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FBI willing to go undercover in Congress if necessary
McClatchy Newspapers ^ | Nov. 05, 2006 | By Greg Gordon

Posted on 11/05/2006 3:20:06 PM PST by US Navy guy

WASHINGTON - The new chief of the FBI's Criminal Division, which is swamped with public corruption cases, says the bureau is ramping up its ability to catch crooked politicians and might run an undercover sting on Congress.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: congress; corruption; fbi
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To: US Navy guy

Good. Let's have another Abscam.


21 posted on 11/05/2006 3:29:42 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: US Navy guy
The way that government leaks today, I doubt they could get away with it for too long.

-PJ

22 posted on 11/05/2006 3:30:08 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: US Navy guy

Whatever happened with the Harry Reid debacle? It seems that one was swept under the rug.


23 posted on 11/05/2006 3:32:06 PM PST by Cobra64 (Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
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To: processing please hold
Hell, let's tell 'em before hand we're gonna run a sting, yeah, that's the ticket.

Yup. Shredder sales will go up on Monday.

24 posted on 11/05/2006 3:33:09 PM PST by Cobra64 (Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
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To: US Navy guy

OHHHH YEAHHHHHH....popping the pop corn, getting the beer cold, and pulling up my chair.....this will be good.....


Lets see....pelosi, reid, rangel,


25 posted on 11/05/2006 3:35:37 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (My ? to libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?" "Grow your own DOPE: Plant a LIB!")
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To: HarleyLady27
OHHHH YEAHHHHHH....popping the pop corn, getting the beer cold, and pulling up my chair.....this will be good.....

Lets see....pelosi, reid, rangel,

Ahhahahahahah, Shirley you jest!

26 posted on 11/05/2006 3:39:47 PM PST by Snoopers-868th
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To: mewzilla
"Operation Tennessee Waltz was a sting operation set up by federal and state law enforcement agents, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The operation led to the arrest of seven Tennessee state lawmakers and two men identified as "bagmen" in the indictment on the morning of May 26, 2005 on bribery charges. The FBI and TBI followed these arrests with an additional arrest of two county commissioners, one from Hamilton County, and the other a member of the prominent Hooks family, of Memphis. Investigators also arrested a former county administrator.

Those arrested are as follows:

State Senator John Ford, of Memphis,
State Senator Kathryn Bowers, of Memphis
Former State Senator Roscoe Dixon, of Memphis
State Senator Ward Crutchfield, of Chattanooga
State Representative Chris Newton, of Benton Sentenced to 1 year in prison in early 2006.
Barry Myers, of Memphis
Hamilton County school board member and lobbyist Charles Love, of Chattanooga
Hamilton County County Commissioner member William Cotton of Chattanooga. On May 2, 2006, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison, 3 years probation, as well as fined 9,500 dollars.
Shelby County Former County Administrator Calvin Williams of Memphis
Shelby County County Commissioner member Michael Hooks, Sr. of Memphis
Michael Hooks, Jr. of Memphis
Ford, Bowers, Cotton, Dixon, Hooks, and Crutchfield are all Democrats; Newton and Williams are Republicans.

The name of the operation comes from the state song of Tennessee, "Tennessee Waltz"."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tennessee_Waltz

It's a start ;-) I just hope they keep going.
27 posted on 11/05/2006 3:40:49 PM PST by angelsonmyside (Why won't Nancy talk now?)
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To: Doogle
Remember the stench when William Jefferson's office was searched?
28 posted on 11/05/2006 3:48:19 PM PST by p[adre29 (Arma in armatos)
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To: US Navy guy

Nobody would notice them in a crowd of pretenders.


29 posted on 11/05/2006 3:51:54 PM PST by dforest (be careful you don't become what you hate the most)
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To: US Navy guy
And when will the FBI go undercover and tell us who in their ranks are the leaker's of classified material?
30 posted on 11/05/2006 3:53:01 PM PST by YOUGOTIT
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To: p[adre29
Remember the stench when William Jefferson's office was searched?

..I think they got taught a lesson too...squawk and every office will be raided...notice it died down too

Doogle

31 posted on 11/05/2006 3:53:44 PM PST by Doogle (USAF 69-73...."never store a threat you should have eliminated")
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To: US Navy guy

No need to go "undercover"...the DUmocrats commit crimes right in the open and go unpunished.


32 posted on 11/05/2006 4:11:59 PM PST by RasterMaster (Winning Islamic hearts and minds.........one bullet at a time!)
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To: US Navy guy
I sense some higher-ups at the FBI, getting a bit
nervous over a Congressional demand that the
the Bureau come forward and brief the Hill about
the Anthrax Investigation. Senator Grassley and
others from Finance Committees have some difficult
questions to ask about the investigation and the
answers may by awkward for the Bureau to give.

There has been a standoff of sorts between these
governmental entities over this investigation.
The Congress claims it has been left in the dark
about the progress of this case and the Bureau
claims it does not update the legislators about
active cases. This because of a history of
Congressional leaks.

Grassley recently sent the FBI a scathing letter
demanding the Bureau respond to a list of questions
by 11/21/06. Many of the questions were worded in
ways that made them sound more like accusations
than inquiries.

The Congress has placed the Bureau on notice and now
the FBI fires a warning shot of its' own across the
Congress' bow....JJ61
33 posted on 11/05/2006 4:34:39 PM PST by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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