[tuckrdout]

I would be very interested to read the proof of McDermott's being paid by Iraq! I didn't hear this one. Is it a fact? Where is the article?

[cyncooper]

"I would be very interested to read the proof of McDermott's being paid by Iraq! I didn't hear this one. Is it a fact? Where is the article?"

The Weekly Standard has a very long article. I admit, the payment McDermott received was from an ex-patriate who was in contact with Saddam. Read it and let me know if I overstated it--perhaps I did based on this information. The McDermott/Bonior trip to Iraq comes toward the end of the article.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/900792/posts
"On October 25, McDermott received a check for $5,000 from Shakir al-Khafaji. The money, first reported by Amy Keller in Roll Call, had been deposited in an account for the McDermott Legal Expense Trust, a fund the congressman set up to pay legal bills in a lawsuit brought against him by Rep. John Boehner."

[cyncooper]

The same fellow financed Ritter's infamous propaganda film. From the same article:

"Al-Khafaji first came to public notice after revelations that he gave former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter $400,000 to produce a film that criticized the United States for its role in the inspection process. Al-Khafaji, who is listed as a "senior executive producer" of the film, arranged meetings for Ritter with high-level officials in Saddam's government,..."