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http://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/truth-or-consequences/
[font size=5]Truth or Consequences[/font]
May 2012 By Joehagan
.... And that (1996) is when a mysterious document began circulating in Austin that would serve as the Rosetta stone of the Bush National Guard controversy. The document, a single-page letter written by an anonymous author and addressed to a U. S. attorney, described an alleged secret deal struck between George W. Bush and Ben Barnes in which Barnes agreed to withhold the story of getting the governor into the Guard in exchange for Bushs securing the GTECH contract against competing bidders.
The memo fingered a Bush aide named Reggie Bashur as the one who brokered the alleged quid pro quo: Bashur was sent to talk to Barnes who agreed never to confirm the story and the Governor talked to (Miers) two days later and she then agreed to support letting GTech keep the contract without a bid. And indeed, the previous summer, Miers had renewed the GTECH contract without a bid, against the wishes of state Republicans. ....
... One year after the fateful 60 Minutes segment aired, two FBI agents paid a visit to the Manhattan apartment of Larry Littwin, the former Lottery Commission executive director. If he were cleared to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the agents asked, what might he say about (Harriett) Mierss invovement with GTECH during her time as chair of the commission? According to Jerome Corsi, who had resurfaced, post-Kerry, as one of Mierss fiercest critics, what Littwin proposed to allege was quite a lot: that more than $160,000 in legal fees Miers collected from Bush in the nineties were a de facto payoff for maintaining the quid pro quo agreement with Ben Barnes and GTECH.
Regardless of the legitimacy of these allegations, White House officials were paying attention, in part because they were coming from the right. Mierss nomination was already in deep trouble by the time Littwin emerged. But Corsi remains convinced to this day that the threat of Littwins testimony was the last straw for Miers. According to him, it was the GTECH deal, and not the CBS memos, that could have been the real smoking gun against Bush. The day after they validated that Littwin was going to be called to the Senate Judiciary Committee, thats when she pulled her nomination, Corsi told me. ....
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SalviaBlue
(2,915 posts)is what we nee. Thanks for posting.
UTUSN
(70,680 posts)The old, ferocious Democratic lord Bob BULLOCK isn't cited in this particular story, but he committed his separate treason, helping Shrub get started in running against Ann RICHARDS.
In this story, Democrats Ben BARNES and John SHARP make it seem that being in bed is better together, bipartisanly.
SamKnause
(13,091 posts)and President Obama for the protection that the Bush family receives.
Remember Pelosi refused to prosecute the Bush administration.
Remember President Obama said we need to look forwards not backwards.
There is NO RULE Of LAW when some are treated as though they are above the law.
This country will never heal until those responsible for the invasion of Iraq
are held accountable.
The entire Bush family are criminals.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)the bush administration war criminals, I always wonder if we have ever really prosecuted a president and their administration of crimes of any kind.
Nixon resigned. That is not punishment. So who in our entire history was ever held responsible for their crimes while president?
SamKnause
(13,091 posts)They seem to protect and cover for one another.
There can be no Law of the Land if everyone is not subject
to that law.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)to happen now.
niyad
(113,254 posts)Zen Democrat
(5,901 posts)From Cuba to Dallas to the Hoover Memo to Watergate to China to the October Surprise to Iran-Contra to Panama to Saddam Hussein and the Gulf War. He has a lot that is covered over. One day it will all go BOOM!
jwirr
(39,215 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)prosecute Richard Nixon and the rest is History. Leadership of the Democratic Party was and is still a true failure when it involved Nixon and latter Tom Delay. History is replete of tit for tat Political Deals that have gone south. It is all about the money and special favors for certain well placed Men and Women in Congress. Like many have said,Money Talks and Bullshit and the truth walks.
pa28
(6,145 posts)He should be dodging court summons right now instead of polishing his public image. As recently as June he had a higher approval rating than president Obama.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)makes me throw up as it should with anyone who can see the forest
for the trees., rather than beating around the bush
SamKnause
(13,091 posts)I am sure that President Obama will join the 'club'
after his second term is up.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)Every member of this Crime Syndicate should be brought up on RICO charges, and jailed for the maximum amount of time.
Chances of this happening are two: slim and none.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)wildbilln864
(13,382 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Washingtons Blog, Oct. 7, 2010
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SOURCE w links n details: http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/10/main-obama-adviser-blocking-prosecution.html?m=1