http://www.areacontrol.com/ World News, US News, Government News, Politics, Money, Latest earth quakes, Live weather radar, News Video feeds en 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00 admin@areacontrol.com hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.areacontrol.com/download.php?view.9 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00 Following Mr. Abramoff's guilty plea in January, President Bush and other top White House officials issued repeated statements that Mr. Abramoff was a virtual stranger to the White House. The documents reviewed by the Committee tell a different story. They show that between January 2001 and March 2004, there were 485 lobbying contacts between Mr. Abramoff and his associates and White House officials. These documents, if accurate, provide evidence that White House officials took multiple actions that benefited Mr. Abramoff and his clients, including: ensuring the release of $16 million for the construction of a jail for the Mississippi Band of the Choctaw; pressuring a Senate office to advance legislation to resolve a land dispute affecting the Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico; endorsing or declining to endorse political candidates; and intervening to secure the termination of a State Department employee who had taken positions contrary to those advocated by Mr. Abramoff. In addition, the records indicate that Mr. Abramoff and his associates billed clients over $24,000 for meals and drinks with White House officials and offered White House officials tickets to 19 events, including floor seats to Wizards games and tickets to U2 and Bruce Springsteen concerts. At current prices, the face value of some of the tickets exceeded $1,000. http://www.areacontrol.com/download.php?view.8 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00 The Bush Administration’s Use of theForged Iraq Nuclear EvidenceThe evidence that Iraq sought to obtain uranium from an African country, Niger, played a majorrole in the case against Iraq. The evidence was a central component of the assertion that Iraqwas developing nuclear weapons, the only true weapon of mass destruction. The evidence wasused by the British in their dossier against Iraq, by the State Department in its response to Iraq’sarms declaration, by the President in his State of the Union address, and by numerous seniorAdministration officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and National SecurityAdvisor Condoleezza Rice. There was only one problem with this evidence: as the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency revealed on March 7, 2003, the evidence was forged.This fact sheet describes how the forged nuclear evidence was used by U.S. and British officialsand the tremendous coverage in the media it received. http://www.areacontrol.com/download.php?view.7 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00 Between March 19, 2003, when U.S. forces invaded Iraq, and June 28, 2004,when the U.S.-run Coalition Provisional Authority turned power over to theinterim Iraqi government, U.S. officials disbursed or obligated over $19.6 billionin Iraqi funds. The vast majority of these funds were withdrawn from theDevelopment Fund for Iraq, the successor to the U.N. Oil for Food Program,while others came from frozen and seized Iraqi assets. Yet despite the magnitudeof the sums involved, there has been little scrutiny of how U.S. officials managedthe Iraqi assets entrusted to their care. http://www.areacontrol.com/download.php?view.6 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00 Excerpt, Public Law 107-306, Titles I and VI - Establishing the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States http://www.areacontrol.com/download.php?view.5 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00 Extension of National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States http://www.areacontrol.com/download.php?view.4 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States http://www.areacontrol.com/download.php?view.3 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00 http://www.areacontrol.com/download.php?view.2 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00 http://www.areacontrol.com/download.php?view.1 2010-09-10T12:38:32-04:00