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• Political Winners and Losers of The Week

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 426
  Week of 11/30 – 12/06/09 WINNERS   Senator Max Baucus  Democrat Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus admitted to sending a nomination for his girlfriend and former staffer, Melodee Hanes to President Obama for the job of US Attorney for Montana. The admission came only after a news ...
  16 hours ago

• Sharpe Shenanigans: Federal Judge Prods for Bruno Conviction

  
  Big Government — Authority: 812
  The Bruno jury in Albany is hung. After six full days of deliberation, the Jury has passed notes to Judge Gary Sharpe, a hard-drinking former U.S Attorney for this district, with questions that are all arguably favorable to the 81 year old Former Majority Leader in the New york Senate. Joe Bruno the legendary ...
  21 hours ago

• Baucuss Legal Affairs

  
  Swampland — Authority: 726
  Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus found himself the center of a scrum of reporters Saturday as the Senate worked through the weekend on health care reform, though not for the usual reasons. The topics did not include the public option, abortion, health care affordability or his hearings on global warming ...
  2 days ago

• Max Baucus (D) Nominated His Bit-On-The-Side for Montanas U.S. Attorneys Office

  
  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 485
  Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus office confirmed late Friday night that the Montana Democrat was carrying on an affair with his state office director, Melodee Hanes, when he nominated her to be U.S. attorney in Montana.
  2 days ago

• Max Baucus nominated his girlfriend for U.S. Attorney

  
  swimming freestyle — Authority: 437
  Democratic Senator Max Baucus has just been busted for nominated his girlfriend to be the U.S. Attorney in Montana. Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the powerful U.S. Senate Finance Committee, nominated his girlfriend to serve as a federal prosecutor earlier this year, the senators spokesman said on Saturday. ...
  2 days ago

• Max Baucus Proposes Health Care Compromise: Public Option for Girlfriends

  
  The Satirical Political Report — Authority: 506
  “ONCE YOU BECOME A SINGLE PLAYER , AND OPT-IN TO A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, IT TRIGGERS COMPLETE GOVERNMENT BENEFITS BASED ON AN EXCHANGE OF SEXUAL FAVORS.”
  2 days ago

• Montanas Would-Be U.S. Attorney

  
  In General Counsel — Authority: 125
  If we recall correctly, in the Woody Allen film Hannah and Her Sisters , each character wanted to be with someone else. Maybe that describes all of Woody Allens movies. Anyway, in real life, that A wants to be with C rather than B doesnt necessarily make any of them in general bad persons. It all depends on the ...
  2 days ago

• Aide Says Baucus nominated a girlfriend for US attorney

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 163
  By THOMAS PEIPERT AP Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus ( D-MT ) was romantically involved with his current girlfriend when he recommended her for U.S. attorney, a spokesman said. The Montana Democrat and his former state office director Melodee Hanes began their relationship in the summer of 2008, ...
  2 days ago

• Michael Loucks And Pharma Fraud: What Next?

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 580
  By now, you probably have heard that Michael Loucks is leaving the US Attorney’s office in Boston, where he spent nearly 25 years and was the most visible and arguably influential prosecutor of health care fraud, especially fraud involving drugmakers. During his tenure, the Boston office prosecuted several of the ...
  4 days ago

• Breaking: Two Corrections Officers Busted On Bribery Charges

  
  City Desk — Authority: 686
  The U.S. Attorneys Office has just filed arrest warrants for two corrections officers and a civilian accomplice on bribery charges. The officers worked at the Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF). The officers accepted bribes in return for smuggling cigarettes bundled in duct tape,  cellphones, and an iPod Touch ...
  5 days ago

• Ex-Club Owner Found Guilty Of Tax Evasion

  
  City Desk — Authority: 686
  Today, Abdul Karim Khanu was found guilty in federal court of tax evasion. Khanu, 42, had been a prominent nightclub owner. At one point, he operated DC Live, Platinum, and H2O. Now, he is facing a maximum of 10 year prison term. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorneys Office: "Khanu owned and ...
  6 days ago

• FHA and Ginnie Mae take action against Lend America

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 441
  FHA-approved lender faulted for poor underwriting and false certifications WASHINGTON – The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today withdrew the FHA approval of Ideal Mortgage Bankers, doing business as Lend America and Lending Key (”Ideal”). The action is effective immediately and prevents Ideal ...
  6 days ago

• Illinois 2010 Elections: Dan Hynes Wants Blagojevich Appointees Fired; Pat Quinn Cites U.S. Attorney “Investigation” for Status Quo

  
  THE iLLINOIS OBSERVER — Authority: 430
  Comptroller Dan Hynes (Chicago, IL) — December 1, 2009 . Comptroller and Democratic candidate for governor Dan Hynes yesterday called on Governor Pat Quinn to fire two former appointees of former Governor Rod Blagojevich . “I cannot fathom for the life of me why these two people [ George Rada and Surami ...
  6 days ago

• Authority to Spy on Americans Unclear as Patriot Act Expires

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 568
  Editor’s Note: Unclear my ass. Read the Bill of Rights Source: ABC News Rushed into law by Congress just weeks after Sept. 11, 2001 three controversial provisions of the Patriot Act granting officials far-reaching surveillance and seizure powers in the name of national security, are due to expire this ...
  6 days ago

• See what happens when you bring in the Feds?

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 582
  From the NY Times : Federal and local authorities arrested seven people on Tuesday — including the owners of two construction testing companies, officials from three contracting companies, and an engineer — on charges they falsified testing documents at four New York construction projects. The people arrested ...
  1 week ago

• Dummermuth steps down as U.S. Attorney

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 621
  Saying that the past three years have been “an honor” and “a wonderful privilege,” the man tasked with leading the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa stepped resigned Tuesday so that the office could be led by Stephanie Rose, an office veteran and career prosecutor who was recently ...
  1 week ago

• Gibson Guitar Plant In Nashville Raided By Federal Wood Police

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 132
  An international crackdown on the use of woods from the world’s rain forests to make musical instruments bubbled over to Music City on Tuesday with a federal raid on Gibson Guitar ’s manufacturing plant, but no arrests. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Webb said the search warrant was obtained based on information ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. Senate confirms Rose, Klinefeldt for U.S. Attorney posts

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 621
  Although the big news out of the U.S. Senate over the weekend was that Democrats garnered enough votes to bring health care reform legislation to the floor for debate, something else that happened might have a more immediate impact on Iowa. Nick Klinefeldt & Stephanie Rose Saturday, the full Senate voted on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Who’s Afraid of a Fair Trial?

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 747
  Chickenhawk The Washington Post’s Michael Gershon wrote the most cowardly chickenhawk op-ed I have seen in a long time. I know I should not take the bait, but somehow can’t stop myself. He asks: So how did Holder become the most destructive member of Barack Obama’s Cabinet? Apparently Gershon finds ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ex-U.S. attorney: Time to change pot laws

  
  Marijuana & Cannabis Blog — Authority: 112
  Three years ago, former U.S. Attorney John McKay was somewhere near the front lines of the nation’s drug war. Directing federal prosecutions in Western Washington before he was fired in 2006 by the administration that appointed him, McKay’s office sent marijuana smugglers and farmers to prison on decade-long ...
  2 weeks ago

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