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[PhilipShore]

This new topic is awaiting edits. It was started by Peter Frank.

A Google search links Abramoff--possibly--to Tom DeLay, Richard DeVos, Ralph Reed, Mohammad Atta, Oregon State University, George W. Bush, Contras, Mobutu Sese Seko, Council for National Policy, The Mafia, David Safavian, Apartheid, Adam Kidan, Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, Michael Scanlon…

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

In Hollywood

Abramoff...spent ten years in Hollywood, producing such movies as Red Scorpion, an anti-communist film...

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College years

In college, Abramoff organized Massachusetts campuses for Reagan's presidential campaign in 1980. A year later, he graduated from Brandeis University and the Georgetown University Law Center.

Abramoff was soon elected chairman of the College Republican National Committee with the campaign being managed by Grover Norquist and aided by Ralph E. Reed, Jr.. "It is not our job to seek peaceful coexistence with the Left," Abramoff was quoted as saying in the group's 1983 annual report, "Our job is to remove them from power permanently".

Abramoff "changed the direction of the committee and made it more activist and conservative than ever before," notes the CNRC. <3>

At the CRNC in the 1980s, Abramoff developed political alliances with College Republican chapter presidents across the nation, many of whom now have gone on to graduate to significant national influence in American politics and business. Some of these long-standing alliances are the subject of various federal investigations into Abramoff and his political and business dealings.

http://www.politicalfriendster.com/showPerson.php?id=1917&name=Jack-Abramoff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff
http://www.firedupmissouri.com/abramoff_skybox

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Bloomberg
Scanlon Pleads Guilty, Cooperates in Abramoff Probe (Update2)
Nov. 21

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aM0MEONh7DpE&refer=us

``They're using Scanlon to get everybody,'' said Melanie Sloan, a former federal prosecutor who now heads Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, an advocacy group. ``That's how it works. You keep rolling people. I'm sure Tom DeLay is unhappy today to hear Michael Scanlon has made a deal.''


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Bloomberg
Scanlon Plea May Help Prosecutors Clear Constitutional Hurdle
Nov. 22

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aWh2N_pjMHwE&refer=us

Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Former lobbyist Michael Scanlon's cooperation with U.S. Justice Department lawyers in a conspiracy investigation may help them clear a constitutional hurdle that protects lawmakers from prosecution over official acts.

With the Abramoff case likely to reveal much more about the seamy side of Republican machinations, it would be helpful to compile all available info in a central spot.

Let's see how much material is out there, and watch as the entire picture takes shape. Peter Frank

There's a lot of material at this website: http://www.madcowprod.com/
I don't know if it would be considered a kosher source of information, however. AntiFascist.