skippy the bush kangaroo

Monday, September 19, 2005

apparently...he wasn't a good learner....

or listener.

i'm shocked...shocked to learn of obstruction of justice within this administration. i'm shocked to learn of shading dealings within this administration.

"he doesn't have a lot of background in procurement, so the hope is that he's a good learner," says steven kelman, who served as federal procurement administrator in the clinton administration. "I don't know where david safavian comes out on [acquisition reform]," says allan burman, another former procurement chief. angela styles, who held the top acquisition post until last september, says safavian has "no apparent philosophy" on procurement issues. - govexec.com 2004

a former general services administration (gsa) official was arrested on charges of making false statements and obstructing an investigation by the gsa's office of inspector general (gsa-oig), assistant attorney general alice s. fisher of the criminal division announced today.david hossein safavian was arrested today based on a three- count criminal complaint filed at federal court in washington, d.c. the complaint charges safavian with making false statements to a gsa ethics officer and the gsa-oig, along with obstruction of a gsa-oig investigation. - department of justice

a former bush administration official was arrested monday on charges he made false statements and obstructed a federal investigation into his dealings with lobbyist jack abramoff, according to court documents and government officials

david safavian, then-chief of staff of the general services administration and a former abramoff lobbying associate, concealed from federal investigators that abramoff was seeking to do business with gsa when safavian joined him on a golf trip to scotland in 2002, according to an fbi affidavit and the officials. - nytimes

that's right....tom delay's little buddy, jack abramoff. oh...yeah...there's more. lots more.

gotta love the irony...

best career advancement advice you ever got: “i think the best advice i’ve gotten was from my grandfather, and that advice is, you’ve got to have ethics and integrity in everything you do. especially here in d.c. it’s such a small town that if you gain a reputation as someone who does not play by the rules, that does not do things with integrity, your career is ended. because you cannot go to the hill and make a representation to a member of congress without that being questioned. you cannot push forward a new policy if your credibility is at risk, and so the only way to advancement is to maintain one’s credibility.” - interview with federaltimes.com (ooopsie!)

beyond abramoff: gambling lobbyist joined with anti-gambling congressman, derailed gambling bills - the raw story

who would've thought that a "troublemaker" from grosse ile would go on to be named a top political player by the washington post? - the ile camera

lobbying disclosure forms show safavian worked for abdurahman alamoudi, who pleaded guilty this summer to aiding a libyan plot to assassinate saudi arabian crown prince abdullah and was accused by prosecutors of having ties to al qaeda. safavian, however, said he never lobbied for alamoudi. the real client was a man named jamal al barzinji, but that's not much better. a 2002 federal affidavit names barzinji as the leader of a group suspected of aiding terrorists. - usnews.com

and his wife, jennifer, was part of the whitewater "investigation" and her current job is chief counsel on oversight and investigations on the house government reform committee. their latest "priority"? heading up the katrina "investigation"

more at talking points memo, the whiskey bar, pogoblog, atrios and projectusa

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