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Randy 'Duke' Cunningham
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Super18Ordie
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ChuckMK23 said:Which is where CHARACTER comes in and why it is an absolute neccessity as an officer.
I could say this about a few officers I know "Just because you are a character doesnt mean you have character"
And the hits just keep on comin' .... or the "well, this is just f-ing great" Dept .... no AW smiles for this :
FBI searches San Diego-area Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham's home
[font=geneva,arial]- By SETH HETTENA, Associated press Writer
[/font][font=geneva,arial][size=-2]Friday, July 1, 2005 [/size][/font]
(07-01) 17:23 PDT SAN DIEGO, (AP) --
Federal authorities intensified their investigation into Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's dealings with a defense contractor Friday by simultaneously serving search warrants on both coasts — one for the eight-term Republican's San Diego-area home, another for the boat where he has stayed while in Washington, D.C.
Cunningham's lawyer blasted the searches as "an appalling abuse of government power."
FBI agents in San Diego searched Cunningham's $2.55 million mansion outside San Diego and a 42-foot yacht named Duke Stir, according to a bureau spokeswoman who said agents from the Department of Defense and Internal Revenue Service took part in the operations.
Agents also searched the Washington, D.C., offices of defense firm MZM Inc. MZM's founder, Mitchell Wade, bought a home the congressman sold in 2003 at what may have been an inflated $1.7 million price. Wade also owns the boat docked on the Potomac River where Cunningham said he has lived part-time since April 2004.
Debra Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington, confirmed the boat and office searches; FBI San Diego spokeswoman Jan Caldwell confirmed the search at Cunningham's home in the exclusive community of Rancho Santa Fe. They wouldn't comment further, saying the search warrants were sealed.
Cunningham, a former "Top Gun" Navy fighter pilot and Vietnam War ace, could not be reached for comment, but his attorney released a statement Friday afternoon that cast the raids as a bully tactic.
note: for the full, sad, developing story, click the link
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/07/01/state/n162559D33.DTL
FBI searches San Diego-area Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham's home
[font=geneva,arial]- By SETH HETTENA, Associated press Writer
[/font][font=geneva,arial][size=-2]Friday, July 1, 2005 [/size][/font]
(07-01) 17:23 PDT SAN DIEGO, (AP) --
Federal authorities intensified their investigation into Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's dealings with a defense contractor Friday by simultaneously serving search warrants on both coasts — one for the eight-term Republican's San Diego-area home, another for the boat where he has stayed while in Washington, D.C.
Cunningham's lawyer blasted the searches as "an appalling abuse of government power."
FBI agents in San Diego searched Cunningham's $2.55 million mansion outside San Diego and a 42-foot yacht named Duke Stir, according to a bureau spokeswoman who said agents from the Department of Defense and Internal Revenue Service took part in the operations.
Agents also searched the Washington, D.C., offices of defense firm MZM Inc. MZM's founder, Mitchell Wade, bought a home the congressman sold in 2003 at what may have been an inflated $1.7 million price. Wade also owns the boat docked on the Potomac River where Cunningham said he has lived part-time since April 2004.
Debra Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman in Washington, confirmed the boat and office searches; FBI San Diego spokeswoman Jan Caldwell confirmed the search at Cunningham's home in the exclusive community of Rancho Santa Fe. They wouldn't comment further, saying the search warrants were sealed.
Cunningham, a former "Top Gun" Navy fighter pilot and Vietnam War ace, could not be reached for comment, but his attorney released a statement Friday afternoon that cast the raids as a bully tactic.
note: for the full, sad, developing story, click the link
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/07/01/state/n162559D33.DTL
Reality Check Six
Read somewhere in a book, I think published by the Naval Institute, which stated that both Cunningham and Driscoll were RIF'd; the message had arrived on board the carrier before they landed after getting the 5th kill. RIF list was changed.
The FBI can act like a bunch of goons. They'be been politically motivated since Hoover took over. They have a penchant for making sure that there's only one criminal and they get their man and all the publicity. Conspiracies with multiple purps are too complicated, too slow to develop, too hard to investigage, and the publicity return for time spent is not worth it. So it's always a single criminal in every case with these goons.
Cunningham had the psycho-motor skills to be a famously effective fighter pilot. Same skills may not have been much use when it came to associating with defense contractors.
Inside the Beltway, you only have to seem guilty to be treated like you are guilty. That innocent before guilty drivel doesn't allow for the level of media and political bloodsport so much practiced inside the Beltway. Cunningham will never get a fair hearing.
A4sForever said:
Read somewhere in a book, I think published by the Naval Institute, which stated that both Cunningham and Driscoll were RIF'd; the message had arrived on board the carrier before they landed after getting the 5th kill. RIF list was changed.
The FBI can act like a bunch of goons. They'be been politically motivated since Hoover took over. They have a penchant for making sure that there's only one criminal and they get their man and all the publicity. Conspiracies with multiple purps are too complicated, too slow to develop, too hard to investigage, and the publicity return for time spent is not worth it. So it's always a single criminal in every case with these goons.
Cunningham had the psycho-motor skills to be a famously effective fighter pilot. Same skills may not have been much use when it came to associating with defense contractors.
Inside the Beltway, you only have to seem guilty to be treated like you are guilty. That innocent before guilty drivel doesn't allow for the level of media and political bloodsport so much practiced inside the Beltway. Cunningham will never get a fair hearing.
A4sForever said:
I got news for the AP (always fair and balanced) - A $2.55 million house does not constitute a "mansion" in San Diego. I'm surprised they didn't refer to him as a "fat cat" or other such objective journalistic term. I have no idea if the guy has done anything wrong, but you gotta love AP's coverage.
Brett
On hand for the raids were also agents from the Internal Revenue Service, the Defense Criminal Investigative Services and the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego. (story from the Washington Times)
It's not fair to dismiss the FBI's involvement as biased, just as it's not fair to assume Rep. Cunningham is guilty until all the facts come out.
It's not fair to dismiss the FBI's involvement as biased, just as it's not fair to assume Rep. Cunningham is guilty until all the facts come out.
The Chief said:
Overthrow of a president? Strong words, especially when said president resigned because he was about to impeached for criminal acts commited while in office, namely conspiracy.
It's not fair to dismiss the FBI's involvement as biased, just as it's not fair to assume Rep. Cunningham is guilty until all the facts come out.
Agreed.
Compared to ....
The principal difference between LBJ and Nixon is that Nixon got caught, actually that FBI terd dropped a dime on him vice taking what he knew to a Special Prosecutor - there was one. That FBI guy is a disgrace. And Nixon's malfeasance paled into insignificance compared to the Fornicator in Chief and his Arkansas mafia. That guy was a criminal and was actually impeached. The fact that he was steadfastly supported by the socialist media seems to have been overlooked. Nixon was persecuted by that same socialist media crowd, the same crowd that over-looked Joe Kennedy's mafia connections and voter fraud (oh, yes, LBJ did that too; check his bio) and JFK's personal corruption. Elevate eyeballs above navel. Cunningham is going to get fried even if he's innocent of any wrongdoing.
The principal difference between LBJ and Nixon is that Nixon got caught, actually that FBI terd dropped a dime on him vice taking what he knew to a Special Prosecutor - there was one. That FBI guy is a disgrace. And Nixon's malfeasance paled into insignificance compared to the Fornicator in Chief and his Arkansas mafia. That guy was a criminal and was actually impeached. The fact that he was steadfastly supported by the socialist media seems to have been overlooked. Nixon was persecuted by that same socialist media crowd, the same crowd that over-looked Joe Kennedy's mafia connections and voter fraud (oh, yes, LBJ did that too; check his bio) and JFK's personal corruption. Elevate eyeballs above navel. Cunningham is going to get fried even if he's innocent of any wrongdoing.
Cunningham will not run for re-election ....
U.S. Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham
By John Marelius UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
July 24, 2005
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's announcement that he will not run for re-election next year did nothing to lift the spreading ethical cloud hanging over him, but it lifted a cloud of political angst over the Republican Party and touched off an instant scramble among ambitious Republicans. The Rancho Santa Fe Republican is under investigation by a federal grand jury, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington over his financial ties to defense contractor Mitchell Wade.
In announcing July 14 that he would not seek a ninth term, Cunningham, 63, maintained he is innocent but acknowledged that the investigations made a re-election campaign untenable.
(if interested in the rest of the article, click the link: )http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20050724-9999-2m24cloud.html
Not making any pre-judgements (how could I??) but what a sorry, sorry way to end 8 terms in office and a noteable career ..... truly a pity.
By John Marelius UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
July 24, 2005
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's announcement that he will not run for re-election next year did nothing to lift the spreading ethical cloud hanging over him, but it lifted a cloud of political angst over the Republican Party and touched off an instant scramble among ambitious Republicans. The Rancho Santa Fe Republican is under investigation by a federal grand jury, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington over his financial ties to defense contractor Mitchell Wade.
In announcing July 14 that he would not seek a ninth term, Cunningham, 63, maintained he is innocent but acknowledged that the investigations made a re-election campaign untenable.
(if interested in the rest of the article, click the link: )http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20050724-9999-2m24cloud.html
Not making any pre-judgements (how could I??) but what a sorry, sorry way to end 8 terms in office and a noteable career ..... truly a pity.
Its not the first time his ethics have been compromised...this decision is better for him and his district.
Unfortunately men we respect deeply can do things that appear to be wrong. Its a shame when it happens and we hope that their integrity wasn't compromised and theyc an clear their names. John McCain was implicated in tha S & L bailout scandel involving Charles Keating. Though he did nothing wrong, at the time the appearance of impropriety hung over him like a dark cloud and he had to fight for months and months to get his name cleared. I hope Cunningham can do it, because wrong or not, he is eyeballs deep in "the appearance of impropriety".
Unfortunately men we respect deeply can do things that appear to be wrong. Its a shame when it happens and we hope that their integrity wasn't compromised and theyc an clear their names. John McCain was implicated in tha S & L bailout scandel involving Charles Keating. Though he did nothing wrong, at the time the appearance of impropriety hung over him like a dark cloud and he had to fight for months and months to get his name cleared. I hope Cunningham can do it, because wrong or not, he is eyeballs deep in "the appearance of impropriety".
Alert- Sea Story
What follows is a totally unsubstantiated sea story. Begin unsubstantiated sea story:
A good friend and colleague who worked in OLA in the early 90's told me that Senator John McCain was affectionately known as the "King of the Butt Rodeo".
My friend then proceeded to explain that such Rodeo's were some sort of bar activity, seemed to involve the opposite sex; and, the geography was clearly west of Hawaii, way far to the west of that longitude; across the International Date Line. But because of his heroic service to his country, his Rodeo skills and antics were overlooked by his handlers. 
End of unsubstantiated sea story.
I am glad that some of this chicanery has been discretely overlooked because it may have been thoroughly undignified but no more than that.
The Duke is down for the count, I'm afraid.
Politics is not fair; it's perception over reality 24/7. That he chose to not run for reelection was the right course of action. Well done, Duke.
JAC01 said:
What follows is a totally unsubstantiated sea story. Begin unsubstantiated sea story:
A good friend and colleague who worked in OLA in the early 90's told me that Senator John McCain was affectionately known as the "King of the Butt Rodeo".
My friend then proceeded to explain that such Rodeo's were some sort of bar activity, seemed to involve the opposite sex; and, the geography was clearly west of Hawaii, way far to the west of that longitude; across the International Date Line. But because of his heroic service to his country, his Rodeo skills and antics were overlooked by his handlers. End of unsubstantiated sea story. I am glad that some of this chicanery has been discretely overlooked because it may have been thoroughly undignified but no more than that.
The Duke is down for the count, I'm afraid.
Politics is not fair; it's perception over reality 24/7. That he chose to not run for reelection was the right course of action. Well done, Duke.