I had already read the TPM pieces on the New Hampshire phone jamming in 2002.

I read the TPM piece about the AP identifying  Sen Gregg's staffer Kevin Koonce receiving gifts from Abramoff's guy Boulanger.

I read the TPM comments section identifying Sen Gregg's COS Joel Maiola as delivering the Abramoff/Indian checks to the NH State Committee.

Then, I read Raw Story's Muriel Kane's piece on Timothy Flanigan.

Kane's piece was asking why Flanigan, one of the White House's top guys on torture and  Homeland Security, would suddenly be expendable and shipped off to Tyco. And, why would Tyco really need Abramoff when Flanigan was a White House insider who knew everybody. I've been trying to find out.

I think everybody already knows the basic Abramoff lobbying for Tyco story, so I won't repeat it. But, it's interesting where part of the story ended-up - in New Hampshire.

The Tyco lawsuits were assigned to the US District Court For The District Of New Hampshire. More than two dozen consolidated lawsuits were dismissed on Oct 14, 2004.

I dont know which judge dismissed the suits, but a class action was setteled in 2007 where Paul Barbadoro was the judge.

Judge Barbadoro just happened to be the Deputy Chief Counsel for the US Senate Committee on Secret Military Assistance To Iran And The Nicaragian Opposition.

The judge went from Iran-Contra, to private practice, to being appointed to the Federal Bench by G H W Bush in 1992.

I just found it interesting and thought I'd mention it. For the rest, we'll just have to wait on Muriel.