Is Abramoff next?

[Tesla]

From the "Hill", via the "Huffington Post"...

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/071305/abramoff.html
Abramoff duo quits U.S.
By Josephine Hearn

Two former associates of Jack Abramoff, the embattled lobbyist, left the country Monday night en route to a new life in Israel. The relocation comes as a Justice Department taskforce presses forward with an investigation into potential criminal wrongdoing stemming from Abramoff’s business dealings.

Sam Hook and his wife Shana Tesler both worked with Abramoff at the law firm, Greenberg Traurig. Hook served as the registered agent for Grassroots Interactive, a lobbying venture tied to Abramoff that has reportedly been subpoenaed by the Justice Department taskforce.

Tesler, a lawyer, worked with Abramoff at Greenberg Traurig and then followed him to the lobbying firm, Cassidy & Associates, after he was ousted from Greenberg following news reports of his questionable dealings with Indian gaming tribes.

Abramoff and public affairs consultant Michael Scanlon are the target of the Justice Department probe and two Senate investigations into allegations that they bilked tribes out of more than $60 million. A federal grand jury has been convened to consider possible criminal charges in the matter......

Are they allowed to just leave and not be asked questions.....EVER again????

[murielm99]

1. Surely we have extradition treaties with Israel.

Charge them with a crime, and haul them back.

[starroute]

3. It's notoriously difficulty to get people extradited from Israel

Israel sees itself as a place of asylum for Jews who are persecuted elsewhere, and its extradition laws are set up with that as a built-in bias. As a result, extradition proceedings are delicate at best.

[Demeter]

2. Oh, I HOPE So!

We're going to have to rent an oil tanker to provide a home for all the men and women without a country that will fall out of this sorry excuse for a government.