Straddling the Corruption Stallion?
A former defense contractor for MZM pleaded guilty on Friday to paying bribes in excess of $1 million dollars to Duke Cunningham, according to the LATimes. What interested me even more in the article was this segment:
He also hired the son of a defense official and got inside information that allowed him to land contracts for MZM.Wonder Katherine Harris has been doing more than hitting the Lancome counter on "gift with purchase day?" Just which "officials" indicated that Harris was not aware of the scheme -- and when she was given all this cash from "employees" of MZM, was she asked to work on anything in return? Or was this just given with her understanding that it came from the goodness of their hearts?
In addition, Wade funneled $80,000 in contributions to two unnamed members of Congress by illegally reimbursing MZM employees for making the contributions. The lawmakers, officials said, were unaware of the scheme. Federal Elections Commission documents identify two members of Congress who received large-scale contributions from MZM employees as Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. (R-Va.) and Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.).
And is anyone else wondering which defense official's son is involved in this "inside information" mess? And how much trouble this defense official might be in -- and whether he or she knew that the contract information was going to MZM, and whether this was some sort of quid pro quo means of passing the money directly to the defense official via the son?
I don't know about everyone else, but I'm beginning to need a program to keep track of which GOP official is involved in which corruption prosecution.
posted by ReddHedd @ 2/25/2006 08:22:00 PM
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