Although originally described as a spontaneous uprising, it soon became clear that the recount riot was organized by then-Congressman John Sweeney (R-NY), who had issued the order to “shut it down.”
(A grateful President George W. Bush would later nickname Sweeney “Congressman Kickass,” for reasons that are all his own.)
And wouldn’t you know it — the “Brooks Brothers rioters” are back.
(‘Brooks Brothers riot alumni’ spotted at anti-health rally, Raw Story, 090807)
Can we say astro-turf outrage gaining real advantage? NOT AGAIN DAMINIT!
Something else … could well be more important:
FBI whistle blower Sibel Edmonds has for the first time been able to give testimony without the feds jumping to shut her up with claims of state secrets.
She has always claimed she has information regarding illegal activities on the part of high elected officials. I interviewed Sibel years ago when she first tried to go public, but the cheney/bush administration made sure she could never talk about what she knew.
Times could be changing.
“From my opinion, if I’m some of the current members of Congress, I’d be very very worried about the information that’s going to come out of this. There are current members of Congress that she has implicated in bribery, espionage. It’s not good. It’s crazy, it’s absolutely crazy. For people in power situations in the United States, who know about this information, if they don’t take action against it, in my opinion, it’s negligence.
[Which current members have been implicated?]
[Dan] Burton (R-IN), described as basically accepting bribes and involved in espionage for the Turkish government…she could not discuss the extremely illegal activities that Mr. Burton committed against U.S. interests, as she put it.