25, 2006,” Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) “discussed ways to get a pipeline bill through the Alaska Legislature with Bill Allen, an oil-services executive accused of providing the senator with about $250,000 in undisclosed financial benefits.” Stevens promised Allen, “I’m gonna try to see if I can get some bigwigs from back here and say, ‘Look … you gotta get this done’.” Two days later, Vice President Cheney undertook the unusual move of writing a letter to the Alaska Legislature urging members to “promptly enact” a bill to build the pipeline.

[seemslikeadream]

1. ROCK ON

[Vickers]

2. “secretly tape-recorded by the FBI on June 25, 2006”

Chickens...WELCOME HOME!!!

:rofl:

[Wapsie B]

3. I was always wondering if the Law of Unintended Consequences would kick in

on the Patriot Act. :rofl:

[malaise]

4. Cheney the ubiquitous

That scumbag gets around. How much is enough for these criminals.

[DCKit]

14. They won't be sated even when there's nothing left to steal.

They'll just turn on each other like a pack of wild dogs.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Could it be?

Could THIS relatively minor event put The Dick�™ behind bars?

The way federal cases go, he could be up for trial in Obama's second month of power.

Not holding my breath, though. A lot of shit will happen between now and then.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Ahh-ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[lonestarnot]

7. Well, well, well. Wonder what the bitch thinks of the FISA now.

Maybe he'll shoot himself in the face.

[Swamp Rat]

12. >:-)

[lonestarnot]

19. LOL

Swampy! :hug: :*

[TahitiNut]

8. That despicable war crimiinal has his snout into every pile of corruption.

There was NEVER a person in the Executive Branch so richly deserving of facing a firing squad. Ever.

[beac]

9. Not such a fan of wire-tapping now, huh DICK?

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[goforit]

10. tisk tisk tisk.....Satans evil deeds keep mounting

[intheflow]

11. Instant Karma's gonna get you...

sucka! :rofl:

[CitizenPatriot]

13. digg it

http://digg.com/politics/Cheney_linked_to_Stevens_corruption_trial

how you like FISA now, bi*ch?

[MadrasT]

15. YEAH, BABY!!!

Take that, you illegal wire-tapping mofos. Oh PLEASE let this go somewhere.... :woohoo:

:kick:

[napi21]

16. I think they're ALL pond scum, but....what is wrong with somebody

asking a Senator to help push a project through? Nothing that I've seen proves a quid pro quo that would make a request like that illegal. Stevens accepting the home renovation and not reporting it IS illegal, but I haven't seen any proof of a connection between the two.

[lala_rawraw]

17. he has done this before...

http://www.atlargely.com/2008/08/cheney-pay-to-p.html

But this is nothing new, because Cheney has done this before. I know, because I reported it two years ago.

Take a gander:

An explosive report, obtained in part by RAW STORY, and soon to be released by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), fingers high-level officials both on the federal and local California level in allegations of influence-peddling ensnaring members of both parties.

According to documents and whistleblowers concerning a San Diego wastewater treatment plant to be built in Tijuana, Mexico, Vice President Dick Cheney, Reps. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Bob Filner (D-CA), and former congressman and current Republican congressional candidate Brian Bilbray have allegedly advanced the project despite serious concerns from those involved.

The proposed Bajagua Project is a secondary wastewater treatment plant for San Diego, named after the company, Bajagua Project, LLC, which was founded solely to get the no-bid contract for water treatment. The agreement is a private-public fee-for-service proposition that will charge the federal government billions. The estimated profit forecast for the project is upwards of $600 million dollars over a twenty-year span.

Documents recently obtained by Raw Story and now also available at www.bajagua.org, a site set up by the National Security Whistleblower’s Coalition, indicate Cheney met twice with Bajagua officials, on October 15, 2002 and again on September 4, 2003. Cheney is alleged to have pressured the Department of Justice and the Council on Environmental Quality to give Bajagua a pass on clean water concerns and the no-bid contract for building the treatment facility.

In a letter to Cheney dated October 15, 2002, Bajagua Project manager Jim Simmons made clear that the Vice President had been instrumental in promoting Bajagua’s efforts.

“My colleagues and I are very grateful that you could spend some time with us in Roswell New Mexico on Monday October 14,” Simmons wrote. “We do appreciate your effort on our behalf and the wonderful job you and President Bush are doing for our country.”

The letter advised that Bajagua’s plans were being blocked by the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), which manages shared water resources on the boundary between the US and Mexico, and asked Cheney to “consider arranging a meeting to facilitate a successful result.”

[L. Coyote]

22. The chronology. Cheney and the money to Bush:

Simmons, James  02/06/03		1,000		Keep Our Majority PAC (R)
Landa, Enrique	03/31/03		1,500		Hunter, Duncan (R)
Simmons, James  03/31/03		1,500		Hunter, Duncan (R)
Landa, Enrique	04/23/03		2,500		NRCC
Landa, Enrique	04/23/03		2,500		NRCC
Landa, Pedro	04/23/03		2,500		NRCC
Landa, Dolores	07/14/03		2,000		Bush, George W (R)
Landa, Enrique	07/14/03		2,000		Bush, George W (R)

                09/04/03                Cheney meets with Bajagua officials
			
Simmons, James  09/22/03		$2,000		Bush, George W (R)
Landa, Leticia	09/30/03		$2,000		Bush, George W (R)
Landa, Pedro	09/30/03		$2,000		Bush, George W (R)

[LeftishBrit]

18. Any chance Cheney could get into serious trouble over this?

Given all the other things he's done, it would be even more ironic than Al Capone ending up in prison for *not paying his taxes*; but anything that leads to Cheney's downfall would be a good thing!

[trthnd4jstc]

20. Check Out this Fun! Quote by Herman Goering:

"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY."
Hermann Goering, President of the Reichstag, Nazi Party, and Luftwaffe Commander in Chief

[L. Coyote]

21. There is a parallel thread in LBN with a focus on Cheney's Bajagua role too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3451607