CREW Lists Top Ten Ethics Scandals for 2007
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington:
Today, in light of another year rife with corruption, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a new report on the Top Ten Ethics Scandals of 2007. It is available in its entirety at www.citizensforethics.org.
No new enforcement mechanisms for congressional ethics;
Ted Stevens still sitting on Senate Appropriations;
Senate Ethics Committee looking into Sen. Craig, but not Sen. Vitter;
Millions of missing White House emails still unaccounted for;
Rep. Murtha's abuse of the earmarking process remains unchecked;
Lurita Doan remains chief of GSA despite illegal conduct;
White House covering up its role in the firings of the U.S. Attorneys;
No Child Left Behind funds directed to Bush fundraisers who provide inadequate reading materials for kids;
Court decision regarding search of Jefferson's office limits ability of DOJ to investigate other corrupt lawmakers; and
FEMA knowingly let Katrina victims live in hazardous trailers
"Lurita Doan remains chief of GSA despite illegal conduct"
REALLY? Are you shitting me?
This woman shouldn't be in charge of running a freaking lemonade stand.
By the way, CREW won a lawsuit against BushCo (pending appeal): White House visitor logs are public domain.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071217/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_secrecy
Hey, with those visitor logs, will we finally get to know who Jeff Gannon was visiting exactly?
There's still 14 days left in 2007. Just enough time for another scandal to come about.
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It must've been BRUTAL to narrow the list down to just 10.
Ah, Lurita -- the first GSA Admin named after a Lava lamp.
"There are two kinds of terrorism in the United States--the external kind, and internally, the Inspector Generals," said Doan in notes obtained by the Washington Post.
Nothing about Jeff Sessions? I guess with a top 10, a fair amount of stuff gets left out
Meanwhile, back in Iraq and Afghanistan...
wait a minute here.......I thought Lurita Doan got fired or was asked to resign resulting from her role in the scandal at GSA. Who allowed her to continue when she clearly committed an illegal conduct.
I thought that was a done deal................I am outrage that the criminals continue to run our government.
Melanie Sloan from CREW was great on the Bill Press Show today
Number 11 is:
'American public put up with The Dummy as president'.
rep murtha earmarks??? damn I missed that...
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