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Cunningham Bribery - Foggo (CIA)-MZM Cases Linked to Saudi Slush Fund Scandal
Edited on Mon Aug-06-07
Evidence related to the Duke Cunningham-MZM CIA contracting scandal was heard this morning in extraordinary secrecy by a panel of 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Judges in Pasedena. See,
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/stat ... 05-9999-...
The extreme secrecy is highly unusual. Veteran lawyers could not remember another time when the appeals court held a completely closed hearing.
The subjects to be discussed are transcripts and documents related to the February guilty plea of Thomas Kontogiannis, a New York developer who admitted to a single count of money laundering in the Cunningham case. Kontogiannis' checkered past includes convictions for bribery and bid-rigging, an estimated $70 million fortune, and a knack for staying out of prison.
The reason this is being kept under wraps that is Greece, like Turkey, has been buying GOP Congressmen and CIA officials . . . with Saudi money, as part of an enormous multinational arms and political influence buying scheme being operated by the Saudi Royal Family in several western countries, particularly focused on the US and UK.
Thomas Kontogiannis' motives in bribing Cunningham has long been obscure. A month ago, it finally came out that Kontogiannis' interest in the matter was arms transfers to his native Greece. According to details that have slowly trickled out of the case, the Saudis are lurking in the background of this, apparently as bankers for the deal.
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This has been an ongoing conspiracy. Today, it also touches on the scandal surrounding the sudden firing early this year of US Attorney Carol Lam, who was forced out by AG Gonzales just two days after the arrest on February 13 of Dusty Foggo, chief lieutenant to CIA Director Porter Goss. Eight days later, Kontogiannis cut a deal with prosecutors in the Cunningham case, and was offered an unusually light sentence for his role in bribing the Congressman.
TPM Muckraker has been on-top of this story. Consider this Josh Marshall column from last March about Kontogianni and the connections which had then first emerged about MZM owner Mitchell Wade, and his partner, Brent Wilkes, have with corrupt elements of US intelligence and the Saudi Royals:
http://beta.talkingpointsmemo.com/archi ... _2006_03...
They've hit the mother lode at last. This is treason.
And Bush is the head of the conspiracy in the U.S. He was bought many years ago as was his father. For shame. I believe some of the Democratic congresspeople have also been bought. I have particular senator in mind who shall remain nameless.
They also control NewsCorp, Time-Warner and Citicorp and a dozen other of the largest financial, defense and media corporations with headquarters in the United States.
This would explain much about the behavior of Congress...but if much of the Judicial branch and the media have also been "bought", what to do?
And Clinton. Why do you suppose Bill pardoned Marc Rich. Check the connection. And what is Murdoch's tie in. He controls the Financial Times and now the Wall Street Journal. Who is behind him?
"Saudi slush fund money back to selected American politicians" Guess which Democratic candidate? All sorts of things fall into place here.
The Saudi Royals Are Rupert Murdoch's Principal Backers
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/leveymg/272
Here's the real deal: Murdoch is both a business agent for Saudi Arabia, and their chief propagandist. Part of his job is to distribute Saudi slush fund money back to selected American politicians
Rock the House of Enron Part II: Saudi Slush!
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Would this be one of two Democratic Senators on Sibel Edmonds Dirty Dozen list?
It will be very interesting to follow this over the next few days, and to see if the Union Tribune can actually talk this court into taking the seals off of some of the proceedings. Please. I want to know what part in this Hillary Clinton has. The GOP wants her as the pres, not just for the votes it will generate, but for more serious business.
and Jonathan Bush's Riggs BankBank with close ties to Bush administration engulfed in scandalNEW details of Thatcher coup plot: London Evening StandardSEC probes Marathon Oil payments in Equitorial Guinea (and HQ burns down)
and was not there a $26 million Saudi check cashed in Oct of '04 .....
.... to help with the election fix. If I remember it right it was cashed in Montreal. Saudi Slush Fund Scandal
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My brain is coming up with the tin-foil-wrapped idea that Cheney is involved somehow. (That courthouse is kind of out in the sticks, for Pasadena, having just spent several minutes tracking down the address.)
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This whole case has the possibility of blowing the whole RNC/BFEE/DOD/Contractor axis completely out of the water. It's gone beyond the simple RICO vulnerable money laundering system, it's gone to international crime and the obvious funding of the terrorism keeping this scum in power.
So -- are the Saudis the real force pushing for war with Iran?
Maybe a non sequitur -- but I saw Pete Hoekstra's name on Sibel's Dirty Dozen list that someone posted above and a couple of pieces clicked into place.