(Good way to ditch the Bandar Story...when there's Albritton Money running one of the influencial new mags....that get's lots of play on the Cables and quoted all over the web)
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LINKS ABOUT Robert Allbritton and
THE POLITICOGlenn Greenwald - Salon
According to this account, it is Joseph Allbritton's 37-year-old son, Robert, who is financing The Politico. And the presence of his father obviously looms ...
www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/05/04/politico_funding/index.html - Jun 9, 2007 - Similar pages
Media Matters - Dick Morris saw a Chris Matthews- Politico debate ...
Colmes was referring to Politico publisher Robert L. Allbritton, whose family has ties to Bush's. Allbritton's father, Joe L. Allbritton, serves on the ...
mediamatters.org/items/200705090003 - 36k - Cached - Similar pages
The Politico - SourceWatch
"The Politico has signed partnerships with all-news WTOP-103.5 FM as well as CBS, ... Allbritton "is best known for following his father, Joe L. Allbritton, ...
www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Politico - 38k - Cached - Similar pages
For Journalists, Politics Not as Usual - New York Times
The Politico, financed by Allbritton Communications and based here in suburban Washington ... He is best known for following his father, Joe L. Allbritton, ...
www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/business/media/08washington.html?ex=1325912400&en=e3cd5224adfd3639&ei=... - Similar pages-------------------------------------
Critics Say Allbritton Ruined Bank He Loved
By David Montgomery and Kathleen Day
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, July 17, 2004; Page A01
(Mods, story has up to three headlines, posted head is the first clicker)
Joe L. Allbritton loved Riggs Bank to death.
The strong-willed Texan bought control of the beloved and storied Washington institution in 1981 at its peak of influence and prestige. The "bank of presidents" served 21 first families over the years, financed the purchase of Alaska and became the largest bank in the region.
Yesterday, Washington awoke to learn that after more than 160 years, the Riggs name will disappear, swallowed by PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Allbritton once dismissed such faceless financial conglomerates as "toothpaste banks" -- Crestar, Sovran -- and vowed never to sell out to one. But by yesterday he had no choice. His Riggs was no longer the largest or most important bank in the Washington area, and it was enveloped in a thickening cloud of scandal over failing to guard against money laundering and catering to dictators along with presidents.
Over the years, Allbritton's passionate devotion to "the Riggs" never flagged, nor did his strong personal intervention in the bank's direction or his cultivation of rarefied segments of the market -- embassies, trusts, private banking for the richest of the rich.
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Two top bank regulators -- the Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency -- recently began a targeted review of Joe Allbritton's activities at the bank and its holding company, Riggs National Corp., to see if he violated any laws and whether any civil fines or criminal referrals to the Department of Justice should be made, government sources familiar with the investigation said.
At issue is whether Allbritton was an active participant in the daily operations of the bank even though he has not been a director or executive of the bank for three years, the sources said. If regulators determine he was an active participant, then he could face fines or other sanctions, government sources said.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56372-20...
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