Comments on: FISA: Names & Faces – AT&T’s James Cicconi

By: iamcoyote

iamcoyote — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:18:21 +0000

Rip, great bit of research! Sorry I’ve been absent, but this stupid primary has made all politics seem boring anymore. I guess that’s what the fuckers wanted, eh? Good work!

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:19:53 +0000

Well I read the entire article and all I felt like doing was crying. Thank you so much for all your hard work. But I feel so desparate – such a total sense of loss. I can read, I can vote, I can protest but it will always be the same.

By: Ripley

Ripley — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:10:03 +0000

Not a bad idea, Amy. I’d think with all the work that mcjoan at dKos, and the folks at FDL have done, some enterprising young jounralist would start to notice the connections.

Oracle, the slavish loyalty that some of these folks show to the Bush family makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Lord knows how many strings have been pulled in their names.

By: Amy DeMeo

Amy DeMeo — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:31:24 +0000

Why don’t you get this info to Keith Olberman?

By: The Oracle

The Oracle — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:23:00 +0000

Great post.

So many crimes the Bush family and Republicans, in general, are trying to keep hidden, with James Cicconi apparently being just one of the many ethically-challenged Republican lawyers working diligently to establish a “permanent Republican majority,” behind the scenes, trying to cover their tracks, while presenting a facade of patriotism to the American public.

But with Cicconi’s involvement in so many Republican cover-ups, especially any involving the Bush family, I have to wonder if he was involved in the destruction of Texas Air National Guard records showing that Lt. George W. Bush skipped out on his guard commitment, going AWOL. Cicconi sounds just like the kind of lawyer Bush Sr. would have contacted to take care of this matter prior to his son seeking the Texas governorship.

The rot in the Republican Party runs deep.

By: Ripley

Ripley — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:20:41 +0000

I wondered about the ‘embarrassing to Bush’s campaign’ part of the story, as well, Odyssey. I suppose it’s all part of the “Party/cronies before nation” business we’ve been suffering the last 7 years.

I imagine there are some very, very dark secrets resting in the Bush family history. Too bad the press can’t be bothered to do any digging.

By: Odyssey67

Odyssey67 — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:48:28 +0000

Obviously this post focuses on the Bush-Cicconi-FISA connection, yet, as important as that is, I have to admit that their efforts to suppress the Nixon tapes has me even more intrigued.

I knew that there are/were quite a few major players in Bush I & Bush II who had ties going back to Nixon/Ford, but after all this time it seems strange that they would be going to such lengths to keep the truth of that period from getting out. Just how involved was Bush Sr with Nixon’s criminal activities? How can it be that something like the Watergate break in could make people scramble like roaches over 30 years later?

Crazy as it may sound, I think there’s more to this than even our intrepid poster here (”Rip” is it?) has covered in relation to FISA. People don’t act this way about a 30+ year old issue, or do things in the present (i.e. re-consolidating power in the presidency, limitless spying on the American people, etc…) that were so discredited in the past, unless there is some huge stake involved they are trying desperately to protect. And, while I don’t know what it may be, I guarantee that it’s a stake bigger than some two-bit political burglery, and also that the Bush family must be much more involved in the events of that time than most anyone ever suspected.