The headline is deceiving--as WH was forced to turn over these docs!

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060501/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_abramoff
Records of Abramoff's White House Visits

By TONI LOCY, Associated Press Writer Mon May 1, 7:57 PM ET

WASHINGTON - The
Secret Service has agreed to turn over White House visitor logs that will show how often convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with Bush administration officials — and with whom he met.
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U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn last Tuesday approved an agreement between the Secret Service and Judicial Watch, a public interest group, that requires the agency to produce records of Abramoff's visits from Jan. 1, 2001, to the present.

Judicial Watch filed suit in February after the Secret Service failed to respond to its request under the federal Freedom of Information Act.

Abramoff, who represented Indian tribes in their dealings with Washington politicians, once was one of the city's most successful lobbyists.

[ShortnFiery]

1. Whoa! I find this little tidbit interesting ...

"Abramoff was a $100,000 fundraiser for Bush and lobbying records obtained by the AP show his lobbying team logged nearly 200 meetings with the administration during its first 10 months in office on behalf of one of his clients, the Northern Mariana Islands."

[leveymg]

2. Recall, during this period the US Attorney was dismissed.

You have all the elements of a quid pro quo here. It's called Bribery and Obstruction of Justice.

[unblock]

3. indeed. more meetings than shrub had in that period, i'm sure!

[electron_blue]

5. 20 a month? There are only about 20 "business days" in a month

criminy

What's so important about the No. Mariana Islands?

[hootinholler]

14. What's so important about the Marianas Islands?

Sweat shops that can use "Made in U.S.A." on the labels. I doubt he was talking about military bases.

-Hoot

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. They must celebrate Hanukkah

on a daily basis at the White House?

[elehhhhna]

7. this was when they were ignoring the Bin Laden warnings. Priorities!

[paparush]

8. elehhhhna - that PIC just slays me every time I see it.

Bush "Doing the Monkey" on the global stage...literally.

[elehhhhna]

11. it's the open fly that kills me. He's an asshat. Look at his "pal" Pooti

lol

[sweetheart]

10. reverse engineering that

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/pacific/northern-mariana-islands?

This link suggests a hint, IMO.

They want to develop this as a resort AKA Waikiki,
given the sort of people who employ Abramoff.

It could be strategic military, perhaps, but that
would not involved a lobbyist... so i'd wager that
lonely planet is reporting the natural result of
undeveloped exploitation.

What else could be ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands

[Media_Lies_Daily]

4. Very interesting! K & R.

[mod mom]

9. Rachel Maddox just mentioned not to get your hopes up on this, she said

that when the WH released records on Jeff Gannon's visits they were incomplete.

[elehhhhna]

12. yeah, all they say is "Jeff came again" lol

[mod mom]

15. and they meant it LITERALLY!

[stop the bleeding]

13. very interesting

thank you

[klook]

16. "conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch"

"...filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on February 2."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/01/abramoff.whitehouse/index.html

I don't suppose the White House has sanitized or removed any records of Abramoff's records in the INTERVENING THREE MONTHS since the FOIA request was submitted by a CONSERVATIVE group, do you think??

[warrens]

17. Successful lobbyist

Sort of like Ted Bundy was a successful serial killer.