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Bradblog has posted some very interesting tidbits coming out of Washington D.C. today with regards to Cybil Edmond's whistle blowing deposition. Among the many revelations is a claim made by David Krikorian that Representative Dan Burton has been up to some "extremely illegal activities"
In addition, Ohiobama has a great diary that focuses on the Ohio implications for the 2010 congressional race in Schmidt v. Krikorian, and of course our own Lukery has been on top of the Sybil Edmonds story all along as well... But this is largely about the apparent turd that just landed in Dan Burton's lap, courtesy of Ms. Edmonds.
More below...
Bradblog quotes an interview with David Krikorian outside the chambers where the deposition is taking place today, in Washington DC. Here is what Mr. Krikorian said:
From my opinion, if I'm some of the current members of Congress, I'd be very very worried about the information that's going to come out of this. There are current members of Congress that she has implicated in bribery, espionage. It's not good. It's crazy, it's absolutely crazy. For people in power situations in the United States, who know about this information, if they don't take action against it, in my opinion, it's negligence.
[Which current members have been implicated?]
[Dan] Burton (R-IN), described as basically accepting bribes and involved in espionage for the Turkish government...she could not discuss the extremely illegal activities that Mr. Burton committed against U.S. interests, as she put it.
(Incidentally, so far the DOJ has been a no-show in busting up Ms. Edmond's testimony and even though reporters have not been allowed in, her testimony is being videotaped and may appear on Youtube eventually, according to Bradblog and Krikorian)
For those of you who might need a refresher on Mr. Burton, he was so obsessed with Bill Clinton and Vince Foster that he actually attempted to re-inact the "crime" in his own backyard with his own pistol and a pumpkin standing in for Vince Foster's head.
He's also been an avid proponent of the death penalty for drug dealers.
Not only that, but Dan Burton is also an avid Birther. Well, if Ms. Edmond's recent revelations turn out to be true, Rep. Burton might find a new birth certificate could come in handy for himself. More revelations from Bradblog:
Also, a current female member of Congress who has been blackmailed by the Turkish Government...called a 'hooking exercise'...she's apparently bi-sexual and they bugged her apartment, she's married with children, and they set up a relationship with another female who went in and had sexual relationships with her. And they had all the episodes bugged within this current Representatives home and they blackmailed her. ... She wouldn't give her name, but her photograph [is the one with the question mark on it in the Sybil Edmond's Rogue Gallery
There's honestly so much here that it's tough to get around it all... Much of Edmond's testimony has centered around:
Implicat[ing] Turkish organizations operating in the U.S. with both overt and covert operations. [In particular] She talks about one of the main lobby issues is suppressing U.S. media coverage of the Armenian Genocide and preventing the Armenian Genocide resolution in Congress from passing. She said very very strongly that is one of their major issues.
While Krikorian was careful to say that Democrats weren't exactly exonerated from any wrong-doing, it would appear that Ms. Edmond's testimony may be particularly troubling for Republicans - some of whom are no longer "serving" in government (like Denny Hastert) but many of whom, still are.
Stay tuned. This has all the makings of, as Ed Sullivan might put it, a really big shooo!