tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post113831598037856882..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: Sibel and the Turkish EmbassyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1138322605512786682006-01-27T11:43:00.000+11:002006-01-27T11:43:00.000+11:00I'll take it one step further and call it narcotic...I'll take it one step further and call it narcotics money laundering.<BR/><BR/>As, I was reading that Public Citizen report on Livington's shop, I wrote in the margin narcotics $ --> lobbyists (eg Livingston) --> campaign committees and PACs (Republican).<BR/><BR/>Look at the list of contributions by Livingston and his PACs. All of them Republicans. Not a gosh darn Dem on the list, even though he employs at least one dem in his firm (Lari Fitz-Pegado), and one of his principals is former congressman Toby Moffett, a democrat.<BR/><BR/>Now, of course, the contributions are in line with the K street project, even if some of his employees aren't Repugs. Also notice that according to that report he received $1.8 million p.a. _regardless_ of any lobbying services performed from the Republic/Embassy of Turkey. I can't find any record of him lobbying for Turkish interests in 2000-2002, seems like the first thing is his fight over the $1 bil and the Armenian resolution. (and I know Sibel has said it's only $1.2 mil, I'm not sure of why there's a discrepancy)<BR/><BR/>But my point is that the Turkish gov't must be his only client that pays the same high amount year after year. Look at the appendix and notice that few, if any, of his clients consistently pay the same amount each year (Oracle is probably the only exception).<BR/><BR/>So what do YOU think is going on? The Turkish embassy/ATC must be laundering money into the GOP coffers through intermediaries like Livingston. Look at the big winners from Livingston's PAC's largesse from 2000-2004: mostly House Leadership, a few senators, and a few louisiana reps, and of course the RNC, the Republican congressional and senate committees, and the preznit's campaign.<BR/><BR/>He also gave quite a few small donations to individual campaigns (probably those strapped for cash), several of which were unsuccessful. And, he also gave quite a bit to those congresscritters he lobbied on behalf of Turkish interests (e.g. Geogre Nethercutt of WA, Bill Young of FL, Dave Hobson of OH, Jim Kolbe of AZ).<BR/><BR/>When you also put it together with the fact that the Armenian Resolution vote was never really in doubt anyway, he's just another Jack Abramoff in my book, albeit on a smaller scale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com