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05-08-2010, 09:27 AM
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Obama News You Likely Won't Hear
In 2003, Obama -- then an Illinois state senator, gave a "glowing" reference for Whitaker to Tony Rezko -- the now-convicted political fixer who helped Blagojevich find people to run state agencies.
Obama has said that's the only time he can recall talking to Rezko -- who was a major campaign fund-raiser for him and for Blagojevich -- about getting anyone a state job. "Somebody who I do remember talking directly to Tony about was Dr. Eric Whitaker," Obama told the Sun-Times in March 2008. "He and I played basketball together when he was getting his master's in public health at Harvard, while I was in law school there. He had expressed an interest in that job. I did contact Tony, or Tony contacted me, and I gave him a glowing recommendation because I thought he was outstanding." And now? E-mails and other records of Dr. Eric Whitaker -- one of President Obama's best friends -- have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. The investigation involves "faith-based initiatives" and health-awareness campaigns funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health when Whitaker ran the agency for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to copies of subpoenas obtained under the state's Freedom of Information Act. http://www.suntimes.com/news/politic...aker09.article 
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05-08-2010, 01:41 PM
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05-08-2010, 07:59 PM
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 One day it will be a book/movie
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05-09-2010, 11:28 AM
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He has two seperate criminal trials one that ended and one pending with the next court date of 5/14/10. That case shows him to be released under a $1.5 million bond secured by properties most of which have been released. A second case had a jury find him guilty on 17 various counts on 6/4/08. It shows him to still be awaiting sentence with a status day scheduled for 5/26/10. Incidently he had originally been released on a $2 million bond secured by 11 properties and after a unauthorized trip to Syria bond was revoked and an additional $6.5 million in property was eventually put up and he was released on home confinement. All of these properties have been released following Rezko's conviction and placement into 'custody'. Federal Bureau of Prisons (www.bop.gov) has no record of him staying at any of their inns so my guess is the Fed Prosecuter has him under U.S. Marshall guard as they give him 'singin' lessons. I looked into the properties put up for bond and more specifically the owners of the properties and there is quite a list including: Aiham and Almira Alasmmarae Frederick Dawali Basim Dihu Ferras Elshair Sahar Nammari Karam Rezko Shant Avakian Jenan Shamoun Ali Baghdadi Abir Dawali Inam Malki Kinda Rezko (LOL wonder if she changed her name after Tony got caught) Abdul and Raghad Dahham Barakat Rezko Rezkellah Rezko Maha Makdah but admittedly no Obama's
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05-09-2010, 12:19 PM
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05-11-2010, 05:47 PM
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"After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military."...William S. Burroughs
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