Busted
In the years since Randall "Duke" Cunningham lurked in the Washington halls of power as a Congressman, he preyed on taxpayers, bilking the public of millions of dollars. The money came indirectly from the public coffers, in the form of bribery from Brent Roger Wilkes of ADCS, and Mitchell J. Wade of MZM, for hundreds of millions of dollars in government business. The business thrown to ADCS and MZM was in information technology, specifically in the security and defense areas. In a post 9/11 US, the gravy flowed, and the salivating Wilkes and Wade piled on the bribes to Cunningham for the train to be directed their way.
In the end, Cunningham was busted. So was Wilkes and Wade. Other politicians may have also benefited for doing their personal bit to directing public defense, military and intelligence spending towards ADCS and MZM. Specifically named by Cunningham was Florida's Secretary of State, Katherine Harris. If you recall, Harris was the Florida politician responsible for the vote recount in the last US federal election, that handed the presidency to George W. Bush.
In a just world, prosecutors would not stop at Cunningham. They would follow the stench to the dank swamps of hell to find every last one of the culprits that misused public trust and curried their positions for personal financial gain. The world in the US under the presiding monarch, however, is hardly a just place. US Attorney Carol Lam, who threw Cunningham in jail, was one of the eight US attorneys fired by the Justice Department, as direct by the White House. She was canned because the Justice Department felt she should have focused more on illegal immigrants entering the US from Mexico, instead of white collar crimes.
The rot from the corruption is overwhelming. Wake up America.
[Read the sordid tale in Baseline Magazine.]
In the end, Cunningham was busted. So was Wilkes and Wade. Other politicians may have also benefited for doing their personal bit to directing public defense, military and intelligence spending towards ADCS and MZM. Specifically named by Cunningham was Florida's Secretary of State, Katherine Harris. If you recall, Harris was the Florida politician responsible for the vote recount in the last US federal election, that handed the presidency to George W. Bush.
In a just world, prosecutors would not stop at Cunningham. They would follow the stench to the dank swamps of hell to find every last one of the culprits that misused public trust and curried their positions for personal financial gain. The world in the US under the presiding monarch, however, is hardly a just place. US Attorney Carol Lam, who threw Cunningham in jail, was one of the eight US attorneys fired by the Justice Department, as direct by the White House. She was canned because the Justice Department felt she should have focused more on illegal immigrants entering the US from Mexico, instead of white collar crimes.
The rot from the corruption is overwhelming. Wake up America.
[Read the sordid tale in Baseline Magazine.]
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