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Nothing proves that the criminal Culture of Corruption went straight to the top than today's article in the NY Times. Jack Abramoff not only installed his own secretary in Rove's office (Susan Ralston), the head of the GSA was his own personal lackey, as now proven by e-mails finally given to prosecutors.
RECOMMEND! - This is huge for Easter family conversations. Down with the Culture of Corruption (Down with the Republican Party).
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A batch of 278 e-mails between lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a Bush administration official show a highly inappropriate relationship where gifts and business interests mixed freely and frequently, federal prosecutors said Friday...
''The e-mails demonstrate that Mr. Safavian's relationship with Mr. Abramoff was highly inappropriate,'' prosecutors wrote in a court filing accompanying the e-mails.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
The prosecutors hope to use the e-mails in the criminal case against David Safavian, who is accused of lying and obstruction of justice in connection with investigations of an Abramoff-sponsored golf outing to Scotland in August 2002.
The e-mails show that Abramoff and Safavian, then chief of staff at the General Services Administration, were in frequent contact, played golf often and traded workplace gossip. Abramoff showered Safavian with offers of meals, invitations to parties as well as the trip to the fabled St. Andrew's golf course in Scotland.
One message from Abramoff, sent July 23, 2002, asks Safavian, ''golf Friday? golf Sunday? golf Monday? golf, golf, golf!!''
At the same time, Abramoff is peppering Safavian with questions and requests for his help on a variety of projects, including obtaining parcels of federal land that were managed by GSA for Abramoff's charitable groups.
''The e-mails demonstrate that Mr. Safavian's relationship with Mr. Abramoff was highly inappropriate,'' prosecutors wrote in a court filing accompanying the e-mails.
The Washington Post printed some of the Quid Pro Quo:
In April 2002, when Safavian was chief of staff to Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah), he and Abramoff exchanged e-mails about Safavian's interest in working for Abramoff's law firm, Greenberg Traurig. Then, on April 17, Safavian e-mailed: "you and I need to talk. I was just offered the chief of staff job for GSA."
Thirty-one minutes later, Abramoff replied: "Oy vey! Where/when should I call u?"
On May 14, Abramoff wrote: "Can I host a party for you at Sigs [Signatures, a restaurant Abramoff owned]? Something like cocktails? Let me know if that is allowed. I really want to do it."
Safavian replied: "No, but you can join me for a drink at the happy hour being thrown for me on Monday night at Bullfeathers on the Hill."
Abramoff: "Bullfeathers?! What?! Can you move it to my restaurant?"
The e-mails suggest that the Signatures party never occurred, but 10 days later, on May 24, Abramoff got down to business: "I have a gsa question. There is a facility which is under the control of the GSA in silver Spring Maryland . . . I was wondering if it is possible to get some of the property for a school. Do you know if that is doable and how? Thanks."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
This is out and out criminal corruption, folks. Scotty is going to have a lot of 'splainin to do on Tuesday! To save his skin Safavian will have to take Rove and Bush down with him...