Today I got a tip on the name of the Wilkes'-affiliated company that did get CIA contracts. And it was officially owned, I was told, by a Wilkes' relative -- not a blood relative. I pushed it about as far as one person can push it today, and learned that one Wilkes non-blood relative in the mix is someone whose name I was familiar with...

And by the way. That gossip about Wilkes liquidating some assets and exploring options for Belize? Not as outlandish as it originally sounded to me. In fact, a certain congressman may have gone with Wilkes on a recent trip there for fun -- and to open a bank account. And it wasn't the Duke.

In the bi-partisan spirit of keeping our hard-earned tax money out of the bribes that go to our congressmen, let's bust this thing down. From all that I have been hearing over the past couple weeks, Cunningham is not the only congressman who is vulnerable to potential charges of wrongdoing in this case. And thinking about this, the prosecutors got Cunningham to plead first. Do you go for the crown jewels first? As I understand, prosecutors as a rule tend to go for the smaller fish to get the bigger fish. More to come.

Posted by Laura at December 8, 2005 09:11 PM