A Detour in The Corridor Of Power .. (Safavian ... Five Felony Counts)

[RedEarth]

A Detour in The Corridor Of Power
Indictment Snaps Rapid Rise of Republican Star

By Thomas B. Edsall
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 16, 2005; A17



Before he was indicted on five felony counts of lying to investigators, David H. Safavian was positioned to break out of the pack of Republican operatives working in Washington.

Just 38, he was administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at the president's Office of Management and Budget, with the authority to make the rules governing $300 billion in annual expenditures, including those in response to Hurricane Katrina.

But that was before federal agents appeared at his home on Sept. 19 and arrested Safavian in connection with the investigation of Jack Abramoff, charging that Safavian lied about his dealings with the onetime powerhouse lobbyist and misled investigators from the General Services Administration and the Senate.

Knowing the indictment was imminent, Safavian had resigned his post three days earlier, derailing a government career he had carefully planned and skillfully executed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501406.html

[maddezmom]

1. RedEarth

please add a link. :)

[Richard Steele]

2. LINK to WaPo story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501406.html

[Peter Frank]

3. What a shame...

...that this rising neocon's career was cut short. I bleed ice water for him.