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Harper's Online Archive

"No Comment"

The Chronicles of Don Siegelman on Harper's: Dig into Scott

Horton's

"Siegelman Archive" for a fuller understanding of the

case. See the

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FIVE ARTICLES

1.Election Night 2002

controversial and

unauthorized after-midnight recount

switches election victory from Governor Siegelman to

Bob

Riley.

Gulf Coast Newspapers Steve McConnel 6/20/07

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2. Affidavit Points to White House

Troubled Republican and Riley-C

ampaign

worker

, Jill

Simpson, s

wears

that

arl

Rove

is behind the Siegelman

rosecution.

TIME/CNN Adam Zagorin 6/01/07

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3. The Extreme Sentencing of Don Siegelman

The nation's eyes turn to Alabama as Siegelman is

shackled and handcuffed, causing an uproar in

progressives and conservatives alike

New York Times Editorial 6/30/07

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4. Demand for an Inquiry into the Siegelman Case

Congress asks the US Justice Department for papers

relating to the Don Siegelman case.

The DOJ has failed to comply.

Harper's Online "No Comment" Scott Horton 7/16/07

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5. Ethical Questions in the Siegelman Case

n examination of the Judge in the Siegelman

rial

raises

serious questions

about improprieties in this case.

Harper's Online "No Comment" Scott Horton 7/16/07

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ONE SHOT:
If you want a drive-by summary of the Siegelman Prosecution these
articles/blogs/video/audio summarize the case in one shot.
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Article:

Karl Rove's Dirty Tricks in Alabama

Lou Dubose

of Washington Spectator

Mayberry GOP

—The 2002 Alabama gubernatorial election

included the plot elements of a bad Southern Gothic: a Klan rally

in the backwoods; a political operative stealing the opposition's

signs and planting them at the rally; a lawyer stalking and

photographing the operative; incriminating photos used to extort

a political candidate; and a cabal of lawyers maneuvering a man

into the courtroom of a judge who promised to "hang" the

defendant. There was even a prosecutor "messing up" the case

to see that the defendant made it to the gallows.

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Nothing About the Prosecution of Don

Siegelman Escapes the Taint of

Corruption

by David Fiderer for Huffington Post

Siegelman's prosecution is a scandal that extends

into the judicial branch.

The legal issues before the 11th

Circuit are the tip of a large iceberg. Louis Franklin's falsehoods

are more indicative of the scope of the scandal, which extends

well beyond the persecution of one politician. Throughout the

Siegelman case, at every step in the process, we see how

government officials worked in tandem to rig the outcome. You

name it, they did it. Sometimes the incriminating evidence

against the government is airtight, such as the documents

proving that the prosecution lied, concealed evidence, and

violated Justice Department rules. For some misconduct -

threatening witnesses, deceiving defense counsel - the

evidence involves one person's word contradicting another's.

And the evidence of more serious misconduct - bribing the

judge, jury tampering - is still circumstantial, but extremely

compelling.

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Larisa Alexandrovna Reports on the WH

Politically Motivated Conviction of Gov.

Don Siegelman -- And Rove's Role

nterview by BuzzFlash.com

Rove's dream was to recreate the landscape of the judicial

system, and to install judges that were either pliable, malleable,

and/or very, very pro-corporation. Essentially that is what he did

in Alabama in the early Nineties. That is what this is all about. If

you control the governor in the states where the justices are not

elected, you control who gets on the supreme court. And that's

essentially what this is all about for Rove ultimately. But to get

those kinds of things done, you have to eliminate the governor

you don't want and install the governor you do want. There are

a lot of corporate interests funding this. So it intersects in that

sense. It's buying the law and restructuring the state judiciary.

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Encyclopedia: Don Siegelman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Donald Eugene "Don" Siegelman (born February 24, 1946, in

Mobile, Alabama) is an American Democratic politician. He was

the governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Don Siegelman is

the only person in the history of Alabama to be elected to

serve

in all four of the top statewide offices: Secretary of State,

Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Governor. He

served in Ala

bama politics for 26 years, winning his first

election

for the governorship with 57% of the vote, including

over 90% of

the African-American electorate.

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Video Piece: Did Karl Rove sic the Justice

Department on former Alabama Gov. Don

Siegelman?

by Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo

This video produced by Josh Marshall lasts 7:58 minutes. It covers

the

case up until just before sentencing on June 28, 2007.

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Radio Interview: The case of Alabama Gov.

Don

Siegelman

by Chris Cook of Atlantic Free Press, Gorilla Radio

"...Don Siegelman will play a very huge role in the future

fortunes of the Republican party..." Chris Cook of Atlantic Free

Press

The radio program by Chris Cook lasts 30 minutes

( the Horton Interview

occurs in the first 15 minutes)

and covers the case

until

Sept. 9, 2007.

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Blog: Free Don Siegelman

by Rabbi Yonah of English-writing Israeli-Bloggers

Don Siegelman was a highly popular Democratic Governor of

Alabama.

He is the only person to ever have served Alabama

being elected to its

four highest offices.

What horrific crime did he commit?

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photo: Harper's

Harper's:
The Chronicles of
Don Siegelman
a series of online articles by
Scott Horton

Starting June 1, 2007, Scott
Horton has been following the
strange case of former
Alabama Governor Don
Siegelman, imprisoned for
nine months on a conviction of
charges of bribery, conspiracy
and mail fraud. Siegelman's
case has ramifications far
outside of Alabama. It
connects to Karl Rove, the
Department of Justice under
Alberto Gonzales, and to the
corruption of our news media
by political interests.

Horton's research is ongoing.
You can read more of it here .