To be added to the Murtha Watch ping list please notify myself or RedRover.
Posted on 06/02/2009 4:48:25 PM PDT by jazusamo
I saw the report. Someone is going after john....wonder why?
To be added to the Murtha Watch ping list please notify myself or RedRover.
I don’t know why but they’re on him and won’t let go. It more less started in January and steadily gets worse.
Maybe he’s taking up a key position that Obama has earmarked for an even more devoted lapdog.
This guy is a royal a**hole.
OUT-standing!!!
Every bit of Johnstown’s soul sucks the tit of the federal government.
Isn’t he the one who said our troops were murdering people in Iraq? I can’t believe the people in his district reelected him. What a turd.
Yes, Murtha’s the one who said the Haditha Marines killed innocent civilians in cold blood. He was wrong and still hasn’t apologized, he’s scum.
Murtha is such a creep....
...a little-known not-for-profit organization called Commonwealth Research Institute. It's located, like a lot of Rep. John Murtha's, D-Penn., pet projects, in his hometown, Johnstown, Penn. Commonwealth gets the same benefits as the Salvation Army or any other charity: It doesn't have to pay taxes. But its line of work may be surprising. It's a defense contractor.Another one of the purges by the Obamabots.
Back in April she was checking out CTC and CRI. I bet you remember this excerpt from her report then...
Murtha wants $8 million for Argon ST, a defense contractor whose CEO gave Murtha the maximum allowed by law - $2,400 by an individual. He's directing a $5 million earmark toward Advanced Acoustic Concepts, which also gave the max - $5,000 for a political action committee - to his campaign. In all, 10 recent Murtha donors are slated to receive $31 million in Murtha earmarks for 2010.
Taxpayer watchdogs may not like how it looks, but it's not against the law unless donations were required in order to receive the earmarks. Looking for evidence of wrongdoing, the FBI has recently raided offices of two other companies linked to Murtha.
"The sooner it gets to a bright line that's a direct connection of 'you give me money, you're going to get taxpayer dollars,' that's when you really cross the line," said Steve Ellis, with Taxpayers for Common Sense.
That line was crossed in one case, according to a defense contractor who spoke to us on condition of anonymity for fear of losing government contracts.
The contractor was set to receive $1 million tax dollars. He said the military told him the money would come through a company called Commonwealth Research Institute, whose parent company, Concurrent Technologies, ranked among the largest earmark recipients. Both were set up with Murtha's help in his own hometown. The defense contractor said Commonwealth officials told him to get the money, he should "consider opening an office" in Johnstown, Murtha's hometown, and chided his company for not giving "enough campaign contributions to Murtha," and not making "a showing at Murtha's annual defense contractor fair."
The contractor told CBS News: "I wouldn't do it. We're just not going to play." He didn't get the funds.
"You called this a 'shakedown?'" Attkisson asked Ellis.
"If you want the money then you've got to do these things, and that's being shaken down," Ellis said.
"Is there anything illegal about that?" Attkisson asked.
"It's hard to tell until you have all the details," Ellis said. "Illegality is a tricky thing on this. It's very hard to prove a quid pro quo because most of these things aren't written down."
Commonwealth, subpoenaed in a separate federal probe, would only say it's always encouraged companies to relocate to Johnstown, and attend Murtha's fair to promote growth - but does "not encourage anyone to make campaign contributions."
Murtha wouldn't comment for our report. He did recently tell a home state newspaper that he's only trying to bring home the bacon.
"If I'm corrupt," said the congressman, "It's because I take care of my district."
Thanks for posting that, remember it well. I get the feeling Sharyl is enjoying this. :-)
Jack ain’t nimble, Jack ain’t quick. Hope CBS can make it stick.
I hear you. There’s new stories breaking on him nearly every day. There’s one just posted in Breaking News from Roll Call and it could be real bad news for him.
Bumpity.
Great! Check out the other article on Murtha in Breaking News.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.