[LibLieSlayer]

jack murtha was filmed taking what he thought was a saudi bribe. It was the FBI and Abscam. He never was prosecuted and became one of the most powerful criminals in the federal gooberment.

LLS

[mewzilla]

There has been a so-called ethics truce between the parties in force on the Hill for years. If the Waters thing really is the result of Barry playing hardball with the CBS, wonder what that’ll do to the ethics truce?

[Liz]

THE MURTHA/ABSCAM LEGEND GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS Murtha was embroiled in the sting which targeted dozens of congressmen...... FBI operatives posed as Saudi nationals hoping to bribe their way through the US immigration process. Murtha was videotaped w/ the operatives. He did agree to testify against Frank Thompson (D-NJ) and John Murphy (D-NY), the two Congressmen mentioned as participants in the deal at the same meeting and who were later videotaped placing cash bribes in their trousers (and later lost their seats).

The FBI videotaped Murtha responding to an offer of $50,000...."I'm not interested... at this point. [If] we do business for a while, maybe I'll be interested, maybe I won't," right after Murtha had offered to provide names of businesses and banks in his district where money could be invested legally. The US Attorney's Office concluded that Murtha's intent was to obtain investment in his district. The tape shows Murtha citing prospective investment opportunities that could return "500 or 1000" miners to work.

NOTE: The purported bribes were gifts of stock in titanium mines.