Galloway lied over Iraqi oil payments, says Congress report

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George Galloway, the British MP, was last night accused of lying by a US Congressional committee when he testified earlier this year that he had not received any United Nation food-for-oil allocations from the deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. In a report issued here, Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman and his colleagues on the Senate Subcommittee for Investigations claim to have evidence showing that Mr Galloway's political organisation and his wife received vouchers worth almost $600,000 (£338,000) from the then Iraqi government.

"We have what we call the smoking gun," said Mr Coleman, who will send the report to the US Department of Justice and the British authorities. The MP could face charges of perjury, making false statements and obstructing a Congressional investigation. Each charge carries a possible jail term of five years and a fine of $250,000. But Mr Galloway again denied the allegations - as vehemently as he did last May in a bravura performance before the Subcommittee, when he accused Mr Coleman of mounting "the mother of all smokescreens" to divert attention from America's post-invasion difficulties, and launched a broadside against the Bush administration's entire policy in Iraq.

"I have not made a penny out of oil deals with Iraq, or indeed any other kind of deal," the MP said last night. "This ought to be dead, yet Norm Coleman parrots it once more from 3,000 miles away and protected by privilege." His spokesman later described the report as "derogatory and defamatory". The report claims that between 1999 and 2003 Mr Galloway personally solicited and was granted vouchers for 23 million barrels of oil, at below the market price. These vouchers could then be resold at a profit. It also alleges that money was channelled to Amineh Abu-Zayyad, the MP's wife, and to the Mariam Appeal, an organisation set up by Mr Galloway to help a young Iraqi girl with leukemia.

Mr Coleman maintains that his evidence is based on bank records, as well as interviews with Tariq Aziz, the former foreign minister and deputy prime minister under Saddam, and with the former vice-president Taha Yasin Ramadan.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article322108.ece

[villager]

1. Mr. Coleman has a "smoking gun," does he?

Methinks he's been smoking something else.

[radwriter0555]

24. Is it the page with the white-out and scotch tape on it?

That pastes in the paragraph of lies?

[Demeter]

36. Maybe He Just Shot Himself WIth It

One can but hope.

[OKthatsIT]

42. STATE BY STATE GOP SCORECARD (10/21/05)

Is that like "fresh evidence" Miller found in her e-mailbox?


LET ME SHOW YOU MY RESEARCH ON CONGRESS!!

STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD
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Alabama
Investigation: Sen. Richard Shelby
Disposition: received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Gov. Robert Riley
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.
Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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Alaska
Investigation: Senate President Ben Stevens (son of US Senate Pro Tem President Ted Stevens)
Disposition: Probed for accepting consulting fees from oil services firm Veco. Subject to a recall petition.

Investigation: Sen. Ted Stevens
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.
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Arkansas
Investigation: Arkansas Republican Party
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Arkansas - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Joshua Dickens, Republican Constable of Faulkner County.
Disposition: Severly beat, burned, handcuffed and kidnapped woman he was in a relationship with. Sentenced 5 yrs, could be released within 1 year. After the trial, a 16-year-old girl, also made accusations to the police that she had been sexually assaulted by the young man. http://www.arkansasleader.com/2005/10/editorial-good-words-for-criminals.html>LINK
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Arizona
Investigation: Rep. J. D. Hayworth
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.
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California
Investigation: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Disposition: Ethics probe for accepting salary from two men’s fitness magazines while governor, possible kickback from American Media publisher to Schwarzenegger charity and silence money to a woman who had an extramarital affair with Schwarzenegger. This probe may go criminal.

Investigation: Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham
Disposition: Probed for bribery regarding financial ties with and favors for defense firm MZM

Investigation: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Disposition: Tied to Abramoff scandal on loan papers. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Doug Ose
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Rep. Richard Pombo
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Rep. John Doolittle
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Rep. Ed Royce
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

California - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Nicholas Elizondo(Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation) Bakersfield, CA
Disposition: molested his 6-year old daughter and was http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Nicholas_Elizondo.htm>sentenced to six years in prison.

Investigation: Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline
Disposition: placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00914F93A550C718CDDAA0894DA404482>LINK
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Colorado
Investigation: Colorado Republican Party
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Colorado - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa050916_am_constable.63c90142.html>Larry D Floyd (R-Denton County Constable)
Disposition: Arrested charged with one count of soliciting for child prostitution, three counts of enticement of a child and three counts of attempted sexual assault on a child.

Investigation: Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative.
Disposition: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/schwarz.htm>fired after child pornography was found in his possession

Investigation: Colorado Republican Party activist Randal David Ankeney
Disposition: charged in a second sexual-assault incident, following his July arrest involving a Disposition: 14-year-old girl he had met in an Internet chat room. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/1130885/detail.html>LINK
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Connecticut
Investigation: Gov. John Rowland
Disposition: Convicted, imprisoned 2004

Investigation: Rep. Rob Simmons
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Connecticut - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Giordano.htm>Philip Giordano(R- former Mayor of Waterbury)
Disposition: Sexually abused 2 girls. Sentenced to 37 years

Investigation: Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1913548>LINK
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Delaware
Investigation: Attorney General Jane Brady
Disposition: Accused of helping MBNA Bank of Wilmington skirt campaign finance laws.
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Washington DC
Investigation: Jack Abramoff, GOP lobbyist
Disposition: Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy

Investigation: Adam Kidan, DC Dial-a-Mattress franchise in DC and Abramoff associate
Disposition: Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy

Investigation: Michael Scanlon, former chief of staff to Tom DeLay
Disposition: Being probed for involvement in Indian casino scandal with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay

Investigation: Steve Rosen, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information

Investigation: Keith Weismann, AIPAC
Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information

Investigation: Larry Franklin, Colonel, USAF Reserves, Dept. of Defense
Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information

Investigation: Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President;s Chief of Staff
Disposition: Probed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information

Investigation: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove
Disposition: Probed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information

Investigation: David Safavian, Chief of Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
Disposition: Arrested, Safavian is charged with making false statements to a General Services Administration ethics officer and the GSA inspector general's office. Safavian served as chief of staff at GSA before moving to OMB. Arrested Sept 19 2005 on charges of lying to investigators and obstructing a federal inquiry involving Jack Abramof

Investigation: Timothy E. Flanigan, Flanigan was nominated in May 2005, to be the No. 2 official at the Justice Department - Gonzales' top deputy. But the nomination has been held up over questions about his connection to Abramoff. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5329154,00.html>LINK

Investigation: John Hannah, a key aide to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the architects of the Iraq war,
Disposition: cooperating with Fitzgerald after being told that he was identified by witnesses as a co-conspirator in the leak. Sources said Hannah was not given immunity, but was likely offered a “deal” in exchange for information that could result in indictments of key White House officials. http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Second_Cheney_aide_cooperating_in_leak_1019.html>LINK

Investigation: a second Cheney aide, David Wurmser, has agreed to provide the prosecution with evidence that the leak was a coordinated effort by Cheney’s office to discredit the agent's husband. Her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, was one of the most vocal critics of the Iraq war. http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Second_Cheney_aide_cooperating_in_leak_1019.html>LINK



Washington DC - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Mark Grethen, a longtime GOP activist and fundraiser. He was to be honored in Washington D.C. as “Republican of the Year” – an honor bestowed upon him by Representative Tom Davis of Virginia.
Disposition: convicted of six sex crimes involving raping children. He’s scheduled to be in the Deep Meadow Correctional Facility until September 25, 2024. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html>LINK

Investigation: Richard Delgaudio, served as president of the Republican-affiliated Legal Affairs Council, raising money for Oliver North’s defense during the Iran-Contra scandal, and for former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger’s defense fund (back in the pre-Ashcroft/Gonzales days when Republican criminals were actually sometimes tried for their crimes). He also raised money for such Republican notables as Ronald Reagan and Jesse Helms.
Disposition: he pled guilty to charges of producing child pornography after getting caught paying two teenage girls to pose for his camera in a Baltimore hotel. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html>LINK

John Bolton: Corroborated allegations that Mr. Bolton’s first wife, Christina Bolton, was forced to engage in group sex have not been refuted by the State Department despite inquires posed by Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt concerning the allegations. http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/larry_flynt_bolton_511>LINK

History of Washington DC Pedophilia - http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/conspiracyofsilence2.wmv>Video
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1570946.php>Bush Sr White House Scandal 1989

Investigation: Donald Rumsfeld (R-Defense Secretary)
Disposition: authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate >Report 1, http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/abughraib/151108.pdf>Full Report
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Florida
Investigation: Rep. Katherine Harris, US Senate candidate
Disposition: Probed for campaign donations from MZM, Inc. (related to Duke Cunningham probe)

Investigation: Rep. Tom Feeney
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. Probed for corporate ties to Yang Enterprises, involved in over billing state of Florida. Feeney was Jeb Bush’s 1994 running mate for Lt. Gov.

Investigation: Rep. Ric Keller
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. John Isakson
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.

Investigation: Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele
Disposition: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12241082.htm>indicted on 26 counts of fraud and money laundering (suicide)

Investigation: Brian H. Darling, 39, legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) and former lobbyist for the Alexander Strategy admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the senator said in an interview last night.
Disposition: offered his resignation and it was immediately accepted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32554-2005Apr6.html>LINK

Florida - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican anti-abortion activist, John Allen Burt.
Disposition: charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15 year old girl.
(Link broken) http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=7849>LINK

Investigation: Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was Disposition: charged with four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a juvenile and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
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Georgia
Investigation: Ralph Reed, candidate for Lt. Gov.
Disposition: Probed for involvement in Abramoff, Kidan, DeLay Indian casino money laundering.

Investigation: Sen. John Isakson
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Phil Gingrey
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Jack Kingston
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Richard Leonard, former manager of Linda Schrenko Campaign
Disposition: Pleads guilty on attempted witness tamering http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan/press/12-21-04.html>LINK

Investigation: Linda Schrenko, Georgia School Superintendent
Disposition: indicted on federal charges of stealing taxpayer money
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/1104/11schrenko.html>LINK http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/04/11/edi04086.html>LINK

Investigation: Governor Sonny Perdue
Disposition: Fined for Ethics Violations, the first time a sitting governor has ever been fined since the commission was created in the 1970s. http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=64813>LINK

Investigation: state Rep. David Graves of Macon
Disposition: will drop his legal claim that his status as a legislator should shield him from DUI charges. http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/12788935.htm>LINK
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Guam
Investigation: Gov. Felix Camacho
Disposition: Probed for ties to Abramoff and demoting Acting US Attorney for Guam Frederick Black
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Hawaii
Investigation: New Hawaii PAC and House GOP PAC
Disposition: Campaign violations filed against a number of GOP candidates for the state legislature and US House for skirting spending limits.

Hawaii - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Former Hawaii County Councilman Keola Childs
Disposition: pleaded guilty in Kona Circuit Court to sexual assault in the first degree for molesting a male child last year. http://starbulletin.com/2000/07/20/news/briefs.html>LINK

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Idaho
Investigation: Rep. Michael Simpson
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Butch Otter
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Illinois
Investigation Target: House Speaker Dennis Hastert
Disposition: Probed for accepting money from Turkey.

Investigation Target: former Illinois Gov. George Ryan.
Disposition: Indicted. Trial pending. Charges for handing out state contracts to friends and backers in return for campaign contributions, trips and gifts

Investigation Target: Rep. Jerry Weller
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff (Weller is married to the daughter of Guatemalan dictator and mass murderer <300,0000 Guatemalans> Efrain Rios Montt).

Investigation: Republican National Treasurer Bob Kjellander
Disposition: Under Federal probe for steering investment contracts to Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund.

Investigation: Michael Tristano, chief of staff to State Rep. Lee A. Daniels, when Daniels served as House Republican Leader and Minority Leader in the state House ofRepresentatives -
Disposition: Indicted for diverting state employees to campaign work http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2005/pr0519_01.pdf>LINK

Investigation: Scott Fawell, Gov Ryan's top aide, campaign manager and former secretary of state during much of the 1990s.
Disposition: Convicted of racketeering in 2003 in connection with his work for Ryan, Fawell was sentenced to 6 1/2 years. Fawell later agreed to help the government at the request of his indicted fiancee, Andrea Coutretsis.
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp>LINK http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/georyan12.html>LINK

Investigation: Andrea Coutretsis
Disposition: Coutretsis, a Fawell assistant who later developed a relationship with him, has pleaded guilty in two separate corruption cases and awaits sentencing. http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp>LINK

Investigation: Larry Warner, lobbyist, co-defendent with Gov Ryan ........Prosecutors say Ryan steered state contracts and leases to a select group of friends, including his co-defendant in the case, lobbyist Larry Warner, and received subtle kickbacks that included gifts, vacations and other benefits. Some criminal charges against Ryan stem from his 1999-2003 term as governor. http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/68609.asp>LINK http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp>LINK

Illinois - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican Congressman, Dan Crane(R-IL), had sex with a minor.
http://archive.salon.com/col/cona/1998/10/05cona.html>LINK
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Indiana
Investigation: Rep. Dan Burton
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Gov. Mitch Daniels
Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)

Investigation: Thomas Sharp, INDOT Commissioner
Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)

Investigation: Jim Kittle, GOP state chairman
Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)

Investigation: Bradley R. Hiller, Ex-GOP insider
Disposition: pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felonies in connection with spending he could not account for while running the Senate Republicans' fundraising committee. Judge Stoner sentenced him to one year in prison. Initially, Hiller was charged with writing eight fraudulent checks to himself valued at $24,890.39, but he agreed to repay the committee $146,775 for expense checks he wrote to himself that could not be documented. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050923/NEWS02/509230507>LINK

Indiana - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/kimmerling.htm>LINK
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Iowa
Investigation: Sen. Charles Grassley
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Kansas
Investigation: Rep. Jim Ryun
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Sam Brownback
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Adam Taff
Disposition: 2004 congressional candidate (KS-3), indicted for campaign violations amnd wire fraud.
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Kentucky
Investigation: Gov. Ernie Fletcher
Disposition: Criminal probe in a state employees’ merit system scandal. Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff.

Investigation: Transportation Commissioner Dan Druen
Disposition: Merit system scandal, witness tampering. Indicted.

Investigation: Deputy Personnel Secretary Bob Wilson
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: GDarrell Brock, Chairman of Kentucky GOP
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted.

Investigation: Gov. Personnel Adviser Basil Turbyfill
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Transportation Secretary ill Nighbert
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Dick Murgatroyd, Gov. Deputy Chief of Staff
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Jim Adams, Deputy Transportation Secretary
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Cory Meadows, Executive Director, Transportation Dept.
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Environmental Protection Commissioner Lloyd Cress
Disposition: Probed in merit system scandal

Investigation: Sen. Jim Bunning
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Lt. Gov. Stephen Pence
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Kentucky - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3943230&nav=4CAL>Bobby Stumbo, Former Floyd County republican leader
Disposition: Charged with sexually abusing a five year old boy
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Louisiana
Investigation: Sen. David Vitter
Disposition: Linked to Abramoff in a case involving a Louisiana Indian tribe.
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Maine
Investigation: Maine Republican Party
Disposition: Received contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Maine - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Merrill Robert Barter(R-County Commissioner)
Disposition: http://boothbayregister.maine.com/1999-04-15/barter_pleads_guilty.html>pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

Republican Senate candidate, John Hathaway, was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/hathaway1.htm>LINK
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Maryland
Investigation: Joseph Steffen, aide to Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Disposition: Resigned for starting a rumor campaign against Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley.

Investigation: Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Massachusetts
Investigation: Gov. Mitt Romney’s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Disposition: Under ethics cloud for awarding a $10,000 contract to conservative Boston Herald columnist to write columns supportive of Romney’s policies.

Investigation: Lawrence Novak, Atty, vice chairman state Republican Party
Disposition: Indicted, money-laundering charges accusing him of offering to ``cleanse'' drug proceeds for a legal client(Scott Holyoke).
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Michigan
Investigation: Rep. Dave Camp
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff
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Minnesota
Investigation: Rep. Gil Gutknecht
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Minnesota - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Jon Grunseth(former Republican candidate for Governor)
Disposition: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/grunseth.htm>withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
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Missouri
Investigation: Sen. Christopher Bond
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Jim Talent
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Gov. Matt Blunt
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Ronnie Gene DeShon, 50, of Gallatin, Mo., superintendent of the Pattonsburg, Missouri R-II School District
Disposition: pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $844,000 from the school district. The court released DeShon on his own recognizance. http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/news2005/deshon.ple.pdf>LINK
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Mississippi
Investigation: Rep. Charles Pickering
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Roger Wicker
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Thad Cochran
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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Montana
Investigation: Sen. Conrad Burns
Disposition: Probed for links to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Dennis Rehberg
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Montana - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Richard_Dasen.htm>Richard A. Dasen Sr., Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups
Disposition: found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/mtregional/news07.txt>Dansen, 62, told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/mtregional/news07.txt>LINK
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Nebraska
Investigation: Former Rep. Jon Christensen
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff
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Nevada
Investigation: Sen. John Ensign
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Nevada - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican Assembly candidate Richard Gardner(forced to withdraw from race.)
Disposition: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Oct-30-Wed-2002/news/19951668.html>sexually abused his daughter, who was about 12 when the crime was committed in May 1982. Child molestation in 1983 against another daughter under the age of 14 in California.
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New Hampshire
Investigation: Sen. John Sununu
Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC

Investigation: Rep. Jeb Bradley
Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC

Investigation: House Speaker Gene Chandler
Disposition: Campaign contributions violations

New Hampshire Republican Party
Despite a zero-tolerance policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party has quietly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New Hampshire. http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050811113209990029>LINK See Tobin, Raymond, and McGee.

Investigation: James Tobin, a former Bush campaign official
Disposition: indicted on charges of orchestrating a low-tech version of a denial-of-service attack. http://news.com.com/Former+Bush+campaign+official+indicted/2100-1028_3-5473524.html>LINK

Investigation: Allen Raymond , Former GOP Consultant
Disposition: Va. Man Pleaded Guilty to Making Harassing Phone Calls to N.H. Democrats, sentenced to five months in prison. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9149-2005Feb8.html>LINK

Investigation: Chuck McGee, former executive director of the Republican state committee.
Disposition: indicted in Republican phone-jamming scheme
and been sentenced to seven months in federal prison. http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/04/04/fourth_man_indicted_in_republican_phone_jamming_scheme/>LINK

New Hampshire - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Raymond Burton, Executive Councilor
Disposition: U.S. Sen. John Sununu is calling for the resignation Raymond Burton, a fellow Republican, for having hired an aide, Mark Seidensticker, with an extensive criminal record. Mark Seidensticker, 45, of Concord and Ogunquit, Maine, was arrested last month in Concord, accused of inappropriate contact with teenage boys. Based on that arrest, Burton said last week he no longer will employ Seidensticker, who is being held on $50,000 bail at the Merrimack County jail. http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2005/09/26/sununu_calls_for_burtons_resignation/>LINK
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New Jersey
Investigation: GOP State Chairman Tim Wilson
Disposition: Probed for his firm receiving $2.7 million from the Burlington County Bridge Commission

Investigation: Rep. Jim Saxton
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Mike Ferguson
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

New Jersey - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
And then there’s anti-abortion crusader Nicholas Morency, who recently pled guilty to offering a $1.5 million contract to anyone who would murder an abortion provider. In the course of the investigation, authorities also turned up a computer packed with child pornography. Morency’s perception of reality seems all screwed up – with him thinking zygotes are children, and children are sexual beings without the right to childhood. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html>LINK http://www.armchairsubversive.com/morency2.htm>LINK

Investigation: Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti
Disposition: arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/jeffrey_patti.htm>LINK
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New Mexico
Investigation: Rep. Heather Wilson
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff
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New York
Investigation: Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro and US Senate candidate
Disposition: Probed for campaign donations from mobsters. Her husband served a year in prison for tax evasion.

Investigation: Russell Harding(R-former top Giuliani administration official)
Disposition: sentenced 62 months, embezzled $400,000 NYC revenue

New York - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Mayor John Gosek, Oswego, NY
Disposition: placed under house arrest. Charge of using his city-issued cell phone to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce minors to engage in sexual acts.

Investigation: Russell Harding(R-former top Giuliani administration official)
Disposition: http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-russ0722,0,695757.story?coll=nyc-moreny-headlines>sentenced 62 months, possessing child pornography
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Northern Marianas
Investigation: Gov. Froilan Tenorio
Disposition: Grand Jury probe, ties to Abramoff
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North Carolina
Investigation: Rep. Charles Taylor
Disposition: Probed for ownership of shady Russian bank – whose other major investor is a former KGB general. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Hayes Martin, Taylor Campaign Treasurer
Disposition: Indicted, fraud and money laundering

Investigation: Rep. Walter Jones
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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North Dakota
Investigation: Richard Clayburgh, House candidate
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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Ohio
Investigation: Gov. Bob Taft, Misuse of state funds/ethics violations
Disposition: Convicted, four first degree misdemeanors, pleaded no contest (admission of guilt). $4000 fine and public apology, two Federal Grand Juries, one state Grand Jury still investigating Taft.

Investigation: Thomas Noe, Bush-Cheney 04 campaign chair, NW Ohio; Turnpike Commissioner; University Regent
Disposition: Misuse of state funds for rare coin fund

Investigation: Bernadette Noe, Thomas Noe’s wife; chair Lucas County GOP; chair Lucas Co. Board of Elections
Disposition: Misuse of state funds

Investigation: Brian Hicks, Taft chief of staff, member Ohio University Board of Trustees
Disposition: Convicted

Investigation: Cherie Carroll, Taft Chief of Staff Executive Secretary
Disposition: Convicted

Investigation: Rep. Bob Ney
Disposition: Being probed for involvement with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay, Indian casino money laundering. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.

Investigation: Rep. Jean Schmidt
Disposition: Probe of financial ties to Games, Inc., and proposal to put Ohio State Lottery on the Internet. Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Ralph Regula
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Ohio- Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation Target: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/David_Swartz.htm>David Swartz (R-Richland County Commissioner)
Disposition: Swartz pleads guilty in court to felony sex charges involving a teenage, girl whose assault lasted 10 yrs. He faces up to 10 years in prison at an upcoming sentencing. 2nd investigation involving another child has not gone to trial, yet.

Investigated: Republican Congressman, Donald "Buz" Lukens
Disposition: convicted of having sex with a minor http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1101890213-151183,00.html>LINK

"Naked Photographer" Released From Jail
Investigation: Stephen Linnen is a former lawyer for the Ohio House Republican caucus
Disposition: ambushed women in the nude and took photos of their shocked expressions. He was sentenced last year to 18 months ordered Linnen not to possess any cameras, video equipment or recording device of any kind.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/10/15/naked_photog.html>LINK
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Oklahoma
Investigation: Ernest Istook
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. James Inhofe
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Tom Coburn
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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Oregon
Investigation: Sen. Gordon Smith
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: state Rep. Dan Doyle, a Salem Republican, resigned after starting his third term in the Oregon House because of widening investigations into irregularities on his campaign finance reports.
Disposition: Doyle pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts of lying on his reports. He awaits a sentencing hearing set for Thursday. http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051001/OPINION/510010309/1048>LINK

Oregon - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Louis Beres, 70, denied any criminal conduct in a statement posted Monday on www.coalition.org. Beres said he will pursue "the Biblical response" and do all within his power "to reconcile with that person." http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/112902849697030.xml&coll=7>LINK
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Pennsylvania
Investigation: Sen. Arlen Specter
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Don Sherwood
Disposition: Investigated by DC police for assaulting and choking a 29-year old Maryland woman

Investigation: Rep. Curt Weldon
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Joe Pitts
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Pennsylvania - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E6DE1331F935A35752C0A9629C8B63>Judge Mark Pazuhanich(R-Monroe County)
Disposition: Pleaded 'No Contest' for indecent assault, corrupting a minor and endangering the welfare of a child.

Investigation: Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. (R-City Councilman)
Disposition: http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/4176008/detail.html>pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

Investigation: Republican preacher, Stephen White
Disposition: arrested after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy to perform oral sex on him. http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=23709>LINK

Investigation: Michael Dructor‚ Republican candidate for North Wales Borough Mayor‚ Pennsylvania.
Disposition: accused of hitting and choking a woman at his Montgomery Township ...The woman accused Dructor of hitting her in the head‚ arms and waist‚ ripping her clothing off and choking her after an argument that began around midnight‚ according to the affidavit of probable cause filed in district court. http://www.thereporteronline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15378339&BRD=2275&PAG=461&dept_id=466404&rfi=6>LINK
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Puerto Rico
Investigation: Puerto Rican New Progressive Party (GOP affiliate party)
Disposition: Paid Abramoff $400,000 for lobbying for 1998 statehood referendum

Puerto Rico - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Edison_Misla_Aldarondo.htm>Edison Misla Aldarondo (R-Speaker of the State House of Reps)
Disposition: sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

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Rhode Island
Investigation: Former House candidate (2002) Mike Battles
Disposition: Firm, Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq contracts after allegations of over charging and money laundering

Investigation: Providence Mayor Vince Cianci
Disposition: Imprisoned in 2002 for 5 years.
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South Carolina
Investigation: Rep. Joe Wilson
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Gresham Barrett
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Henry Brown
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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South Dakota
Investigation: Sen. John Thune
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Bill Janklow
Disposition: Guilty, second degree manslaughter, imprisoned. Received contributions from Abramoff
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Tennessee
Investigation: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn
Disposition: 2 investigations by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Securities and Exchange Commission into his stock sales.

Investigation: Rep. Van Hilleary
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Michael Hooks, Sr, chairman Shelby County Commission
Disposition: Indicted. Charged with taking more than $24,000 in bribes to help a company called E-Cycle Management - a sham company set up by the FBI - win business contracts with Shelby County government.(Tennessee Waltz corruption investigation. )

Investigation: state Rep. Chris Newton
Disposition: bribery and conspiracy

Investigation: Roscoe Dixon, a state senator
Disposition: public corruption
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Texas
Investigation: Rep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader
Disposition: INDICTED Twice, Money Laundering. Laundering conspiracy. Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan, Saipan sweat shops. Grand Jury, Travis County prosecutor, and House Ethics Committee probing DeLay Received contributions from Abramoff.
Election law violation.

Investigation: Jim Ellis, Director Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC) PAC tied to DeLay and Abramoff
Disposition: Indicted, 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering charges stem from $190,000 in corporate funds that were sent to the Republican National Party

Investigation: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DELAY_MONEY_CAROUSEL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-10-05-16-54-19>Rep. Roy Blunt, Temporary House Majority Leader
Disposition: Money Laundering. Laundering conspiracy. Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan, Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: John Colyandro, Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), DeLay associate
Disposition: Indicted, 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering charges stem from $190,000 in corporate funds that were sent to the Republican National Party

Contributing Companies to Delay's TRMPAC: http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-10-01/pols_feature3.html>LINK
Questerra Corp., Va. 2 counts, illegal contribution ($50,000) Third-degree felony
Westar Energy, Kan. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
Diversified Collection Services, Calif. Illegal contribution ($50,000) Third-degree felony
Sears, Roebuck, Ill. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
The Williams Companies, Okla. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
Bacardi U.S.A., Fla. Illegal contribution ($20,000) Third-degree felony
Cracker Barrel, Tenn. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care Illegal contribution ($100,000) Third-degree felony

Investigation: House Speaker Tom Craddick
Disposition: Probed for campaign violations involving TRMPAC and DeLay

Investigation: Warren RoBold, Lobbyist and DeLay associate
Disposition: Indicted

Texas - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography, Scandal
Investigation: Sam Walls, candidate for Texas House
Disposition: Photos of him wearing women’s clothes surfaced in the 2004 runoff campaign

Investigation: Larry Dale Floyd, a 62-year-old Republican constable from The Colony.
Disposition: arrested on suspicion of soliciting to have sex with an 8-year-old child and was charged with seven related crimes, Cañon City police said. http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_07_24_atrios_archive.html#112276560043299378>LINK

Investigation: Republican talk show host Jon Matthews of Houston
Disposition: indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17. http://radio.about.com/b/a/042911.htm>LINK

Investigation: Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer
Disposition: charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial. http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=7544&Section=Local>LINK
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Utah
Investigation: Rep. Chris Cannon
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Vermont
Investigation: Gov. Jim Douglas
Disposition: Opposition to universal health care in Vermont tied to huge contributions from insurance industry.
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Virginia
Investigation: Rep. Virgil Goode
Disposition: Probed for contributions from MZM, Inc.
(related to Duke Cunningham probe)

Investigation: Jerry Kilgore, gubernatorial candidate
Disposition: Received $5000 from MZM, Inc.

Investigation: Edmund Matricardi III, former executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia
Disposition: pleaded guilty to one federal felony count of wiretapping yesterday, a week before he was to go on trial for eavesdropping on Democratic conference calls...charged with five counts stemming from his listening to and taping two different conference calls in which Democrats discussed strategy in their lawsuit against the new legislative districts Republicans drew in 2001. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2003/042003/04022003/931147/index_html>LINK

Investigation: Rep. Eric Cantor
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Randy Forbes
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. George Allen
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Tom Davis
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.

Virginia - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Robin Vanderwall (R- Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate)
Disposition: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Vanderwall.htm>convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

Investigation: Parker J. Bena, a Republican activist and presidential electors for Virginia
Disposition: pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

Investigation: Richard A. Delgaudio, (pictured, right), of Burke, Va., who is a nationally-known Republican party fund-raiser.
Disposition: facing child porn charges.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2153721/detail.html>LINK
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Washington
Investigation: Rep. George Nethercutt
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Doc Hastings
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Spokane Mayor Jim West
Disposition: Under Federal and state investigation for abusing his office to obtain sexual favors and soliciting sex over the Internet from underage males.

Washington- Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Spokane Mayor Jim West, who championed an anti-gay agenda during his tenure as one of the most powerful Republicans in the Legislature, yesterday admitted to using the trappings of his current office to entice what he thought was a young adult man but denied allegations that he molested two young boys more than 20 years ago http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/223201_west06.html>LINK
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West Virginia
Investigation Target: Rep. Shelly Moore Capito
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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Wisconsin
Investigation: Rep. Paul Ryan
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Wisconsin - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Mark Harris (R- City Councilman)
Disposition: who is http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Mark_Harris4.htm>described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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Wyoming
Investigation: Sen. Mike Enzi
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Barbara Cubin
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

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[butterfly77]

60. Who's running against Coleman?

He should be easy to beat. I can't stand the little ugly weasel.

[katinmn]

63. We're stuck with him till 2008!

:evilfrown:

[K-W]

77. Hopefully Franken in 08! EOM

[drfresh]

62. Too bad they couldn't find one in Iraq! -nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. He's going to ask for a perjury charge on the basis of these forged docs

which everyone knows are forged, coming straight out of the ridiculous environment that was the Iraqi exile and captured regime member circus that was the Coalition Provisional Authority? :rofl:

Coleman should be under investigation himself!

He must get revenge for the public spanking he incurred, I suppose...

[Just Me]

11. Another set of forged documents to prove a falsehood!

Whanker!!!

[Benhurst]

3. Who are you going to believe? Galloway or a US Congressional

REPUB Committee? Duh!

It's bad enough the United States Government has no legitimacy; but, hey fellows, how about a little credibility?

[ET Awful]

4. Hey Norm - Galloway has already won one lawsuit regarding this matter

You knew that right?

[struggle4progress]

65. That's why Norm is hiding behind Congressional privilege: if he ..

.. really had anything, he stand up like a man and repeat his accusations outside on the street, where they're actionable ...

[dflprincess]

5. I have repeatedly emailed that weasel Coleman

asking when his little committee is going to investigate all the missing billions in Iraq, but have yet to receive an answer.

I would encourage all DUers to do the same.

[katinmn]

32. I have countess times. Rep McCollum has requested it also

Coleman is the trashiest of the trash now in DC.

[newscott]

6. This is the same crap that was debunked a year ago no?

Wow, talk about embarrassing.

[Psephos]

16. No, this is some new stuff n/t

[asjr]

7. This is just another indication of what Republicans have

become in the last several years: mean, nasty, mendacious, vicious, full of themselves, arrogant, untrustworthy, win at all costs, including forging evidence, help me out here with more. Galloway pissed Coleman off and he is undertaking any means at all to get back at him.

[IndianaGreen]

8. I don't believe anything put out by a GOP-controlled committee

particularly by a lying sack of shit and useless mass of protoplasm, Norm Coleman.

When it comes to Iraq, the burden of proof is on the GOP.

[Jacobin]

9. I hope they have him back to testify again

I'd pay a lot for tickets to watch him rip Normie Coleman's pin head off his shoulders again.


:woohoo:

:woohoo:

[leftchick]

34. Me too! Bring Him back Normie!!

I double dog dare ya!

:woohoo:

[ErisFiveFingers]

10. Okay, let me get this straight...

For DC republicans: Perjury is crime. Or a mere technicality. Or a partisan witchhunt....

Sheesh, do DC republicans even talk to each other? They can't even seem to find a script lately, let alone stick to one.

[underpants]

44. Exactly they threaten Galloway with perjury and dismiss it as a technicali

technicality just two days ago.

:eyes:

welcome to DU :hi:

[0007]

12. LOL!! Hey Norm call in George Galloway so you can get the

record straight.

[nosmokes]

13. i'll put my money on the scot.

coleman's a little weasel anyhow.

[bowens43]

14. Please, do they really expect us

to believe ANYTHING that they say?

As Cheney would say 'Go fuck yourself' Coleman.

[Barrett808]

15. Good news, potentially

Any investigation or suit might reveal more about Operation Rockingham, which I suspect to be behind the "forged document" campaign.

[rodeodance]

26. i guess pergury means something to Coleman--not like Kay Bailey

Huchinson!!

[cantstandbush]

37. I hope Galloway sues the US Congress if they are lying. n/t

[donkeyotay]

45. Like when the Brit gummit lies to their people like ours lies to us?

One of its tactics, which Ritter cites, is its leaking of false information to weapons inspectors, and then, when the search is fruitless, using that as "proof" of the weapons' existence. He quotes a case in 1993 when "Rockingham was the source of some very controversial information which led to inspections of a suspected ballistic missile site. We ... found nothing. However, our act of searching allowed the US and UK to say that the missiles existed."

A parallel exercise was set up by Donald Rumsfeld in the US, named the Office of Special Plans. The purpose of this intelligence agency was the provision of selective intelligence which met the demands of its political masters. Similarly, in the case of the UK, Ritter insists that Rockingham officers were acting on political orders "from the very highest levels".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1089931,00.html

I also recall that several documents were found in Bagdad at the same time and all just happened to implicate people who opposed the war.

[Oilwellian]

17. Oh, c'mon...Norm has an honest smile

[Auntie Bush]

20. Wow! Norm still wears braces! Look at that white

tooth on the right...his left. It doesn't even touch his gums!
His dentist should be ashamed of himself. Look at all those filled cavities on his front teeth! Looks like all the back ones rotted out...just like his brains! He must have had awful breath when he was growing up with a face full of rotten teeth.

[kevinmc]

18. Galloway dismisses new oil claims

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4373764.stm

Respect MP George Galloway has denied new claims that he profited from Saddam Hussein's oil-for-food programme and lied about it under oath.
The US Senate committee claims the anti-war MP lied to its members when he testified in Washington in May.

The committee says it has seen bank records linking Mr Galloway and his wife with Iraqi government vouchers.

In a statement, the MP said he had not made a penny from any deal with Iraq. His wife has previously issued denials.

......more.......

[go west young man]

19. Galloway spanked Colemans ass so hard there was no way

sad sack Norm was gonna let it go. Like any Republican he'll lie, bribe, forge, cheat and steal to get what he wants. U.S credibility is so pathetic these days its a wonder major news organizations bother to print this shit.

[Bonescrat]

21. Mr coleman. Please face Mr Galloway again.

Please do present your evidence.

Please, I shall even beg if it would happen.

What fun would that be to watch!!

[AngryAmish]

22. Crush them

Galoway is our best advocate. We must destroy his foes.

[savemefromdumbya]

23. Tony Blair wants hime gone

so he asks his lttle US friends to do the job on him - the whole thing is a set up.

[rodeodance]

25. Coleman did not like being made a fool of by Gallaway. Payback time.

[twenty4blackbirds]

27. report 'derogatory and defamatory'

Is there any chance of Galloway litigating the US Congressional committee for 'defamation of character'?

[Stockholm]

28. So this means Galloway will again

be allowed to face his accusers on US soil? These people are unbelievably stupid.

*Preparing my tivo*

[Stockholm]

29. BTW I thought everyone agreed perjury is not important?

Or was that last night?

[mrfrapp]

30. This Again?!

They try really, really hard don't they? This is an annual event it seems, each year bringing another hitherto unknown set of documents to prove the accusation. Considering the history of this affair, I don't see how anyone can give this new evidence any credence what-so-ever.

Oh, and their timing is transparent isn't it?

[katinmn]

31. Coleman, why aren't you investigating the missing $9 billion?

Why aren't you investigating the hundreds of billions in Iraq contract abuses that are bleeding Americans dry?

Just a rhetorical question. We know the answer. It's because YOU sold your soul to Bush, Cheney and Halliburton.

I hope Galloway comes to Minnesota and kicks your ass again.

[katinmn]

33. Coleman always pulls one of these when the WH is in trouble

It's meant to deflect some heat from his leader.

[CJCRANE]

35. Terror alert, captured al-Qaeda no.3, Saddam in

court/his underpants, Bin Laden/al-Zarqawi speculation, accusation against Galloway...

Rinse and repeat.

[truthisfreedom]

38. someone needs to put a tail on coleman and videotape his late-night

activities. he's slime. i've seen him in action... he's notorious in Minneapolis from his days as Mayor of neighboring St. Paul.

[emad]

39. Bank account details:

The report includes bank records showing a paper trail from Saddam's ministries to Mrs Galloway. It states that the Iraqis handed several lucrative oil-for-food contracts to the Jordanian businessman Fawaz Zureikat, an old friend of the Galloways. A month later, on Aug 3, 2000, Mr Zureikat allegedly paid $150,000 minus a bank commission of $20 from his Citibank account number 500190207 into Mrs Galloway's account at the Arab Bank in Amman.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/25/wgall25.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/10/25/ixportaltop.html

[truebrit71]

41. The Telegraph is the paper that LOST to George in his defamation lawsuit..

...no axe to grind there.... :eyes:

..Tariq Aziz is their witness? Oh please, Rummy's good friend?....At least they're not using Baghdad Bob....

Normy got his ass kicked, and liked it so much he wants a second helping...

[emad]

71. Bank account details also ublished on UK TV yesterday, all

terrestrial channels.

George Galloway is dead meat.

[truebrit71]

72. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight......

...Normy was able to uncover these "payments" all by himself, but the Torygraph couldn't....

Okay..... :eyes:

[emad]

76. Normy hasn't uncovered anything by himself. The bank account

and paper-trail have been reported as being the result of US military intelligence investigations.

UK TV news has said that there has been extensive collaboration beteen MI6 and CIA in the oil-for-fraud investigations.

[demobrit]

40. The GOP are just trying to divert attention from

It seems to me that the GOP are trying to divert attention from the upcoming charges that Rove and company are going to face later this week.
I think it is quite easy to get an unknown Iraqi to print off some dubious records .
And those inerviews with Tariq Aziz and company , Are they reliable?
Were they made under duress?

[Roland99]

43. Norm's just going to make a complete and utter ass out of himself

in broad view.


:D

[quaoar]

46. US Senate 'finds Iraq oil cash in Galloway's wife's bank account'

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1841396,00.html

From James Bone in New York and David Charter in Washington

GEORGE GALLOWAY faces possible criminal charges after a US Senate investigation tracked $150,000 (£85,000) in Iraqi oil money to his wife’s bank account in Jordan.

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will refer the Respect Party MP for possible prosecution after concluding that he gave “false and misleading” testimony at his appearance before the panel in May.

The sub-committee claimed that, through intermediaries, Mr Galloway and the Mariam Appeal were granted eight allocations of Iraqi crude oil totalling 23 million barrels from 1999 to 2003.

It will also forward the new information to British authorities, saying it raised questions about Mr Galloway’s financial disclosure and the payment of illegal kickbacks to Iraq. “We have what we would call the smoking gun,” said Senator Norm Coleman, the sub-committee’s Republican chairman.

[xultar]

47. ...

[Horse with no Name]

48. Yeah um okay

I remember that meeting very well. Galloway handed their asses to them and they stopped the testimony barely into it.
Probably needed to hire someone to drop some money into his account.

[woodsprite]

49. So this is what they are going to try to "smokescreen" the

Plame/CIA leak with? Was this forgery written on a napkin or candywrapper?

[goclark]

50. Help me, wasn't he a "good guy" nt

[imouttahere]

51. After Galloway wiped the floor with Coleman....

I wouldn't believe ANYTHING coming from Coleman. You know this is a frame-job.

[quaoar]

53. Quite possibly

Of course, frame job or not it gives hate radio something to scream about so they can ignore Plamegate.

[QuettaKid]

54. I for one am just

ITCHING to see Galloway back in the US to finish his smackdown of that snake coleman.

[confludemocrat]

52. OOHH, NOW Coleman "finds" $$$, Huh?! Nice to have Jordanian lackeys

to do your dirty work for you. It's so convenient to own "assets" overseas.

[truebrit71]

55. George has already called Slimy Coleman's bluff...

"Put up or shut up"....

Normy is an idiot that thinks he can get away with bullying someone that has already won a defamation suit over the same allegations....

Bring it on, Norm you tool....

[doublethink]

56. Coleman's Sources .....

'Oil trader 1' and 'Oil trader 2' .... 'Officials of the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization' :rofl: yea well casper the friendly ghost just told me a few incriminating things about Coleman too. Same old make believe bullshit from a bunch of make believe sources. Peace. :)

[0rganism]

58. So we will no longer hear complaints about the Delay indictment?

If our enlightened legislators can track $150,000 "through intermediaries" to Galloway's wife and call it "the smoking gun", then it will be given that the indictment of Rep. Tom Delay, for a similar amount of money flowing from Texan corporate donors to the RNCC and back to Delay's PAC fund, stands as legitimate.

[HuffleClaw]

57. ooookay

and we should believe him WHY? this is pretty low, even for them. but sadly predictable.

[rocktivity]

59. All together now

:boring:
rocknation

[xxqqqzme]

61. let me see coleman?...Galloway?....

coleman?...Galloway?....coleman?...Galloway?....gonna have 2 go w/ George on this one.

Went to hear Galloway speak last month when he was in LA - he brought the house down. The current bunch of criminals R probably more afraid of his speaking tour so this comes out as part of a smear campaign...they R so f*cking predictable.

Wasn't normie calling for Koffi Anon's resignation a few months back because Anon was all involved in Oil for Food 'scandal' according to normie. How'd that one turn out normie the tool?

[agincourt]

64. They are mad,

that Galloway might have possibly made more money off of Iraqi oil than Dick Cheney. It looks like it all went to Galloway's ex-wife anyway ,so Galloway did not lie when he said he personally made no money off of Iraqi oil. That's assuiming the documents are legit and Aziz isn't lying to keep from being strung up with Saddam.

[confludemocrat]

66. Yes, let's remember Aziz is looking at the death chamber or gallows or

firing squad or whatever penalty the US would order the Iraqis to mete out if he doesn't have something good and useful for Republican Party use.

[Hekate]

67. And we should believe them why?

:eyes:

Hekate

[ElsewheresDaughter]

68. i see coleman is asking for another ass whooping...LMAO

[shance]

69. So Norm the illegitimate Senator, do you want to be humiliated again?

n/t

[Rainscents]

70. Okay, lets have round 2...I can't wait to see Galloway KO Coleman again!!!

:popcorn:

[madmark]

73. Why are is the US congress and justice department involved in

an alleged UN scandal? Isn't this a matter for the Department of State?

[wordpix]

74. Probably right but the oil for food scandal is another "justfication"

for BushCo to say we were/are right on Iraq. Thus, UN delegates and antiwar activists are on the take so BushCo shouldn't and had no reason to listen to them, in addition to Saddam being so bad he took food out of babies' mouths so US had to invade.

It's all about Iraq War justification

[newscott]

75. Let me guess they broke Aziz's arms to get the info?

[UrbScotty]

78. ABC's Housewives aren't half as desperate. (nt)