Bush removal ended Guam investigation (of Jack Abramoff)

[donsu]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/08/bush_removal_ended_guam_investigation/?p1=email_to_a_friend


US attorney's demotion halted probe of lobbyist


A US grand jury in Guam opened an investigation of controversial lobbyist Jack Abramoff more than two years ago, but President Bush removed the supervising federal prosecutor, and the probe ended soon after.

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In Guam, a US territory in the Pacific, investigators were looking into Abramoff's secret arrangement with Superior Court officials to lobby against a court reform bill then pending in Congress. The legislation, since approved, gave the Guam Supreme Court authority over the Superior Court.

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In 2002, Abramoff was retained by the Superior Court in what was an unusual arrangement for a public agency. The Los Angeles Times reported in May that Abramoff was paid with a series of $9,000 checks funneled through a Laguna Beach, Calif., lawyer to disguise the lobbyist's role working for the Guam court. No separate contract was authorized for Abramoff's work.

Guam court officials have never explained the contractual arrangement. At the time, Abramoff was a well-known lobbying figure in the Pacific islands because of his work for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Saipan garment manufacturers, accused of employing workers in what critics called sweatshop conditions.
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torture

slavery

greed

governmental power

membership in the bushmilhousegang

[Frustratedlady]

1. Where does it all end?

[OKNancy]

2. DUers need to read the whole article

to get the big picture ...lol... but I bet before reading most people know what the deal is:
I tangled web of political intrigue and meddling by Rove.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

3. I know, I know.

I've followed this more closely than some stories, as I was a Peace Corps volunteer on Saipan in the mid 1970's. So nice to see how well our efforts were later utilized.

:puke:

Plus my Senator, McCain, chairs the Indian affairs committee that has been investigating Abramoff's bilking of American Indians.

And that is why I keep saying that there is SO MUCH more sleeze and slime yet to be revealed.

[Supersedeas]

4. Shopping for Cronies...don't like what you hear...then, buy another

[bostonbabs]

5. I was in the garment business for 28years

...this slave trade that Delay created with shipping incentives and a "made in AMERICA" label is so audacious.I find it hard to believe.Wal Mart I would think did big business there...