The Real Crime is What's Legal

Top Commerce and Treasury Departments officials appeared with Republican candidates and doled out millions in federal money in battleground congressional districts and states after receiving White House political briefings detailing GOP election strategy. Political appointees in the Treasury Department received at least 10 political briefings from July 2001 to August 2006, officials familiar with the meetings said. Their counterparts at the Commerce ... Full Story »

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William Wittmeyer
2.9
by William Wittmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

"Round up the usual suspects!" Dog bites man, sun rises in the east, politicians leverage government actions for political benefit. Lots of noise but nothing illegal. Move alone children

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