http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13286931.htm Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) has just admitted to accepting bribes from corporations. He was giving sweet deals to MZM Inc and another corporation through advocacy while a member of the House Armed Services Select Committee. There are a number of CEO's who may end up indicted as a result. This is an investigation of the military industrial complex itself and its connections within Congress. Therefore, the investigation needs to go much further than it has.
So far, two co-conspirator CEO's have been named: Mitchell Wade and Brent Wilkes. I went to opensecrets.org to check out who they donated money to legally. It is interesting, because many congressmen on the Armed Service Committees in the House/Senate came up:
Randy "Duke" Cunningham
Lyndsey Graham
Bob Stump
Duncan Hunter
(just to name a few)
One interesting side comment is that Duncan Hunter actually got more money than Cunningham from one CEO. Remember Duncan Hunter? No? He was the first Republican to blast Murtha when Murtha came out against the war! Cunningham got $6000. Hunter got $7500. It is sooo obvious...Also, a number of names kept showing up over and over:
Jerry Lewis
Virgil Goode
(just to name a few)
Some slimeballs:
Alan Keyes
Katherine Harris
A good starting point for this future investigation would be to ask some more questions:
Did ADCS Inc and/or MZM Inc benifit at all while any of these other congressmen were in office? Examples: Armed Services Committees.
Were any actions by these congressmen to the benifit of these corporations and/or their CEO's? Examples: Armed Services Committees.
Can the donations be divided into two statistically significant categories: large, frequent donations versus small, infrequent donations? Is this pattern correlated with motive for benifit?
Are there any other financial transactions between these CEO's/corporations and any of these congressmen, such as the property scandal? Are these transactions weighted to benifit one party over the other? Example: selling the house for double its value.
We need to email some people to put some pressure on for this investigation. DU Activists? Anyone? Anyone up for this challenge?