From his "close" ties to the PA Republican party chairman, to various contracts awarded, to his little scam deal with his cohort Kanjorski and his kids, to the sweet deal he got for Pelousy's nephew, to his connections through staffers up to SoN Winter. I'm still of the opinion that he was involved with the UCI in some way.
He’s a disgraceful porker. One of the news channels out of Pittsburgh (iirc) did a story/investigation about the drug intel center in Johnstown which was set up and is funded by Murtha. This “center” allegedly does little good above what other agencies do and the news station tried to learn about its reasons for existence. Murtha was his old nasty self trying to talk his way out of it.
That said, apparently some Republican tried to have Murtha’s “center” removed from the House budget and Murtha freaked out, stating that if this congressman had any plans for earmarks in the Defense Appropriations Bill — ever — they would be a wash.
What a nice guy, huh?