TPM Asks: Why are Investigators Dropping Ball ...USAttorney Carol Lam?

[KoKo]

Why are the investigators dropping the ball on the Lam part of the US Attorneys investigation? We look at that question in today's episode of TPMtv ...

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/014126.php

[L. Coyote]

1. US Attorney Firing: Voter Fraud, Medicare Fraud, WHICH IS IT ???

Why were USAs fired? I discovered this new possibility/connection unnoticed in media reports:

May 10, 2006 - Lam's Litigation: Health and Human Services Seeks to Bar Medicare Payments to Nation's #2 Hospital chain. HUGE $$$
May 11, 2006 - Kyle Sampson e-mails deputy White House counsel William Kelley, re "the real problem we have right now with Carol Lam ....

What is really behind the complete take over of the DoJ by politicos? $$$$$$$$$$$$

Lam = prosecuting Medicare Fraud, not voter fraud. AND, linked Congressional corruption!!
Carol Lam was ousted and she was prosecuting big medicine = Novation, Tenet, et.al.
The same thing was going on in MO, investigation of a company Gonzales' former firm represents.

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DO NOT for one minute think that this was JUST about vote suppression!! Try to see the BIG PICTURE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Placing politicos in DoJ jobs subverts more aspects of the law than voting rights.
The 'voting fraud' SMOKE SCREEN is now being used to SMOKE SCREEN
the real reasons WHY politicos infiltrated the Justice Department?

MORE: US Attorney Firing: Voter Fraud, Medicare Fraud, WHICH IS IT ???
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x853813

MORE: 30 U.S. attorneys investigate BILKING BILLIONS, Medicare, Medicaid, Military’s Healthcare
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x877011

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2. very fishy...

From Carol Lam's Congressional testimony:

On January 5, 2007, I received a call from Michael Elston informing me that my request for more time base on case-related considerations was “not being received positively,” and that I should “stop thinking in terms of the cases in the office.” He insisted that I had to depart in a matter of weeks, not months, and that these instructions were “coming from the very highest levels of the government.”

http://judiciary.house.gov/Media/PDFS/Chair-Lam070430.pdf

From Talking Points Memo:

Very highest levels of the government? As Josh wrote at the time, “I don't think Monica Goodling or Kyle Sampson count in that category, do they?” No, it’s Josh’s contention that a phrase like “very highest levels of the government” can refer only to a few select individuals: the President, the Vice President, conceivably Karl Rove, possibly the President’s Chief of Staff. That’s about it. Pretty short list.

Essentially Elston is telling Lam that the command to fire her came right from the President. Seems rather notable, no? So what gives? Will congress investigate this point? Will they ask Elston to testify (he has spoken to investigators in private, but never testified publicly)? This line demands further scrutiny.

http://tpmcafe.com/blog/specialguests/2007/may/14/tpmtv_guide_monday_may_14

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3. BUSH's pick for RNC Chairman hired as Tenet Healthcare lobbyist in 2006 for $360,000.00

BUSH's pick for RNC Chairman hired as Tenet Healthcare lobbyist in 2006 for $360,000.00. About $1,000 a day!!!!
How does this $$ factor into the White House and/or RNC political role in the firings and settlements?

Quotes and Info from: http://www.citizen.org/documents/Gillespie_June.pdf

Ed Gillespie: The Embedded Lobbyist - Public Citizen Congress Watch - June 2003
New Chairman Brings Corporate Loyalties to Top Job in the GOP

President Bush’s decision to name lobbyist Ed Gillespie as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) will give one of Washington’s prominent power-brokers unrivaled access, influence and opportunity to further the interests of his corporate benefactors and his own lobbying firm.

Gillespie Has One Foot in the White House, the Other on K Street

Public Citizen looked at Quinn Gillespie’s efforts on behalf of corporate clients to undercut consumer rights and increase the power of big business.
· Since its founding, the firm has collected $27.4 million in lobbying fees through 2002.
· Enron paid Quinn Gillespie $700,000 in 2001 alone ...................