JUNE 24 2007
The Siegelman case is not a prosecution of a political figure for
corruption. It is a political vendetta, conceived, developed and pursued
for a corrupt purpose.
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Justice in Alabama
By Scott Horton Harper's
Sometimes the White House has intervened to shut down or obstruct
prosecutions of Republicans – a process that started certainly by the
spring of 2002, when Jack Abramoff, a protégé of Karl Rove and Tom
DeLay, sought White House intervention to fire the U.S. Attorney in
Guam. “I don’t care if they appoint bozo the clown, we need to get rid of
Fred Black,” Abramoff wrote in March 2002.* And indeed, following White
House intervention, the U.S. attorney was fired, a Republican party
functionary was appointed in his place, and the investigation that
threatened to expose a seedy Abramoff operation involving human
trafficking was shut down. Thanks to the role played directly by the White
House, the process took only a few days. Similarly, we have documented
meddling to protect Republicans in San Diego, Los Angeles, Little Rock,
Kansas City, and Arizona.
More troubling still is the conviction of former Alabama Governor Don
Siegelman in a prosecution in Montgomery.
I have spent over a month looking at this case. I have spoken with a
number of journalists who covered the trial, pulled out and read the
transcripts, talked to figures involved in the case. And I have received
tips and messages from Alabamians who are trying feverishly to spin the
case one way or the other. My conclusion: I have no idea whether in the
end of the day, Mr. Siegelman is guilty or innocent of corruption. But that
the prosecution was corruptly conceived and pursued and that the court
proceedings were corrupted, almost from the outset: that is already
extremely clear. This is not a prosecution of a political figure for
corruption. It is a political vendetta, conceived, developed and pursued
for a corrupt purpose.
<link to Harper's>
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*AttorneyGate in Guam
By Ari Berman for the Nation April 16 2007
"I don't care if they appoint bozo the clown, we need to get rid of [US
Attorney] Fred Black," Abramoff wrote to colleagues in March 2002.
<link to the Nation>
The Siegelman case is not a prosecution of a political figure for
corruption. It is a political vendetta, conceived, developed and pursued
for a corrupt purpose.
...............................................................................................................
Justice in Alabama
By Scott Horton Harper's
Sometimes the White House has intervened to shut down or obstruct
prosecutions of Republicans – a process that started certainly by the
spring of 2002, when Jack Abramoff, a protégé of Karl Rove and Tom
DeLay, sought White House intervention to fire the U.S. Attorney in
Guam. “I don’t care if they appoint bozo the clown, we need to get rid of
Fred Black,” Abramoff wrote in March 2002.* And indeed, following White
House intervention, the U.S. attorney was fired, a Republican party
functionary was appointed in his place, and the investigation that
threatened to expose a seedy Abramoff operation involving human
trafficking was shut down. Thanks to the role played directly by the White
House, the process took only a few days. Similarly, we have documented
meddling to protect Republicans in San Diego, Los Angeles, Little Rock,
Kansas City, and Arizona.
More troubling still is the conviction of former Alabama Governor Don
Siegelman in a prosecution in Montgomery.
I have spent over a month looking at this case. I have spoken with a
number of journalists who covered the trial, pulled out and read the
transcripts, talked to figures involved in the case. And I have received
tips and messages from Alabamians who are trying feverishly to spin the
case one way or the other. My conclusion: I have no idea whether in the
end of the day, Mr. Siegelman is guilty or innocent of corruption. But that
the prosecution was corruptly conceived and pursued and that the court
proceedings were corrupted, almost from the outset: that is already
extremely clear. This is not a prosecution of a political figure for
corruption. It is a political vendetta, conceived, developed and pursued
for a corrupt purpose.
<link to Harper's>
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*AttorneyGate in Guam
By Ari Berman for the Nation April 16 2007
"I don't care if they appoint bozo the clown, we need to get rid of [US
Attorney] Fred Black," Abramoff wrote to colleagues in March 2002.
<link to the Nation>
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