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The corruption investigation surrounding lobbyist Jack Abramoff shows the significant political risk that Republican leaders took when they adopted what had once seemed a brilliant strategy for dominating Washington: turning the K Street lobbying corridor into a cog of the GOP political machine.

http://tinyurl.com/c2a83

From Information Clearing House

Starmail - 5. Jan, 11:08

Foundation's Funds Diverted From Mission

Records Detail Spending By GOP Lobbyist Abramoff: Tax and spending records of the Capital Athletic Foundation obtained by The Washington Post show that less than 1 percent of its revenue has been spent on sports-related programs for youths.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11455.htm

Starmail - 5. Jan, 11:07

Abramoff Money Halted Sweat Shop Legislation

East Bay Congressman George Miller just couldn't understand why his legislation to end sex and textile sweat shops in the Northern Mariana Islands -- a U.S. protectorate in the Pacific -- was being blocked in the House of Representatives. Now, he has his answer.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/5839523/detail.html

From Information Clearing House

Starmail - 5. Jan, 11:06

Thousands of Americans and resident foreigners have been or are being monitored and recorded by the NSA

They don't tell him anything

Turns out thousands of Americans and resident foreigners have been or are being monitored and recorded by the NSA. It's more like information-mining, which is what, you may recall, the administration said it would not do. But now Bush has to investigate The New York Times because Bush has been breaking the law, you see?

http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/1/2006/1290

From Information Clearing House

Starmail - 5. Jan, 11:03

The Bush administration downplays its illegal wiretapping

Something to Hide:

As the Bush administration downplays its illegal wiretapping, the New York Times' chiefs keep quiet about their role in the scandal.
http://www.alternet.org/story/30352/

From Information Clearing House

Starmail - 5. Jan, 11:00

Justice to Try to Toss Gitmo Challenges

The Justice Department will seek dismissal of lawsuits from more than 300 Guantanamo Bay detainees fighting the legality of their confinement, using a new law that the Bush administration says sharply limits existing challenges. Advocates for detainees quickly registered their opposition Tuesday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11453.htm

Starmail - 5. Jan, 10:58

'Radical' Bush 'signing statement' rejects torture ban

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/3879/

Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Starmail - 5. Jan, 10:23

Emergency Preparedness Against The "Universal Adversary" Orwellian "Scenarios"

http://tinyurl.com/7at5g

Starmail - 5. Jan, 10:21

Oil Boom a Bust for Us, Villagers Say in Court

A photo exhibit at San Francisco City Hall documents the devastating effects of more than three decades of oil extraction in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest. 30,000 plaintiffs have joined in a class-action lawsuit that alleges Chevron Corp. failed to clean up billions of gallons of toxic waste dumped in pristine rainforest in Ecuador.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010406EA.shtml

Starmail - 5. Jan, 10:08

Abramoff Enters New Guilty Plea in Florida

A day after he pleaded guilty to three felony counts in Washington, Jack Abramoff, a once prominent Republican lobbyist, pleaded guilty today to two felony charges of conspiracy and fraud in a case stemming from his purchase of a casino boat line in 2000.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010406Q.shtml

Starmail - 5. Jan, 10:06

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Vote USA 2004

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Jan
2006

Lobbying Plan Was Central to GOP's Political Strategy

Foundation's Funds Diverted From Mission

Abramoff Money Halted Sweat Shop Legislation

Thousands of Americans and resident foreigners have been or are being monitored and recorded by the NSA

The Bush administration downplays its illegal wiretapping

Justice to Try to Toss Gitmo Challenges

'Radical' Bush 'signing statement' rejects torture ban

Emergency Preparedness Against The "Universal Adversary" Orwellian "Scenarios"

Oil Boom a Bust for Us, Villagers Say in Court

Abramoff Enters New Guilty Plea in Florida

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