Catastrophe (41 page)

230 “is certainly reason for concern”: Ibid.

231 “the agreement still needed”: Ibid.

232 “repeatedly pushed some of”: Tom Hamburger and Josh Meyer, “Eric Holder Pushed for Controversial Clemency,”
Los Angeles Times
, January 9, 2009, www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-holder9-2009jan09,0,6643509.story.

233 “angry lawmakers demanded”: Ibid.

234 “instructed his staff”: Ibid.

235 “I remember this”: Ibid.

236 “strong opposition to”: Ibid.

237 “Overall, the two groups”: Ibid.

238 “These terrorists took away”: Joseph F. Connor, “Hearing Statement of Joseph F. Connor,” United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, January 16, 2009, http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=3629&wit_id=7569.

239 Why did Holder ignore…for the pardon?”: Ibid.

240 “as something President Bush”: Andrew McCarthy, “Lawyer’s Lawyer, Radical’s Radical,”
National Review
, March 9, 2009, www.judicialnetwork.com/cgi-data/in_the_news/files/227.shtml.

241 “extreme and implausible”: Ibid.

242 “in fact, the practice was”: Ibid.

243 “it had arrested”: Ahmd Al-Haj, “Official: Yemen Releases 170 al-Qaida Suspects,” Yahoo News.com, February 8, 2009, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida_suspects.

244 “after signing pledges”: Ibid.

245 “local tribal leaders”: Ibid.

246 “increase [Bush’s] reluctance”: Ibid.

7. THE UNITED STATES SENDS AID TO HAMAS…YES, HAMAS!

247 The U.S. contribution makes up: Joel Mowbray, “Lawmakers Worry Whether U.S. Can Keep Gaza Aid Away from the Hamas,” FoxNews.com, March 2, 2009, www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/02/lawmakers-worry-gaza-aid-away-hamas/.

248 “UNRWA openly collaborates”: Caroline Glick, “Column One: Entrapping Netanyahu,”
Jerusalem Post
, February 26, 2009, www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJP Article%2FShowFull&cid=1235410729960.

249 “I am sure that”: “UNRWA’s Hamas Employees,” HonestReporting.com, www.aish.com/jewishissues/mediaobjectivity/UNRWAs_Hamas_Employees.asp.

250 May 2004…rockets at Israel: Ibid.

251 According to Congressman: “Teaching Rocket Science,”
New York Post
, May 6, 2008, www.nypost.com/seven/05062008/postopinion/editorials/teaching_rocket_science_109621.html.

252 “discovered there small-arms”: Arlene Kushner, “UN Dollars for Terror,” FrontPageMag.com, August 18, 2004, www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=F80544EB-508B-42F8-9AE4-4C06C508B2A2.

253 “So pervasive is this”: Ibid.

254 The European Union contributes: Ibid.

255 “thirty confirmed fatalities”: Herb Keinon and Tovah Lazaroff, “UNRWA Offers Political Cover to Hamas,”
Jerusalem Post
, February 25, 2009, www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410706632&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull.

256 “UN issued a revised report”: Ibid.

257 “One of [the banks]”: Claudia Rosett, “Can We Give to Gaza Without Giving to Hamas?”
Forbes
, March 5, 2009, www.forbes.com/2009/03/04/gaza-hamas-clinton-opinions-columnists_claudia_rosett.html.

258 “that may be indicative”: Ibid.

259 In 2006, Under-Secretary: Ibid.

260 “we have worked”: Ibid.

261 “a considerable portion”: Jonathan D. Halevi, “Aid to Palestinian Authority Used for Terrorists,” Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, March 4, 2009, http://jcpa.org.il/Templates/show page.asp?FID=575&DBID=1&LNGID=2&TMID=99&IID=22002.

262 “This aid serves as”: Ibid.

263 “it is directly”: Asaf Romirowsky, “How UNRWA Supports Hamas,”
inFocus
, 2007, www.jewishpolicycenter.org/article/53.

264 The UNRWA employs: Ibid.

265 “UNRWA workers are permitted”: Ibid.

266 “Instead of a condemnation”: Ibid.

267 Said Sayyam…military structure of Hamas: Ibid.

268 “there have also been widespread reports”: Ibid.

269 “allowed terrorist groups”: Mark Silverberg, “Gaza’s Quandary,” www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2310/pub_detail.asp.

270 “destroyed during bomb-making”: Romirowsky, “How UNRWA Supports Hamas.”

271 “UNRWA’s job is to”: Asaf Romirowsky, Barry Rubin, and Jonathan Spyer, “UNRWA: Refuge of Rejectionism,” GLORIACenter.org, May 8, 2008, www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/rubin/5_8.asp.

272 “UNRWA schools become hotbeds”: Ibid.

273 “the exact opposite”: Ibid.

8. CHRISTOPHER DODD AND CHARLES RANGEL: FROM IDEALISTIC REFORMERS TO PRIVILEGED INSIDERS

274 “I came back”: David Welna, “Dodd’s First Race Was Call to Service, Legacy,” NPR.org, October 8, 2007, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14694831.

275 In 1967, Thomas Dodd: “The Undoing of Dodd,”
Time
, May 5, 1967, www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899472-1,00.html.

276 “He said to me”: Elizabeth Bumiller, “Dodd’s Other Campaign: Restoring Dad’s Reputation,”
New York Times
, September 24, 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/us/politics/24dodd.html.

277 “contrary to good morals”: “The Undoing of Dodd.”

278 Accepting $8,000…2009 dollars: Ibid.

279 “backdoor law practice”: Jack Anderson and Drew Pearson, “The Washington Merry-Go-Round,” Bell McClure Syndicate, March 20, 1967, http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/bit stream/2041/53122/b20f02-0320zdisplay.pdf.

280 For example, according to: Ibid.

281 Another witness: Ibid.

282 the annual salary: Ida Brudnick, “Salaries of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789–2008,” Senate.gov, February 21, 2008, www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/97-1011.pdf.

283 In 1965, it increased: Ibid.

284 “There is an interesting”: Anderson and Pearson, “The Case of Sanford Bomstein,” Bell McClure Syndicate, March 15, 1967, http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/bitstream/2041/53114/b20f02-0315xdisplay.pdf.

285 Dodd’s Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee: Ibid.

286 “received help in the”: Dave Altimari and Matthew Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends,”
Hartford Courant
, March 15, 2009, www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-doddproperty.artmar15,0,4867366.story.

287 “We were friends”: Ibid.

288 “it would have been”: Ibid.

289 “Mr. Downe Doled Out”: N. R. Kleinfield, “Living Poolside, and Wanting More; Insider-Trading Charges and the Southampton Summer Set,”
New York Times
, June 16, 1992, www.nytimes.com/1992/06/16/nyregion/living-poolside-wanting-more-insider-trading-charges-southampton-summer-set.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3.

290 Dodd has been: Landon Thomas Jr., “At Hearing, Pointed Questions about What Led to a Bailout,”
New York Times
, April 4, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/business/04scene.html?scp=2&sq=edward+downe+pardon&st=nyt.

291 “Having a relationship financially”: Altimari and Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends.”

292 Dodd claims that: Ibid.

293 His salary in 1986: “Senate Salaries since 1789,” Senate.gov, www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/senate_salaries.htm.

294 “had exploited insider trading”: Ronald Sullivan, “S.E.C. Reaches Settlement with Socialite,”
New York Times
, September 15, 1994, www.nytimes.com/1994/09/15/business/sec-reaches-settlement-with-socialite.html.

295 “the example[s] of Ed’s”: David Lightman, “Dodd Helped Friend Secure Presidential Pardon,”
Hartford Courant
, February 24, 2001, http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/dodd-and-his-pardon/.

296 personal access: Marc Lacey and Don Van Natta Jr., “Access Proved Vital in Last-Minute Race for Clinton Pardons,”
New York Times
, February 25, 2001, www.nytimes.com/2001/02/25/us/access-proved-vital-in-last-minute-race-for-clinton-pardons.html?scp=5&sq=edward+ downe+pardon&st=nyt.

297 “bypassed the Justice Department”: Ibid.

298 “Politics rather than”: Ibid.

299 “It would have been”: Altimari and Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends.”

300 William Kessinger was: Kevin Rennie, “Dodd’s ‘Cottage’: A Cozy Purchase,”
Hartford Courant
, February 22, 2009, www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-rennie0222.artfeb22,0,3796755.column.

301 When the property was sold: Ibid.

302 Dodd told the
Hartford Courant:
Ibid.

303 “Someone might also”: Ibid.

304 “In 1993, Irish planning”: Kevin Rennie, “Dodd’s Explanations Misleading, Incomplete,”
Hartford Courant
, March 22, 2009, www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-rennie-dodd-aig-houses0322.artmar22,0,1723577.column.

305 “According to the Irish”: Altimari and Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends.”

306 “Two years after”: Keving Rennie, “Pardon for a Friend, a Good Deal for Dodd,”
Hartford Courant
, March 8, 2009, www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-rennie-dodd-house0308.artmar08,0,4360050.column.

307 He speculated that: Altimari and Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends.”

308 “These were pretty”: Ibid.

309 New development plan for Sunflower site stirs officials By JOHN L. PETTERSON The Kansas City Star, June 12, 2002 http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/3448952.htm

310 “Candidly, our thinking”: Ibid.

311 http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/06/12/Countrywide-Loan-Scandal

312 Dodd and Countrywide
The Senator should take the witness stand. Wall Street Journal October 10, 2008,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122360116724221681.html

313 march 23, 2009
Dodd’s Wife a Former Director of Bermuda-Based IPC Holdings, an AIG Controlled Company
By Kevin Rennie

314 “getting away with murder”: Deal Journal, “Mean Street: What’s More Shameful than AIG? The U.S. Congress,”
Wall Street Journal
, March 20, 2009, http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/03/20/mean-street-whats-more-shameful-than-aig-the-us-congress/.

315 “Are these guys”: Ann Woolner, “AIG Bonus Tax Idea Feels Great, Stinks as Law,” Bloomberg.com, March 25, 2009, www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_woolner&sid=a4n5b.9iX6Bw.

316 “out of touch”: “Rangel Says Feds behind A.I.G. Bonus Were out of Touch,” NY1.com, March 28, 2009, www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/96420/rangel-says-feds-behind-aig-bonuses-were-out-of-touch/Default.aspx.

317 “Someone screwed up”: Ibid.

318 In 2007, Rangel submitted: Alan Finder, “Study Finds Record Education Earmarks,”
New York Times
, March 24, 2008, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E1DA133DF937A15750C0A96E9C8B63.

319 “You don’t agree”: Sheryl Arrkiss, “Is Rangel’s ‘Monument to Me’ Worth It?,” CBSNews.com, September 14, 2007, www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/14/eveningnews/main3261346.shtml.

320 “I would have”: Ibid.

321 “a new ‘Charles B. Rangel’”: Ibid.

322 “We call it the”: Ibid.

323 And so did City University: David Kocieniewski, “Rangel Pushed for a Donation; Insurer Pushed for a Tax Cut,”
New York Times
, January 2, 2009, www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/nyregion/03rangel.html?scp=21&sq=Charles+Rangel+Center+for+Public+Service&st=nyt.

324 “one was sent to”: Ibid.

325 “Drug companies, hospitals”: Matt Viser, “Hospitals, Firms in Healthcare Back Kennedy Institute,”
Boston Globe
, January 20, 2009, www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/20/hospitals_firms_in_healthcare_back_kennedy_institute/.

326 Although Rangel had been: David Kocieniewski, “Republican’s Question Rangel’s Tax Break Support,”
New York Times
, November 25, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/nyregion/26rangel.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=nabors&st=nyt#secondParagraph%23second Paragraph.

327 as the
New York Times
disclosed: David Kocieniewski, “For Rangel, Four Rent-Stabilized Apartments,”
New York Times
, July 11, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/nyregion/11rangel.html.

9. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A NAME…TED KENNEDY, JR., THE SENATOR’S SON

328 In the year 2000: Melody Peterson, “Bristol-Myers Delays F.D.A. Review of a Blood Pressure Drug,”
New York Times
, April 20, 2000, www.nytimes.com/2000/04/20/business/bristol-myers-delays-fda-review-of-a-blood-pressure-drug.html.

329 25 million Glucophage prescriptions: Lindsey Tanner, “Study: Diabetics Face Drug Danger,” MedTech1.com, May 15, 2002, http://medtech1.com/success/device_stories.cfm/25/1.

330 Every minute that generic: “Congress Watch Director Frank Clemente Opposing the Bristol-Myers Squibb Monopoly Patent Extension,” Citizen.org, www.citizen.org/congress/reform/drug_patents/bmsg/articles.cfm?ID=6490.

331 In 2001, the company spent: “Lobbying Spending Database,” Center for Responsive Politics, https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?lname=Bristol-Myers +Squibb & year=2001.

332 The manufacturer, which: Juliet Eilperin, “Bristol-Myers Presses for Patent,”
Washington Post
, November 28, 2001, www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A25330-2001Nov27.

333 Provide advice re: “BMS Report Images,” Center for Responsive Politics, https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/client_reports.php?lname=Bristol-Myers+Squibb&year=2001; See Marwood’s 2000 lobbying disclosure form for BMSL.

334 “healthcare advisory and financial”: “Marwood Group,” www.marwoodgroup.com.

335 The Marwood Group LLC: “The Marwood Group LLC,” BusinessWeek.com, April 7, 2009, http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=9638663.

336 If the currency of Washington: Jeffrey Young, “Ted Kennedy Jr.’s Firm Sues over Political Intel,” TheHill.com, November 20, 2007, http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/ted-kennedy-jr.s-firm-sues-over-political-intel-2007-11-20.html.

337 Edward M. Kennedy, Jr.: Michael Maiello, “Ponying Up to Camelot,” Forbes.com, April 10, 2004, www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/0419/054.html.