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21. Well, there was that Bush domestic policy advisor arrested for

Reply to ilikeitthatway (Reply #19)

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 10:42 AM

Apr 2012

credit card fraud. IIRC, he would buy something and stash it in his car, then return to the store with receipt in hand, get the same item off the shelf and take it to the return counter as if he was returning the item. Result: a lot of swag for free, at least until he was busted.

A fiendishly clever scheme, almost as good as WMD in post-1993 Iraq.

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GSA head resigns over "wasteful" Las Vegas seminar [View all] IamK Apr 2012 OP

How stupid. Richardo Apr 2012 #1

No wonder he's touchy about this GSA boondoggle. Psephos Apr 2012 #2

Sounds like the spending could have happened anywhere. enlightenment Apr 2012 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author itsrobert Apr 2012 #15

$2740/person and what kind of training at a Las Vegas casino? wordpix Apr 2012 #4

In Riverside county in Southern California xtraxritical Apr 2012 #6

the planners also $pent like $136K for a pre-event planning trip.. tough work... IamK Apr 2012 #5

At the M Resort Spa and Casino in Henderson, NV FarCenter Apr 2012 #7

K&R DeSwiss Apr 2012 #8

yeah, we need more water bottles, too, so we can drown some more in plastic wordpix Apr 2012 #10

This sort of thing goes on all the time Alcibiades Apr 2012 #9

"Many of the speakers are actually less experienced and knowledgable than the people they ..address" wordpix Apr 2012 #11

That's awesome Alcibiades Apr 2012 #17

Yeah, they need those locations to sweeten the pot Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #13

K&R n/t The Northerner Apr 2012 #12

Reading these replies I have to wonder if any of the respondents have ever Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #14

I'm sure it's all quite nice Alcibiades Apr 2012 #16

I don't disagree, but that's a different conversation. I've been to quite a few of these Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #18

As someone who worked in government (DOD specifically) for decades, GSA has always been fucked up. MADem Apr 2012 #20

I saw this on CNN ilikeitthatway Apr 2012 #19

Well, there was that Bush domestic policy advisor arrested for coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #21