"It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones." Machiavelli
Abramoff's Day JobBy DIA, Section News
If I had taken an illegal trip to the northern mariannas with jack Abramoff's right hand man...I wouldn't want to be reading something like this. This election is the least of Big John's worries. When you lose an election you get to go home. Maybe get a job working with your old buddy Bill Powers. When you lose against the feds...
Jack Abramoff, the lobbying scandal figure, has become such a chatty rat that probe insiders say he's been given a desk to work at in the FBI. We're told he spends up to four hours a day detailing his shady business to agents eager to nail more congressmen in the scandal. And when cooperative witnesses spend that much time inside, they get a desk.Update [2006-10-23 14:21:36 by DIA]: Now, Burns or Doolittle are probably next in line in the investigation but it does appear there is more on the way. "We thought it was wrapping up, but they've indicated that it is really about to expand," said one source involved in the case. "It's not ending anytime soon or even when he goes to jail." And there is plenty of room for expansion.
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