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RedEarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-27-06 08:46 PM
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Limousines, hookers, and the Department of Homeland Security
Edited on Thu Apr-27-06 08:46 PM by RedEarth
"Shirlington Limousine(the limousine service tied into Hookergate) is also a Department of Homeland Security contractor; according to the Washington Post, last fall it won a $21.2 million contract for shuttle services and transportation support."

the rest of the story.......

Red Lights on Capitol Hill?
Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006. By Ken Silverstein.
SourcesThe Wall Street Journal reported today that indicted former California Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham may not have limited his good times to partying on a rented yacht. It turns out the FBI is currently investigating two defense contractors who allegedly provided Cunningham with free limousine service, free stays at hotel suites at the Watergate and the Westin Grand, and free prostitutes.

The two defense contractors who allegedly paid most of the bills, said the Journal, were Brent Wilkes, the founder of ADCS Inc., and Mitchell Wade, the founder of MZM Inc.; both firms profited greatly from their connections with Cunningham. The Journal also suggested that other lawmakers might be implicated. I've learned from a well-connected source that those under intense scrutiny by the FBI are current and former lawmakers on Defense and Intelligence comittees—including one person who now holds a powerful intelligence post. I've also been able to learn the name of the limousine service that was used to ferry the guests and other attendees to the parties: Shirlington Limousine and Transportation of Arlington, Virginia. Wilkes, I've learned, even hired Shirlington as his personal limousine service.

It gets even more interesting: the man who has been identified as the CEO of Shirlington has a 62-page rap sheet (I recently obtained a copy) that runs from at least 1979 through 1989 and lists charges of petit larceny, robbery, receiving stolen goods, assault, and more. Curiously—or perhaps not so curiously given the company's connections—Shirlington Limousine is also a Department of Homeland Security contractor; according to the Washington Post, last fall it won a $21.2 million contract for shuttle services and transportation support. (I tried to contact Shirlington but was unable to get past their answering service.)

As to the festivities themselves, I hear that party nights began early with poker games and degenerated into what the source described as a "frat party" scene—real bacchanals. Apparently photographs were taken, and investigators are anxiously procuring copies. My heart beats faster in fevered anticipation.

http://www.harpers.org/sb-red-lights-on-capitol-hill.html
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-27-06 08:51 PM
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1. Keith Olbermann is going to have to
enlarge his "I'm sorry" file before long. BWaaaaaHaaaaaaa

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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-27-06 09:04 PM
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2. Who could these "other lawmakers" be??????
any ideas?
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Sinti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-27-06 09:04 PM
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3. I wonder if this will go as deep as the prostitute scandal 41 had
"Craig J. Spence, who arranged midnight tours of the White House, threw lavish parties for the famous and powerful where cocaine was generously served, spent $20,000 a month on male prostitutes from a D.C. prostitution ring, and bragged of connections to the CIA, whom he worried might kill him and then make it look like a suicide."

"Craig J. Spence, a Washington lobbyist and party-giver who, the paper said, took friends and prostitutes on late-night tours of the White House. Spence was found dead in a Boston hotel room last fall, and authorities ruled his death a suicide . . ."

http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_archive.htm#article4
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shain from kane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-27-06 09:23 PM
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4. Do you think that the Mafia was involved? 62 page rap sheet!? n/t
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