Jack Abramoff: External Links 2005

The following are external links for 2005 related to the main article Jack Abramoff.

Also see:
 * Jack Abramoff: External Links
 * Jack Abramoff: External Links 2004
 * Jack Abramoff: External Links 2006
 * Jack Abramoff: External Links 2007


 * Susan Schmidt, "Abramoff Ex-Firm Settles With Tribe. Former Lobbyist Was Paid Millions on Both Sides of Casino Issue," Washinton Post, February 12, 2005.
 * "Channel One's Big Troubles," Commercial Alert, February 13, 2005.
 * "Political Contributions by DeLay Alumni During the 2003-2004 Election Cycle," Tech Politics (CQ Weekly, Federal Election Commission downloaded March 2005.)
 * Rick Anderson, "The Preston Gates Mates. The venerable Seattle law firm launched key players in the Tom DeLay scandal," Seattle Weekly, February 23-March 1, 2005. Abramoff is a "former lobbyist for one of Seattle's most prestigious law firms, Preston Gates and Ellis."
 * Josephine Hearn, "DOJ subpoenas GOP group," The Hill, March 1, 2005: "An interagency criminal task force investigating former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has subpoenaed a Republican group founded by Interior Secretary Gale Norton and now run by her former aides, sources with knowledge of the investigation say. ... The subpoena was issued to the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy (CREA), a nonprofit group created in 1997 by Norton and Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, and long denounced by environmental organizations as a front group for industry interests."
 * Melanie Sloan, Letter: Jack Abramoff’s Ties to Members of Congress, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, March 1, 2005. Names Bob Ney, Tom DeLay, Richard Pombo, John Doolittle, Grover Norquist.
 * Chuck Neubauer and Walter F. Roche Jr., "2 House members linked to junkets," Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2005: "One of Abramoff's golf guests was Rep. Robert Ney (Bob Ney) (R-Ohio), chairman of the powerful House Administration Committee. He said in congressional filings that his trip on a chartered jet in 2002 was sponsored and paid for by an obscure conservative think tank, the National Center for Public Policy Research. ... The same non-profit organization also was listed by then-freshman Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) after he flew to Scotland with the lobbyist in August 2003."
 * Susan Schmidt, "Casino Bid Prompted High-Stakes Lobbying. Probe Scrutinizes Efforts Against Tribe," Washington Post, March 13, 2005.
 * "Unending Troubles," Salon, March 17, 2005.
 * David Brooks, "Masters of Sleaze" (abstract), New York Times, March 22, 2005; full article posted here.
 * "Channel One and the 'Masters of Sleaze'," Commercial Alert, March 22, 2005.
 * Sharon Theimer, "Abramoff Faced Earlier Billing Inquiry. Lobbyist With Ties to Bush, Under Probe Over Tribal Billing, at Center of Earlier Inquiry," AP, March 29, 2005.
 * John Byrne, "New ties link House GOP leadership with lobbyist Abramoff," The Raw Story (Beware of This), March 30, 2005.
 * John Byrne, "DeLay daughter's baby shower held by Texas energy firm under investigation. Lobbyist Abramoff attended," The Raw Story, April 6, 2005.
 * James Harding, "Jack Abramoff: The Friend Tom DeLay Can't Shake," Slate, April 7, 2005.
 * laura, "Abramoff and South Africa's apartheid regime," War and Peace, April 8, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon, "Inquiry on Lobbyist Casts a Shadow in Congress," New York Times, April 11, 2005.
 * "Jack Abramoff and his Web of Corruption," Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), April 14, 2005.
 * Eamon Javers, "Denny Hastert's Late Payment," BusinessWeek Online, April 15, 2005: "A long delay in paying for a fund-raiser at an eatery owned by scandal-plagued Jack Abramoff could prove embarrassing to a GOP Mr. Clean Dennis Hastert."
 * James V. Grimaldi, "Probe of Abramoff and Nonprofits' Money Opens. Senate Finance Committee Seeks Records on Trips by Reps. DeLay and Ney, Donations to Indian Tribes," Washington Post, April 17, 2005.
 * "Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Office as Concierge: Tom DeLay's Office Ran One of Jack Abramoff's Assistants Ragged with Constantly Changing Requests for 2000 Trip to London, Sources Tell Time," Time, April 17, 2005.
 * Maria Recio, "Cornyn denies ties to lobbyist," Star-Telegram, April 17, 2005.
 * Thomas B. Edsall, "Think Tank's Ideas Shifted As Malaysia Ties Grew. Business Interests Overlapped Policy," Washington Post, April 17, 2005.
 * Karen Tumulty, "When Tom met Jack," CNN, April 18, 2005.
 * Michael Isikoff, "With Friends Like These... A lunchtime chat with a lobbyist close to Tom DeLay suggests he may be headed for hotter water," Newsweek, April 18, 2005 (issue).
 * "Skybox Donation for DeLay Questioned," AP, April 20, 2005.
 * Jonathan E. Kaplan, "Lobbying reform targeted at DeLay, Abramoff issues," The Hill, April 21, 2005.
 * E.J. Kessler, "Lobbyist's Tie to Mahathir Raising Jewish Eyebrows," Forward, April 22, 2005.
 * "CREW Files Texas Public Information Request Regarding US Senator Cornyn's Involvement With Indian Gaming Scandal. Cornyn Claims to Have Never Met GOP Activist Ralph Reed," Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, April 22, 2005.
 * John Byrne, "How DeLay's former chief of staff wedded DeLay, Abramoff," The Raw Story, April 22, 2005.
 * Eamon Javers and Lee Walczak, "'Fear and Loathing' Among the GOP," BusinessWeek Online, April 22, 2005: "Lots of Republicans are in a sweat over the widening ethics investigation into the dealings of Washington rainmaker Jack Abramoff."
 * Nancy Benac, "Abramoff target of several investigations," Salon, April 23, 2005.
 * R. Jeffrey Smith, "DeLay Airfare Was Charged To Lobbyist's Credit Card," Washington Post, April 24, 2005.
 * "Powerbroker With DeLay Ties in Hot Water," AP, April 24, 2005.
 * "Investigators Probing Abramoff's Finances Have Found That Some Money Meant for His Charity Went to Fight the Palestinian Intifada," PR Newswire, April 24, 2005.
 * "A Talk with Jack Abramoff's Attorney," BusinessWeek Online, April 25, 2005: "Abramoff has close ties to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), which adds to the intrigue."
 * "For everything else, there’s Jack Abramoff’s credit card," The Carpetbagger Report, April 25, 2005.
 * Carl Hulse and Philip Shenon, "Credit Receipts for DeLay Trip Raise Concerns," New York Times, April 25, 2005.
 * Sharon Theimer, "Records Show DeLay, Lobbyist Daily Contact," AP, April 27, 2005. Also see interactive timeline.
 * Michael Crowley, "Can you smell money?!?!?! Jack Abramoff wrote," New York Times'', May 1, 2005.
 * Susan Schmidt and James V. Grimaldi, "Untangling a Lobbyist's Stake in a Casino Fleet. With Millions of Dollars Unaccounted for, Another Federal Investigation Targets Abramoff," Washington Post, May 1, 2005.
 * David Finkel, "Abramoff Breaks Silence About Investigations," Washington Post, May 1, 2005.
 * Michael Crowley, "A Lobbyist in Full," New York Times, May 1, 2005.
 * Michael Isikoff, "Fund-Raising: Take It to the (West) Bank. Money meant for the inner city went to fight the intifada. What donors to Jack Abramoff's charity didn't know," Newsweek, May 2, 2005 (issue).
 * Christy Harvey, Judd Legum and Jonathan Baskin, "You Don't Know Jack," The Progress Report, May 2, 2005.
 * R. Jeffrey Smith, "Democrats' Travel Costs Linked to Lobbyist," Washington Post, May 4, 2005.
 * Mike Allen, "House GOP to Consider Tougher Lobbying Rules," Washington Post, May 5, 2005.
 * Sharon Theimer, AP Enterprise: "Lobbyist Under Criminal Investigation Had Close Contact with Bush Team," ABC News, May 6, 2005: "In President Bush's first 10 months, GOP fundraiser Jack Abramoff and his lobbying team logged nearly 200 contacts with the new administration as they pressed for friendly hires at federal agencies and sought to keep the Northern Mariana Islands exempt from the minimum wage and other laws, records show."
 * "White House Admits President Met with Abramoff. Bush Should Return Funds to Ensure Unbiased Abramoff Inquiry," BuzzFlash, May 6, 2005.
 * CREW Prepares Complaint Against Rep. Bob Ney; Searching for House Member to File With Ethics Committee, US Newswire, May 16, 2005
 * Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Derek Willis, "Democrats Also Got Tribal Donations. Abramoff Issue's Fallout May Extend Beyond the GOP," Washington Post, June 3, 2005.
 * Lou Dubose, "The Pimping of the President: Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist - Billing Clients for Face Time with G.W. Bush", The Texas Observer, June 6, 2005 - mollyivins dot com mirror
 * Suzanne Gamboa, "Lobbyist Helped Indian Leaders Meet Bush", Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle), June 7, 2005.
 * "Lawmaker in DeLay Inquiry Tied to Lobbyist," Associated Press (ABC News 7 WJLA), June 8, 2005: "The lawmaker who will head a House inquiry into trips that lobbyist Jack Abramoff arranged for Tom DeLay has his own links to the lobbyist. At one point, Abramoff touted Rep. Doc Hastings' relationship with his firm in a pitch to a prospective client."
 * Jim Hightower, "Grover's Good Buddy Jack", Austin Chronicle, June 10, 2005.
 * "George Bush's Wise Guys: Noe, Abramoff, Reed, and the Wyly Brothers," BuzzFlash, June 14, 2005.
 * R. Jeffrey Smith, "Informal Advice on Trips Cited. Lobbyist Was Told He Could Pay for Lawmakers' Travel," Washington Post, June 22, 2005.
 * Susan Schmidt and James V. Grimaldi, "Panel Says Abramoff Laundered Tribal Funds. McCain Cites Possible Fraud by Lobbyist," Washington Post, June 23, 2005.
 * James V. Grimaldi, "Lobbyists, Clients Undeterred by Scandal. Alumni of Abramoff's 'Team' Still Collecting Fees, Trying to Influence Government," Washington Post, June 26, 2005. re lobbyist Kevin A. Ring and "Team Abramoff".
 * Philip Shenon, "Committee Asks Justice Dept. To Broaden Inquiry of Lobbyist," ''New York Times', July 6, 2005.
 * Bill Walsh, "McCain defends Vitter as tribe cries foul. Jena chief focuses on link to lobbyist," Times Picayune (New Orleans), July 28, 2005. re Louisiana Senator David Vitter
 * Walter F. Roche, Jr., "Nominee Is Linked to Controversy. Bush's choice for deputy attorney general worked with a lobbyist, now being investigated, in an effort to shield offshore firms from U.S. taxes," Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2005.
 * Walter R. Roche, Jr., "Lobbyist Abramoff is subject of probes from Guam to D.C.," Los Angeles Times (Journal Star), August 7, 2005; also "Bush removal ended Guam investigation. US attorney's demotion halted probe of lobbyist," Boston Globe, August 8, 2005.
 * "CREW Sends Letter to DOJ Urging Investigation into Demotion of Prosecutor on Abramoff Guam Scandal," US Newswire, August 8, 2005.
 * Josh Eidelson, TPM Cafe, "Tom, Jack, and Friends," TPM Cafe, August 10, 2005.
 * Curt Anderson, "Lobbyist is charged in federal fraud indictment," Associated Press (Daily Bulletin), August 11, 2005.
 * "Jack Abramoff Indicted for Bank Fraud in Connection with Purhcase of Suncruz Gambling Ships. Rep. Bob Ney Directly Assisted Indicted Lobbyist with Purchase - Received Donations from Abramoff and Kidan Shortly Thereafter. Staffers for Rep. DeLay and Sen. Burns Took Junket on Suncruz," Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), August 11, 2005.
 * James V. Grimaldi, "Abramoff Indicted in Casino Boat Purchase. Lobbyist, Associate Charged With Fraud," Washington Post, August 12, 2005.
 * Caroline Daniel, "Abramoff in Court on Charges of Fraud", Financial Times, August 12, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon, "U.S. Fraud Charge for Top Lobbyist," New York Times, August 12, 2005.
 * David Wallace-Wells, "Abramoff Goes Down," Slate, August 12, 2005.
 * R. Jeffrey Smith, "A High-Powered Lobbyist's Swift Fall From Grace," Washington Post, August 12, 2005.
 * "Associate of DeLay in court on fraud charges. Indictment says he defrauded lenders and used funds to support politicians," Associated Press (MSNBC), August 12, 2005.
 * James V. Grimaldi, "Abramoff Indictment May Aid D.C. Inquiry. Lobbyist's Work for Tribes at Issue," Washington Post, August 13, 2005.
 * "Abramoff: More Trouble Ahead?" Newsweek, August 22, 2005 issue.
 * John Byrne, "Guam envoy to Congress calls for Abramoff investigation," The Raw Story, August 23, 2005.
 * Susan Schmidt, "Abramoff Cited Aid Of Interior Official: Conflict-of-Interest Probe Is Underway," Washington Post, August 28, 2005.
 * "Lobbyist pleads not guilty in casino fraud case. Abramoff also under scrutiny for paying DeLay's travel expenses," Reuters (MSNBC), August 29, 2005.
 * Barry Yeoman, "The Fall of a True Believer: How Jack Abramoff gained the whole world and lost just about everything", Mother Jones, September/October 2005.
 * Mark Sherman, "Former Bush Administration Official Charged," Washington Post, September 20, 2005. re arrest of David Safavian. Note that Sefavian resigned September 16th and was arrested September 19th.
 * R. Jeffrey Smith and Susan Schmidt, "Bush Official Arrested in Corruption Probe," Washington Post, September 20, 2005.
 * Jesselee, "Sensing a Pattern?" The Stakeholder (DCCC Blog), September 21, 2005.
 * Susan Schmidt and R. Jeffrey Smith, "Aide Was Reticent on Lobbying for Foreign Clients," Washington Post, September 21, 2005. re David Safavian
 * Mark Sherman, "Abramoff Probe Moves Forward With Arrest," Washington Post, September 22, 2005. re arrest of David Safavian
 * Jonathan D. Salant, "Abramoff Probe May Threaten Leading Republicans as It Expands," Bloomberg News, September 22, 2005. Good summation of events to date.
 * Josh Marshall, "Start the Abramoff conflict-of-interest discussion here," The Hill, September 22, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon and Anne E. Kornblut, "Lawyer of Ex-Official Sees Coercion in His Arrest", New York Times, September 22, 2005.
 * R. Jeffrey Smith, "Tyco Exec: Abramoff Claimed Ties to Administration," Washington Post, September 23, 2005: re Timothy E. Flanigan, general counsel for conglomerate Tyco International Ltd.
 * Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo re Flanigan: September 23, 2005; September 25, 2005.
 * Eric Lichtblau, "Democrats Press Justice Dept. Nominee Anew", New York Times, September 24, 2005.
 * Michael Isikoff, "A Washington Sand Trap. A golf outing trips up a widening circle of power brokers," Newsweek, posted September 25, 2005 (October 3, 2005 issue).
 * Kagro X., "A welcome change of perspective," The Next Hurrah, September 26, 2005.
 * Robert Scheer, "Corrupt Connections. Widening Abramoff scandal exposes GOP cronyism," robertscheer.com, September 27, 2005.
 * Wanda J. DeMarzo and Jay Weaver, "4 years later, 3 jailed in Boulis murder case. Police charged three men in the 2001 shooting death of Gus Boulis. Two have ties to the man who led the purchase of SunCruz Casinos from Boulis, police said," Miami Herald, September 28, 2005.
 * Dan Christensen, "More arrests expected in Boulis case," Miami Herald, September 28, 2005: "Police say one is a John Gotti associate, the second a gangster wannabe, the third a gofer. All have been charged in one of Broward County's most baffling crimes."
 * Fred Grimm, "Mob-style hit here reminiscent of bad old Vegas," Miami Herald, September 29, 2005.
 * Wanda J. DeMarzo and Evan S. Benn, "Records show start of alleged Boulis plot," Miami Herald, September 29, 2005: "Newly released court records introduced a new player into the Gus Boulis murder saga. It is a man -- as yet uncharged -- who allegedly was solicited to kill the gambling tycoon."
 * Peter H. Stone, "Grover and Jack's Long Adventure," National Journal, October 2005. re Grover Norquist
 * Wanda J. DeMarzo and Jay Weaver, Profile: "Kidan's tale `stranger than fiction'," Miami Herald, October 2, 2005: "The New York entrepreneur who purchased SunCruz Casinos finds himself in the middle of the police probe of the gangland-style hit on SunCruz's former owner, Gus Boulis."
 * Susan Schmidt and James V. Grimaldi, "How a Lobbyist Stacked the Deck. Abramoff Used DeLay Aide, Attacks On Allies to Defeat Anti-Gambling Bill," Washington Post, October 16, 2005.
 * Norman J. Orstein, "The Abramoff Saga. The Worst Hill Scandal in Our Lifetime?" Roll Call (American Enterprise Institute), October 19, 2005.
 * Sam Hananel, "Talent returns Abramoff contributions," Associated Press, October 26, 2005.
 * Jonathan Singer, "McCain to Push Abramoff Probe to the Administration," The Moderate Voice, November 1, 2005.
 * Josephine Hearn, "McCain puts ex-official on hot seat," The Hill, November 1, 2005.
 * Chris Floyd, "Future Perfect," The St. Petersburg Times, November 1, 2005.
 * Michael Scherer, "Abramoff-Scanlon School of Sleaze," Salon, November 3, 2005: "Wednesday's Senate hearings yielded more scandalous revelations about how the dynamic lobbying duo bilked American Indian tribes out of millions and used the money to win elections for their Republican clients."
 * "Four congressmembers role in Abramoff lobbying scandal probed," The Raw Story, November 25, 2005.
 * Joshua Frank, "Abramoff used DeLay to fund anti-intifada militia," Online Journal, November 25, 2005.
 * Susan Schmidt and James Grimaldi, "Lawmakers Under Scrutiny in Probe of Lobbyist. Ney and DeLay Among the Members of Congress Said to Be a Focus of Abramoff Investigation," Washington Post, November 26, 2005.
 * Wayne Madsen, "Diplomatic Cables: November 26, 2005 -- Libreville, Washington, Mbabane, and Kampala," Wayne Madsen Report: "A well-placed intelligence source reports that Abramoff is also linked to another Bongo cohort in Washington, DC -- a mysterious player and long time Bongo lobbyist named Joe Slavik. Under George W. Bush, the New Jersey-based Slavik has reportedly become a 'Mr. Africa' in Washington lobbying and government circles that extend into the Oval Office."
 * Anne E. Kornblut, "Lobbyist's Role in Hiring Aides Is Investigated," New York Times, December 2, 2005.
 * John Nichols, "The Abramoff Effect," The Nation (Common Dreams), December 2, 2005.
 * Curt Anderson, "Former Abramoff colleague pleads guilty in boat scheme. Plea bargain might require him to testify against indicted lobbyist," Associated Press (Chron.com), December 15, 2005.
 * Anne E. Kornblut, "Lobbyist Is Said to Discuss Plea and Testimony," New York Times, December 21, 2005.
 * Sabrina Eaton, "Lobbyist plea deal would put heat on Ney," Cleveland's The Plain Dealer, December 22, 2005.
 * Janet Hook and Chuck Neubauer, "Talk of Plea by Lobbyist Has Hill on Edge. It's feared that a number of lawmakers and aides could be tarnished in a corruption scandal if Abramoff cooperates with prosecutors," Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2005.
 * Richard A. Serrano and Judy Pasternak, "FBI Follows Money in Tribe's Beltway Success. The Mashpee gave tens of thousands to lobbyist Jack Abramoff and California Rep. Pombo," Los Angeles Times, December 24, 2005. Re Richard Pombo.