# Jack Abramoff

  1. ## WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

  2. ## Lawmakers seek money for local projects via 'dark marks'

WASHINGTON — When Congress banned "earmarks" in 2011, House Speaker John Boehner hailed the move as proof that lawmakers were "dead serious" about outlawing pet projects and "ending business as usual in Washington." But new documents show that the...

  3. ## Will the Grover Norquist Insurrection Work?

As the so-called “fiscal cliff” nears, prominent Republicans have recently been making some noise about abandoning Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge. Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, Georgia’s Saxby Chambliss, South Carolina’s...

  4. ## Petraeus shocked to hear of emails, associates say

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — CIA Director David Petraeus was shocked to learn last summer that his mistress was suspected of sending threatening emails warning another woman to stay away from him, former staff members and friends told The Associated Press...

  5. ## Film review: Richard Gere plays one of the 1% in 'Arbitrage'

“Arbitrage” is not about Jack Abramoff, or Bernie Madoff or even Mitt Romney. But resemblances between any one of them and the film's protagonist, Robert Miller (Richard Gere), are hardly coincidental. Miller is a stand-in for a whole class of...

  6. ## Delaney wins in 6th District primary

A wealthy Potomac businessman whose very candidacy challenged state Democratic leaders won a hotly contested congressional primary in Western Maryland on Tuesday, setting up a battle for the seat in November that will help decide control of the House of...

  7. ## Allan Powell: Confessions of a lobbyist

A less paunchy and suave Jack Abramoff is now making his appearance on talk shows and book signings. His newly published book, “Capitol Punishment,” is a surprisingly open and candid account focused on his life as a lobbyist. The dust cover...

  8. ## Formal ethics complaint filed against Garagiola

Corrected: This item was updated to reflect that that the state disclosure form does not require an officeholder to disclose the amount of income received from outside employment. A former Bush administration official with political ties in Maryland...

  9. ## Mailbag: Rohrabacher has earned suspicions

Thank you, Dana Rohrabacher, for setting the record straight that there is nothing sinister about your wife being paid nearly $200,000 from your campaign funds ("Rep. defends money to wife," March 29). But if everything is so transparent and above board,...

  10. ## Garagiola releases tax returns, challenges others to follow

Updated with reaction from Delaney campaign. State Sen. Rob Garagiola, a Democrat running for Congress in Maryland’s 6th District, released a decade’s worth of federal income tax returns Thursday and challenged other candidates in the race...

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