Welcome to the 24th edition of Probable Cause. This is our third episode on the ‘Real’ case of Dennis Hastert. In our first segment I briefly explained the case and why it is likely to be dropped or lost-on-purpose, and provided you with the broad picture of involved interests and those with much at stake if the case were to proceed as a real case. In our second episode we went back twenty years to when the new FBI covert and illegal operations targeting high-profile US officials, elected and appointed, began.
For this episode I’ll be covering the three-year period between 1999 and 2002 when the Executive Branch’s ‘Perfect Plan’ became complicated by inadvertently collected unwanted information, loss of control over lower FBI agents leading multiple and overlapping operations, and the change of administration in January 2001- the period when their good plan proved to be far from a perfect plan. During this period the executive branch’s select COINTELPRO II bucket turned into a big can of worms- a can that was filled with not only dirty Republican representatives but dirty Democrats as well. A can that contained not only elected officials but several high-profile appointed figures- some of whom became major visible players in the new administration.
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Sibel Edmonds State Secrets Gallery
Dan Burton: Pakistan Lobbyist's Memo Alleges Shakedown by House Probe Leader
Dan Burton Fathered Child In Extramarital Affair
Dan Burton: Pro-Pakistan American lawmakers in trouble
Stephen Solarz as the Chairman of the U.S. Government-Funded Central Asian-American Enterprise Fund
An Ex-Leader in Congress Is Now Turkey’s Man in the Lobbies of Capitol Hill
The Price of Independence: $1 billion
Not Revising History on Tom Lantos
Chicago! Not the Musical, but the Action-Suspense Docudrama!
Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky’s Husband Indicted
Rep. Schakowsky's Husband Charged
Bob Creamer: Congresswoman’s Husband Pleads Guilty to Two Felonies
Bob Creamer: Truth, Justice ... and Fraud
Schakowsky is most-frequent flier among state's congressional delegation
Marc Grossman: Treason at the State Department
Sibel Edmonds Vindicated: FBI Reveals Investigation Continues