Ex-defense contractor drops hints of another major corruption scandal.
Ex-defense contractor drops hints of another major corruption scandal.
Mitchell Wade, the corrupt former lobbyist who plead guilty in 2006 to bribing former Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA), is reportedly assisting “the government in investigating five other members of Congress,” according to a memorandum filed on Wednesday. The 42-page sentencing memo filed by Wade’s attorneys says that the other unnamed members are under investigation for “corruption similar to that of Mr. Cunningham.” Seth Hettena suggests two of those five include former Reps. Katherine Harris (R-FL) and Virgil Goode (R-VA). Hettena also reports that the sentencing memo contains hints of a bigger scandal to come:
Prosecutors drop tantalizing hints about an even bigger, ongoing investigation. Wade was debriefed in 2006 and provided “moderately useful” background information in another “large and important corruption investigation” that also has not yet resulted in any charges.
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wouldn’t it be poetic justice if they threw crazy-assed katherine harris in jail…i would consider it payback for throwing the election to bubba in 2000.
November 28th, 2008 at 9:08 amon tues or wed night, rachel maddow ran down a list of the crimes and criminals of this bushco gang… quite impressive…
came at a perfect time for me… my daughter’s boyfriend tried to make an obama joke (he’s a fan, just likes to ruffle my feathers)… i explained that he had little clue, having spent the past years in college happily unaware, of how corrupt and dangerous it has been… a few minutes later, rachel gave her report…
nothing more needed said.
and i’m not counting out a late term “surprise”… it ain’t over…
November 28th, 2008 at 9:16 amChris Matthews is going to run for Arlen Spector’s senate seat (from Huffpo):
In an early look at the 2010 U.S. Senate race, Republican incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter leads TV commentator Chris Matthews, a possible Democratic challenger, 45 – 33 percent. Sen. Specter leads 72 – 9 percent among Republicans and 45 – 27 percent among independent voters, while Matthews leads 55 – 25 percent among Democrats.
Specter gets a 62 – 25 percent approval rating and by a 56 – 23 percent margin, voters have a favorable opinion of him.
For Matthews, 60 percent say they don’t know enough about him to form an opinion.
What I find strange, and slightly premature, is a poll, two years out
November 28th, 2008 at 9:41 amGo for HARRIS!…take ‘tweety’ mathews off TV now!
November 28th, 2008 at 9:46 amSeth Hettena suggests two of those five include former Reps. Katherine Harris (R-FL) and Virgil Goode (R-VA).
– - That’s #18 and #19 for giving thanks.
November 28th, 2008 at 9:48 amJust imagine…Virgil Goode and Kathrine Harris doing bunny hops in leg irons and chains. Aahhhh….life is good after all.
November 28th, 2008 at 9:52 amThanks to Darrell Hammond, I will always look at Chris Matthews and expect him to say, “I’m going outside now to shout at some cars.”
I would be willing to reduce Katherine Harris’s prison sentence by 25% if she promises to tell the truth about what happened Election Night 2000. Otherwise, throw the book at her. A big one. Big and heavy. With sharp edges. Sharp pointy edges. Try to make it a head shot.
November 28th, 2008 at 9:56 amHettena also reports that the sentencing memo contains hints of a bigger scandal to come:
Oh I can’t wait for Christmas. Can I open it up early? Please. Please. Pretty Please. Just this one and I won’t bother you again?
November 28th, 2008 at 9:58 amJust when you thought that maybe you’d heard the last tidbit of corruption, someone comes along and kicks over a rock and a dozen little Repignican vermin scamper out, each with their tails poised and ready to attack. The thought of Katherine Harris in chains and cuffs is a wonderful thought. My fantasy remains seeing Chimpy’s picture with him in a zebra-striped shirt and a set of numbers under his chin. Damn. I get all goose pimply thinking about seeing him that way.
November 28th, 2008 at 10:07 amKept that under wraps until the election was over, didn’t they!
November 28th, 2008 at 10:15 amNovember 28th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Jerry Lewis (R-Ca) has been dancing around the edge of this since it began several years ago. He will be a ‘Houdini’ if nothing sticks to him.
November 28th, 2008 at 10:31 amF uck off AbleCluster. Your trite excuses to hawk the lame ass Privacy Center that nobody gives a rat’s ass about are tiresome at best.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:09 pmWow, imagine that. War mongers on the right making illegal gains on the blood of the kids that should have never been sent into Bush’s debacle. Stinking bastards.
Again I point to Smedley Butler’s book, War is a Racket.
http://lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm
November 28th, 2008 at 12:09 pmJust wait until the Democrats take charge of the Justice Department and find out how many investigations into Republicans have been quashed in the last 8 years. And maybe they can finally push the prosecution of Jefferson.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:42 pmbarfly Says:
Chris Matthews is going to run for Arlen Spector’s senate seat (from Huffpo):
And this is why Chris Matthews has had a “come to jesus” moment and has stopped salivating over Bush, Delay and other Republicans. I have never trusted his “conversion”. I always thought it was politically expedient in the fact that the Democrats are the new political power and he wants to be on the side of the winners.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:45 pmAfter listening to the troops overseas we haven’t hear nothing yet. When more of the real facts come out Americans will know how much they have been used and made fools of. Most of the paper tail is being destroyed by the Pentagon in hopes Americans don’t learn of how Pat Tillman was murdered and other female soldiers were raped and murdered by follow officers. The number of rapes on Iraq woman and child are 7 years long. The billions given out for killing innocent people is close to the bail out amount. We even pay the enemy with taxpayers money to ask them to stop fighting during the election to help McCain/Palin.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pmDo it like they do other types of organized crime…get the underlings who did the dirty work to roll over, indict thier bosses, rinse, wash, repeat..
November 28th, 2008 at 1:00 pmThis is the intel falsification/domestic spying ring that involved MZM and GOP figures
Indictments haven’t been unsealed yet, but MZM and some other defense contractors cooked up phony Iraq WMD intel, were involved in domestic spying, and were funneling kickback money to GOP figures. Abramoff was tied into this, as well. See,
Also, here’s what Josh had to say a while back about Harris’ tie-in with Wade, Wilkes and Cunningham:
- Mark
November 28th, 2008 at 1:24 pmI am not sure what to think about the possibility of Matthews running for office. Specter has to go, that goes without saying. But what kind of Democrat is Matthews? He drools over Tom Delay. He doesn’t support Democratic programs.
November 28th, 2008 at 2:29 pmMany things like that have been part and parcel of his TV show.
Lately, though, he makes no effort to hide that he is pro-Obama. I am happy to see that, but his opinion on other matters is equally important, and for now I view him as acting out of personal, political expediency. It would take some convincing on his part to show that he is a Democrat.
(Not that it matters, but his brother ran as a Republican didn’t he?)
Oh, wouldn’t it be a nice Christmas present to see evidence of Katharine Harris involved in corruption?
November 28th, 2008 at 2:30 pmYes folks this is just the being of a much bigger case and don’t be surprised if you hear the case of Jean Palfrey come up. Yes for those sheep who just followed blindly the Palfrey case was a set up to cover the real Prostitution business that was hired by this group. Yes it’s was so easy to bring down a legal business as the public brought the fake story hook line and sinker. It drove an inncent woman to kill herself but the public wanted to hear dirt and the Prosecutor feed it. Only problem was Palfrey had a legal business with a few rogue workers who made personal deals with Law Makers for quick cash money. For those who did use their brain this matter was always a case of circles not fitting is the square.
November 28th, 2008 at 2:40 pmO course, the way you investigate a crime syndicate is you find one thing, investigate that, and use the people you unearth to lead you to more dead bodies.
I hope, hope, hope, hope,…..
November 28th, 2008 at 2:59 pmThis country does not need a Senator Tweety Bird!
There’s an upside if he runs. He will have to remove himself from all of his annoying TV hosting spots and that will be a breath of fresh air!
I hope he runs and we never hear from him again. Live or on the air.
November 28th, 2008 at 4:14 pmMy nickel is riding on Rep. Jerry Lewis of CA as one of the five members of Congress on the list that Wade is squealing to the investigators.
November 28th, 2008 at 4:23 pmHell I would be happy if pelosi waz implicated in all this so we can see her worthless ..impeachment off the table ass go too….kucinich for speaker of the house
November 28th, 2008 at 6:48 pmIt’s good being lefty these days.
November 28th, 2008 at 9:18 pmbip…bip…bippp…beeeeeeep…………..
the sound of Harris’s campaign dying
November 29th, 2008 at 8:52 amleveymg Says:
This is the intel falsification/domestic spying ring that involved MZM and GOP figures
Hi Mark-
Nice to see you posting on this board. For TP readers, Mark did some great investigative posts on DU and DK.
I’m betting Doolittle and Lewis are in this up to their necks. Lewis derailed his prosecution on corruption when his defense team hired the top DOJ DA for SoCal for $1MM.
November 29th, 2008 at 12:54 pmIt’s interesting that Ms Harris, Ozzy Osborne lookalike and multimillionaire heiress of the late segregationist and virtual enslaver of Mexican Americans Ben Hill Griffin’s agribusiness fortune, should sell herself for such a paltry sum.
Maybe W will pardon her in advance, since he owes his presidency to her.
November 30th, 2008 at 4:52 amIf you want to find Republican corruption in the Senate or House you can just investigate GOP members at random and you will likely find it. The reason: since Bush took office they’ve all known they could do anything and there would be no investigation. In fact Bush took office there has been NO investigation of any Repubican wrongdoing. No, don’t tell me about Cunningham or Stevens as they got caught up in investigations that started with other people who weren’t valued GOP office holders. The crimes will not be hard to find if there are legitimate investigations…
December 1st, 2008 at 2:09 pm