Two top congressional aides have been called in the investigation of Abramoff-related scandals, reports Susan Crabtree for The Hill:
A grand jury has subpoenaed Rep. John Doolittle's (R-Calif.) chief of staff and deputy chief of staff to testify about evidence uncovered in an FBI probe into his and his wife's ties to jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff.The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia subpoenaed Chief of Staff Ron Rogers and Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Blankenburg. As House rules mandate, Rogers and Blankenburg notified Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) about the subpoenas, which House aides say were announced on the House floor Tuesday, the day Congress returned from its recess.
Read the whole story at the link above. If Doolittle is guilty, I hope they hang him high.
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I'm no longer keen on the c... (Below threshold)1. Posted by -S- | September 5, 2007 9:08 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I'm no longer keen on the current standards emerging as to many Republicans in office, and have never been keen on those by the Democrats. That leaves me a relatively disillusioned voter, to state the obvious. It just seems that everyone's out to ruin everyone else, and politicians use public office to ruin as many voters as possible. Not a very good outlook, I realize, but I wonder how accurate it just may be.
1. Posted by -S- | September 5, 2007 9:08 AM |
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Posted on September 5, 2007 09:08
2. Posted by bryanD | September 5, 2007 10:34 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Doolittle connected to Abramoff who, with assistance from the La Cosa Nostra, "partnered" with Gus Boulis in Boulis' SunCruz gambling operation.
Next, just before Boulis is gunned down, Abramoff sends a counterfeit "payment" for ownership in SunCruz.
Suddenly SunCruz is the default comp trip for the GWOT Republicans in Congress.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Atta, while a student at Maxwell Air Force Base, is seen gambling in the same SunCruz floating casinos.
Nasty stuff.
Vote Ron Paul. Maybe Tancredo or Hunter.
Dems? Kucinich.
The rest of them are bad Samaritans.
2. Posted by bryanD | September 5, 2007 10:34 AM |
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Posted on September 5, 2007 10:34
3. Posted by bryanD | September 5, 2007 10:40 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Re: my citing GWOT Republicans, pre-9/11: the GWOT war footing began in early 1998. Pre 2001 was the Opening Game as in chess. Getting one's pieces and pawn Out and in play (see Atta).
http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm
3. Posted by bryanD | September 5, 2007 10:40 AM |
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Posted on September 5, 2007 10:40