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Data Mining Abramoff Emails

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Congressman Waxman issued a draft report. One file contained emails from a law firm, connected with the DoD emails. At least two different counsel representing two different client-emailers listed in the Abramoff report are also in the DoD emails.

There is another file which may be of interest.

One of the email accounts connects to the RNC. This was an issue during the US Attorney firings.  The Vice President's legal counsel has an email account with the same ISP.


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00367 Mentions "Karl".

Presumably Karl Rove, as this is from Susan Ralston his assistant.

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Earlier in the day, I was told (and don't repeat this to anyone, because if it somehow gets back and BB will make sure it does! -- we're toaast) that Karl Rove has told Interior and OPP that no one except you gets that position unless it has been the direct sign off of Karl Rove and the President directly."
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Abramoff's email disclosed:


abramoffj@gtlaw.com

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Radewagen

Background

Fred Radewagen, a lobbyist who had been under contract to the Gutierrez administration, said he carried that recommendation to top Bush aide Karl Rove
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Ralston's email disclosed:

sralston@georgewbush.com

Other Emails:

SusanRalston@gwb, sralston@georgewbush.com, sralston@aol.com, and sRalston@rnchq.org

The email accounts are one of the overlap with the US Attorney firings.

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CNMI:

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
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3 of 143 complements 3 of 127

Discloses Tony Rudy's email

rudyt@gtlaw.com
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Discloses portion of Rove's Cell, may be "532":

(202) 53 [Redacted] Office
(202) 236 [Redacted] Cell
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[redacted] Rowan@who.eop.gov

Pete Rowan

Derived

Peter_M_Rowan@who.eop.gov

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Translation

This:

OU=WHO/O-EOP [ WHO ]

Means:

@who.eop.gov
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Derived

Monica_V_Kladakis@who.eop.gov

deputy associate director
White House Office of presidential personnel

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Kevin Ring

202 533 [redacted]

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Plaxico last-name almost matches Plexico DoD emails: Navy Commander.

$30000 Salary


Derived Email

Ashley_E_Plaxico@who.eop.gov

Ruben_S_Barrales@who.eop.gov

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White House Staffer Connection With DOJ

This is a basis to subpoena JCON database records related to the disclosed transaction between the Department of Justice and the White House.

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"attached letter from DOJ"

This information sent to the White House should be available through the JCON database, Justice Consolidated Office Network (JCON).

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Look for this file in the JCON records:

awdc-PS10007B68.TIF

From 9 of 143

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read: "attached letter from the DOJ"

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Email links Ralston with Tony Ruby and Kevin Rink.

Suggests a personal relationship.

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"House Resources"

Assuming this means, "Committee on Natural Resources"

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This is a law firm talking to someone in the White House about "political" actions by a Member of Congress.

- If a law firm has a problem with actions against the GOP, is it normal to go to the White House to seek assistance?

This suggests someone in teh GOP might have picked up the phone, called the White House, given them the idea, "You know that Wecht Jury, maybe we could find out some more."

Which outside law firm had the brilliant idea to contact the Wecht Jury members at home?

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White House Entry: Secret Service Logs

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Info shows entry information. Would imagine same type of arrangement for entry to Vice President's building for disclosed briefings.

- Social Security Number
- Date of Birth

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"socialist economic situation" "cynical" "vicious" "negative" "not in synch" [stet, "sync"] "not well regarded" "negative" "cynicism" "paternalism" "tainted" "hostility" "ill suited"
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Katherine_G_Marinis@who.eop.gov

Look at this for the Cheney Energy Task Force Coordination:

202-456-6522 OR JohnFenzel@ovp.eop.gov
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Libby's Email Disclosed

Look at this:

Lewis_Libby@ovp.eop.gov
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Cheney Is A Distraction in re Plame

Libby is listed as "Assistant to the President" not just "Chief of Staff to the Vice President".

Libby. Fitzgerald. Perjury. Conviction.

This wasn't about only Cheney.

The perjury was about the President.

All that energy spent chasing the Vice President. The real goal of Libby's perjury appears to have been the President, not just Cheney.

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Forwarded by Kenneth B. Mehlman

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Matthew_A_Schlapp@who.eop.gov

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White House staff involved with Justice Department Grants.

Who's saying it is "out of the question" or "beyond imagination" the White House is involved with something else related to the DOJ: Jury tampering?

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Jennifer_M_Farley@who.eop.gov

deputy associate director
White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

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Terry_C_Miller@who.eop.gov

Vice President
Albright College, 1996
BA, Political Science
National Strategies
Arlington, VA 22302

T3 Government Strategies
P.O. Box 16044
Alexandria, VA 22302
703-855-6658

Repubulican Governor's Association

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"I'm way too broke to do anything more than drink Miller."
"How does it all?"
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Law Firm Organizational Symbols

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Notice the law firms office symbols mirror the US government activities.

This is similar to how the DoD information warfare mirrored the White House "neutralization" office in "OFfice of Public Relations."

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Allison R. Bozniak

bozniaka@gtlaw.com

Allison Bozniak
(202) 543-9060
1101 Park St NE
Washington, DC 20002

Lincoln Park Public Relations

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Susan_B_Ralston@who.eop.gov

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Proposed use of courier: They're familiar with it as an option to send information, data from the law firm to the White House.

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"Sandia mountain Issue"

Sandia Pueblo: Native American community, near Albuquerque, NM.

signing into law yesterday of legislation settling our claim to the west face of Sandia Mountain
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Rebekah_McConald@who.eop.gov

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bowersh@gtlaw.com
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Kevin Ring wanted to meet Homeland Security Official.

"Am dying to meet intergovt'l direction in WH for homeland security. Not tribal issue."
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Retransmission?

"She even called Vincent once on her cell so he could enjoy a special song."
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Kristin Geisler

Geislerk@gtlaw.com
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Oct 18, 2001

. . ."[T]he courier called to tell me that the white house and executive office buildings are not accepting deliveries and they are going to an offsite location to be screened."
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Carlos_E_Bonilla@opd.eop.gov

What House staff has to be informed by an outside law firm of White House security changes:

"This is the first I'd heard that they were no longer accepting courier deliveries."

Which law firm had the idea to contact the Wecht Jury members, and sent that idea to the President?

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Carlos E. Bonilla was with economic policy; remember those economic emails that went missing?

Council Economic Advisers

See the Waxman report on missing emails.

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Visitor Entry Record

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Room 100, Old Executive Office Building

Link through DoD Emails

Look at this name:

I remember a meeting that was held in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building, where Andy Card, in his typically gracious and understated way, essentially told us, among other things, that the circumstances of our service had obviously changed; that he understood that this is not what we had bargained for when we joined the staff, and it wouldn't be held against any of us if we wanted to leave
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Look for the appointment number:

WAVES APPOINTMENT NUMBER: U64320
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Access Confirmation Email to White House

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WAVES_CONF@mhub.eop.gov

We've been told the WH emails are missing. However, people were on the access lists, and entry logs.

Private corporations, not connected with the White House, would have some sort of confirmation message.

As backup to the missing emails, what review has been done on the White House visitor log to determine which outside firms may have the copies of the confirmations for entry to the White Huose?

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Another appointment confirmation:

U73125
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"We strongly urge you . . ."

Outside law firm giving the White House staff ideas. What else might they have urged the White House to do:

- Talk to the Wecht Jury members at home?

- Pretend the US Attorney ordered the FBI?

- Pretend a jury polls is the same as a post-trial interview?

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The Vice President and Libby cleared things for the President. The President might have officially endorsed a suggestion by outside counsel on an FBI action to contact the Wecht Jury members.

- Which outside firm lobbied to have the President endorse military analysts and the FBI visits with the Wecht Jury members?

- How did the President memorialize his concurrence with this suggestion?

- How was the "FBI home interview" plan coordianted, as was the US Attorney firing plan?

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RNC coordination.

What kind of RNC coordination was there on the President's involvement with the Wecht Jury tampering?

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Note 9-11 is referred to as a single event.

"The recent attack of September

not


"The recent attacks of September"

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"I don't want a firing scandal on our hands."

The scandal is on the President's hands.

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Outside counsel is moving on something and the White House is fully informed:

102 of 143: "Please pass to Karl."

Then,

Ralston: "Do you know anything about this?"
Schlapp: "Yes, we are all over it. This a problem."
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Contrast GOP Complaints with GOP Inaction on War Crimes, POW abuse, FISA Violations, Rendition

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Basis for GOP refusal was political activity.

"Durging an investigation of the OIA during Stayman's tenure, [redacted] found evidence that Stasyman was aware of and participated in a compaign to conduct opposition research against House Republicans and to help their political opponents by using the Internior Department's official resources."

What Role did Rove play in using official resources to oppose prosecutions using official resources?

What happened to the IGs under the GOP control?

Like the President's approach to war crimes, after reports from Powell on Guantanamo abuse:

"aware of improper political activities, but no evidence that he ordered them stopped."

McClellan in "What Happened" showed us the GOP used official resources to wage warfare and spread propaganda.

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"approving a press release"

What happened when the President met with the military analysts, and Feith coordinated on their public statements?

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WH staff/outside counsel comment on WaPo article.

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Legal counsel for a Congressional committee calls White House.

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Stuart_Holliday@who.eop.gov

Jack Oliver:

[redacted]@gorgewbush.com

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joliver@georgebush.com
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"Spreadsheet" of names

Where is it?

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GOP role in advising President and White House.

"Mehlman, any guidance should we continue down the track fo advocating for Zacharaes or should we be indifferent to either Nachares or Craine?"

- Whote role did the GOP play in providing inputs to the Preident on the advisability of

A. Tampering with the Wecht Jury members at home;

B. Pretending the US Attorney was in charge of the FBI, which she is not;

C. Pretending a jury poll during trial was the same as a jury interview after trial;

D. Making questionable/not permitted statements in violation of the prosecutor/attorney standards of conduct about the defendant

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Wife for Homeland Security CFO.

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POTUS reviews court nominees.

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Checks, credit cards, and crediting miles.

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"Ingrates"

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White House counsel conversation disclosed.

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Noel Francisco

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"recognized experts in government contracting"

What happened with Iraq?

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White House Associate counsel names disclosed, contact infromation, faxes

Noel J. Francisco, Benjamin Powell

DoJ:

Wendy J. Keefer Office of Legal Policy

Where are we at on the FISA issues, and DoD emails on the domestic propaganda on NSA surveillance?

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Legal sources, law reviews, cases on immigration

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Abramoff Email Reveals Information Farley Counsel Said She Would Not Discuss

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Waxman draft report:

"Ms. Farley's attorney told the Committee that Ms. Farley would not respond to questions on the following subjects:

"First, what benefits she may or may not have been offered; and, two, any communication between Ms. Farley and any member of the so-called Abramoff team."

The committee draft report:

"Ms. Ralson and Ms. Farley both indicated that if compelling to answer certain questions they would assert their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination."

The problem is the Abramoff emails -- in a different set than posted on the Committee Oversight -- disclose the very things counsel says they won't testify.

Page 127 shows Farley was the intended recipient of the Tickets; and that she was called the "White House contact."

The July 2002 email [GTG-4002435, 0016111733] shows Bozniak and Abramoff discussing tickets.

Abramoff: "Who are they for?"

Bozniak: "Farley":


"White House contact, Jennifer Farley"

This describes her relationship between the White House, Farley, and the Abramoff team; and what Farley was being provided.

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The specific document in the above comment is not referenced in the draft report.

This shows Farley was sophisticated, and knew of should have known subpoenas would be possible and the records should be retained?

[S]he said it is better not to put this stuff in writing in their e-mail system because it might actually limit what they can do to help us, especially since there could be lawsuits, etc.147

They bypassed the emails to avoid lawsuits. That doesn't solve their problem: The emails weren't retained despite the known, foreseeable, and discussed risk of a lawsuit.

How did Farley know of this foreseeable risk of a lawsuit?

What role did they have in the "preservation" of WH emails?

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29 of 35 discusses the tickets, but using different emails.

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This is the Farley deposition.

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Page 7 reveals Farley's full name

Jennifer Farley Gass

With the Farley Group, her "own firm".

ALEXANDRIA, VA
22314

Other information available from CNN:

(202) 898-7670; 820 1st Street, NE., Washington, DC 20002
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So did Jennifer Farley, who oversaw BIA matters in the White House and knew Reed and Fluharty from the Dole campaign

Contact through Reed: here

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Page 9 of Farley deposition, Farley says she worked for Barrales.

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10 of deposition:

Farley recognizes the following staff names:

Terry Miller
Katherine Rust
Jim Kelly
Karl Rove

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Page 15 of deposition, Farley discloses coordination with White House staff:

"I would get all that information from our domestic policy folks."

Page 11, shows she had access to the White House calendar and appointment confirmations:

"I would give a White House tour to anybody who asked for one if there was space and time."
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Policy Issues Came Up In Emails

Page 15 of Farley Deposition:

The emails "weren't substantial as far as policy issues."

"All of my -- my emails are still on my White House -- all my e-mails were sent from my White House account."
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Page 17, Farley Deposition

Lines 2-11

Witness asked to define "alot" of emails.

Who on the Committee staff was statisifed with the response?

Shot Gun Approach

Lines 17-24 show she was on CC: distribution lists on general issues.

There doesn't appear to be a tracking system to ensure that specific people were or were not correctly responding.

There's no central tracking system for the Indian issues: White House is responding on a day to day basis, does not appear to be looking long-term to manage issues.

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Page 18 of Farley Deposition, lines 11-25

Not a clear answer on when she first met/how met Abramoff.

Farley Counsel also not clear on what being asked.

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Preliminary Assessment

Waxman's findings need to address more than the alleged criminal activity, and outline what steps GAO and the Executive will take to reform the mangement of Indican Affairs.

The United States appears to have bungled the operations in re Iraq, Louisiana, and the 500+ tribes. The United States needs to better work with the courts in overseeing the Indian affairs. A day-to-day quick response isn't satisfactory. The President needs to show there is a management plan in place; and personnel assigned to Indican Affairs understand complex program management.

It would be interesting to get the residents of Louisia, Iraq, and the Tribes in one room and ask,"How did the United States botch this?"

The committee should ask for management plans, program schedules, and the systems the President and staff use to manage these issues. The same shortfalls we've seen with the Iraq reconstruction audits appear similar to the problems of US government assistance for Indian reservation management and why the Katrina response proves to be a disaster in itself.

Would like to see recommendations that rise above the criminal issues, and discuss potential solutions to management problems within Interior and the White House. These would be helpful for a public discussion; and evaluate each Presidential candidate's plan to address these committee concerns and recommendations. When the US can do at home in Louisiana and the Indian reservations, the world might take seriously US government claims it might offer something for Iraq or Iran.

Would like to see some discussion on IT changes, and how the information/data will be better preserved, regardless which party controls the government.

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The committee report needs to be clearer about the "instructions".

Adverse inferences are warranted:

Therefore it was not possible to determine whether Mr. Ring’s e-mail accurately characterized Ms. Farley’s instructions, why she would have believed the White House could be more helpful to Abramoff lobbyists if they avoided making a record of their communications, and whether Ms. Farley was authorized by anyone else at the White House to give Mr. Ring such instructions.

Farley wasn't in the position to provide "instructions". The could retransmit information and impressions. The question is who was the sourceof those instructions. McClellan may be able to provide some insight into the ground rules on emails, and why things were or were not included in emails.

It appears she was advised of the risk by legal counsel either in the White House or elsewhere; or someone in the GOP political office; or someone in OVP who was using the GOP email systems.

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Name of who received two [2] CC tickets redacted.

"You gave away 2 CC tickets to [redacted]. I be back in touch re: the opera."

74 of 143 discusses others who went to the opera.

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Here is Ellie's name in the "Windows Me".

That same signature block -- "Windows me" -- was on her email to Abramoff.

29 of 127.

From Abramoff to Ellie:

"I"ll get in contact with Rove through Ralf Reed."

Ellie mentions Andrew Card.

RJC: "Republican Jewish Coalition".

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Abramoff Emails Are Connected With DoD Emails

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Cliff May
Foundation for Defense of Democracy

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Cliff May is listed by the DOD public affairs office as "opinion leader"

5312

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National Review Online

Author, with topics intersecting areas Military analysts covering, and DoD tracking:

"Clifford D. May" Guantanamo OR FISA

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