Abramoff Link to Boulis Murder Called ''Threat to Current Operations''

Octafish

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Sat Apr-01-06 12:06 PM
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Abramoff Link to Boulis Murder Called ''Threat to Current Operations''

"Murder for hire? Heh heh heh."

Abramoff Link to Boulis Murder Called ''Threat to Current Operations''

MAR 30 2006--Venice,FL.
by Daniel Hopsicker

Over nine months ago a story in the The MadCowMorningNews revealed that disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff�s biggest legal worries concerned neither the fraudulent takeover of the SunCruz gambling ships, nor the Indian casino lollapalooza in which "Casino Jack" skimmed tens of millions of dollars off the take from casinos on Indian reservations across the U.S.

Abramoff�s big fear, we reported in a story in June of 2005 headlined �Terrorists Torpedoes and Republican Muscle,� centered on his potential �exposure� in the gangland-style assassination of Boulis, a murder which figures prominently in his rise to power.

This week, with a vengeance, that prediction began to come true, when defense attorneys for reputed Gambino associates accused of the hit on Gus Boulis announced plans to subpoena both Abramoff and his former business partner Adam Kidan.

They want to question the two men, court documents showed, about their purchase of SunCruz, alleged to be "at the heart" of the murder case.

Abramoff and Kidan's testimony is critical, the lawyers alleged, in showing the bitter feelings and power struggle that followed their purchase of SunCruz from Boulis in September 2000.�

In plain English, they want to ask Jack Abramoff and Adam Kidan what they know personally about the subject of �murder for hire.�

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http://www.madcowprod.com/

Abramoff still hasn't finished talking. Hope he gets into the witness protection program when he gets out of jail.

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DoYouEverWonder

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Sat Apr-01-06 12:19 PM
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1. It seems they were desperate

to get their hands on those cruise ships before 9-11. These gambling boats are totally unregulated and are a great place to laundry lots of cash. That's why Atta was showing up on a regular basis. Needed funds to keep the operation going.

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Sat Apr-01-06 12:21 PM
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2. Jack's House

By HART SEELY
Published: March 31, 2006

These are the men
That fleeced the tribes
That paid the money
That made the bribes
That purchased the Congress that
Jack built.

This is the Duke
That sailed the yacht
That raised the eyebrows
And got him caught,
Who helped Mitch Wade,
Who bought Duke's land
And kicked in 700 grand;
Which raised Duke's taxes,
And gave Duke pain;
So Wade paid the tab
On Duke's capital gain.
Bigger than Abscam:
Randy "Duke" Cunningham!
Top gun in the Congress that
Jack built.

This is Bob Ney,
Who knew the fine print
That could pass a casino
And rev up its mint,
Who spawned the e-mail
Where Jack foretold:
"Just met with Ney.
"We're gold!"
And Ney in 2000,
A moment quite checkered
Ripped magnate Gus Boulis
In the Congress'nal Record.
His tirade was meant
To frighten the fellow,
Who cops say was shot
By Big Tony Moscatiello,
Who got a small fortune
From Jack's pal in D.C.,
A guy Ney said was known
For his "honesty."
Their pal was indicted
And then copped a plea
Guilty of fraud
And conspiracy.
For creating the vibes
That condoned the bribes
That corrupted the Congress that
Jack built.

This is DeLay,
Who built the machine
That redrew the districts
And raised the green,
That decided the races
That claimed the new seats,
That made the new friends
That owned luxury suites,
That held big galas
That brought the donations
That helped him to greet
The great Coushatta Nation!
With 800 members
And fund-stream support
From the famous Coushatta Casino Resort!
Which paid several million
For Jack to abort
A rival tribe's parlor
In nearby Shreveport,
Which prompted the letter
That outlined their claims
That went to Gale Norton,
Co-signed by these names:
Tom DeLay, Eric Cantor,
Roy Blunt, the chief whip,
Speaker Dennis Hastert.
That's the House leadership!
That played the game
And wears the shame
That hangs over the Congress that
Jack built.

This is the Jack,
Jack Abramoff,
Who bought the souls,
Then sold them off,
Who shook the hands
And financed the houses
And feted the staffs,
And hired the spouses,
And fleeced the tribes
And spread the bribes
That ransomed the Congress that
Jack built.

Hart Seely is the editor of "Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfeld."

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seemslikeadream

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Sat Apr-01-06 12:27 PM
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3. Interview with Daniel Hopsicker - Catching up with the Boys in Florida

Edited on Sat Apr-01-06 12:28 PM by seemslikeadream

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reprehensor

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Sat Apr-01-06 03:08 PM
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7. whoa

Nice!

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Sat Apr-01-06 12:33 PM
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4. More...for those who don't click on links

When Sun Cruz casino czar Gus Boulis was gunned down in a plot described by one reporter as featuring �three mugs, and a moll,� it set in motion a train of events which is today culminating in a situation which asks some momentous questions about the health (or even existence) of an American Republic.

What do Mob hit men in Florida have in common with high-powered Republican lobbyists? Could this be the biggest scandal in American history? Will it be allowed to break? Or will it, like Iran Contra and almost every other recent American scandal, by quietly but effectively covered up?

How will the powerful shadowy forces operating in the background�you know the ones� respond should there be inadvertent public disclosure of any of the truly earthshaking revelations out there waiting to be stumbled upon?

Won�t they be doing their darned-est to make sure nothing that unsettling occurs?

The roots of the Abramoff Scandal go so deep into the national Republican Party, and spread so wide, that we believe they will prove virtually impossible to ignore...even in an American press corps whose chief shared characteristic is the ability to stand stock still with their hair on fire while at the same time assuring their readers they can�t smell smoke.

Here it is

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Sat Apr-01-06 01:51 PM
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5. he'll slither out of any problems

no matter how much he was involved. They've already fed the sheeple...Abramhoff in a fedora.

scumbags

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Sat Apr-01-06 02:45 PM
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6. Hopsicker is a journalist.

Thanks, Octa.

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seemslikeadream

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Sun Apr-02-06 03:15 PM
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8. Wiseguy defendant doubled as FBI snitch

Moscatiello kills the guy that Abramoff bought Suncruz from
He's an FBI informant

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14237872.htm
BOULIS MURDER TRIAL
Wiseguy defendant doubled as FBI snitch
The star defendant in the murder of Konstantinos 'Gus' Boulis had secretly been playing both sides of the law.
BY WANDA J. DeMARZO AND JAY WEAVER
wdemarzo@MiamiHerald.com
At the same time New York mob associate Anthony Moscatiello was allegedly plotting the slaying of a Fort Lauderdale business tycoon, he was also spying on fellow gangsters and snitching to the FBI, The Miami Herald has learned.

Moscatiello -- a former advisor to the late Gambino family crime boss John Gotti -- is the star defendant in the mob-style hit on Konstantinos ''Gus'' Boulis, founder of SunCruz Casinos, a fleet of gambling ships.

Moscatiello's outing as an FBI informant might cause some embarrassment for federal authorities. But its impact won't be entirely clear until more evidence surfaces about what he told FBI agents about his involvement in the Boulis murder and previous criminal investigations.

Sensitivity over Moscatiello's 15-year career as an FBI informant prompted the Broward State Attorney's Office to hold a closed-door meeting with defense attorneys in Circuit Judge Michael Kaplan's chambers on Friday. Some of the lawyers asked the judge to keep Moscatiello's statements given to the FBI after Boulis' murder under wraps.

The Howard Beach, N.Y., wiseguy -- whose covers have ranged from food caterer to insurance consultant to real-estate broker -- was a longtime financial advisor to the Gambino crime-family.

When New York prosecutors bugged John Gotti's social club for a few months in 1981, they captured one of his notorious tirades -- this time against Moscatiello for not returning his phone calls.

''I called your f------ house five times yesterday,'' Gotti said in the taped call. ``Now, if you're going to disregard my mother f------ phone calls, I'll blow you and that f------ house up.''

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