It's late Friday afternoon. Waiting for the latest scandal to hit the AP

[katinmn]

Don't they usually release the bad news -- the resignations, the caught-in a-lie scandals on Fridays?

[MadMaddie]

1. You are right my friend....Friday's are the days they

try to sneak in under the radar!!

Delay lost his gun license in TX...this came out today.

[katinmn]

2. I was hoping Rove would be charged with wanking off in public

But DeLay losing his gun license is something. One less crazy SOB without a firearm.

:thumbsup:

[oldtime dfl_er]

3. what was the reason?

Just insanity? Or some more specific reason?

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/658010

[windy252]

4. You're referring to the Friday night news dump n/t

[NMDemDist2]

5. they had a Judicial nominee withdraw his name after the Dems blocked

him for 3 years :bounce:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2185885

then there's the news that the USA is stopping any reconstruction efforts in Iraq, more "good news" the media's ignoring?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2185899

[katinmn]

6. Speaking of reconstruction: Titan contractor arrested on bribery charges

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/03/iraq-reconstruction-contractor.php

Friday, March 24, 2006

Iraq reconstruction contractor arrested on bribery charges
James M Yoch Jr at 1:50 PM ET


The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that US authorities have arrested Faheem Mousa Salam, a government contractor performing translation for Titan Corporation in Iraq, on bribery charges in Washington, DC. Salam, a naturalized US citizen, allegedly offered $60,000 to an Iraqi police official to help push a sale of 1,000 armored vests and a map printer for over $1 million in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) . Salam also made a similar offer to an undercover investigator working for the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) , an independent watchdog agency established to uncover bribery, extortion, fraud and other abuses in reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Salam could be imprisoned for as many as five years and fined at least $100,000 if he is convicted of the charges, which were filed by the DOJ in the US District Court for the District of Columbia .