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Black Friday

13 July 2007

Conrad Black had a reason to believe this Friday 13th was unlucky. The 62 year old member of the British House of Lords was found guilty of criminal fraud and obstruction of justice and now faces up to 35 years in jail, along with massive fines and forfeitures. He remains free on $21 million bond [...]

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FF To Go To Jail?

12 June 2007

No, not Paris and Nicole. Italia and Jack. As in Italia Federici, president (still!) of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy (CREA), and Jack Abramoff. Federici has entered a guilty plea to one count of income tax evasion and one count of obstructing the U.S. Senate’s investigation into Jack A. Abramoff’s corruption activities. CREA [...]

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