Power, Priviledge, and Justice (Chandra Levy Case)Wed Nov 16, 2005 23:3564.140.159.158
Dominick Dunne's Power, Priviledge, and Justice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Dunne
Dominick Dunne (born October 29, 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American writer and investigative journalist describing the way high society interacts with the judiciary system. He was a producer in Hollywood and is also known from his appearences on television.
After his studies at Williams College and service in World War II, including the battle of Metz, he moved to New York, then to Hollywood, CA where he directed Playhouse 90 and became vice president of Four Star Pictures. He hobnobbed with the rich and the famous of those days. In 1979, he left Hollywood, moved to Oregon, and wrote his first book: The User. In 1982 his actress daughter, Dominique Dunne, was murdered. Dunne attended the trial of her murderer and subsequently wrote: Justice: A Father's Account of the Trial of his Daughter's Killer.
This poignant report showed his ability to penetrate the outward screen of the court proceedings giving insights into the complex stories of victims and perpetrators and the curious working of the law. He went on to write articles for Vanity Fair, books, and eventually issued a TV series, Dominick Dunne's Power, Priviledge, and Justice on CourtTV to dissect justice and injustice at their intersection with the activities of celebrities. Famous trials he covered include those of O. J. Simpson, Claus von Bulow, Michael Skakel, William Kennedy Smith, and the Menendez brothers.
In 2005 Gary Condit won an undisclosed amount of money and an apology from Dunne who had earlier implicated him in the disappearence of Chandra Levy.
Today Dunne lives in Connecticut and continues to write a monthly column for Vanity Fair.
Dunne's younger brother was John Gregory Dunne. The actor and writer Griffin Dunne is his son.
Novels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Dunne
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http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/dunne/
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WHO KILLED CHANDRA LEVY???
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/chandra_levy.htm
CHANDRA LEVY: UNRAVELING GOVERNMENT COVERUPS?
Results 1 - 10 of about 442 for APFN Chandra Levy.
sundfund :sundfund@thevision.net
FIND CHANDRA LEAVY UPDATES:
Wed Aug 1 12:18:04 2001
Cheney provides Condit with an alibi for May 1st,
http://www.auschron.com/issues/vol18/issue39/pols.overview.side.html
"we now have the Wall Street Journal writing, on page one, about the
[Bush] rumors" "Cheney, Condit Met on Crucial Day in Intern Case
Saturday July 21 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. Gary Condit (news - bio -
voting record) met with Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web
sites) on the afternoon of May 1, Cheney's spokeswoman confirmed on
Saturday-a meeting that took place at the time police say intern
Chandra Levy logged off her laptop computer for the last time and
disappeared. "They (Condit and Cheney) met on May 1 at 12:30 (p.m.).
The meeting lasted about 25 minutes," said Cheney spokeswoman
Juleanna Glover Weiss, adding the two discussed the California energy
crisis. 'There was nothing unusual about the meeting in any
aspect,'she said. Asked if anyone from the Washington, D.C., police
department had contacted Cheney or his office about the investigation
of Levy's disappearance, Glover Weiss responded, "Not that I'm aware
of." Levy was last seen on April 30. Her disappearance, under
investigation as a missing person case, has drawn international media
attention because of her relationship with Condit. Police sources
have told reporters that Condit, 53, admitted in his last interview
with police he was having an affair with Levy. Police officials have
repeatedly said Condit, who is married, is not a suspect in Levy's
disappearance. Newsweek, quoting White House and law enforcement
sources, reported on its Web site on Friday that Condit, a California
Democrat, had a private meeting with Cheney on Capitol Hill on May 1.
D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey has said Levy, 24, was in her
apartment on the afternoon of May 1, sending e-mail and looking at
Internet sites. Newsweek said an analysis of the hard drive on Levy's
computer showed she signed off at about 1 p.m., the last moment for
which police can account for her. Citing police sources and Condit's
lawyers, Newsweek said Condit had accounted for his entire day on May
1. "He was in his office (that afternoon)," an unidentified law
enforcement official was quoted as saying. "We've spoken to his staff
and we're comfortable with their responses. His time is accounted
for."
"WASHINGTON-Rep. Gary Condit inhabits the limbo peculiar to public
figures whose private lives come into the
spotlight. Publicly, the Ceres Democrat continues political business
as usual. He has met twice with
President Bush in recent days, at the White House and at Sequoia
National Park."
http://www.modbee.com/metro/story/0,1113,273273,00.html
"I'm so very pleased that three members of the United States Congress
are here, three really fine public servants-Cal Dooley,Gary Condit,
and George Radanovich. Thank you all so much for coming."
May 30, 2001 excerpted from Dubya's speech at Sequoia National Park
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/05/text/20010530-1.html
"Who's in Bush's Cabinet?
A look at the loyal GOP soldiers and palatable Dems likely to be
invited into a Bush-Cheney White House.
Democratic turncoats Gary Condit of California,(was among those
mentioned ) as possible picks for Bush cabinet slots"
"Gang members then and now." Five rebellious Democrats, dubbed the
"Gang of 5" by reporters, made a deal with the 36-member Republican
caucus in 1988 to form a bare majority of the 80-member Assembly and
oust legendary Speaker Willie Brown. The quarrelsome quintet demanded
a private meeting of Democratic members to declare that they would
join with Republicans to hand the speakership to a
GOP leader if Brown didn't step down in favor of one of the rebels.
But before they got to that subject, the ever-wily Brown made an
announcement: Republican Assemblyman Richard Longshore had died the
night before. Suddenly, the Gang of 5 no longer could form a 41-vote
majority and the rebellion, for all intents, was over. The gang
members -(included) Gary Condit.- Condit segued into Congress,
representing an upper San Joaquin Valley district and creating a
powerful local political machine. He also has become a
very influential, if unofficial, adviser to Davis on water and
agricultural matters. There have been published reports that Condit
could become a Democratic member of President-elect George W. Bush's
Cabinet, perhaps as agriculture secretary."
http://www.capitolalert.com/voices/walters/walters.dec15-00.html
Condit was among 19 House signatories of an anti-Indian letter to
Bush which may be found at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PakistanTimes/message/238
other house signers included such "luminaries" as Congressman Dan
Burton (R-IN) and Congressman James Traficant (D-OH) see also
http://www.indiaabroadonline.com/india/march2001/uslaw.shtml
"The 18th is represented by Condit, a conservative, pro-life Democrat
who leads the Blue Dogs and continues to win with comfortable margins.
Condit faced no major party opposition in 1998; a Libertarian
challenger picked up 13 percent of the vote."
http://www.rollcall.com/states/ca.html
"In 1995, he became a founding member of the Blue Dog Democrats, a
conservative House group willing to side with Republicans on key
issues. He was one of only a few Democrats who joined President
George W. Bush's tax-cut signing ceremony. In this booming but still
rural swath of California, where conservative Democrats are nearly
interchangeable with the preferred Republican Party."
http://college2.nytimes.com/guests/articles/2001/06/26/855546.xml
Condit was among "10 Democrats who broke ranks and voted for
(Dubya's) tax cut."
(as was James A. Traficant Jr. (OH) )
http://www.cdharris.net/archives/2001_03_01_archive.html
"Strengthening UMRA has been a legislative priority of the 105th
Congress. Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and Representative Gary
Condit (D-CA), for example, introduced the Mandates Information Act
(H.R. 1010 and S. 389) to toughen the UMRA by extending the use of the
"point of order" to private-sector mandates, which would prohibit
additional floor action unless it was waived by majority vote. In
addition, it would direct the CBO to inform Congress about the effects
of mandates on consumers, workers, and small businesses. The bill has
been opposed by some environmental groups."
http://www.heritage.org/issues/98/chap3.html
"The "Blue Dog"Democrats (including Gary Condit) (meant to contrast
with "Yellow Dog" loyalist Democrats) organize to push their party
toward the right."
http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/election2000/elect1996a.htm
"Agribusiness: Top Recipients Rank 1 Candidate Bush, George W Amount
$2,641,602 Rank 13 Candidate Condit, Gary A (D-CA) Amount $840,770"
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.asp?Ind=AandCycle=All
"a group of Central Valley Congressmen (Doolittle, Fazio, Pombo,
Radanovich, Thomis, Dooley and Condit) have introduced H.R. 1906, a
bill drafted by the Central Valley Project Water Association (which
represents the contractors who receive highly subsidized water from
the federal Central Valley Project (CVP)). This bill would decimate
all of the CVPIA's environmental benefits of restoring rivers,
fisheries and wildlife refuges (including the San Francisco
bay/delta), while at the same time actually increasing subsidies to
already highly subsidized agribusiness water users. According to
George Miller (D-CA), author of the 1992 CVPIA, "The agribusiness
legislation introduced today is not a serious effort to correct
alleged flaws in the Central Valley Improvement Act. It's a bald-faced
effort by the subsidized, corporate irrigators to recapture their
control of 85% of the project's water. What's wrong" with the CVPIA in
their view, is that the environment won, the California economy won,
the taxpayers won-and the subsidized irrigators lost. The Doolittle
bill is nothing more than their effort to reverse history, at great
expense to the taxpayers of America and the environment of California.
AWA Whitewater Online, 19 December 1995."
http://www.awa.org/awa/journal/j1195/cong1195.html
Remember that list of Condit contributors?
http://www.opensecrets.org/candidates/pac/H0CA15031.htm
EXCERPTED FROM: "Condit, Gary A PAC Contributions, 1999-2000 (as of
December 1, 2000)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BushBusters/message/1525
Lets take some of them 1 at a time. Enron Corp and its alleged
relationship to the Bush Cheney gang
can be delved into in some depth by doing a search at the archives of
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BushBusters Koch Industries "David H.
Koch of Koch Industries, a massive oil company, sits
on the board of the Reason Foundation and is also a funder. Koch
Industries is currently under two unrelated investigations by the EPA
for environmental violations in Minnesota and the
southwest, and has paid millions in environmental fines for other
violations of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Pacific Research
Institute has received funding from most of the large conservative
foundations: Sarah Scaife Foundation, the David H. Koch Foundation,
the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, and the John M. Olin
Foundation. The Pacific Research Institute recently published
Environmental Gore, A Constructive Response to Earth in the Balance."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BushBusters/message/1303 "Petrodollar
Scholars Billionaire oilmen Charles and David Koch are fast joining
the Scaifes, the Olins, the Bradleys and the Smith-Richardsons as
major funding sources for the conservative movement's powerful "third
stream" of political money, channeled from philanthropic foundations
into right-wing causes. The Koch foundations now lavish $4 million to
$5 million a year on anti-regulatory "free market" think tanks and
other groups- To advance their goals, the Kochs have entered into a
pragmatic alliance with Republican politicians.. ROBERT PARRY"
http://past.thenation.com/issue/960826/0826side.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BushBusters/message/884 "My name is Doro
Bush Koch. I'm proud to be the sister of George W. Bush."
http://www.inform.umd.edu/News/CNS/wire/2000-editions/08-August-
editions/000801-Tuesday/MarylandVote_CNS-UMCP
"Last night the sister of the next President of the United States,
Doro Bush Koch, a resident of Montgomery Co., represented Maryland for
our roll call vote. I was reminded of what a great Republican Party we
have in Maryland."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/election2000/delegate_letters/delegate_letter.php3
"Kicked in the Koch An oil pipeline company a bit too close to Slick
Dubya for comfort faces indictment by David J. Gonzo Friday, August
4, 2000 -- NEW YORK (AmpolNS) -- Well, golly, gee! In the wake of what
one senior Republican official described as "the biggest orgy of
hedonism in the history of politics," and at just the time when sound
bites from George W. Bush's
GOP Convention acceptance speech- short on specifics and originality,
long on cheap shots against Bill Clinton and Al Gore-are making the
rounds of the cable news shows, the candidate finds himself saddled
with a potential felon in his own backyard, tied to him by family!
The story got buried by the major newspapers and wire services, but
here's the gist: the U.S. Department of Justice has informed
Kansas-based Koch Petroleum, one of the nation's largest oil pipeline
companies, that it will face indictment on environmental charges in
Texas that are about to be turned over to a grand jury, according to
unnamed federal officials cited in news reports. The indictment stems
from evidence that five Koch employees conspired to conceal problems
in concerning the monitoring of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, at
Koch's Corpus Christi refinery in the mid-1990s, by filing a
deceptive report concerning its benzene levels-and that a state
regulatory official pre-approved the language! Koch Petroleum is, by
the way, a major donor to the Republican Party. And some Republicans,
including Texas Congressman Dick Armey, are trying to raise questions
of "timing"-but it's funny how Armey and his allies ignore a few
facts: first, an investigation has been underway since 1996; second,
Koch sought court delays to keep the documents secret and have the
matter dealt with by Bush Administration state regulators rather than
the EPA; and third, an agreement between Koch and the federal
government to extend the statute of limitations has just expired
Another problem for Koch: Texas officials now say they intend to
support the federal investigation of Koch as part of a joint task
force. Also, the pipeline moguls look to be a repeat offender: earlier
in the year, Koch settled one case concerning oil leaks in six states
out of court with a record $35 million payment to the government, and
it also pleaded guilty in Minnesota to discharging oil into streams
there and paid an $8 million fine. Here's the follow-the-money
skinny: Koch Petroleum and executive David Koch have given well over
$200,000 to the GOP this election; employees have donated $27,500 to
Bush's presidential bid; Koch Petroleum has thrown a whopping
$225,000 in PAC money to GOP candidates for Congress. And this story
may be a little too close to George W. Bush for comfort: his sister,
Doro Bush Koch, is married to one Bobby Koch, a member of the
petro-business clan and Beltway lobbyist for (and senior vice
president of) the San Francisco-based Wine Institute. Doro has been
rumored to have been the biggest fundraiser of all of her brother's
$100,000-plus "Pioneers." Wonder where she found all that money-the
in-laws, maybe? Who says oil and wi
- WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO CHANDRA LEVY — Wed Nov 16 23:49
- Dick Cheney, is being mentioned in the Chandra Levy investig — Thu Nov 17 00:04
- Cheney Is on the Way Out! — Thu Nov 17 00:30
Power, Priviledge, and Justice (Chandra Levy Case)
Wed Nov 16, 2005 23:35
64.140.159.158
Dominick Dunne's Power, Priviledge, and Justice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Dunne
Dominick Dunne (born October 29, 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American writer and investigative journalist describing the way high society interacts with the judiciary system. He was a producer in Hollywood and is also known from his appearences on television.
After his studies at Williams College and service in World War II, including the battle of Metz, he moved to New York, then to Hollywood, CA where he directed Playhouse 90 and became vice president of Four Star Pictures. He hobnobbed with the rich and the famous of those days. In 1979, he left Hollywood, moved to Oregon, and wrote his first book: The User. In 1982 his actress daughter, Dominique Dunne, was murdered. Dunne attended the trial of her murderer and subsequently wrote: Justice: A Father's Account of the Trial of his Daughter's Killer.
This poignant report showed his ability to penetrate the outward screen of the court proceedings giving insights into the complex stories of victims and perpetrators and the curious working of the law. He went on to write articles for Vanity Fair, books, and eventually issued a TV series, Dominick Dunne's Power, Priviledge, and Justice on CourtTV to dissect justice and injustice at their intersection with the activities of celebrities. Famous trials he covered include those of O. J. Simpson, Claus von Bulow, Michael Skakel, William Kennedy Smith, and the Menendez brothers.
In 2005 Gary Condit won an undisclosed amount of money and an apology from Dunne who had earlier implicated him in the disappearence of Chandra Levy.
Today Dunne lives in Connecticut and continues to write a monthly column for Vanity Fair.
Dunne's younger brother was John Gregory Dunne. The actor and writer Griffin Dunne is his son.
Novels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Dunne
http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/dunne/
==============================
WHO KILLED CHANDRA LEVY???
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/chandra_levy.htm
CHANDRA LEVY: UNRAVELING GOVERNMENT COVERUPS?
Results 1 - 10 of about 442 for APFN Chandra Levy.
sundfund :sundfund@thevision.net
FIND CHANDRA LEAVY UPDATES:
Wed Aug 1 12:18:04 2001
Cheney provides Condit with an alibi for May 1st,
http://www.auschron.com/issues/vol18/issue39/pols.overview.side.html
"we now have the Wall Street Journal writing, on page one, about the
[Bush] rumors" "Cheney, Condit Met on Crucial Day in Intern Case
Saturday July 21 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. Gary Condit (news - bio -
voting record) met with Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web
sites) on the afternoon of May 1, Cheney's spokeswoman confirmed on
Saturday-a meeting that took place at the time police say intern
Chandra Levy logged off her laptop computer for the last time and
disappeared. "They (Condit and Cheney) met on May 1 at 12:30 (p.m.).
The meeting lasted about 25 minutes," said Cheney spokeswoman
Juleanna Glover Weiss, adding the two discussed the California energy
crisis. 'There was nothing unusual about the meeting in any
aspect,'she said. Asked if anyone from the Washington, D.C., police
department had contacted Cheney or his office about the investigation
of Levy's disappearance, Glover Weiss responded, "Not that I'm aware
of." Levy was last seen on April 30. Her disappearance, under
investigation as a missing person case, has drawn international media
attention because of her relationship with Condit. Police sources
have told reporters that Condit, 53, admitted in his last interview
with police he was having an affair with Levy. Police officials have
repeatedly said Condit, who is married, is not a suspect in Levy's
disappearance. Newsweek, quoting White House and law enforcement
sources, reported on its Web site on Friday that Condit, a California
Democrat, had a private meeting with Cheney on Capitol Hill on May 1.
D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey has said Levy, 24, was in her
apartment on the afternoon of May 1, sending e-mail and looking at
Internet sites. Newsweek said an analysis of the hard drive on Levy's
computer showed she signed off at about 1 p.m., the last moment for
which police can account for her. Citing police sources and Condit's
lawyers, Newsweek said Condit had accounted for his entire day on May
1. "He was in his office (that afternoon)," an unidentified law
enforcement official was quoted as saying. "We've spoken to his staff
and we're comfortable with their responses. His time is accounted
for."
"WASHINGTON-Rep. Gary Condit inhabits the limbo peculiar to public
figures whose private lives come into the
spotlight. Publicly, the Ceres Democrat continues political business
as usual. He has met twice with
President Bush in recent days, at the White House and at Sequoia
National Park."
http://www.modbee.com/metro/story/0,1113,273273,00.html
"I'm so very pleased that three members of the United States Congress
are here, three really fine public servants-Cal Dooley,Gary Condit,
and George Radanovich. Thank you all so much for coming."
May 30, 2001 excerpted from Dubya's speech at Sequoia National Park
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/05/text/20010530-1.html
"Who's in Bush's Cabinet?
A look at the loyal GOP soldiers and palatable Dems likely to be
invited into a Bush-Cheney White House.
Democratic turncoats Gary Condit of California,(was among those
mentioned ) as possible picks for Bush cabinet slots"
"Gang members then and now." Five rebellious Democrats, dubbed the
"Gang of 5" by reporters, made a deal with the 36-member Republican
caucus in 1988 to form a bare majority of the 80-member Assembly and
oust legendary Speaker Willie Brown. The quarrelsome quintet demanded
a private meeting of Democratic members to declare that they would
join with Republicans to hand the speakership to a
GOP leader if Brown didn't step down in favor of one of the rebels.
But before they got to that subject, the ever-wily Brown made an
announcement: Republican Assemblyman Richard Longshore had died the
night before. Suddenly, the Gang of 5 no longer could form a 41-vote
majority and the rebellion, for all intents, was over. The gang
members -(included) Gary Condit.- Condit segued into Congress,
representing an upper San Joaquin Valley district and creating a
powerful local political machine. He also has become a
very influential, if unofficial, adviser to Davis on water and
agricultural matters. There have been published reports that Condit
could become a Democratic member of President-elect George W. Bush's
Cabinet, perhaps as agriculture secretary."
http://www.capitolalert.com/voices/walters/walters.dec15-00.html
Condit was among 19 House signatories of an anti-Indian letter to
Bush which may be found at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PakistanTimes/message/238
other house signers included such "luminaries" as Congressman Dan
Burton (R-IN) and Congressman James Traficant (D-OH) see also
http://www.indiaabroadonline.com/india/march2001/uslaw.shtml
"The 18th is represented by Condit, a conservative, pro-life Democrat
who leads the Blue Dogs and continues to win with comfortable margins.
Condit faced no major party opposition in 1998; a Libertarian
challenger picked up 13 percent of the vote."
http://www.rollcall.com/states/ca.html
"In 1995, he became a founding member of the Blue Dog Democrats, a
conservative House group willing to side with Republicans on key
issues. He was one of only a few Democrats who joined President
George W. Bush's tax-cut signing ceremony. In this booming but still
rural swath of California, where conservative Democrats are nearly
interchangeable with the preferred Republican Party."
http://college2.nytimes.com/guests/articles/2001/06/26/855546.xml
Condit was among "10 Democrats who broke ranks and voted for
(Dubya's) tax cut."
(as was James A. Traficant Jr. (OH) )
http://www.cdharris.net/archives/2001_03_01_archive.html
"Strengthening UMRA has been a legislative priority of the 105th
Congress. Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and Representative Gary
Condit (D-CA), for example, introduced the Mandates Information Act
(H.R. 1010 and S. 389) to toughen the UMRA by extending the use of the
"point of order" to private-sector mandates, which would prohibit
additional floor action unless it was waived by majority vote. In
addition, it would direct the CBO to inform Congress about the effects
of mandates on consumers, workers, and small businesses. The bill has
been opposed by some environmental groups."
http://www.heritage.org/issues/98/chap3.html
"The "Blue Dog"Democrats (including Gary Condit) (meant to contrast
with "Yellow Dog" loyalist Democrats) organize to push their party
toward the right."
http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/election2000/elect1996a.htm
"Agribusiness: Top Recipients Rank 1 Candidate Bush, George W Amount
$2,641,602 Rank 13 Candidate Condit, Gary A (D-CA) Amount $840,770"
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.asp?Ind=AandCycle=All
"a group of Central Valley Congressmen (Doolittle, Fazio, Pombo,
Radanovich, Thomis, Dooley and Condit) have introduced H.R. 1906, a
bill drafted by the Central Valley Project Water Association (which
represents the contractors who receive highly subsidized water from
the federal Central Valley Project (CVP)). This bill would decimate
all of the CVPIA's environmental benefits of restoring rivers,
fisheries and wildlife refuges (including the San Francisco
bay/delta), while at the same time actually increasing subsidies to
already highly subsidized agribusiness water users. According to
George Miller (D-CA), author of the 1992 CVPIA, "The agribusiness
legislation introduced today is not a serious effort to correct
alleged flaws in the Central Valley Improvement Act. It's a bald-faced
effort by the subsidized, corporate irrigators to recapture their
control of 85% of the project's water. What's wrong" with the CVPIA in
their view, is that the environment won, the California economy won,
the taxpayers won-and the subsidized irrigators lost. The Doolittle
bill is nothing more than their effort to reverse history, at great
expense to the taxpayers of America and the environment of California.
AWA Whitewater Online, 19 December 1995."
http://www.awa.org/awa/journal/j1195/cong1195.html
Remember that list of Condit contributors?
http://www.opensecrets.org/candidates/pac/H0CA15031.htm
EXCERPTED FROM: "Condit, Gary A PAC Contributions, 1999-2000 (as of
December 1, 2000)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BushBusters/message/1525
Lets take some of them 1 at a time. Enron Corp and its alleged
relationship to the Bush Cheney gang
can be delved into in some depth by doing a search at the archives of
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BushBusters Koch Industries "David H.
Koch of Koch Industries, a massive oil company, sits
on the board of the Reason Foundation and is also a funder. Koch
Industries is currently under two unrelated investigations by the EPA
for environmental violations in Minnesota and the
southwest, and has paid millions in environmental fines for other
violations of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Pacific Research
Institute has received funding from most of the large conservative
foundations: Sarah Scaife Foundation, the David H. Koch Foundation,
the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, and the John M. Olin
Foundation. The Pacific Research Institute recently published
Environmental Gore, A Constructive Response to Earth in the Balance."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BushBusters/message/1303 "Petrodollar
Scholars Billionaire oilmen Charles and David Koch are fast joining
the Scaifes, the Olins, the Bradleys and the Smith-Richardsons as
major funding sources for the conservative movement's powerful "third
stream" of political money, channeled from philanthropic foundations
into right-wing causes. The Koch foundations now lavish $4 million to
$5 million a year on anti-regulatory "free market" think tanks and
other groups- To advance their goals, the Kochs have entered into a
pragmatic alliance with Republican politicians.. ROBERT PARRY"
http://past.thenation.com/issue/960826/0826side.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BushBusters/message/884 "My name is Doro
Bush Koch. I'm proud to be the sister of George W. Bush."
http://www.inform.umd.edu/News/CNS/wire/2000-editions/08-August-
editions/000801-Tuesday/MarylandVote_CNS-UMCP
"Last night the sister of the next President of the United States,
Doro Bush Koch, a resident of Montgomery Co., represented Maryland for
our roll call vote. I was reminded of what a great Republican Party we
have in Maryland."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/election2000/delegate_letters/delegate_letter.php3
"Kicked in the Koch An oil pipeline company a bit too close to Slick
Dubya for comfort faces indictment by David J. Gonzo Friday, August
4, 2000 -- NEW YORK (AmpolNS) -- Well, golly, gee! In the wake of what
one senior Republican official described as "the biggest orgy of
hedonism in the history of politics," and at just the time when sound
bites from George W. Bush's
GOP Convention acceptance speech- short on specifics and originality,
long on cheap shots against Bill Clinton and Al Gore-are making the
rounds of the cable news shows, the candidate finds himself saddled
with a potential felon in his own backyard, tied to him by family!
The story got buried by the major newspapers and wire services, but
here's the gist: the U.S. Department of Justice has informed
Kansas-based Koch Petroleum, one of the nation's largest oil pipeline
companies, that it will face indictment on environmental charges in
Texas that are about to be turned over to a grand jury, according to
unnamed federal officials cited in news reports. The indictment stems
from evidence that five Koch employees conspired to conceal problems
in concerning the monitoring of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, at
Koch's Corpus Christi refinery in the mid-1990s, by filing a
deceptive report concerning its benzene levels-and that a state
regulatory official pre-approved the language! Koch Petroleum is, by
the way, a major donor to the Republican Party. And some Republicans,
including Texas Congressman Dick Armey, are trying to raise questions
of "timing"-but it's funny how Armey and his allies ignore a few
facts: first, an investigation has been underway since 1996; second,
Koch sought court delays to keep the documents secret and have the
matter dealt with by Bush Administration state regulators rather than
the EPA; and third, an agreement between Koch and the federal
government to extend the statute of limitations has just expired
Another problem for Koch: Texas officials now say they intend to
support the federal investigation of Koch as part of a joint task
force. Also, the pipeline moguls look to be a repeat offender: earlier
in the year, Koch settled one case concerning oil leaks in six states
out of court with a record $35 million payment to the government, and
it also pleaded guilty in Minnesota to discharging oil into streams
there and paid an $8 million fine. Here's the follow-the-money
skinny: Koch Petroleum and executive David Koch have given well over
$200,000 to the GOP this election; employees have donated $27,500 to
Bush's presidential bid; Koch Petroleum has thrown a whopping
$225,000 in PAC money to GOP candidates for Congress. And this story
may be a little too close to George W. Bush for comfort: his sister,
Doro Bush Koch, is married to one Bobby Koch, a member of the
petro-business clan and Beltway lobbyist for (and senior vice
president of) the San Francisco-based Wine Institute. Doro has been
rumored to have been the biggest fundraiser of all of her brother's
$100,000-plus "Pioneers." Wonder where she found all that money-the
in-laws, maybe? Who says oil and wi
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