"Corruption Scandal Brewing at State Department over TransCanada Emails" This is just one more

[in_cog_ni_to]

example of how corrupt our system is. There's SLIMY BASTARDS EVERYWHERE...including the damn State Department!

Evidence is mounting of a real corruption scandal at the State Department.

Emails uncovered by Friends of the Earth reveal State Department employees in a cozy relationship with Paul Elliot, a leader on Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign turned head lobbyist for Keystone XL – offering personal favors, praise, advice, and generally cheerleading the project while it was under review. Some of the messages are just damning.<snip>

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November 6th the Tar Sands Action will be back in Washington to surround the White House and remind the President of his promises. In the mean time, we need to keep the pressure on. Can you send a message to President Obama telling him that you expect him to stand up to big oil corruption and reject Keystone XL?

The emails released today are a smoking gun that show how oil industry lobbying money has corrupted the State Department’s review of Keystone XL. They come out just after it was revealed that the State Department relied on a major TransCanada contractor to conduct its environmental review and public hearings on Keystone XL, and Wikileaks cables showed that other officials at the department gave the company tips on how to get the pipeline approved.<snip>

More at link:

http://www.nationofchange.org/corruption-scandal-brewing-state-department-over-transcanada-emails-1317739857

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. pc

:popcorn:

[truedelphi]

2. Many of us voted against Hillary Clinton because of her

And her husband's coziness with Big Corporate Monsters.

Then we elect a man who appoints her to one of the top appointments with the most power.

Some change!

[tularetom]

3. WTF does the State Dept have to do with a friggin pipeline?

Is it because the pipeline originates in Canada? Otherwise I can see no cause for their involvement in the project.

Unless somebody can find a link between Keystone XL and the Clinton Global Initiative, that is.

[valerief]

4. I guess anyone who puts their hand out is automatically involved. nt

[msongs]

5. graft, corruption and money find every weak link nt

[Wilms]

6. ^