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Heist : superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, his Republican allies, and the buying of Washington / Peter H. Stone.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 214 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0374299315 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780374299316 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780374299316
Other title:
  • Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, his Republican allies, and the buying of Washington
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1/323 22
LOC classification:
  • JK1118 S74 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Double-dealing -- The birth of a lobbyist -- Miami vice -- The Indian casino empire -- The fix -- The influence machine -- Conduits are us -- Endgame -- The rules of the game.
Summary: "Before he took up lobbying, Jack Abramoff was an aspiring moviemaker who cowrote and produced Red Scorpion, a Cold War potboiler starring hulking Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren. It drew decidedly mixed reviews. Century Strategies, Ralph Reed's Georgia-based consulting firm, was paid close to 6 million dollars by two of Abramoff's casino-rich tribal clients. A little more than a third of the money was funneled through a "think tank" that Scanlon set up in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a seaside getaway three hours from Washington. It was run with the help of a lifeguard and a yoga instructor. Six casino-rich Indian tribes paid an astonishing total of 82 million dollars to superlobbyish Jack Abramoff and public relations whiz Michael Scanlon. Abramoff and Scanlon devised a secret a kickback scheme-dubbed "Gimme five"-to split and pocket more than 40 million dollars of these tribal payments."--From source other than the Library of Congress
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199) and index.

Double-dealing -- The birth of a lobbyist -- Miami vice -- The Indian casino empire -- The fix -- The influence machine -- Conduits are us -- Endgame -- The rules of the game.

"Before he took up lobbying, Jack Abramoff was an aspiring moviemaker who cowrote and produced Red Scorpion, a Cold War potboiler starring hulking Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren. It drew decidedly mixed reviews. Century Strategies, Ralph Reed's Georgia-based consulting firm, was paid close to 6 million dollars by two of Abramoff's casino-rich tribal clients. A little more than a third of the money was funneled through a "think tank" that Scanlon set up in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a seaside getaway three hours from Washington. It was run with the help of a lifeguard and a yoga instructor. Six casino-rich Indian tribes paid an astonishing total of 82 million dollars to superlobbyish Jack Abramoff and public relations whiz Michael Scanlon. Abramoff and Scanlon devised a secret a kickback scheme-dubbed "Gimme five"-to split and pocket more than 40 million dollars of these tribal payments."--From source other than the Library of Congress

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