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Air America Watch: Charity Funds Diverted To Air America
Authorities Say Money Meant For Boys And Girls Club Went To Liberal Radio Network ‘Air America’
CBS: Charge: Charity Funds Diverted To Air America
Two former executives at a government-funded youth organization whose finances were scrutinized after it diverted money to the liberal radio network Air America were charged Thursday with misappropriating $1.2 million of the non-profit’s funds.
Charles Rosen, a former executive director at the Gloria Wise Community Center, and his former assistant director, Jeffrey Aulenbach, face charges of grand larceny and obstructing governmental administration. Rosen was also charged with forgery.
New York City’s Department of Investigation, which investigated the nonprofit for two years, said the men improperly took more than $290,000 from the organization for their personal use, on top of their already unusually large salaries.
The money — described in the non-profit’s books as business expenses — went to pay for home renovations and furnishings and new cars, among other things, according to a Department of Investigation report released Thursday.
City investigators said the pair also improperly transferred $875,000 to Air America, which was co-founded by one of Gloria Wise’s executives.
Well, fancy that.
Brian Maloney is all over the story with BUSTED
Read it all……
Finally after a year and the theft from a children’s charity there is some justice and coverage from the MSM.
And Al Franken and Randi Rhodes have continued to draw their bloated salaries.
Have they NO SHAME?
NOPE.
And when will Air America Executives be indicted?
SOON!
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New York Times: Ex-Officials of Bronx Charity Charged With Grand Larceny
New York Post: ‘WISE’ ASSES IN $1M FRAUD
Managers of the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in The Bronx looted the charity and used $1.2 million in taxpayer money for luxury cars, home renovations and start-up cash for lefty radio network Air America, a two-year investigation has found.
The bombshell probe by the city Department of Investigation was made public yesterday as two of Gloria Wise’s top former officials took a no-jail plea deal – admitting in Bronx Supreme Court they stole as much as $150,000 from programs meant for kids, the elderly and the disabled.
In all, investigators found that six former Gloria Wise officials took $290,000 to pay for their personal expenses – on top of excessively generous salaries.
Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club officials Charles Rosen (above) and Jeff Aulenbach leave court yesterday after pleading guilty to lootingthe club to boost Air America and pay for bathroom work at Aulenbach’s home.
Stay tuned…….
Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club Beacon 113 of Bronx, New York, kicked off their inaugural Jr. NBA/Jr.WNBA basketball season
Also, linked to Stop the ACLU, The World According To Carl
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Air America Radio Scandal: MSM Makes an Appearance
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Air America Radio Scandal: New York Times ….FINALLY
Air America Scandal: Al Franken Blows It Off
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Global War on Terror Watch: Did Paul Pillar LEAK the National Intelligence Estimate?
The Joint House-Senate intelligence Committee continues hearings on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002, examining the intelligence communities response to terrorism.. Being sworn-in prior to testifying are, left to right, former U. S. Attorney Mary Jo White, former Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., former FBI Director Louis Freeh, and CIA National Intelligence Officer Paul Pillar.
Michelle Malkin: Who is Paul Pillar?
MM makes the case that former CIA office Paul Pillar LEAKED the NIE to the New York Times.
Flap thinks the FBI should pay Mr. Pillar a visit……
And…..
Director of National Intelligence Negroponte better KICK some ASS over at Langley and get the CIA fighting for America and not its enemies.
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Representative William Jefferson Watch: Tale of Friendship, Ambition and Betrayal
Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) speaks to reporters after arriving at Reagan National Airport in Washington, May 22, 2006. A Kentucky businessman was sentenced on Friday to seven years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to paying bribes to Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat who is the target of a federal corruption probe.
New York Times: In Case Against Politician, a Tale of Friendship, Ambition and Betrayal
In July 2005, Vernon L. Jackson returned home to Louisville from Washington, where he had just met with Representative William J. Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat who had been helping promote his fledgling digital-technology company. David Harper, a lawyer for the company, said he had never seen Mr. Jackson so demoralized.
For nearly five years, the inventor and the congressman had carried the message that Mr. Jackson’s company, iGate, could help close the “digital divide†by delivering high-speed Internet access to poor blacks around the world.
They had flown to Africa to seek business opportunities, and they had talked up iGate to potential partners at the Kentucky Derby and the United States Open tennis tournament in New York.
But now, with iGate starved for cash, Mr. Jackson was convinced that Mr. Jefferson, his “friend on the Hill,†was about to betray him, Mr. Harper recalled.
Over breakfast at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the congressman had made a proposal that, in Mr. Jackson’s view, was tantamount to theft: in return for a quick infusion of cash, Mr. Harper said, Mr. Jefferson and his investors would take control of iGate and its promising broadband patents while easing Mr. Jackson aside and cutting off most of the company’s creditors.
Unbeknownst to the two men, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had been monitoring their dealings. Less than three weeks later, agents raided Mr. Jefferson’s homes, in Washington and in New Orleans, and found stacks of cash stuffed in a freezer.
And why is William Jefferson still in the House of Representatives? Tall but scrawny Jefferson will be snuggling with Bubba soon enough but why the Democrats in the House and Speaker Hastert allow this miscreant to continue is beyond belief.
The GOP majority should immediately push for Jefferson’s expulsion. Jefferson won’t resign so his ASS should be kicked out.
Kentucky businessman, Vernon L. Jackson, chief executive of Louisville-based iGate, leaves U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., in this May 3, 2006, file photo. Jackson, 54, who admitted paying more than $400,000 in bribes to Rep. William J. Jefferson, D-La., was sentenced, Friday, Sept. 8, 2006, to more than seven years in prison.
Mr. Jackson, 54, has pleaded guilty to paying more than $400,000 in bribes for Mr. Jefferson’s help; on Sept. 8, he was sentenced to seven years in prison. An F.B.I. search of the congressman’s office last May set off a showdown between Congress and the Justice Department. Mr. Jefferson has denied any wrongdoing and remains under investigation.
In recent months, the outlines of the case have emerged in court filings and news reports. But an examination of court records and dozens of internal iGate documents, as well as interviews with a number of Mr. Jackson’s associates, offers a far clearer picture of the relationship between the two men, and of how Mr. Jefferson went from helping a small company to trying to take it over for his family’s benefit.
William Jefferson is a CROOK.
Send him to the same federal prison as Vernon Jackson and we will see how long he lasts.
Stay tuned……
Captain Ed has Jefferson’s Corruption Goes Beyond Bribery
This goes beyond corruption. This is a gross abuse of power, and it sheds some light on why the FBI was so adamant about raiding Jefferson’s office. Read all of Drew’s report.
Indeed. But, it does not explain why Speaker Dennis Hastert ran to his defense.
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Cox & Forkum: Usual Suspects
Cox & Forkum: Usual Suspects
Three of the shooting survivors were in serious condition, according to Harborview Medical Center; the other two victims were in satisfactory condition, including a woman who is five months pregnant. Police said she was shot in the arm while covering her abdomen. …According to [Police Chief Gil] Kerlikowske, Haq was upset over three world events: U.S. involvement in Iraq; the U.S. backing of Israel; and what Haq said was the mistreatment of the Pakistani people.
Haq found the Jewish center by researching “something Jewish” on the Internet, Kerlikowske said.
Seattle PI article:
“He said ‘I am a Muslim American, angry at Israel,’ before opening fire on everyone,” [Marla] Meislin-Dietrich said. “He was randomly shooting at everyone.”
Any characterization of this attack on something other than a terrorist type attack is ludicrous.
The FBI should be monitoring known Islamic fundamentalists and profiling them in their activities for potential terrorist activism in the United States.
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Representative William Jefferson Watch: Appeals Court Rules Jefferson Has 2 Days to Review Documents
A federal appeals court has allowed Rep. William Jefferson to review all the documents taken from his office by the FBI in a May search of his office that stems from an ongoing bribery investigation.
Fox News: William Jefferson to Get 2 Days to Review Papers in Bribery Case
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia returned the case to the U.S. District Court and ordered that Jefferson have two days to review copies of the material seized, which includes more than a dozen computer hard drives and two boxes of paper documents.
This would allow the Louisiana Democrat to say which documents are legislative in nature in the hopes of preventing them from being considered by the courts in any further action regarding the bribery case.
The district court also must perform its own review of the documents to determine their admissibility
Constitutional issues aside about the documents seized from his House of Representatives office, the issue is whether a member of Congress is “above the law.” There was a duly executed search warrant and common sense says this was a lawful search.
Perhaps the two days review will allow the appellate court to dispel any impropriety in the separation of powers doctrine.
Jefferson has been under investigation since March 2005 for allegedly using his position to promote the sale of telecommunications equipment and services offered by iGate, a Louisville-based firm, that sought contracts with Nigeria, Ghana and other African nations.
In return for his help, Jefferson allegedly demanded stock and cash payments. The congressman has not been charged and has denied wrongdoing.
The overnight search on May 20 — which lasted 18 hours — was part of a 16-month international bribery investigation of Jefferson, who allegedly accepted $100,000 from a telecommunications businessman, $90,000 of which was later recovered in a freezer in the congressman’s Louisiana home.
Flap wonders how Jefferson will explain that cold hard cash of $90 grand in his freezer though.
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Representative William Jefferson Watch: FBI Raid on Jefferson’s House Office Legal
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe (3rd L) and Washington Mayor AnthonyWilliams (2nd R) applaud after the unveiling of the statue of the third US president Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) in Paris. A statue of Jefferson who was the main author of his country’s Declaration of Independence has been unveiled in Paris in a ceremony coinciding with US Independence Day celebrations.
AP: Judge: FBI Raid on Lawmaker’s Office Legal
An FBI raid on a Louisiana congressman’s Capitol Hill office was legal, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan said members of Congress are not above the law. He rejected requests from lawmakers and Democratic Rep. William Jefferson to return material seized by the FBI in a May 20-21 search of Jefferson’s office.
In a 28-page opinion, Hogan dismissed arguments that the first-ever raid on a congressman’s office violated the Constitution’s protections against intimidation of elected officials.
“Congress’ capacity to function effectively is not threatened by permitting congressional offices to be searched pursuant to validly issued search warrants,” said Hogan, who had approved the FBI’s request to conduct the overnight search of Jefferson’s office.
Jefferson had sought the return of several computer hard drives, floppy disks and two boxes of paper documents that FBI agents seized during an 18-hour search of his Rayburn Building office.
At issue was a constitutional provision known as the speech and debate clause, which protects elected officials from being questioned by the president, a prosecutor or a plaintiff in a lawsuit about their legislative work.
“No one argues that the warrant executed upon Congressman Jefferson’s office was not properly administered,” Hogan wrote. “Therefore, there was no impermissible intrusion on the Legislature. The fact that some privileged material was incidentally captured by the
search does not constitute an unlawful intrusion.”
The opinion is here.Allah says page 16 says it all.
Captain Ed says look at page 23:
If there is any threat to the separation of powers here, it is not from the execution of a search warrant by one co-equal branch of government upon another, after the independent approval of the third separate, and co-equal branch. Rather, the principle of the separation of powers is threatened by the position that the Legislative Branch enjoys the unilateral and unreviewable power to invoke an absolute privilege, thus making it immune from the ordinary criminal process of a validly issued search warrant. This theory would allow Members of Congress to frustrate investigations into non-legislative criminal activities for which the Speech or Debate Clause clearly provides no protection from prosecution.
Representative Jefferson is NOT above the law.
And what is he doing in Paris on Independence Day?
William Jefferson is NO Thomas Jefferson……make NO mistake about this……..
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Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Senator Hillary Clinton Won’t Back Lieberman If He Loses Democrat Primary – PAYBACK
Carlson: Hillary Still Resents Lieberman Over LewinskyMargaret Carlson writing for Bloomberg.com points out:“You can also interpret Clinton’s swipe at Lieberman as an act of lingering resentment against the man who scolded her husband during impeachment proceedings shortly after his admission in August 1998 that he had been lying to the country for seven months.
“Lieberman took to the Senate floor to slam Clinton ‘for havingext ramarital relations with an employee half his age . . . in the vicinity of the Oval Office. Such behavior is not just inappropriate. It is immoral.’â€
Carlson then opines: “Revenge isn’t an admirable emotion but at least it’s evidence of some emotion from a woman who showed none during one of the most public cases of philandering ever . . . She may have been finally getting back at the Democrat who didn’t stand by her man.â€
Payback or Hillary is afraid of getting the same treatment as Joe from the netroot Kosputins.
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Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Lieberman Will Run as an Independent if He Loses Democrat Primary
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Police Union Calls for McKinney Ethics Investigation
Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., shows her Georgia identification as she qualifies to run for re-election at the Capitol in Atlanta, Monday, April 24, 2006 in Atlanta.
AP: Police Union to Call for Ethics Probe of Rep. McKinney
Police labor officials, angry over a federal grand jury’s refusal to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney for assaulting a police officer, said Monday they want the House ethics committee to review her conduct.
And they said the grand jury’s decision last week sent the message that “it’s okay to hit a police officer.”
“We hope that members of Congress will review her actions in light of their rules within their own ethics committee,” Andrew Maybo, chairman of the U.S. Capitol Police Labor Committee, told reporters Monday at a news conference in Washington.
Maybo said the Fraternal Order of Police would send a letter later this week to the ethics committee suggesting that McKinney’s behavior violated an item in the chamber’s ethics manual that calls for members to “conduct (themselves) at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.”
Big Deal! But, Flap supposes it is better than nothing.
But, does anyone really expect the House Ethics Committee to do anything – after all, she apologized on the floor of the House?
Good Grief…….
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Federal Grand Jury Votes to NOT Indict McKinney for Assault
Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney speaks during a Town Hall Meeting at her district offices in Decatur, Ga., Friday, June 2, 2006. A grand jury declined to indict McKinney in connection with a confrontation with a Capitol police officer.Associated Press: Grand jury declines to indict McKinney
A grand jury declined Friday to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney in connection with a confrontation in which she admitted hitting a police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building.
The grand jury had been considering the case since shortly after the March 29 incident, which has led to much discussion on Capitol Hill about race and the conduct of lawmakers and the officers who protect them.
“We respect the decision of the grand jury in this difficult matter,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth Wainstein.
His statement, released late Friday, also included support for the officer involved, Paul McKenna, and the Capitol Police. He said, “This is a tremendously difficult job, and it is one that Officer McKenna and his colleagues perform with the utmost professionalism and dignity.”
With that, Wainstein closed a case that has simmered with racial and political tension.
A copy of the original police report follows (H/T The Smoking Gun):
Well, O.J. Simpson was found NOT guilty as well.How do you spell DOUBLE STANDARD?
If Flap or one of my readers had assaulted a Capitol Police Officer believe me there would have been an arrest, trial and sentence by now.
So, now, the question to ask is: Was the DOUBLE STANDARD that was applied to McKinney a result of her being:
A MEMBER OF CONGRESS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN
?
ANSWER: BOTH
McKinney dodged a bullet and will bear closer scrutiny.
In the meantime, who would want to work as a Capitol Police Officer?
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: McKinney Apologizes to the House
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Federal Grand Jury to Hear McKinney Case
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Georgia GOP Seizes on McKinney
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Thyroid Problem?
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Admits to Misusing Taxpayer Funds
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Capitol Police Ask for ARREST WARRANT
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: News Conference Today – “NOTHING New!â€
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: News Conference Today – “Something New?â€
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Representative William Jefferson Watch: House Democrats Vote To Remove Jefferson From Ways and Means Committee
U.S. Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) speaks to reporters after arriving back at Reagan National Airport in Washington in this May 22, 2006 file photo. House Democrats voted on June 15, 2006 to remove Rep. Jefferson from the powerful Ways and Means Committee while federal investigators weigh possible bribery charges against the Louisiana Democrat. Jefferson will not be forced off the tax-writing committee unless the entire House of Representatives votes to do so.
ASSociated Press: House Dems strip Jefferson of assignment
House Democrats, determined to make an election-year point about ethics, voted 99-58 on Thursday night to strip Rep. William Jefferson of his committee assignment while a federal bribery investigation runs its course.
The rank and file acted despite a last-minute plea by the embattled Louisiana lawmaker and persistent complaints from the Congressional Black Caucus that there was neither rule nor precedent for the action.
Jefferson has not been indicted and maintains his innocence. In remarks to reporters, he conceded that “serious allegations” swirl around him.
After weeks of defiance, he also left open the possibility that he might at last surrender the seat voluntarily before the issue reaches the House floor for final action. “I don’t want to speculate,” he said.
Within an hour of the vote, Jefferson disclosed he had offered on Wednesday to step aside on the condition that the caucus establish a rule covering cases like his and that his seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee go temporarily to a fellow Louisiana Democrat, Rep. Charles Melancon.
“Ms. Pelosi politely declined my offer,” he said in a written statement, referring to Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader. Pelosi’s office confirmed the exchange.
The three-hour closed door meeting marked the culmination of a drive by Pelosi to take action. “This isn’t about proof in a court of law. This is about an ethical standard,” she told reporters.
Duhhhh it is about ethical standards. The FBI has the Congressman on tape accepting a bribe and they found $90,000 in cold hard cash in his home freezer.
Say Good Night Gracie……..
But, the Congressional Black Caucus is still fighting leader Pelosi:
CNN: Rep. Jefferson loses Democratic caucus vote
With members of the Congressional Black Caucus crying double standard, House Democrats met behind closed doors Thursday and voted to strip Rep. William Jefferson of his seat on the Ways and Means Committee.
Rep. Mel Watt, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, called the decision “unprecedented” and concurred with Jefferson in comments to reporters after the vote.
House rules state that a legislator must be convicted before being removed from a committee, and Democratic Caucus rules state that heads or ranking members of committees must be indicted or be presented with formal charges before being removed.
Jefferson has not been charged with a crime.
“What we’ve done today is set a standard for regular members that’s actually lower — or higher, depending on how you look at it — than the standard we set for our chairs or ranking members,” Watt said. “We’ve set a standard that’s higher than the House rules require, and that would be fine if we knew what the rule is going forward.”
Asked if he thought race was a factor in Pelosi’s decision, Jefferson replied before the vote, “It’s not happened before. The first time it’s happening, it’s happening to an African-American.”
The assertion that race is a factor has already been floated by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Watt, who question why Rep. Alan Mollohan of West Virginia, a white Democrat who also is under investigation, was allowed to keep his seat on the equally powerful Appropriations Committee.
Mollohan, whose personal finances are being investigated after a complaint filed by a conservative group, stepped down voluntarily from his post on the Ethics Committee, pending resolution of the inquiry.
Watt warned last week that singling out Jefferson would not be received well by black voters.
Thursday, he said, “Our constituents will import their own interpretation into this, and a number of them will import that there’s a different standard in our caucus based on race.”
Jefferson also raised race in his letter to Pelosi.
“When an African American member of an exclusive committee is asked to resign his committee because of news reports or allegations of wrongdoing, it gives the appearance of unfairness and even racial discrimination if another member continues serving on an exclusive committee under Justice Department investigation as well, particularly if the other member is white, and is not subject to the same treatment,” he wrote.
Clyburn, who is a former chairman of the black caucus, said he bears no hard feelings for Pelosi.
“Ms. Pelosi has a right and I think the responsibility to make political decisions in the best interest of this caucus,” he said. “These things come with the territory. You have to do what you have to do.”
Ahhhhh the old RACE CARD……Man, it is played alot in the United States House of Representatives – ask Cynthia McKinney
Congressman, you are a disgrace to your office.
Now, do the right thing, develop some class and resign.
Stay tuned for the vote when the GOP majority will indulge the Democrats and throw Jefferson out of the House.
Michelle Malkin has DEMS CALL DEMS RACISTÂ
Don’t worry. They’ll all find a way to blame Bush somehow.
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