Contractor to Plead Guilty in Bribe Scheme

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON Feb 23, 2006 (AP)— A defense contractor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in lavishing more than $1 million in gifts on a California congressman, two federal law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Mitchell Wade was expected to enter his guilty plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the charges against Wade and the plea agreement had not been made public.

Messages left for Wade's defense attorney, Reginald Brown, were not returned Thursday.

Wade is one of four co-conspirators in the plea agreement and court filings for former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who quit Congress last year after admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors and others in exchange for defense contracts and other favors. The co-conspirators are not named in court papers, but have been identified elsewhere.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1655748&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Don't let the iron bars hit ya where the the good Lord split ya.

[ShockediSay]

2. CT recently banned all govContractor & all lobbyist campaign contributions

probably the only way to go to keep the crooked pols and the lobbyMob at bay

suggested 'reforms' by both parties are like a band aid on a severed artery

probably written by the lobbyMob