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In reply to the discussion: The coup already occurred. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)6. Those who went along, got along. Those who didn't, got the ziggy...
Carol Lam, for one:
Was Carol Lam Targeting The White House Prior To Her Firing?
By Faiz Shakir
ThinkProgress.org on Mar 19, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Referring to the Bush administrations purge of former San Diego-based U.S. attorney Carol Lam, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) questioned recently on the Senate floor whether she was let go because she was about to investigate other people who were politically powerful.
The media reports this morning that among Lams politically powerful targets were former CIA official Kyle Dusty Foggo and then-House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA). But there is evidence to believe that the White House may also have been on Lams target list. Here are the connections:
Washington D.C. defense contractor Mitchell Wade pled guilty last February to paying then-California Rep. Randy Duke Cunningham more than $1 million in bribes.
Wades company MZM Inc. received its first federal contract from the White House. The contract, which ran from July 15 to August 15, 2002, stipulated that Wade be paid $140,000 to provide office furniture and computers for Vice President Dick Cheney.
Two weeks later, on August 30, 2002, Wade purchased a yacht for $140,000 for Duke Cunningham. The boats name was later changed to the Duke-Stir. Said one party to the sale: I knew then that somebody was going to go to jail for that Duke looked at the boat, and Wade bought it all in one day. Then they got on the boat and floated away.
According to Cunninghams sentencing memorandum, the purchase price of the boat had been negotiated through a third-party earlier that summer, around the same time the White House contract was signed.
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2007/03/19/11209/carol-lam-white-house/
Thank you for a most important post and thread, OnyxCollie! Dynamite stuff in the OP. Saddened, if not surprised, to hear about Mr. Dodd. I guess even the relatively wealthy need money in this economy.
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I believe that a silent coup has occurred. The intelligence agencies are controlling this
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#29
While I am really not happy with Obama, I have insisted from the first that he has had little choice
loudsue
Jan 2014
#36
We know that Georgie Bush wasnt in control of the country. Who ever was in control
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#40
And Chuck Hagel who we all knew, back when we actually acted like Democrats who were aware of the
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#47
If he is so constrained that he doesn't have a choice, then maybe he should resign...
truth2power
Jan 2014
#71
I think it's a lot more complicated. First of all, if he is being "controlled" by someone,
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#80
That might explain why there were no prosecutions or impeachments during 2007-2010
Doctor_J
Jan 2014
#3
Presidents usually replace all of the state's US Attorneys with those that are friendly to the
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#30
Candidate Barack Obama was a liberal candidate. But once in office he changed dramatically.
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#43
Holy Crap! Folks, check out the lists of political office holders in the appendixes
PotatoChip
Jan 2014
#8
then how do you explain Elizabeth Warren's election? Or successful establishment of Volker rule and
Pretzel_Warrior
Jan 2014
#19
I disagree. I think coup is the right word. They dont control "everything" because they
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#31
So you think everything is peaches and cream because Bob Ney spent a couple of weeks at a country
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#32
"of 375 ... 10 involved independents, 67 involved Republicans, and 298 involved Democrats"
bananas
Jan 2014
#39
".. never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee." John Donne
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2014
#42
Pretty sure the Gov't takeover happened, slowly and silently, WELL BEFORE 9/11.
blkmusclmachine
Jan 2014
#48
Rec'd. It's why we have torture camps, rigged markets, austerity measures, for-profit everything
Corruption Inc
Jan 2014
#51
Bingo! It's all just waves of fresh assaults in the war that has been waged here since
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#59
Well done, OC. The coup has been playing out before us and many have been excusing it away,
mother earth
Jan 2014
#60