The strand that runs through all the Abramoff-McCain relationship is foreign money. Until Jack was finally indicted on August 11, 2005, he did some truly sinister deals with a long list of bad guys, from al-Qaeda bankers, to Russian intelligence officers, to a South Asian leader involved with rogue nuclear programs. McCain’s role was to limit the disclosures and the political damage that still threaten to destroy the GOP’s foreign funding base and the party’ hopes of ever regaining control in Washington. McCain was chosen by GOP leadership to oversee the Abramoff investigation and to cover up the malfeasances of his fellow senators by withholding most of the evidence received in response to his broad subpoenas. As a career cover-up specialist for the foreign influence-peddling and financial frauds of the Republican Party, McCain managed to cover-up the larger picture of the political work Abramoff did for his clients, some of which was clearly contrary to the U.S. national interest. » original news ...
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