Filed at 8:30 pm, Thursday June 15th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
ABC’s Blotter:
Congressman Peter King, R-NY, said DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff knew of Cunningham’s role in recommending the limousine company but never told Congress.
“It’s disgraceful that Secretary Chertoff wouldn’t tell us he knew Cunningham’s role and the owner’s criminal record,” King said at the hearing. “This is one reason Secretary Chertoff and DHS have a disgraceful […]
Filed under: Hookergate, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 6:30 pm, Sunday May 28th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
The San Diego Union Trib has an article on the Hookergate parties hosted by contractor corrupt Brent Wilkes, which hosted powerful House lawmakers and CIA employees. They offer a fascinating view into what the poker parties were like, reconstructed by a series of interviews.
Participants included CIA agents, lobbyists, defense contractors and, occasionally, staffers and members […]
Filed under: Hookergate, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 2:30 pm, Friday May 26th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
The Hill reports:
In the past year and a half, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reassigned nearly 200 agents to the problem of public corruption, bringing to 600 the total number of agents working on public-integrity cases.
Analysis over at over at MyDD.
Filed under: William Jefferson Related, Hookergate, DeLay Related, Abramoff Scandal, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 8:30 pm, Thursday May 18th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Remember the CA-50 special run-off election on June 6th? Excellent Demorat Francine Busby is competing against Republican Brian Bilbray for corrupt convicted-felon Duke Cunningham’s House seat (Cunningham of Hookergate fame). Francine has been fighting an uphill battle because it’s a generally conservative area (unlike most of California), but she seems to be doing well, and […]
Filed under: Hookergate, oh six midterm Elections, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 3:30 pm, Thursday May 18th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
House Ethics probes of William Jefferson (D-LA) and Bob Ney (R-OH) have been launched, Washington Post reports, along with another probe of Duke Cunningham.
After 16 months of inactivity and partisan infighting, the House ethics committee launched investigations last night into bribery allegations against Reps. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) and William Jefferson (D-La.) and a separate […]
Filed under: William Jefferson Related, Hookergate, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 7:30 pm, Wednesday May 17th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Life sure was great for Dusty Foggo up until a couple of weeks ago.
Filed under: Hookergate, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 9:30 pm, Saturday May 13th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Associated Press is saying that Republican former Representative Cunningham’s guilty plea to charges that he was bribed with well over two mimllion dollars in exchange for government contracts was “only the start.”
The political scandal that brought down former U.S. Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham didn’t end when the Vietnam War hero began serving an eight-year sentence […]
Filed under: Hookergate, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 12:56 pm, Friday May 12th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Just minutes ago: CNN is reporting that Kyle “Dusty” Foggo (the soon to be former third in command of the CIA), who is under investigation by the FBI and is suspected of participating in “Hookergate,” (a prostitution-bribery for government contracts scandal which may soon consume several members of Congress) has had both his house and […]
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Filed at 10:30 pm, Wednesday May 10th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Raw Story reports that a lead investigator in the Cunningham, case is ‘much bigger’ than just the now-convicted Republican Congressman:
Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the former California congressman who was convicted of bribery, has not been helping federal authorities as they continue to probe his “web of corruption,” a top Pentagon investigator told a California newspaper Tuesday.
Perhaps […]
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Filed at 1:30 pm, Wednesday May 10th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
I swear, there’s more linking in that Hookergate scandal than there is on MyLeftWing’s blogroll. Ohhhh, snap.
Okay, that was a bit of a stretch. MLW has like 400 sites on their blogroll. The Daily Background is one of ‘em, but I’m not sure that says too much, haha.
Filed under: Hookergate, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 10:30 pm, Monday May 08th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Latest development in Hookergate: … bondage?
Filed under: Hookergate, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 6:30 pm, Monday May 08th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
On Saturday, I was among the very first to suggest that Kyle “Dusty” Foggo was going to resign as early as Monday, today, and he has. Print media has been rather slow to report what ought to make a great headline “CIA Exec Director follows Director in Resignation” but apparently they haven’t. ABC was the […]
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Filed at 11:30 am, Monday May 08th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
So how many people who work at the CIA have 9 fingers? TPM Muckraker says at least one.
Filed under: Hookergate, Z-TDB Blog
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Filed at 12:30 pm, Sunday May 07th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Hey, folks. I’ve been writing a great deal about Hookergate, Goss’ resignation, and how they’re connected lately (maybe you noticed), so I thought I’d provide a little index to my writings on the subject thus far, since I think I’ve written some decent stuff. Modesty? Out of the window, thank you. Chronological order.
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-Unqualified CIA Chief […]
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Filed at 10:30 pm, Saturday May 06th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Earlier: Porter Goss and Hookergate (Part 1 of 2)
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In Part 1 of 2, I basically explained what we know about Hookergate in a nutshell, and introduced the main characters in this little scandal. This is Part 2 of 2, and it’s time to explain how this connects to Goss’ resignation.
At this point, although there are […]
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