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U.S. v. Abramoff: Motion to Change Restitution Terms
Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff should not be allowed to use his tax refund of more than $500,000 to pay back his lawyers, accountants and others because he has yet to make restitution for the millions of dollars he defrauded from Indian tribes he represented, the Justice Department says. Abramoff, who has been in prison since 2006, received a $520,189 refund from the IRS on May 4. After his lawyers notified the government, Justice asked a federal judge today to stop Abramoff from paying his bills. A copy of the government's motion to modify the restitution order in place against Abramoff.
Category:Magazines/NewspapersReads:2,814Uploaded:05 / 22 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionCuomo Letter Re: Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Merger
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's letter to overseers and regulators of TARP, the Treasury Department, and the banking industry. Related Story: Bank of America Pressured to Complete Merger With Merrill Lynch, Papers Say http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042302461.html?hpid=topnews
Category:(not categorized)Reads:5,499Uploaded:04 / 23 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionInquiry Into the Treatment of Detainees in U.S. Custody, Nov. 20, 2008
Intelligence and military officials under the Bush administration began preparing to conduct harsh interrogations long before they were granted legal approval to use such methods -- and weeks before the CIA captured its first high-ranking terrorism suspect, according to a report by the Senate Armed Services Committee on the treatment of detainees. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042104055.html
Category:Magazines/NewspapersReads:4,388Uploaded:04 / 23 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionOffice of Legal Counsel Memo to CIA, May 30, 2002
0000011 / ; " U.S. Department of Justice Office ofLega! Counsel Offi~ of the Principal Deputy Assistent Atto1l1ey ~l May 30, Z005 MEMORANDUM FOR JOHN A. RIZZO SENIOR DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Re: Application of United States Obligations UnderArtick<I6r;;fthe Convention Against Ttmure toCer/ain Techniques that May Be Used in theInterrogation o/High Vallie at Qaeda Detainees You have asked us to address whether certain "enhanced interrogation techniques" employed b
Category:Magazines/NewspapersReads:2,212Uploaded:04 / 22 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionOffice of Legal Counsel Memo to CIA, May 10, 2002
PROM SiTE IS OOJ 0000 012 U.S. Department of Justiee Office ofLega! Counsel WtlJnington, D.C. ]'!530 May 10,2005 ~1EMORANDUM FOn JOIfN A. RIZZO SENIOR DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTRAL INTEL LIGEN CE AGENCY Re: Application of 18 USc. §§ 2340-2 340A to the rt'!Jfuliiiled Use alCerlain Techniq ues in the InterrogclIion ofHigh Value al Qaeda Delainees In our Memorandum for John A. Rizzo, Senior Deputy General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, from Steven G. Bradbury, Principal Deputy Assi
Category:Magazines/NewspapersReads:1,479Uploaded:04 / 22 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionOffice of Legal Counsel Memo to CIA, May 10, 2002
(TUE "lMA Y 10 20Q5 17:4 5/$T . 17~4 5A,j Q·6T G042 :971 5p 3· I \ U.S. Departmeut of Justlce Office ofLegal Counsel \ I \ \ Office orale l'rineipaJ Deputy AsSistllnt.J\I(o mey aen ml WcahinfJ"'J!. D.C. JOSlO May 10.2005 I MEMO!tANnUMF '. Sli:NIOR Dli:PUTY GENERAL COUN ORJ'OlIN A. RIZZO SEL, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AG ENCY Re: ApplicatiQnoJ18 u.S.C. §§ 23·(0-23 404 iol!l1~f:eililttiqull's That May Be Used in the Interrogation ojaHigh Vallie al Qcieda: Detainee You have ~ked us to
Category:Magazines/NewspapersReads:2,320Uploaded:04 / 22 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionTorture Memos: Office of Legal Counsel to CIA, Aug. 1, 2002
-rpn ~ u~tl; ('~CRCT \1-1 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Coui1seJ O"!TIc-e of the Assist.:it1l Attdmcy Gc-ncrJ1 Wc:shi"gtOll. D.C. 105JO August 1, 2002 l'vfemorandutn for John Rizzo Acting General Counsel of the Centtal Intelligence Agency JrderrogatiOl1 ofal Qaelia Operative You have asked for this Office's views on whether certain proposed conduct would violate the prohibition against torture found at Section 2340A of title 18 of the United States Code. You have asked for th
Category:Magazines/NewspapersReads:2,633Uploaded:04 / 22 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionFriends Blagojevich Dec2008
Fundraisers for Rod Blagojevich set their sights on four candidates for President Obama's then-vacant senate seat in the months before the ousted Illinois governor's arrest, according to a document published Saturday by Chicago Sun-Times.
Category:Magazines/NewspapersReads:4,881Uploaded:03 / 30 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionCongressional Oversight Panel TARP report
In 2008, the Treasury paid $254 billion for stocks and assets of financially-troubled firms, under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Congressional Oversight Panel found, according to a summary of the report released yesterday.
Category:(not categorized)Reads:5,136Uploaded:02 / 06 / 2009ShareAdd to collectionU.S. v. Todd A. Boulanger
The plea agreement of Todd A. Boulanger, 37, a former associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff who pleaded guilty to honest services violations last week. Page 25 of the document refers to "Staffer F" -- a former top staff member to Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) who allegedly accepted more than $10,000 in tickets, meals and drinks in exchange for official actions favorable to Abramoff's lobbying clients. Gregg is President Obama's choice to be commerce secretary.
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