Evidence of Israeli-Controlled White House Builds

Posted on 29. Sep, 2006 by Derek Bargeld in Israel & Jewish Issues, Top Stories

 WASHINGTON – Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s billing records and e-mails listed 485 lobbying contacts with White House officials over three years, including 10 with top Bush administration aide Karl Rove, according to a congressional report.

“I just saw Karl … and mentioned the NCAA, opportunity, which he was really jazzed about it,” Abramoff wrote Rove aide Susan Ralston.

“Karl has to pay for his tickets,” Ralston e-mailed the lobbyist.

Abramoff responded the cost would be $50 for each ticket, “payable to me personally.”

Several days later, Abramoff said in an e-mail that he had been “sitting yesterday with Karl Rove … at the NCAA basketball game discussing Israel” when an e-mail about a suicide bomber came in. There was no further mention of the bombing.

Learning that Rove would appear at Abramoff’s restaurant, the lobbyist wrote, “I want him to be given a very nice bottle of wine and have Joseph whisper in his ear (only he should hear) that Abramoff wanted him to have this wine on the house.”

The report said that of the 485 contacts listed, 345 were described as meetings or other in-person contacts; 71 were described as phone conversations and 69 were e-mail exchanges.  MORE>>>