Comments on: MZM employees were forced to give to Goode.

By: Waldo Jaquith

Waldo Jaquith — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:06:41 +0000

Clearly, the only rational conclusion that we can come to is that I’m psychic.

By: VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 23:36:29 +0000

Seriously, that’s not the press release you linked in your blog. The one above is from the 20th, the one you linked is from the 17th.

They can’t make it much clearer, but surely you can.

By: Waldo Jaquith

Waldo Jaquith — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 23:26:33 +0000

No, Goode was named as a subject of investigation, as this press release states:

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and with the Department of Defense to garner any communications between Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) and Rep. Virgil Goode (news, bio, voting record) (R-Va.) regarding MZM, Inc. or Mitchell Wade, from Jan. 1, 2001, to the present.

They can't make it much clearer. :)

By: VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 23:23:41 +0000

You wrote:
“One more note: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have issued a press release urging an ethics investigation into both Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, who started all of this, and into Virgil Goode.”

This is incorrect. Goode’s name was mentioned in the release, but not as a subject of an investigation.

Also, the “federal training program” in Goode’s troops-on-the-border amendment, and the amendment itself, is justa canard. The leadership let it come to a vote only because they were certain to remove it in conference, when the Senate and House work out their differences on a piece of legislation. Also, Cunningham voted against it because he represents San Diego…immigration and border control issues often break down regional lines.