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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 03:22 PM
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Robert Parry reported last Oct. on Bush/Abramoff money laundering tactics
Edited on Wed Jan-04-06 03:43 PM by blm
Political moneylaundering was PERFECTED by the Bush family - remind media that Abramoff likely learned his technique FROM BUSHES and their cronies.


http://www.consortiumnews.com/2005/100405.html


How Rotten Are These Guys?

By Robert Parry
October 5, 2005

The separation of the Bush political machine from organized crime is often like the thin layer of rock between a seemingly ordinary surface and volcanic activity rumbling below. Sometimes, the lava spews forth and the illusion of normalcy is shattered.

In the weeks ahead, a dangerous eruption is again threatening to shake the Bush family’s image of legitimacy, as the pressure from intersecting scandals builds.

So far, the mainstream news media has focused mostly on the white-collar abuses of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay for allegedly laundering corporate donations to help Republicans gain control of the Texas legislature, or on deputy White House chief of staff Karl Rove for disclosing the identity of a covert CIA officer to undercut her husband’s criticism of George W. Bush’s case for war in Iraq.

Both offenses represent potential felonies, but they pale beside new allegations linking business associates of star GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff – an ally of both DeLay and Rove – to the gangland-style murder of casino owner Konstantinos “Gus” Boulis in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2001.

These criminal cases also are reminders of George H.W. Bush’s long record of unsavory associations, including with a Nicaraguan contra network permeated by cocaine traffickers, Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s multi-million-dollar money-laundering operations, and anti-communist Cuban extremists tied to acts of international terrorism.

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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 03:45 PM
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1. This didn't START with Abramoff - no doubt he learned from BushInc how to
launder money.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 03:51 PM
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2. Timely reminder. Robert Parry one of the best.
Someone should do a "Good Night and Good Luck" about him and how they ruined his career when he exposed Iran Contra.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 03:55 PM
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3. Agree with you 100%
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