Posted on 03/27/2008 9:43:19 AM PDT by The Raven
The Justice Department said Wednesday that Saddam Hussein’s principal foreign intelligence agency and an Iraqi-American man had organized and paid for a 2002 visit to Iraq by three House Democrats whose trip was harshly criticized by colleagues at the time.
The arrangements for the trip were described in the indictment of an Iraq-born former employee of a Detroit-area charity group who was charged Wednesday with accepting millions of dollars’ worth of Iraqi oil contracts in exchange for assisting the Iraqi spy agency in projects in the United States.
The indictment did not claim any wrongdoing by the three lawmakers, whose five-day trip to Iraq occurred in October 2002, five months before the American invasion.
Two continue to serve in the House: Jim McDermott of Washington State and Mike Thompson of California. The other, David E. Bonior of Michigan, has since retired from Congress.
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Lock ‘em up ...
Isn’t this the same trip where McDermott and the other two traitors appeared with Saddam on his Castle steps? Weren’t they badmouthing President Bush?
And the state dept had no idea?
Look in the dictionary under “useful idiots” and you will find those three Dim photos.
Probably all actually funded by Oil for Food.
Why am I not surprised? The only thing that surpirses me is that the Slimes didn’t try to identify them as Democrats.
Yes. They were trashing the U.S. while on foreign (and at the time enemy) soil.
I was disgusted with them then and I'm even more disgusted (but not surprised) with this bit of information.
Chuck Hagel was on H&C last nite and although Colmes was pushing the blame on our government for OK’ing the trip, Hagel said it was the responsibility of senators to determine who was paying for the trip..
So when are these guys going to be ran out of town on a rail???
I recall the argument being made that these trips were financed by Hussein then. The congresscritters that went are either beyond naive, or were aware of the source of funding, since they didn't pay their own way. In either case they are not the "innocent victims" as they are being portrayed by the MSM.
This will guarantee them a position in a future democratic adminstration.
I think you mean you’re surprised the Slimes *DID* identify them as Democrats. I know I am.
I’m waiting patiently for someone to break the story that the three lil’ piggies knew exactly what was going on.
If you have ever been in trouble overseas, you quickly find out how totally useless our State Department really is. They don't care about America. They are more interested in pushing their own agenda.
I’m thinking it would be a little different with US Congressmen going to Iraq.
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