After Negotiating India Nuclear Deal, State Dept. Official Gets Lucrative Job Lobbying For India
After Negotiating India Nuclear Deal, State Dept. Official Gets Lucrative Job Lobbying For India
Stephen G. Rademaker, U.S. assistant secretary of state for arms control, is leaving the State Department for a lucrative lobbying job at the firm of Barbour Griffith & Rogers.
While assistant secretary of state, Rademaker negotiated a controversial deal allowing the United States to sell nuclear technology to India, which is not a member of the important nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Critics argued that the Bush administration “abandoned the one incentive states have to stay in the NPT, without providing an alternative framework to sustain the effort to control proliferation.”
Less than a month after that deal was ratified by Congress during its lame duck session in December, Rademaker is leaving the State Department to join Barbour — which lobbied on behalf of the Indian government for the nuclear pact.
In Sept. 2005, Barbour signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with India to work on “developing, refining and expanding relationships between Indian officials and the U.S. foreign policy-making apparatus in the Executive and Legislative Branches.” Mainly though, Barbour was one of two firms hired by the Indian government with the aim of “pushing the [nuclear] deal through Congress.”
The Sunlight Foundation has more on the Bush administration and the revolving door.
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I guess we now know the price it takes to sell out your country and the world by destroying bariers set in place by the Nonproliferation Treaty…..a mesely $700,000.
January 12th, 2007 at 12:53 pmRepeal the power of presidential pardon (or at least weaken it or require 2/3 of the senate vote or something like that) and start putting these jerks in jail!!! The white-collar crime at the expense of the entire NATION is way too important to let this kind of crap keep happening!
January 12th, 2007 at 12:58 pmAnd the beat goes on…
With criminal behavior like this condoned and rewarded, is it any wonder our country’s in the state it’s in?
January 12th, 2007 at 12:59 pmIsn’t this business as usual that most people have no idea about?
January 12th, 2007 at 1:04 pmMaybe he can also negotiate a nuclear deal for Iran and double his salary. Then he will be entitled to tax-cut for the rich.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:06 pmBull shit bush is both evil and stupid……I want to know where the hell are all the Mangos.? sar. off/………Blessings
January 12th, 2007 at 1:06 pmCurrent statutes require one year between post and lobbying positions with a push in the Dem 110th toward two years. How is this possible?
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January 12th, 2007 at 1:12 pmWhen US engages India, not in a distant future, we will know who can we blame. Of course, trolls will say that India was an ally and now is a foe.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:16 pmPublic financing of elections, people. It’s the only way to stop these kinds of things. $3 per person cleans up the entire process.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:22 pmWhat’s new, these idiots will sell their own mother for a lobbying job for a foreign government. To them a high level adminstration job is just a stepping stone to a career of selling out America. Look at all of the companies who ship our jobs overseas. The CEOs are just making sure they can get paid after they jump ship with a golden parachute and move to China. You don’t see any of those rightwing nuts crying about this one, do you?
January 12th, 2007 at 1:31 pmThis dude is someone’s friend, or neighbor, or relative. If he were my friend, he would have a bloody nose right now. If he were my neighbor, there would be egg on his house, TP (hmmm, never made that association before) in his trees, and a sign on my lawn stating that “I live next to a slimy a$$hole” with an arrow pointing at his house. And if he were my relative, well, it would be handled appropriately.
Yes, there should be laws against this. But many of the people we ask to make the laws are the same ones to which the laws would affect and constrain. That’s a foolish expectation in my view.
However, I believe that we, as members of our communities, need to take some responsibility for the other members of our community and to call bullsh*t on things like this and to be very public in addressing it. Otherwise, we all just sit around and allow these things to occur right under our noses while waiting for some new “sheriff” to come to town and clean up the mess. That will be a long wait, I assure you.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:32 pmIn AZ, we have a clean elections law, we check the box on our state returns to have 3 bucks put into it.
Guess what party in our state whines about it, and wants to repeal it?
January 12th, 2007 at 1:43 pmThe Kingston Trio had a song some years ago called “Bad Man’s Blunder” that is appropriate today. The song chronicles the flight of a bandit that shot a Sheriff, ran, was caught, tried, and sentenced. The Judge says “I don’t know whether to hang you or not, but this here killin’ of Deputy Sheriffs has just naturally got to stop.” One could easily insert the crime that is the subject of most of these threads and apply the same logic to bushco. THIS BS JUST NATURALLY HAS TO STOP! The bandit was sentenced to “99 years on a hard rock pile” which would be a fitting end to DUHbya. If that is too harsh for you, borrow a bit from Tennessee Ernie Ford and sentence him to 16 tons of hard rock on his piles. The end of the song should be a wake-up call for us all–”This whole thing has sure been a lesson to me.”
January 12th, 2007 at 1:46 pmThe world, of course, has no assurance that India will not transfer nuclear technology or know-how to an enemy of the US -like say, oh, Iran or Syria in exchange for cheap oil or access to this natural resource. Nor is there a way to legally prevent India from doing so, given that they are not a signatory nation of the NPT.
India has its own strategic interests in mind, as they should. It is ludicrous to think that because they happen to be a democracy, their interests are aligned with those of the US. It is arrogant of the Bush administration to believe they can pressure the Indian leadership into not sharing nuclear know-how. India is a very big country, and quickly becoming an industrial, economic powerhouse.
January 12th, 2007 at 1:52 pmif we had laws, this would be treason
January 12th, 2007 at 1:54 pmsince we don’t, it is business as usual
He’s pretty expensive…
…but ostensibly a good who*e…
…”shake you money makuh” (sic)
January 12th, 2007 at 1:57 pmjust another form of globalization brought to you by Bush, globalizing their corruption
January 12th, 2007 at 2:12 pmReal Organized Crime people should be watching and learning from all this - the Cosa Nostra never put together a racket as cozy and profitable as these assholes have. F-ing pathetic.
January 12th, 2007 at 2:31 pmgregor,
historically the Hindu majority India, has not gotten along well with it’s muslim majority neighbors. You are correct though that there is no gaurantees they will not sell nuclear info to other countries.
January 12th, 2007 at 2:33 pmRome doesn’t pay traitors. Lobbyists do.
January 12th, 2007 at 2:35 pmhistorically the Hindu majority India, has not gotten along well with it’s muslim majority neighbors.
Comment by Krazny — January 12, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
True. However, India also needs oil. Where is the nearest oil to them? In Iran. Indians can be very pragmatic too. Here are some interesting links:
Iran’s state oil refining company is in talks with India’s Essar Group to build a new refinery in southern Iran, officials said on Friday, part of Tehran’s $18 billion-drive to meet soaring domestic fuel demand.[…]
An official with Essar Group told Reuters: “We want to strengthen our relations with Iran. We are talking to Iran for setting up a refinery, based on crude oil to be given by them.”
Iran in talks with India’s Essar on oil refinery
Iran signed an agreement this year to provide India with liquefied natural gas over a 25-year period and signed a similar agreement last year to supply China with natural gas over a 30-year period. Both countries are in a deal to invest in and develop Iran’s Yadaravan oil field - the kind of investment that US oil companies are prohibited from making because of US sanctions - while Iran presses to build a major pipeline through Pakistan to India. “Iran is definitely looking East, rather than West,” says Mr. Seznec, “and that will matter.”
Iran’s oil gambit - and potential affront to the US
India is looking at Iran as its main gas provider for the foreseeable future. It is crucial for the Indian economy -if India is to grow as a regional hegemon- that they secure a stable flow of gas and oil.
I obviously don’t know to what lengths the Indian government will go to do so, but nuclear technology is definitely a great bargaining chip.
January 12th, 2007 at 2:55 pmRude amaker’s chief consultant was the donald.
January 12th, 2007 at 2:57 pmOh, how Dwigt David Eisenhower had it all pegged. Money and bombs are the rich man’s peace.
Wonder what he’ll get to get them a permanent seat on the UN Security Council?
January 12th, 2007 at 2:57 pmMan, I don’t think the world can take much more safety and protection.
January 12th, 2007 at 4:38 pmIndia is as likely to share nuclear know-how, as is China.
India is as likely to deal with Iran, as is China :
Iran and China’s biggest offshore oil producer, CNOOC, announced having signed on 21 December a preliminary deal to develop Iran’s offshore North Pars gas field located in Persian Gulf waters.
Under the deal, the two parties will work on developing the North Pars gas field for the production of Liquefied Natural Gas.
The investment will come from the Chinese side: 5.0 billion dollars for exploration and production, and 11 billion dollars for downstream activities.
January 12th, 2007 at 5:26 pmLessee, India is our nuke/butt/buddy.
January 12th, 2007 at 6:02 pmPakistan is our anti-terrorist/butt/buddy
So if India nukes pakistan with our help, are we the terrerists?
How is this not treasonous?
January 12th, 2007 at 6:33 pmGiven Iran’s vast oil and natural gas reserves…
…and reported deals/alliances with countries like India, China, Valenzuela, and Russia…
…what’s going to be the reaction of these powerful (and rich) countries…
…if Bushiva, L’il Dick and Ohlmert seek to “wag the dog” in Iraq?
…Iraq and Saddam were one thing…
…but Iran?
January 12th, 2007 at 7:50 pmIsn’t there some sort of government fraud hotline you can call and turn this guy in anonymously?
January 12th, 2007 at 9:25 pmthis is a prime example why the average person has a real issue
in who they can trust whether it be your neighbor next door or
just an aquitance.
the amount detrement this kind of revolving door corruption IS STILL
going on….. and yet the same crooks get on tv claiming “family
values” while they sell out and rob you blind
corruption has a detremental effect on society and honest and
integrity is the utmost importantace of pulic servants.
instead we got a bunch of corruption that’s common place
good enough reason to PUKE them out of office! :(
January 12th, 2007 at 11:06 pmINFACT… corruption has goteen SO BAD you can’t even trust
nonprofits and even charity anymore.
all from the goodness of man kind in gods will and instead
you got a bunch of ja hoo bees pulling this kind of stuff…..
now i understand why for all the wonderful services our
government provides with the wisest leader of the utmost
integrity……..
oh no no no…… it’s not becuase of their hard work/honesty/integrity,
January 12th, 2007 at 11:13 pmit’s because who they know or pulling some kind of strings, yes….
corruption absolutely is alive and well and why people refer to them
as a bunch of crooks :)
oops…. and i forgot, theres the american flag right next to
supposely a sacred god trusted public servant placed in
the ultimate wisdom to carry out public servants
AND INSTEAD
right next to corruption and a corrupt public servant is the
american flag
=
american flag + public servant = corrupt
something is not right here
IMPEACH + get rid of all these ja hoo bee out of public office
January 12th, 2007 at 11:18 pmthat are a bunch of selfish shameless phonies, enough
to make me PUKE !!!!!
How is this not treasonous?
Comment by Wordsmith — January 12, 2007 @ 6:33 pm
Because the politicians in DC are bought and paid for, lock-stock-and-barrel, by corporate facists.
If you rounded up all the Congress critters and Senator snakes into a room you would not find even the hint of a spine. In fact, you wouldn’t be able to find any cartilage or spinal fluid!
January 13th, 2007 at 5:10 amI think lobbying is as good or as bad to improve countries international relations with powerful stakeholder countries as spinning is for countries internal affairs. Having said that, I think India and US can collaborate to fight against the terrorism Scourge.
http://www.tekno-world.blogspot.com
January 13th, 2007 at 11:28 amSomekind of american this guy is .He sells his country down the wrong path for a pay check.Is he going to move to India ? heck no.It’s the capitalist way.F your own family or country for a buck.Just disgusting.
January 13th, 2007 at 2:59 pmIt’s “Lucrative”…not “Lucractive”.
C’mon guys…SPELL CHECK!
I love quoting this site but let’s “tighten it up..OK?
peace out
January 14th, 2007 at 8:45 amPerhaps the Soviet Union and the US should reduce their combined stockpiling of 21,000 nuclear warheads if either wishes to be taken seriously on nonproliferation. Until they do that, it is realistic for any sovereign nation to want a few as a defense measure.
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January 14th, 2007 at 10:58 amHas anyone seen any news stories at all about this? Or have we finally reached the point where the profiteering and questionable ethics (understatement heavy) of administration officials don’t even qualify as “news” anymore?
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