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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Robert Torricelli
		Robert Guy Torricelli (born August 27, 1951), nicknamed "the Torch," is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey.
		Torricelli was an assistant to the Governor Brendan Byrne from 1975 to 1977.
		Torricelli served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1996 for the New Jersey 9th District, and then as a U.S. Senator from 1997 to 2003.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Robert-Torricelli (1744 words)

	Robert Torricelli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Torricelli was an assistant to the Governor of New Jersey Brendan Byrne from 1975 to 1977.
		Torricelli served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1996 representing the New Jersey's 9th Congressional District, and then as a U.S. Senator from 1997 to 2003.
		In a speech, Torricelli stated that despite his leaving public office in a different way than he planned, he was proud of his service.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Torricelli (664 words)

	Senator Robert Torricelli and the AMC
		Torricelli spoke at a 1993 meeting of the American Muslim Council, which was attended by several individuals with alleged ties to terrorism.
		Considering FBI Director Robert Mueller's June speech to the American Muslim Conference, along with their leaders being invited to speak at the national prayer vigil at the invitation of the Bush White House on September 14th, 2001, we are confident that others share our view of inclusion.
		Regarding Senator Torricelli's speech to the group in 1993, as was covered in the press year's ago, the Senator was unaware that members of the UASR were in attendance.
	www.danielpipes.org /article/445 (1438 words)

	Torricelli dropping out of Senate race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Torricelli's woes have troubled Democratic strategists, who are struggling to maintain the party's single-seat majority in the Senate in the midterm elections.
		Torricelli was elected to replace Bradley, the former basketball star who later ran for the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination and lost to Al Gore.
		Torricelli was elected to his seat in 1996, and quickly made clear his leadership ambitions.
	www.suntimes.com /output/elect/30tor.html (748 words)

	ipedia.com: Robert Torricelli Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Robert Guy "The Torch" Torricelli (born August 27, 1951) was an American politician from the state of New Jersey.
		Torricelli was assistant to the Governor of New Jersey from 1975-1977.
		Torricelli decided not to run for re-election after being implicated in a bribery scandal with a businessman connected to China named David Chang.
	www.ipedia.com /robert_torricelli.html (203 words)

	Friends of Liberty - Torricelli Confirms He's Out: Bill Bradley, Lautenberg Possible Replacements
		Torricelli, 51, who was seeking a second term, spent all day talking with party leaders about possible replacements and researching the legal issues involved in getting a new candidate on the Nov. 5 ballot.
		Torricelli was admonished over the summer by the Senate ethics committee, which investigated allegations that he had accepted gifts from a campaign contributor, a businessman that the lawmaker aided.
		Torricelli had nearly $6.1 million in the bank as of June 30 and has pledged to raise $15 million for his re-election bid.
	www.friendsofliberty.com /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=177 (926 words)

	The Cook Political Report Weekly Column Archives
		But, as one well-placed Democrat involved in the process said of Torricelli, "He is a realistic politician." This source added that Torricelli's move was "not precipitated from the outside," and "nobody is forcing him out; this is his decision." Indeed, at his 5 p.m.
		Torricelli's remarks were fascinating, in both their sentimentality and their defiance.
		Democrats close to Torricelli have long maintained that, in his own mind, he had done absolutely nothing wrong, and his remarks certainly bore out those observations: He could have passed a polygraph test with flying colors, even if a six-foot pile of incriminating evidence were piled on a table in front of him.
	www.cookpolitical.com /column/2002/100102.php (856 words)

	AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 240
		Torricelli’s decision, made on the last day of September, was prompted by declining poll figures that resulted from months of revelations regarding his financial dealings with convicted felons, Mafia associates, corrupt Labor Unions, international con artists, and Islamic terrorists.
		Torricelli became the second member of Congress this year who accepted money from Mafia associates to fall from grace; in July, Congressman James Traficant was sent to prison after having been convicted on 10 counts of bribery, income tax evasion, and racketeering.
		Torricelli made a one-day profit of $50,000 on an investment in a drug company called Compare Generiks whose stock was found to have been illegally manipulated by Penna. The Judge in Penna’s case sentenced him to 9 months in prison and ordered he pay back $36 million illegally earned in the stock rip-off.
	www.americanmafia.com /Feature_Articles_240.html (1367 words)

	The Cavalier Daily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Torricelli, a one-term senator, was admonished this summer by the Senate Ethics Committee after a series of allegations that he accepted illegal gifts from a campaign contributor.
		Following the committee's decision in July, Torricelli said, "I agree with the committee's conclusions, fully accept their findings and take full personal responsibility." The Democrats should not be able to just pick someone new because their first choice turned out to have a few skeletons in his closet.
		Torricelli was admonished by the Senate, he lost public support, and now he is trying to back out in a desperate ploy to help his party retain his seat.
	www.cavalierdaily.com /CVarticle.asp?ID=13275&pid=907 (852 words)

	CNN.com - Dems pick Lautenberg to replace Torricelli - Oct. 1, 2002
		Former Sen. Frank Lautenberg was named to replace scandal-tainted incumbent Robert Torricelli as candidate for New Jersey's U.S. Senate seat.
		However, Torricelli wrote in a September 30 letter to state Attorney General David Samson that he had asked Bonnie Watson Coleman, chairwoman of the state Democratic Party, to "pursue the selection of a candidate in my stead" in accordance with state law.
		Torricelli apologized Monday for leaving his party in the lurch but not for his ethical problems.
	www.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/01/elec02.nj.s.torricelli.race/index.html (1130 words)

	Senator Robert G. Torricelli's Probe Ends With No Indictment
		That was the conclusion of several politicians who said the years-long Torricelli investigation, which put the Englewood Democrat's finances under a microscope and put his political viability in doubt, would serve as a cautionary lesson to any politician thinking of bending the rules.
		Torricelli, who declined to comment for this article, always maintained he was a blameless man unjustly accused.
		They said that after watching Torricelli's ordeal, no one would be tempted to push the boundaries and risk the wrath of federal prosecutors looking for a prominent scalp.
	www.laborers.org /Bergen_Torricelli_1-6-02.htm (1052 words)

	The Trentonian - TEARFUL TORCH QUITS, DEMOCRATS SCRAMBLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Torricelli claimed he was quitting to spare the party a loss.
		Torricelli's re-election suffered from allegations by a former constituent that the man made tens of thousands of dollars' worth of illegal contributions to the senator, including cash, antiques, fancy suits and a wristwatch, among other trinkets.
		Torricelli's support was only 34 percent among those surveyed, representing a precipitous 27-point drop since June when the senator held a commanding 14-point lead.
	www.trentonian.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=5553328&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6 (739 words)

	CNN.com - Torricelli drops out of N.J. race - Sep. 30, 2002
		Torricelli's race had once been viewed as an easy win for his party, but Republicans have successfully made the incumbent's ethics troubles -- stemming from illegal 1996 campaign donations and questionable gifts -- a campaign issue this year.
		Torricelli was admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee this summer, following an investigation into whether he had improperly accepted gifts from businessman David Chang, a campaign contributor who earlier this year pleaded guilty to violating federal election laws.
		Torricelli, who once served in the office of Vice President Walter Mondale, said he made mistakes, but insisted he was not guilty of all the charges leveled against him.
	www.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/09/30/elec02.nj.s.torricelli.race/index.html (944 words)

	Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Shedding light on his re-election strategy, U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli said yesterday he will urge voters to look beyond his ethics missteps and focus instead on the possible consequence if he is defeated: Democrats could lose control of the Senate.
		Torricelli complained that Forrester is running "a stealth campaign" by not taking stands on many issues and by declining to release personal and corporate financial information to show how he made millions of dollars managing prescription drug benefits.
		Torricelli said he repeated allegations made by Chang against Bush and Clinton administration officials because he wanted to convince the committee Chang lied repeatedly.
	www.cpanj.com /capitalreportpages/campaigncorner/august2002/TORRICELLI%20IF%20I%27M%20BEATEN,%20GOP%20WILL%20WIN%20THE%20SENATE.htm (765 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'The Torch' takes his fire out of U.S. Senate race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Forrester essentially ran on a platform that he was not Torricelli, and Torricelli ran on a platform that he was not a Republican.
		Torricelli's lonely end was ironic in light of his record of fierce partisanship.
		In 1999, Torricelli went on Meet the Press and said Hillary Clinton was considering a Senate run from New York — without clearing it with her first.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2002-09-30-torricelli-profile_x.htm (783 words)

	Dems gain hope in N.J. Senate race
		It was a crucial victory for Democrats, who saw Torricelli as a potential loser next month and are fighting to keep the seat in their hands as they try to retain or add to their single-seat majority in the Senate.
		Torricelli, his prospects dimmed by an ethics scandal, dropped his bid for a second term on Monday.
		As colleagues from 1997 to 2001, Torricelli and Lautenberg had an icy relationship that on some occasions produced dramatic face-offs, such as the time in 1999 when, in front of other senators, Torricelli threatened to excise part of Lautenberg's anatomy.
	www.suntimes.com /output/elect/cst-nws-nj03.html (672 words)

	USATODAY.com - Lautenberg tapped to replace Torricelli in New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Torricelli bowed out of his re-election race after the latest poll numbers indicated he was losing badly to his Republican opponent.
		The fight over replacing Torricelli was seen by some as critical to Democrats' hopes of hanging on to their only handle on federal power and check on President Bush.
		Torricelli had been accused of taking gifts worth thousands of dollars from businessman David Chang, who told prosecutors he was seeking help with business deals overseas.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/2002-10-01-lautenberg_x.htm (641 words)

	Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The policy arose after Torricelli in 1995 harshly criticized the agency's hiring of an informant with links to the murders of two American citizens.
		Torricelli continues to stand by the policy, and he lashed out at Forrester yesterday for using the sensitive questions surrounding 9/11 to bludgeon him.
		The controversy began in 1995 with Torricelli's disclosure that Julio Roberto Alpirez, a Guatemalan colonel on the CIA payroll, was linked to the murders of two Americans.
	www.cpanj.com /capitalreportpages/campaigncorner/july2002/FORRESTER%20LASHES%20OUT%20AT%20TORRICELLI%20OVER%20SPY%20POLICY.htm (621 words)

	Crosswalk.com - Federal Memo Says Torricelli Took Bribes for Political Favors
		The government decided not to prosecute Sen. Torricelli, based on its belief that Chang's past conduct would have undermined his credibility as a witness, and that some of Chang's allegations could not be fully corroborated.
		Torricelli makes other elected officials look like they are on the take." Forrester has made Torricelli's ethical lapses the central theme of his campaign.
		Chang alleges he gave Torricelli over $150,000 in cash and gifts over the span of several years in exchange for what he believed was the Torricelli's help in recouping millions of dollars he says is owed to him by the governments of North and South Korea for prior business dealings.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1164360.html (926 words)

	New York Daily News - Home - The Torch goes out in tears
		Torricelli's poll numbers have been skidding since July, when the Senate Ethics Committee "severely admonished" him for accepting improper gifts from businessman David Chang and lobbying on his behalf.
		At a Trenton news conference at which he was by turns sentimental, apologetic and defiant, Torricelli, 51, said he feared plowing ahead with his candidacy would endanger the Democrats' chances of keeping their one-vote margin in the Senate.
		It was a humbling end for the brash and fiercely partisan Torricelli, a former wonder boy of New Jersey politics.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/story/23334p-22093c.html (1097 words)

	Robert Torricelli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		right Robert Guy Torricelli (born August 27, 1951), nicknamed "'''the Torch'''," is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey.
		In 2000 he headed the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, presiding over one of their most successful years in some time (they picked up 5 seats).
		In 2003 Torricelli raised money for Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry and also donated money to a 527 group that ran extremely controversial ads juxtaposing candidate Howard Dean with Osama bin Laden.
	robert-torricelli.ask.dyndns.dk (439 words)

	Torricelli Drops Out of Senate Race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Now Robert Torricelli, a Democratic incumbent from New Jersey, has announced he is dropping out of the race.
		Torricelli for accepting gifts from a campaign contributor who is currently in jail.
		Torricelli noted that the Democratic majority in the Senate is at stake.
	www.greennature.com /article1807.html (363 words)

	George Will
		Torricelli, whose feverish careerism makes him the Energizer Bunny -- perhaps the Energizer Ferret -- of American politics, also is a human Enron in a year of handcuffed CEOs doing perp walks.
		Torricelli once said that as a young Italian American he was upset by watching televised Senate hearings into the Mafia -- hearings that ended when he was five days old.
		Torricelli says being a Republican is a character flaw, as is running a pharmacy benefits management company, which Forrester does.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /cols/will090502.asp (661 words)

	The Dartmouth Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Since Torricelli was once considered a shoo-in for reelection in this solidly Democratic state, many of the best would-be Republican challengers decided not to run earlier in the year.
		Last week Torricelli threw his opponent and the people of New Jersey a huge curveball by announcing that he was dropping out of the race.
		Once it became obvious from polling data that Torricelli's ethical lapses were hurting him, the party pulled the plug on his candidacy, perhaps a little too late.
	www.thedartmouth.com /article.php?aid=2002100802010 (901 words)

	Robert Torricelli is a Gutless Quitter - James Campion
		Democratic Senator from New Jersey, Robert Torricelli, woefully diving in the polls, decides he will not run a race he cannot win.
		And let me remind you that Robert Torricelli was exonerated in a court of law, which apparently means nothing to the media or the Republican Party.
		If Torricelli were to resign his post, which he refuses to do based on salary and pension concerns, the governor could postpone this election, forcing Forrester to spend money up to 12 months to keep the heat on.
	www.jamescampion.com /chekquit.html (812 words)

	Sen. Torricelli Played Key Role in Closing Down CIA Ops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Later, Torricelli was criticized in a committee report for having compromised American intelligence-gathering abilities around the world, adding that numerous CIA sources had decided to stop giving information for fear they would be outed by a congressman.
		Mulshine’s article showed how Torricelli’s action in giving away the name of a CIA source in Guatemala was based not on fact, but on a conspiracy theory of "the loony left,” as Heterodoxy later characterized it.
		Torricelli has been in the news recently because of a federal investigation into bribery allegations against him.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2001/9/17/162056.shtml (974 words)

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