Feinstein says Lam firing connected to Cunningham scandal

[Subdivisions]

They're getting it. From the AP ...



Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Wednesday she believes the ouster of San Diego U.S. Attorney Carol Lam was connected to Lam's prosecution of former Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, even though the Bush administration has denied it.

"In my heart of hearts I do, no matter what they say," Feinstein, D-Calif., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in an interview with The Associated Press.



-- Josh Marshall

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[Atman]

1. Drip drip drip...it's becoming a flood, ain't it.

This is getting sooooooo good. Finally.

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[seafan]

7. Even Jeb Bush's old partner's water pumps won't save * this time. n/t

[bleever]

11. That's a low blow.

Not as low as faulty pumps, though.

[madrchsod]

2. duh..."ya don`t need a weatherman....."

[youngdem]

3. Super KICK.

This is the real meat of the story...the weaponizing of US Atty offices for political gain, and penalizing those who don't play ball by the administration's rules with their careers.

[Melynn]

4. Wait, there's more

I believe the new Freeper hero, Duncan Hunter, had ties to Cunningham and various defense contractors.

Could have the Bush gang fired Lam to protect Hunter from future investigations? Just a guess.

[Gwerlain]

5. That's my take on it too...

and those ain't the only problems Hunter's got, either.

Have a look at this. And keep reading until you find out who he bought the place from. Pop goes the weasel.

ETA: and a nice K&R, too. Thanks for this.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

6. They are all such scumbags. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't

Neil Bush involved in something shady about the S&L debacle during the 1980's? I also remember hearing something about Charles Keating and John McCain as well.

Dear God, I hope the Dems in Congress will grow a set and get to the bottom of all this sh*te...

[Morgana LaFey]

8. Yah. WE know that. What a relief she does.

I can't always count on these bozos in Washington to know important stuff like that.

[robinlynne]

9. well she doesn't really say it, she sort of asks politely.

[Canuckistanian]

10. And what of Foggo, Wilkes and Wade?

Has the whole story been told as to their relationship? And, more importantly, did Lam know of it?

[lebkuchen]

12. Is it connected to Porter Goss as well?

Why did he leave the CIA anyway?

[fooj]

13. Here's an informative link...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=408673

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A background check on www.mirrorlabs.com shows that the URL address was registered by Group W Media, Wilkes' fake ad agency. The listed administrative contact is PerfectWave Techonologies, another fake company.)

I believe that, for all practical purposes, there is no Mirror Labs, although a firm by that name may well have performed an actual service at one time. So where did the money go? When that nice fat check filled with taxpayer dollars was sent to 15092 Avenue of Science, who opened it? And what did they do with the money? Here is the organization that really has -- or had -- offices at that address: ADCS PAC! That's where the money went.

Apparently, Wilkes felt queasy about housing his PAC at the same address as ADCS proper, so he set up a small office in a San Diego business park. Someone must have put down the wrong address on one of the applications.

So which candidates got chunks of that taxpayer money earmarked for "defense"?

Henry Bonilla, Roy Brown, Rick Clayburgh, Duke Cunningham (of course!), John T. Doolittle, Maria Guadalupe Garcia, George W. Gekas, Lindsay Graham, Duncan Hunter, Darrell Issa, Samuel Johnson, Thaddeus G. McCotter, Constance Morella, Devin Nune, Steve Pearce, Bill Van de Weghe Jr., Jerry Weller.

All Republicans, of course. As the scandal unfolds, the pundits will try to convince us that "both sides do it." That simply is not true.

The donations amounted only to $5000 or so. But ADCS Pac was hardly the only mechanism by which Wilkes could distribute the Christmas candy. Remember, Perfect Wave Technologies, Pure Aqua Technologies, Group W. Advisors and other "subsidiaries" were also used as funding mechanisms.

By keeping the donations small, and by maintaining the illusion that the donors are numerous, the conspirators could line many a pocket with relative safety. Clever, eh?

Other recipients of Wilkes' largesse: President Bush, Katherine Harris, Tom Delay, Virgil Goode Jr. and Elizabeth Dole...

And then there's Republican Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, who ordered continued funding of ADCS even after the DOD raised objections.

Obviously, Hunter and Lewis must go under the microscope. Even so, you're missing the point if you waste much time castigating the above-named politicians for receiving the money. What is significant is the device itself -- using "false fronts" to translate IRS-collected revenues into Republican campaign commercials.

Much evidence indicates that Wilkes is but one of many villains involved with such schemes.

<snip>

Goss is part of the timeline printed at the link. It's amazing what a little oversight will do... :grr:

[Mind_your_head]

14. K & R

Just another :kick:

(I really should be off to bed now.....)