Time: Disgraced Congressman 'Wore a Wire' (Duke Cunningham)

[RobertSeattle]

Washington’s power players have always bragged about being well-wired, but for disgraced former congressman Duke Cunningham, “wired” wasn’t just a figure of speech. In a week when legislators are focused on the question of who else might be brought down by ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s cooperation with prosecutors as he seeks lenient sentencing over his two federal guilty pleas this week,

sources tell TIME that ex-Rep. Cunningham wore a wire to help investigators gather evidence against others just before copping his own plea.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/06/cunningham-wire/

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1146700,00.html

Also discussed at:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x68184

[EwokMyWeewok]

1. so uh

fitzmas more like fitzentine's day? maybe?

[babylonsister]

2. Wow! What juicy tidbits he might have!

:popcorn: :applause:

[RobertSeattle]

3. Oh to be a ULCER Specialist in DC right now

Busy busy busy!

[fooj]

4. Thanks for the giggle!

Peace.

[TNOE]

5. Or a psychiatrist.....

temporary insanity pleas.

[RobertSeattle]

8. Or a Proctologist

:evilgrin:

[Beetwasher]

13. Or A Dry Cleaner!

Going to be lot's brown stained pants in DC tonight.

[babylonsister]

18. Or a cardiologist! :o) nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

20. And we said Bush wasn't producing jobs...

[Moderator]

6. RobertSeattle - Please change the title

to conform with LBN rules (the actual title of the article).

Thanks!

[Spazito]

7. Oh my goodness! If only I had cornered the market on depends

along with all the available antacid drugs, rofl. There has to be some frantic re-thinking as to what various politicians said and when in concert to Cunningham.

[BR_Parkway]

9. Always wondered what else was happening on that - you don't let

the biggest fish cop a plea - you use someone with a plea deal to get more & bigger fish. Duke cops to $2.4 million in bribes - and he's the little fish? Holy shit!

[Lochloosa]

10. Oh, this is rich! Freeper logic at it's best....

To: GaltMeister
What I don't get is how this guy lived such an ostentatious lifestyle and nobody wondered how a congressman could afford those luxuries. Particularly in the days where the political parties put the opposition members under an electron microscope. The Dems should have discovered all this and ratted Cunningham out years ago.



8 posted on 01/06/2006 11:50:23 AM PST by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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So it's the Democrats fault?:rofl:

But, now wait for the reply. Are you sitting down? Here it comes.

:shrug:

the problem is, the Dem voters don't really care about this kind of corruption - only our side does.



19 posted on 01/06/2006 12:00:00 PM PST by oceanview
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[antonialee839]

15. So it's the Democrats fault?

May I join you on the floor? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lochloosa]

17. you may....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[UpInArms]

22. is there room there for me?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Beetwasher]

11. That Sound And Smell You've Noticed Is Dozens Of Repubs all Shitting

in their pants in unison!

Next comes the whining: "Bbbbbbut what about my constitutional rights to privacy! ACLU help me please!!! Can't sleazy Repub politicians take bribes in private anymore?! What's wrong w/ this country!"

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Tums! Tums! I need Tums! I need them now! And lots of them!

Ahhhh, The GOP has a little *burp* heartburn, eh?


Bwahahahahahhahahahaha *burp*

[joefree1]

14. Wow, just simply wow.

I looooooovvvvvvvveeeeeeeee 2006!

Anybody hungry?


on edit: for your culinary pleasure download this free letter size PDF art here:
http://www.ediablo.com/eDiabloGallery.html

[bemildred]

16. Going to need lots of butter, and salt ...

:popcorn:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

19. Doesn't Costco...

Sell unpopped popcorn by the 5 gallon kit drum? Might need to lay in a few of them bad boys.

[ClayZ]

21. Cheap and Easy! Add salt of the earth!

I LOVE 2006, too!

[RSchewe]

23. Here's the juicy part of the Time article:

TIME.com: Disgraced Congressman 'Wore a Wire'

(snip)

The identity of those with whom the San Diego congressman met while wearing the wire remains unclear, and is the source of furious — and nervous — speculation by congressional Republicans. A Cunningham lawyer, K. Lee Blalack, refused to confirm or deny the story, and wouldn't say whether Cunningham will implicate any other members of Congress. The FBI is believed to be continuing its probe of defense contractors involved in the Cunningham case.

more...

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1146700,00.html

[DemonFighterLives]

24. Disgraced Dukestir could recieve kudos for this

from the good side of course.
:headbang:

[dogfacedboy]

25. So, Cunningham is not just a crook,

but he's a rat, too? Exxccelllent, Smithers, Exxccelllent.