So We have Vickie Iseman to thank for the "Telecomunications Bill of 1992 & '96"

[KoKo]

I'm wondering how far her influence went for someone with just a BA Degree she lists an astounding list of accomplishments. I wonder how far GE and MSNBC's Matthews will go to bat for her. Since Bob Bennett the GE Lawyers is involved in helping McCain (and probably Iseman) with their "Talking Points." :shrug:

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[havocmom]

1. "I'm wondering who far her influence went ..." is probably best/ most accurate typo of the month!

Who indeed!

[KoKo]

2. lol's...the post was a mess...got a phone call and had to edit twice...

anyway...there's something interesting there. Particularly that Bill Bennett had to be called in to the rescue once again.

[havocmom]

8. Damn, KoKo01, it was really good in original form

Sometimes your first response is the best! LOL

[Virginia Dare]

3. She went from secretary to major player for the firm..

in less than two years, and she looks a lot like Mrs. McCain. Things that make you go hmmmm....:evilgrin:

[Tom Joad]

4. billy clinton signed that bill, the telecommunications law.

I don't know if bill did anything with that woman, Vicki. but i tell you the nation was screwed over with the telecommunication law. i mean, really, truly, fucked up.

[fasttense]

5. How come your post on my screen doesn't have any borders?

It looks like the Freeper site.

[RedEarth]

7. Same with me.... it's really strange

[KoKo]

9. huh....no borders? What do you mean...it looks normal to me...

:shrug: I use Firefox.

[L. Coyote]

6. NO *** AT&T = $38 million in donations

Actually, being John McCain's buddy isn't quite so all-powerful :rofl:

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[KharmaTrain]

10. There's A Lot To Look Into Here...

The 2000 incidents could be very damning...as seems to follow along with my suspicions. She was working for Bud Paxon...a heavy GOOP donor (aren't most broadcast companies??) who needed "help" in buying a TV station in Pittsburgh...from what I'm reading he not only sent letters but called the commissioners to get them to "act".

Someone else posted her client list and its a whose who of broadast companies that had business in front of the FCC and/or needed Commerce Committee approval (and McCain headed that committee)...you don't get a client list like that unless you are very "connected".

Cheers...

:hi:

[KoKo]

13. Another of her clients was CACI International/ Iraq Torture Investigation

What's interesting is wasn't John McCain "against torture, before he was for it" when he just said he was glad that Bush did his signing statement on his Torture Bill? CACI listed as a telecom was one of her clients.. would this have had anything to do with McCain's odd behavior on this?

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Iraq: CACI Probed on Keeping Future Government Contracts

by Chelsea Emery, Reuters
May 27th, 2004

NEW YORK - Federal officials are investigating whether employees of defense contractor CACI International Inc. were involved in prisoner abuse in Iraq and whether the company should remain eligible for government contracts, CACI said on Thursday.

The news sent shares of CACI, which provides interrogation services to the U.S. military in Iraq, to their biggest one-day decline in more than two years, down 12 percent to a 10-month low.

Though the company's services in Iraq provide a relatively small part of its overall revenue, investors and analysts are watching carefully to see if the scandal will cause CACI to lose any government business.

CACI said it is the subject of five separate government probes. The U.S. General Services Administration has asked the company to provide information to aid in determining whether it should remain eligible for government contracts, CACI said in a conference call with analysts and investors.

"It's alarming," said Tim Quillin, an analyst with investment firm Stephens Inc.

He said it is extremely rare for a company to lose government contracts entirely, but the possibility makes investors nervous.

CACI was one of two U.S. contractors named in a U.S. Army report that detailed the abuse of inmates held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. The other contractor was Titan Corp. .

In the period August-December last year, CACI was awarded 11 "task orders," or contracts, worth about $66 million for work in Iraq, the company said in the conference call.

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So far, the company, which also provides information technology services to government clients, has billed $16.3 million under those contracts. Through April, it had collected $7.1 million.

Asked if CACI might have difficulty collecting the rest of the money due for its work, the company said its customers have said the work done so far has been "very satisfactory" and clients "continue to request our services."

A CACI representative said companies are barred from government contracts "only under the most egregious situations" where impropriety is condoned by corporate leadership.

"That is not the way this company operates," the representative said.

CACI said it is cooperating fully with all government inquiries and would provide the GSA and other investigators with the requested information.

CACI shares were down $3.81 to $38.61 in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange after touching a low $37.10 earlier in the session.

[snappyturtle]

11. Strange...this no border thing....as well as Iseman's ascent. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. Was this the one found unconstitutional because of internet censorship?

That's the only communications bill I remember from the 90's.