Oh, my. This is getting good.
Newsweek
Jan. 23, 2006 issue - Ohio Rep. Robert Ney personally lobbied the then Secretary of State Colin Powell to relax U.S. sanctions on Iran. Who asked him to? A convicted airplane broker who had just taken the congressman and a top aide on an expense-paid trip to London, NEWSWEEK has learned.
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The Iranian airline deal shows how the Abramoff case is already expanding into a broader investigation into D.C. lobbying practices. Ney was introduced to Winfield by lobbyists Roy Coffee, a former legislative aide to the then Gov. George W. Bush, and David DiStefano, who had previously been Ney's chief of staff.
...more after the fold...
And in Guam, the investigation keeps chugging along.
KUAM
While lobbying activities on Guam have ceased in the last year, the cost to taxpayers in the last few years has come at a hefty price. KUAM News has been investigating former Washington D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff's connections to Guam. And now, the island's chief executive gives his comments about Abramoff's ties to the island, as more connections are surfacing.
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Meanwhile, the Washington Pacific Economic Development Group in turn brought on additional lobbyists, including Cassidy and Associates and Roy Coffee from O'Connor and Hannan.
Until now I'd never heard the name of Roy Coffee. Something tells me we're going to hear it a lot more. This is getting closer to the White House by the day. There's been speculation the Jack Abramoff was only a middle guy in the whole financial arrangement. How high up is this going to go?