Spy Court Judge Quits In Protest (FISA court)

compost ^ | December 21, 2005 | Carol D. Leonnig and Dafna Linzer

[oceanview]

Weldon is mis-informed on this.

[Grampa Dave]

What "Abramoff scandal"?

Thanks

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See:

Making Sense of the Abramoff Scandal

And:

Abramoff scandal expanding, could be the biggest to hit Congress in 100 years.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From the first link above.....very interesting:

Here are some of the players in Abramoff's world:

Edward Ayoob: Former veteran legislative aide to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, hired as a lobbyist by Abramoff. Reid, who undertook several actions favorable to Abramoff's clients, ultimately received more than $66,000 in Abramoff-related donations from 2001 to 2004. Ayoob held a fundraising reception for Reid at the offices of Abramoff's firm, Greenberg Traurig.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Add this in also:

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Sen. Harry Reid: Nevada Democrat, Senate Minority Leader. Sent a letter to Interior Secretary Gale Norton in March 2002 to urge her to reject a casino of the Jena band of Choctaw that would have competed with an Abramoff client. The next day, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana issued a $5,000 check to Reid's tax-exempt political group, the Searchlight Leadership Fund. A second Abramoff tribe also sent $5,000 to Reid's group. Reid ultimately received more than $66,000 in Abramoff-related donations from 2001 to 2004. Abramoff also hired as a lobbyist a former Reid legislative aide, Edward Ayoob. Ayoob held a fundraising reception for Reid at the offices of Abramoff's firm, Greenberg Traurig.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks!

Your first ping made it look like an all repubie affair.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi....see above posts/

[Grampa Dave]

Now this is starting to look really good.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Your first ping made it look like an all repubie affair.

Nancy wants everyone to think it is....but ole Searchlight Harry seems to have some of the action also!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Digging thru the comments on the second link....which seems to be a leftists oriented site found a reference to this:

Reid won't be returning lobbyist contributions
Spokeswoman says senator sees no reason to return funds

[Grampa Dave]

"Reid won't be returning lobbyist contributions
Spokeswoman says senator sees no reason to return funds!"

These are signs of a totally amoral rat politician.

[pacpam]

He claimed his ignorance of the facts leaves him clean. Hope someone shows him the door.

[Grampa Dave]

"He claimed his ignorance of the facts leaves him clean. Hope someone shows him the door."

It is truly amazing how much the career rat politicians sound like career criminals when they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar.