Wilkes, Doolittle connections questioned

[maddezmom]

Source: NC Times

Wilkes, Doolittle connections questioned

By: WILLIAM FINN BENNETT - Staff Writer

NORTH COUNTY -- A recent FBI raid of California U.S. Rep. John Doolittle's home in connection with a congressional corruption probe is drawing attention to his connections to indicted Poway defense contractor Brent Wilkes.

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Wilkes was a frequent contributor to Doolittle's congressional campaign fund, and the lawmaker helped steer $37 million in Defense Department work to Wilkes' company, ADCS, between 2002 and 2005 as a member of the House Appropriations Committee.


A spokesman for Doolittle, R-Granite Bay, confirmed this week that his boss played a role in securing the contracts for ADCS.

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The U.S. attorney's office in San Diego would not comment on whether the Wilkes investigation includes examining his ties with Doolittle or another California lawmaker that Wilkes gave money to, U.S. Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, former chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Over the years, Wilkes or his associates donated a combined total of more than $140,000 to the two lawmakers.


Read more: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/04/25/news/politics/2_89_484_24_07.txt

[BR_Parkway]

1. WTF is with the $140,000? Cheney "office furniture" contract = $140,000

DukeStir yacht = $140,000

Is there something special with that particular number?

[cascadiance]

2. Maybe they figure if all of their totals are $140,000 it will be harder to connect any of them...

... together. They will then say prove that this amount was for this payback, and it will be harder to prove which was connected to what. But if they can prove one piece of it, it might bring the whole conspiracy down too, if all of the rest of them were "pricing" their donations, etc. the same way as part of an "agreement" they made amongst each other.