Talk:David Safavian

message: I deleted information pertaining to Dr. Jamal Al-Barzinji (cited in the Lobbying accusations section) as the source cited (http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/148kcyrb.asp?pg=2) is rife with inaccuracies and should not be considered citation-worthy on wikipedia. The article, for example, names Dr. Al-Barzinji as the author of a book entitled "Working Principles for an Islamic Model in Mass Media Communication", when a cursory search reveals the author of that book is named "Suhaib Jamal Al-Barzinji". It names Dr. Al-Barzinji as "a Saudi" when, again, a cursory search reveals him to be of Iraqi descent and, not inconsequentially, a figure of considerable repute amongst Western academics and intellectuals. Such a haphazardly researched piece that seeks to cast Al-Barzinji in a negative light for the sole purpose of casting more suspicion on Safavian is unwarranted, biased, and nonfactual.
RumiNationZ (talk) 13:19, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Lobbyist Info

message: I deleted the following text:
:Email's Safavian sent to conservative lobbyist Jack Abramoff indicated that all those on the trip to Scotland in 2002 knew it was being paid for by the lobbyist.
:"I (along with [two] members of Congress and a few Congressional staff) have been invited by a friend and former colleague on a trip to Scotland to play golf for four days," Safavian wrote in an email to his government employer, seeking permission to go on the trip. 
:"The host of the trip is chartering a private jet to take the eight of us from BWI to Scottland [sic] and back. He is paying the cost of the aircraft regardless whether I go or not. In fact, none of the other guest [sic] will be paying a proportional share of the aircraft costs."
:"The host is a lawyer and a lobbyist… he does all his work on Capitol Hill."
I removed it for the following reasons: according the affidavit (pdf file), the email wasn't sent to Abramoff, it was sent to an ethics officer at GSA; and the email doesn't indicate that all those on the flight knew it was paid for by Abramoff, only that it wasn't being paid for by the passengers. - Walkiped 01:38, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Safavian's email

message: I removed the reference that said that OMB has a $300 billion purchasing budget.  OMB oversees purchasing policy for the federal executive branch , but it doesn't make $300 billion in purchasing itself. - Walkiped 02:01, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: OMB's procurement budget

message: I removed the reference for the pronuciation of "Safavian" for two reaons: 1) it doesn't explicitly give the pronunciation of Safavian, and 2) regardless of what the correct pronunciation is, how do we know that David Safavian pronounces it that way? - Walkiped 00:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: pronunciation of last name

message: In an attempt to clean up the lobbying accusations section I did research to try and find sources.  I did find the minutes of his Senate Confirmation Hearing Nomination of David H. Safavian Hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_senate_hearings&docid=f:94485.pdf but I am unable to find any of the quotes in this section in a verifiable source. These quotes have found there way into several newspaper and magazine articles, but are not verifiable by a third party.  I suggest deletion or at a minimum changes to the tone of this section.  AbejaAbajo (talk) 22:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Lobbying accusations

message: As twice-convicted criminal, I have added the appropriate WikiProject template to Mr. Safavian's article. Jusdafax   00:54, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: WikiProject Criminal Biography

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