White House Pressure for a Donor?

[PapaG]

The Daily Beast is Tina Brown's website, and she is hardly some rabid conservative.

Strange things are going on in the Democratic party. It's incredible to witness.

The Pentagon has worried for months that a project backed by a prominent Democratic donor might interfere with military GPS. Now Congress wants to know if the White House pressured a general to change his testimony.

The four-star Air Force general who oversees U.S. Space Command walked into a highly secured room on Capitol Hill a week ago to give a classified briefing to lawmakers and staff, and dropped a surprise. Pressed by members, Gen. William Shelton said the White House tried to pressure him to change his testimony to make it more favorable to a company tied to a large Democratic donor.

The episode—confirmed by The Daily Beast in interviews with administration officials and the chairman of a congressional oversight committee—is the latest in a string of incidents that have given Republicans sudden fodder for questions about whether the Obama administration is politically interfering in routine government matters that affect donors or fundraisers. Already, the FBI and a House committee are investigating a federal loan guarantee to a now failed solar firm called Solyndra that is tied to a large Obama fundraiser.


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[PapaG]

In April, Grassley asked Genachowski to hand over all records of communications, including emails between Falcone and the FCC, and LightSquared and the FCC. Genachowski declined to turn over those records.

 

[PapaG]

-A 4-star general is lying about you#Attackwatch

 

[maxiep]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Barack Milhous Obama.

 

[PapaG]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-c...grity/politically-connected-lig_b_902421.html

Obama Was Early Investor In LightSquared, Refused To Establish Blind Trust

•Several major Democratic campaign contributors and longtime Obama supporters have held investments in the company and its affiliates during its tangled decade of existence. They include Obama’s good friend and political donor Donald Gips, his former White House personnel chief, who now serves as U.S. ambassador to South Africa. Records show that Gips maintained an interest, worth as much as $500,000, as the FCC was weighing LightSquared’s request.

•Obama himself was an early investor and came to the presidency a firm believer in expanding broadband. He remains close to other early investors, like Gips and investment manager George W. Haywood, inviting some to luxe social events at the White House and more intimate gatherings like a night of poker and beer.

 

[PapaG]

Obama didn't have LightSquared in a blind trust (which Cheney did for Halliburton). That's not necessarily a bad thing, but when millions of Stimulus funds go to that company, well...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041603420.html

By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 16, 2010; 2:55 PM

He's the ultimate public official. And public officials put their money in blind trusts, right? It's a way of getting around the whole "conflict-of-interest, don't want the appearance of impropriety" thing.

In fact, President Obama has rejected the approach taken by most of his predecessors in the modern era.

His personal wealth -- which is rapidly growing -- is not shielded from his view.

Why not?

Officially, the answer is that the president wanted more transparency in his personal finances -- fitting in with his pledges to be the most open White House in history.

"The choice not to have a blind trust is an effort to be transparent about where his money is kept, and the public can see his latest financial disclosure documents, which we have made public and accessible on the Web site," a senior White House official said. But a little digging into Obama's financial disclosures suggests another answer.

 

[julius]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Barack Milhous Obama.

Really? I've read a lot of your posts and I've never seen you say that.

 

[Denny Crane]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Barack Milhous Obama.

BHO are his initials. Barak Hoover Obama.

 

[julius]

BHO are his initials. Barak Hoover Obama.

that one I have heard before.

 

[Denny Crane]

that one I have heard before.

You ever hear "bullet train to obamageddon?"

 

[julius]

You ever hear "bullet train to obamageddon?"

No, but that is pretty creative!

Much better then "hows that hopey changey" thing, or the other ones that I've heard.

 

[PapaG]

A general claims he was forced to testify, the President has an investment in this company, the company gets millions of Stimulus dollars, and it's goofball time at S2.

When even julius and Denny can't defend this blatant conflict of interest, you know things are bad in Lib Land.

 

[julius]

wait...Denny is liberal?

They must be changing the requirements to join. Welcome aboard Denny!

 

[Denny Crane]

wait...Denny is liberal?

They must be changing the requirements to join. Welcome aboard Denny!

I'm an economic liberal, too. Which is where we differ.

 

[julius]

I'm an economic liberal, too. Which is where we differ.

you Obama hack.

 

[ABM]

wait...Denny is liberal?

They must be changing the requirements to join. Welcome aboard Denny!

Get some pictures, boys..