As the Wall Street Journal describes atop its world-wide newsbox—and others front—a Senate hearing aired details aplenty of super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff's bilking of Indian tribes. Among other things, Abramoff and his business partner took millions from the tribes supposedly for lobbying, instead funneled through some bogus non-profits and ultimately used it for such worthy causes as financing "sniper" training for Israeli settlers and footing the bill for a golf trip taken by one Tom DeLay.
It's all a bit complex, but padding billable hours wasn't. "Make sure you are able to track the time on the bill during the month to be sure we hit the $150K minimum," Abramoff wrote to one employee, who replied, "You had only 2 hours. We are not even close to this number." Abramoff answered, "Add 60 hours for me."
As the Journal emphasizes, the uncovered e-mails also suggest that organizations run by conservative All-Stars Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist were also used in Abramoff's apparent laundering scheme.
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it's how they operate. they need money, they steal it. business as usual. move along, nothing to see here. move along.
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