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	Abscam Scandal
		Richard Kelly of Florida is notorious for a January 8, 1980 videotape showing him stuffing $25,000 worth of bribes in his pockets and then turning to one of the agents and saying "Does it show?" Kelly was lucky enough to encounter a judge sympathetic to the entrapment excuse and his conviction was overturned.
		One of the Abscam figures was quoted on one of the videotapes as claiming that then Hempstead Town Supervisor Al D'Amato was "definitely taking contributions -- he's on the take." D'Amato - who would be no stranger to scandal over the coming decades - later became a three-term Senator for the state of New York.
		Although a repeat of Abscam would doubtless net dozens if not hundreds of convictions today, don't expect the Justice Department or the FBI to conduct such a sting operation ever again.
	www.francesfarmersrevenge.com /stuff/archive/oldnews5/abscam.htm (0 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Heymann, After Abscam, Likely to Return to Harvard
		Philip B. Heymann, a former professor of Law who left Harvard in 1978 to become assistant attorney general and played a leading role in directing the Justice Department's Abscam investigation, is expected to return here next fall with a joint appointment at the Law School and the Kennedy School of Government.
		Although the reinstatement procedure is not yet complete, Law School officials said this week they expect "no problem" in reinstating Heymann, who was forced to resign his professorship last June because of a University rule prohibiting leaves of absence for more than two years.
		Abscam has "undoubtedly had a major effect on corruption all across the country," Heymann said.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=346455 (0 words)

	Abscam bribery scandal - Congresspedia
		The sting was executed using FBI agents posing as two fictitious sheiks seeking to bribe local, state and federal officials and eventually netted the convictions of seven members of Congress.
		They raised some different issues but all called the undercover methods used in Abscam outrageous and violations of their due process constitutional rights.
		In early 1980 the House Ethics Committee opened an investigation on Abscam to parallel to the Justice Department's.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Abscam_bribery_scandal (0 words)

	The American Spectator
		His testimony, the video, and the cases of other congressmen snared in Abscam suggest that "investments in the district" was a common Abscam defense for those accused of bribery.
		First, most of the convicted Abscam congressmen, including Thompson and Murphy, argued that they were only meeting with the sheiks' representatives to discuss "investments" in their districts.
		Abscam was a close call, especially for a congressman now seriously campaigning to lead House Democrats if they win the chamber this fall.
	www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=10427 (0 words)

	Murtha's Anti-War Stance Overshadows Abscam Past -- 01/13/2006
		This includes his reported role as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the Abscam bribery scandal of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
		According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Murtha was one of eight members of Congress lured to a Washington, D.C., townhouse by a team of FBI agents posing as representatives of a fictitious Arab sheik.
		Since the Abscam scandal, Murtha has worked to limit the power of federal law enforcement officers.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200601\POL20060113d.html (0 words)

	Abscam - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Abscam U.S. scandal resulting from an investigation begun in 1978 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
		The FBI created a front (Abdul Enterprises, Ltd., hence, Abscam) for its agents, who, posing as associates of an Arab sheik, offered selected public officials money or other considerations in exchange for special favors.
		Former Sen. Harrison Williams, convicted in Abscam probe, dead at 81
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-E-Abscam.html (398 words)

	TAM vs. ABSCAM \| TPMCafe
		LH goes on to compare TAM to ABSCAM and noting that DoJ in such mega scandals (my phrase, not LH's) must be mindful of how far they go.
		ABSCAM was a sting set up by the FBI with a fake front company to offer bribes to members of congress and see who would bite.
		Well that ABSCAM sting sounds awfully weird to me because it sets up that conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims, regardless of their ideological persuasions.
	www.tpmcafe.com /story/2006/1/3/12260/99297 (541 words)

	Son of Abscam - TIME
		In the new tradition of catchy labels for FBI undercover operations—Abscam, Brilab, Miporn—a new one came to light last week that might be named Son of Abscam.
		The FBI sought his advice in conducting the Abscam bribery sting that eventually implicated seven Congressmen and Democratic Senator Harrison Williams of New Jersey.
		It was stopped on orders from the New York City FBI officials supervising the Abscam operation, who feared that any talk about Meltzer would blow the bigger sting.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,950285,00.html (0 words)

	1980: Abscam and Frank Thompson
		The allegations were that worrisome and dumbfounding: Thompson had been told the FBI had videotapes of him and five other congressmen, including Sen. Harrison Williams of New Jersey, accepting money from either the phony sheik or his supposedly Arab representatives.
		The next day, news about the FBI's "Abscam sting" was front page in Trenton and across the country.
		Abscam was American political corruption at it most colorful, and it cast courtly Thompson
	www.capitalcentury.com /1980.html (1000 words)

	OpinionJournal - John Fund on the Trail
		As for Abscam, a recent book by George Crile, a producer for CBS's "60 Minutes," provides damning evidence that Mr.
		Murtha was referring to was a form of investment not for the sake of investment, but because "that's the secret" to how you can take a bribe and get away with it.
		Murtha was never indicted for his role in Abscam, even though he testified in federal court that he had called his "immigration guy" to determine what could be done to help the fake sheik with his immigration problems.
	www.opinionjournal.com /diary/?id=110009248 (2345 words)

	CNN.com - Former N.J. Sen. Harrison Williams dead at 81 - November 19, 2001
		But his political career ended after he was charged in the Abscam sting.
		Williams was indicted in 1980 and convicted in 1981 on nine counts of bribery and conspiracy for promising to use his office to further a business venture in which he had a hidden interest.
		Claiming he was a victim of FBI misconduct, Williams fought expulsion efforts but eventually resigned from the Senate in 1982, the year before his term would have ended.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/ALLPOLITICS/11/19/harrison.williams (699 words)

	Bozell's News Column -- 11/21/2006 -- Murtha Scandal Time Arrives -- Media Research Center
		In a 1980 video of the FBI’s Abscam sting investigation, Murtha told the FBI agents posing as Arabs that he wouldn’t take money up front, but might “change his mind” later “after we’ve done some business.” In the end, he was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator.
		ABC’s George Stephanopoulos was the only broadcast-TV interviewer who used the word “Abscam” before the election, on his Sunday show on October 1: “I am starting to hear from Democrats who worry that having you as leader will send the wrong message.
		Then, suddenly, the day after Couric’s shoeshine, the front page of the Washington Post raised the Abscam scandal and warned that Murtha was damaged goods, and that Pelosi’s backing of Murtha clashed with her vow to make this the most ethical Congress ever.
	www.mediaresearch.org /BozellColumns/newscolumn/2006/col20061121.asp (860 words)

	TPMmuckraker November 15, 2006 01:11 PM
		He and his supporters brush off ABSCAM as old news, and accuse his opponents of lobbing baseless charges.
		ABSCAM was the media's name for an FBI undercover operation to catch corrupt lawmakers.
		The American Spectator got ahold of the FBI's ABSCAM tape of its meeting with Murtha, and you can view it on the magazine's Web site.
	www.tpmmuckraker.com /archives/001993.php (1059 words)

	ABSCAM
		Abscam (sometimes ABSCAM) was a US political scandal in 1980.
		In early 1980, media reports surfaced that FBI personnel were targeting members of Congress in a sting operation.
		The operation was dubbed Abscam after the name of the phony company set up by the FBI.
	www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/textual/topics/abscam.htm (140 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Murtha: 'I expect to be in the #@x%x* House leadership'
		The entire 54-minute video showing the FBI's Abscam sting on Rep. John Murtha can be viewed here.
		But a video posted by an anti-Murtha campaign shows it's clear his recorded refusal to accept a $50,000 bribe "at this point" was because he had bigger goals in mind.
		In the Abscam case, U.S. Sen. Harrison Williams, D-N.J., and six House members agreed on camera to take bribes from FBI agents posing as Arab sheiks.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52965 (745 words)

	OpinionJournal - John Fund on the Trail
		Murtha was referring to was a form of investment not for the sake of investment, but because "that's the secret" to how you can take a bribe and get away with it.
		Murtha was never indicted for his role in Abscam, even though he testified in federal court that he had called his "immigration guy" to determine what could be done to help the fake sheik with his immigration problems.
		Murtha: "I was, to be honest, critical about how you misled me about Abscam where you convinced me you had voluntarily told federal agents about the offer of money to you." Mr.
	opinionjournal.com /diary/?id=110009248 (2355 words)

	American Spectator Unearths Complete Murtha Abscam Video....
		In addition to that, the accompanying story below takes one through the whole Abscam fiasco step by step, as well as the media's reluctance at the time and maybe even now to completely report all the facts of this case to the American public.
		You have to be of a certain age to remember ABSCAM - the 1980 FBI sting operation in to political corruption.
		Jack Murtha's involvement in the Abscam Sting was underrated by Congressman Murtha.
	www.tailrank.com /606838/American-Spectator-Unearths-Complete-Murtha-Abscam-Video (727 words)

	NPR : Echoes of Abscam in Jefferson Corruption Case
		All Things Considered, May 24, 2006 · The case against Rep. William Jefferson, a Democrat from Louisiana, includes a videotape made of the congressman allegedly accepting a suitcase full of cash.
		A generation ago, several members were caught in a sting operation known as Abscam.
		Some of the arguments raised in that case may be heard again in the Jefferson case.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5428497 (155 words)

	Ruth Marcus - Unfit for Majority Leader - washingtonpost.com
		This is John Murtha, incoming House speaker Nancy Pelosi's choice to be her majority leader, snared but not charged in the Abscam probe in 1980.
		For years Murtha has relied on the Abscam bottom line to argue that the case is not a problem for him: He wasn't indicted.
		Even if it weren't, though, everything in Murtha's post-Abscam life is of a piece with the back-scratching, dealmaking style on display in the video.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111401230.html (0 words)

	FBI Tape Reveals John Murtha's Role in Abscam Scandal
		This is a partial transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," October 2, 2006, that has been edited for clarity.
		Cross Posted from Liberty Just In Case FBI Tape Reveals John Murtha's Role in Abscam Scandal … HANNITY: A short while later the agent again offers Murtha a bribe of $50,000.
		John Murtha The PorkMeister With The Abscam Past
	www.tailrank.com /624969/FBI-Tape-Reveals-John-Murtha-s-Role-in-Abscam-Scandal (506 words)

	USATODAY.com
		During his legislative career, Murtha has been a House insider, loyal to the Democratic leadership and a favorite of then-House Speaker Tip O'Neill, D-Mass.
		In the probe of what became known as the Abscam bribery scandal, Murtha was the only congressman involved in the complex case to emerge without facing criminal charges.
		He declared he was innocent, saying he had "met with two men who I believed had a substantial line of credit that could provide up to 1,000 jobs for the district.
	asp.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/CandidateProfile.aspx?ci=462&oi=H (572 words)

	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - Headline Archives
		When the dust settled, one senator, six congressman, and more than a dozen other criminals and corrupt officials were arrested and found guilty.
		In the end, the case reaffirmed the importance of undercover operations and led to stronger rules and safeguards on these kinds of investigations within the FBI.
		Twenty-five years later, the bottom line lessons of ABSCAM remain the same: No one is above the law.
	www.fbi.gov /page2/feb05/abscam020705.htm (0 words)

	FOXNews.com - FBI Tape Reveals John Murtha's Role in Abscam Scandal - Sean Hannity \| Alan Colmes \| Hannity & Colmes
		This is a partial transcript from "Hannity and Colmes," October 2, 2006, that has been edited for clarity.
		You know, I FOIA'd this tape, filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI in July, really haven't heard anything back from them.
		But I was able to obtain it from a source close to the Abscam investigation.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,217305,00.html (0 words)

	Jefferson raids may signal return of the sting (New Abscam?) - Stormfront White Nationalist Community
		Jefferson raids may signal return of the sting (New Abscam?)
		WASHINGTON -- It has been nearly three decades since FBI agents posed as Arab businessmen to nab members of Congress taking bribes in a sting that came to be known as Abscam.
		Like Abscam, the Jefferson sting may have grown out of another, unrelated investigation, the legal experts say.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=225878&goto=nextnewest (357 words)

	Democratic Culture of Corruption: John Murtha ABSCAM » Netscape.com
		Democratic Culture of Corruption: John Murtha ABSCAM » Netscape.com
		Do No Evil – Former Democrat house leader, Tip O'Neil, shut down the Abscam investigation on John Murtha.
		As a reminder, Democrat Congressman John Murtha was caught on video conspiring to accept bribes from Arab Sheikhs, who were actually FBI informants.
	donoevil.netscape.com /story/2006/11/15/democratic-culture-of-corruption-john-murtha-abscam (0 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Blog: Abscam Revisited
		But there’s a problem with Murtha, and I think it overrides whatever strengths he brings to the ethnic equation.
		Over a quarter-century ago, Murtha was an unindicted co-conspirator in Abscam, the famous sting operation in which FBI agents posed as Arab businessmen and offered cash bribes to 31 elected officials.
		Ultimately, one senator (Harrison Williams of New Jersey) and five House members took the bait.
	www.americanheritage.com /blog/200611_10_690.shtml (410 words)

	Power Line: Oh yeah, Abscam
		Over at NRO's Media Blog, Stephen Spruiell observes that "the media's recent coverage of Jack Murtha's history of corruption stands in sharp contrast to the lack of such coverage back when the media was celebrating him as the leader of the anti-war left." Indeed,
		it took an internecine power struggle among Democrats in order to get the mainstream media to remind the public of Murtha's involvement in Abscam.
		The NYT has a stake in the success of the Democrats' congressional majority, and its editorial board seems to understand that Murtha's election as majority leader would have been disastrous.
	www.powerlineblog.com /archives/015971.php (193 words)

	Remember ABSCAM? - Reader comments at DanielPipes.org
		Have you forgotten 'Operation Abscam' in the late 1970s?
		If memory serves me correctly, it was an FBI sting operation that found Saudis bribing Congressmen!
		Mark my comment as a response to Remember ABSCAM?
	www.danielpipes.org /comments/4366 (0 words)

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