Politics > Politics-USA > Report: Husband of Sen. Feinstein (D) Made $Killing$ Via Appropriations of Wife's Committee
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28 Jan 2007 02:55:22 AM |
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Report: Husband of Sen. Feinstein (D) Made $Killing$ Via Appropriations of Wife's Committee |
Incidentally, Feinstein's multimillionaire husband Richard Blum was also
implicated in the documented 1990s case in which the People's Republic of
China was caught attempting to smuggle thousands of machine guns to U.S.
street gangs via the Port of Los Angeles (lots of information on this
much-suppressed case available online.)
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Feinstein Caught in Conflict of Interest on Military Contracts
Billions in military construction projects to husbandˇ¦s firms were approved
by Sen. Feinsteinˇ¦s committee, Metro Newspapers investigation reveals
Source: Metro Newspapers press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Jose, Calif., January 25, 2007 -- Sen. Dianne Feinsteinˇ¦s husband was a
major beneficiary of military appropriations blessed by a subcommittee that
she headed, Metro Newspapers reports this week.
Feinstein (D-Calif.) acted in a conflict of interest while approving
billions of dollars in military construction expenditures for the global
war on terror, according to an investigative story by award-winning
journalist Peter Byrne. The story was published jointly in the North Bay
Bohemian and Metro Silicon Valley weekly newspapers this week. Research
assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.
Following Feinsteinˇ¦s participation at the legislative level, large
contracts were awarded to two firms ˇX URS Corporation and Perini
Corporation ˇX that were controlled by an investment group headed by the
senatorˇ¦s spouse, financier Richard C. Blum.
Byrne's investigation reveals the following details about Feinsteinˇ¦s
service as a member of the United States Senateˇ¦s Military Construction
Appropriations subcommittee (MILCON):
From 1997 through the end of 2005, with Feinsteinˇ¦s knowledge, her
husbandˇ¦s group held a majority interest in two defense contractors active
in Iraq and U.S. military bases: URS and Perini.
While setting MILCON agendas, Feinstein supervised her own staff of
military construction experts and lobbied Pentagon officials in public
hearings.
From 2001 to 2005, URS earned $792 million from military construction and
environmental cleanup projects approved by MILCON; Perini earned $759
million from MILCON projects.
Attorney Michael R. Klein, a top Feinstein legal adviser and long-time Blum
business partner, also served as vice-chairman of Periniˇ¦s board of
directors. In an interview with Byrne in September, Klein stated that,
beginning in 1997, he routinely informed Feinstein about specific federal
projects coming before her in which Perini had a stake. The insider
information, Klein said, was intended to help the senator avoid conflicts
of interest. Although Kleinˇ¦s startling admission was intended to defuse
the issue of Feinsteinˇ¦s conflict of interest, it instead exacerbated it.
Klein explains: ˇ§They would get from me a notice that Perini was bidding on
a contract that would be affected as we understood it by potential
legislation that would come before either the full congress or any
committee that she was a member of. And she would as a result of that not
act, abstain from dealing with those pieces of legislation.ˇ¨
The public record shows, however, that contrary to Kleinˇ¦s belief, Sen.
Feinstein did in fact act on legislation that affected Perini and URS.
The story published in the North Bay Bohemian and Metro Silicon Valley
examines the many ways in which Sen. Feinstein committed repeated breaches
of ethics as MILCON's chairwoman or ranking member from 2001-2005.
Source:
http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A177965
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| User: "Larry Hewitt" |
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| Title: Re: Report: Husband of Sen. Feinstein (D) Made $Killing$ Via Appropriations of Wife's Committee |
28 Jan 2007 12:48:42 PM |
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Bwahahaha
A _Press Release_.
God, you're a moron.
Larry
"GeorgeWashingtonAdmirer" <guybannister58@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1f7pwwpvcz0bj$.9co2mm81c0i4.dlg@40tude.net...
Incidentally, Feinstein's multimillionaire husband Richard Blum was also
implicated in the documented 1990s case in which the People's Republic of
China was caught attempting to smuggle thousands of machine guns to U.S.
street gangs via the Port of Los Angeles (lots of information on this
much-suppressed case available online.)
________________________________________________________________
Feinstein Caught in Conflict of Interest on Military Contracts
Billions in military construction projects to husbandˇ¦s firms were
approved
by Sen. Feinsteinˇ¦s committee, Metro Newspapers investigation reveals
Source: Metro Newspapers press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Jose, Calif., January 25, 2007 -- Sen. Dianne Feinsteinˇ¦s husband was
a
major beneficiary of military appropriations blessed by a subcommittee
that
she headed, Metro Newspapers reports this week.
Feinstein (D-Calif.) acted in a conflict of interest while approving
billions of dollars in military construction expenditures for the global
war on terror, according to an investigative story by award-winning
journalist Peter Byrne. The story was published jointly in the North Bay
Bohemian and Metro Silicon Valley weekly newspapers this week. Research
assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.
Following Feinsteinˇ¦s participation at the legislative level, large
contracts were awarded to two firms ˇX URS Corporation and Perini
Corporation ˇX that were controlled by an investment group headed by the
senatorˇ¦s spouse, financier Richard C. Blum.
Byrne's investigation reveals the following details about Feinsteinˇ¦s
service as a member of the United States Senateˇ¦s Military Construction
Appropriations subcommittee (MILCON):
From 1997 through the end of 2005, with Feinsteinˇ¦s knowledge, her
husbandˇ¦s group held a majority interest in two defense contractors
active
in Iraq and U.S. military bases: URS and Perini.
While setting MILCON agendas, Feinstein supervised her own staff of
military construction experts and lobbied Pentagon officials in public
hearings.
From 2001 to 2005, URS earned $792 million from military construction and
environmental cleanup projects approved by MILCON; Perini earned $759
million from MILCON projects.
Attorney Michael R. Klein, a top Feinstein legal adviser and long-time
Blum
business partner, also served as vice-chairman of Periniˇ¦s board of
directors. In an interview with Byrne in September, Klein stated that,
beginning in 1997, he routinely informed Feinstein about specific federal
projects coming before her in which Perini had a stake. The insider
information, Klein said, was intended to help the senator avoid conflicts
of interest. Although Kleinˇ¦s startling admission was intended to defuse
the issue of Feinsteinˇ¦s conflict of interest, it instead exacerbated it.
Klein explains: ˇ§They would get from me a notice that Perini was bidding
on
a contract that would be affected as we understood it by potential
legislation that would come before either the full congress or any
committee that she was a member of. And she would as a result of that not
act, abstain from dealing with those pieces of legislation.ˇ¨
The public record shows, however, that contrary to Kleinˇ¦s belief, Sen.
Feinstein did in fact act on legislation that affected Perini and URS.
The story published in the North Bay Bohemian and Metro Silicon Valley
examines the many ways in which Sen. Feinstein committed repeated breaches
of ethics as MILCON's chairwoman or ranking member from 2001-2005.
Source:
http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A177965
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| User: "Rick Blaine" |
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| Title: Re: Report: Husband of Sen. Feinstein (D) Made $Killing$ Via Appropriations of Wife's Committee |
28 Jan 2007 01:04:58 PM |
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"Larry Hewitt" <larryhewi@comporium.net> wrote:
Bwahahaha
Ah yes... The old if Republicans are caught with their hands in the cookie jar
they're the spawn of pure evil, but if Democrats do it it's because their heart
is in the right place and its probably for the children anyway...
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| User: "Larry Hewitt" |
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| Title: Re: Report: Husband of Sen. Feinstein (D) Made $Killing$ Via Appropriations of Wife's Committee |
28 Jan 2007 01:59:06 PM |
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"Rick Blaine" <dont@bother.com> wrote in message
news:isspr2die7l7lgv7bhcknloc8hh10t2jvr@4ax.com...
"Larry Hewitt" <larryhewi@comporium.net> wrote:
Bwahahaha
Ah yes... The old if Republicans are caught with their hands in the cookie
jar
they're the spawn of pure evil, but if Democrats do it it's because their
heart
is in the right place and its probably for the children anyway...
Ah, the rightard does not comprehend.
This is not a news report.
It is not the result of an investigative reporter, law enforcement
investigation, regulatory agency evaluation.
It has no attributed source.
It is a _press release_, a piece of fluff delivered to a media outlet that
is distributed without evaluation or comment.
It has _no_, absolutely none, value as a statement of fact, being in the
same class as a corporate announcement of a new product release and the
expected love affair of the public with it or an announcement that
entertainment personalities are dating.
Larry
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| User: "JG" |
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| Title: Re: Report: Husband of Sen. Feinstein (D) Made $Killing$ Via Appropriationsof Wife's Committee |
28 Jan 2007 02:33:32 PM |
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Larry Hewitt wrote:
"GeorgeWashingtonAdmirer" <guybannister58@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1f7pwwpvcz0bj$.9co2mm81c0i4.dlg@40tude.net...
Incidentally, Feinstein's multimillionaire husband Richard Blum was also
implicated in the documented 1990s case in which the People's Republic of
China was caught attempting to smuggle thousands of machine guns to U.S.
street gangs via the Port of Los Angeles (lots of information on this
much-suppressed case available online.)
________________________________________________________________
Feinstein Caught in Conflict of Interest on Military Contracts
Billions in military construction projects to husbandˇ¦s firms were
approved
by Sen. Feinsteinˇ¦s committee, Metro Newspapers investigation reveals
Source: Metro Newspapers press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Jose, Calif., January 25, 2007 -- Sen. Dianne Feinsteinˇ¦s husband was
a
major beneficiary of military appropriations blessed by a subcommittee
that
she headed, Metro Newspapers reports this week.
Feinstein (D-Calif.) acted in a conflict of interest while approving
billions of dollars in military construction expenditures for the global
war on terror, according to an investigative story by award-winning
journalist Peter Byrne. The story was published jointly in the North Bay
Bohemian and Metro Silicon Valley weekly newspapers this week. Research
assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.
Following Feinsteinˇ¦s participation at the legislative level, large
contracts were awarded to two firms ˇX URS Corporation and Perini
Corporation ˇX that were controlled by an investment group headed by the
senatorˇ¦s spouse, financier Richard C. Blum.
Byrne's investigation reveals the following details about Feinsteinˇ¦s
service as a member of the United States Senateˇ¦s Military Construction
Appropriations subcommittee (MILCON):
From 1997 through the end of 2005, with Feinsteinˇ¦s knowledge, her
husbandˇ¦s group held a majority interest in two defense contractors
active
in Iraq and U.S. military bases: URS and Perini.
While setting MILCON agendas, Feinstein supervised her own staff of
military construction experts and lobbied Pentagon officials in public
hearings.
From 2001 to 2005, URS earned $792 million from military construction and
environmental cleanup projects approved by MILCON; Perini earned $759
million from MILCON projects.
Attorney Michael R. Klein, a top Feinstein legal adviser and long-time
Blum
business partner, also served as vice-chairman of Periniˇ¦s board of
directors. In an interview with Byrne in September, Klein stated that,
beginning in 1997, he routinely informed Feinstein about specific federal
projects coming before her in which Perini had a stake. The insider
information, Klein said, was intended to help the senator avoid conflicts
of interest. Although Kleinˇ¦s startling admission was intended to defuse
the issue of Feinsteinˇ¦s conflict of interest, it instead exacerbated it.
Klein explains: ˇ§They would get from me a notice that Perini was bidding
on
a contract that would be affected as we understood it by potential
legislation that would come before either the full congress or any
committee that she was a member of. And she would as a result of that not
act, abstain from dealing with those pieces of legislation.ˇ¨
The public record shows, however, that contrary to Kleinˇ¦s belief, Sen.
Feinstein did in fact act on legislation that affected Perini and URS.
The story published in the North Bay Bohemian and Metro Silicon Valley
examines the many ways in which Sen. Feinstein committed repeated breaches
of ethics as MILCON's chairwoman or ranking member from 2001-2005.
Source:
http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A177965
Bwahahaha
A _Press Release_.
God, you're a moron.
Larry
The story also appeared in a number of newspapapers and media sources, e.g.,
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/22/MN310531.DTL
WorldNetDaily
http://www..com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32190
The Center for Public Integrity
http://publicintegrity.org/wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=45
What does a story have to appear in before you consider it a credible
source?
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28 Jan 2007 03:07:53 PM |
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"JG" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
news:A-2dnbA9tOIulSDYnZ2dnUVZ_tunnZ2d@rcn.net...
Larry Hewitt wrote:
"GeorgeWashingtonAdmirer" <guybannister58@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1f7pwwpvcz0bj$.9co2mm81c0i4.dlg@40tude.net...
Incidentally, Feinstein's multimillionaire husband Richard Blum was also
implicated in the documented 1990s case in which the People's Republic of
China was caught attempting to smuggle thousands of machine guns to U.S.
street gangs via the Port of Los Angeles (lots of information on this
much-suppressed case available online.)
________________________________________________________________
Feinstein Caught in Conflict of Interest on Military Contracts
Billions in military construction projects to husbandˇ¦s firms were
approved
by Sen. Feinsteinˇ¦s committee, Metro Newspapers investigation reveals
Source: Metro Newspapers press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Jose, Calif., January 25, 2007 -- Sen. Dianne Feinsteinˇ¦s husband
was a
major beneficiary of military appropriations blessed by a subcommittee
that
she headed, Metro Newspapers reports this week.
Feinstein (D-Calif.) acted in a conflict of interest while approving
billions of dollars in military construction expenditures for the global
war on terror, according to an investigative story by award-winning
journalist Peter Byrne. The story was published jointly in the North Bay
Bohemian and Metro Silicon Valley weekly newspapers this week. Research
assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation
Institute.
Following Feinsteinˇ¦s participation at the legislative level, large
contracts were awarded to two firms ˇX URS Corporation and Perini
Corporation ˇX that were controlled by an investment group headed by the
senatorˇ¦s spouse, financier Richard C. Blum.
Byrne's investigation reveals the following details about Feinsteinˇ¦s
service as a member of the United States Senateˇ¦s Military Construction
Appropriations subcommittee (MILCON):
From 1997 through the end of 2005, with Feinsteinˇ¦s knowledge, her
husbandˇ¦s group held a majority interest in two defense contractors
active
in Iraq and U.S. military bases: URS and Perini.
While setting MILCON agendas, Feinstein supervised her own staff of
military construction experts and lobbied Pentagon officials in public
hearings.
From 2001 to 2005, URS earned $792 million from military construction and
environmental cleanup projects approved by MILCON; Perini earned $759
million from MILCON projects.
Attorney Michael R. Klein, a top Feinstein legal adviser and long-time
Blum
business partner, also served as vice-chairman of Periniˇ¦s board of
directors. In an interview with Byrne in September, Klein stated that,
beginning in 1997, he routinely informed Feinstein about specific federal
projects coming before her in which Perini had a stake. The insider
information, Klein said, was intended to help the senator avoid conflicts
of interest. Although Kleinˇ¦s startling admission was intended to defuse
the issue of Feinsteinˇ¦s conflict of interest, it instead exacerbated
it.
Klein explains: ˇ§They would get from me a notice that Perini was bidding
on
a contract that would be affected as we understood it by potential
legislation that would come before either the full congress or any
committee that she was a member of. And she would as a result of that not
act, abstain from dealing with those pieces of legislation.ˇ¨
The public record shows, however, that contrary to Kleinˇ¦s belief, Sen.
Feinstein did in fact act on legislation that affected Perini and URS.
The story published in the North Bay Bohemian and Metro Silicon Valley
examines the many ways in which Sen. Feinstein committed repeated
breaches
of ethics as MILCON's chairwoman or ranking member from 2001-2005.
Source:
http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A177965
Bwahahaha
A _Press Release_.
God, you're a moron.
Larry
The story also appeared in a number of newspapapers and media sources,
e.g.,
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/22/MN310531.DTL
WorldNetDaily
http://www..com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32190
The Center for Public Integrity
http://publicintegrity.org/wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=45
What does a story have to appear in before you consider it a credible
source?
First, a press release is not a credible source. It is advertising. Press
releases are issued to provide one sided, unbalanced, unverified opinion or
assertion.
Second, WorldNutDaily is a known biased lie site.
Third, the other two sources you provide do not support allegations of
impropriety in the press release.
The sfgate link, f ex., admitted that they could not contact any of the
principals other than to confirm the contract and announce how happy they
were to get it. It reports, let alone supports, NONE of the accusations of
impropriety put forth by the press release.
Fourth, if you want to slime people, be careful of your sources.
The company was acquired by The Carlyle Group, where Bush Sir is a principal
and most of the other principals are repuglicon ex-government officials,
BEFORE the contract was let.
So I can but conclude that this is another attempt by rightards, shamed by
their corrupt leaders, to make themselves look better by lying about the
opposition.
Larry
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| User: "Bart Bailey" |
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28 Jan 2007 04:04:45 PM |
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In Message-ID:<epj3ba$3hv$1@news04.infoave.net> posted on Sun, 28 Jan
2007 16:07:53 -0500, Larry Hewitt wrote: Begin
So I can but conclude that this is another attempt by rightards, shamed by
their corrupt leaders, to make themselves look better by lying about the
opposition.
Larry
Typical repug tactic,
and as to the numerous 'sources' equating with validation,
just remember all the sources that repeated the WMD lie.
--
Bart
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