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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 04:17 PM
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Bush administration under a cloud
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/04/22/bush_administration_under_a_cloud/?p1=MEWell_Pos5

A rundown of Bush appointees who left under a cloud or face conflict-of-interest allegations

--Scooter Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in a grand jury investigation into the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame. His trial also implicated top political adviser Karl Rove and Cheney in a campaign to discredit her husband, Iraq war critic and retired ambassador Joe Wilson. Libby, who plans an appeal, is awaiting a June 5 sentencing.

-- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is fighting to hold onto his job in the face of congressional investigations into his role in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. Two top aides have resigned in the investigation into whether the firings were politically motivated. Emails and other evidence released by the Justice Deparment suggest that Rove played a part in the process. Other e-mails, sent on Republican party accounts, either have disappeared or were erased.

-- Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank and a former deputy defense secretary, acknowledged he helped arrange a large pay raise for his female companion when she was transferred to the State Department but remained on the bank payroll. The incident intensified calls at the bank for his resignation.

-- J. Steven Griles, an oil and gas lobbyist who became deputy Interior Secretary J., last month became the highest-ranking Bush administration official convicted in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, pleading guilty to obstructing justice by lying to a Senate committee about his relationship with the convicted lobbyist. Abramoff repeatedly sought Griles' intervention at Interior on behalf of Indian tribal clients.

-- Former White House aide, David H. Safavian, was convicted last year of lying to government investigators about his ties to Abramoff and faces a 180-month prison sentence.

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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 04:18 PM
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1. How about Rove?
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Joe for Clark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 04:26 PM
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2. You have a way with under statement.
Just wait a little -

Joe
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 04:36 PM
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3. Like this?
Edited on Mon Apr-23-07 04:38 PM by Horse with no Name
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 04:39 PM
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4. Is the Busholini Regime under a Mushroom Cloud?
:nuke:
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teamster633 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 04:49 PM
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6. In that picture I think that the BFEE are the cloud...
...and we're the ones under it.
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cliss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 04:45 PM
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5. Good news: there are others.
These are High Profile Creeps. Their demise & downfall are wonderful to watch.
But there are many, many more who have crawled away quietly, hoping that no attention would be called to themselves. They are every bit as culpable as the Big Fish.

Some others:
Mr. Cambone, who personally approved torture at Abu Ghraib.
Douglas Feith, who is now a Pariah 'instructor'.
Mr. Evil himself, Don Rumsfailed.
Anybody else?
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Bravo Zulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 05:15 PM
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7. Anybody else?
richard perle!
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cliss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 06:31 PM
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10. Aaah, of course. How could I forget.
That brings up another charmer, Mr. Ahmed Chalabi, Big Mouth & all round Liar, I think he's back in Iran now.

Thankx!
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 05:17 PM
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8. QUICK!! Pray for lightning!
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 05:27 PM
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9. Literally..
Edited on Mon Apr-23-07 05:27 PM by SoCalDem
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 08:22 PM
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11. K & R !!! - C'Mon Folks... To The Greatest Page !!!
Who else qualifies for this list???

:kick:
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 11:04 AM
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12. under a cloud? . . . BushCo is like that Lil' Abner character . . .
who always walked around with a black cloud over his head . . . his name was Joe something-or-other . . .
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