Geov Parrish: The Abramoff primer

Geov Parrish
WorkingForChange.com
12.12.05

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=20051


Four scandals, 25 players, one sad episode for American democracy

The ever-widening scandal surrounding Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff threatens to take down at least a half-dozen Congressmen in 2006, more of their aides, Executive Branch employees, and untold numbers of other members of the Republican Beltway hierarchy...

Appallingly, it's hard to tell with many of Abramoff's activities whether they are crimes, D.C. business as usual, or both. Here, then, compiled from the Washington Post and other sources, is a summary in alphabetical order of 25 of the key players involved...

JACK ABRAMOFF
EDWARD AYOOB
EDWIN BUCKHAM
SEN. CONRAD BURNS
REP. TOM DELAY
REP. JOHN DOOLITTLE
SEN. BYRON DORGAN
ITALLIA FEDERICI
TIMOTHY FLANAGAN
STEVEN GRILES
REP. DENNIS HASTERT
REP. DOC HASTINGS
ADAM KIDAN
RABBI DANIEL LAPIN
ED MILLER
REP. ROBERT NEY
GROVER NORQUIST
PATRICK PIZZELLA
REP. RICHARD POMBO
RALPH REED
SEN. HARRY REID
TONY RUDY
DAVID SAFAVIAN
MICHAEL SCANLON
NEIL VOLZ