Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The Transparent and Open no lobbyists update..George Mitchell, Dubai, and CHILD TRAFFICKING?

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- George Mitchell, President Barack Obama's special Middle East troubleshooter, was chairman of a law firm that was paid about $8 million representing Dubai's ruler in connection with a child-trafficking lawsuit.

The DLA Piper law firm did legal and lobbying work on the case, which alleged that Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al- Maktoum and another official used children kidnapped from other countries to ride as jockeys in camel races. The firm lobbied federal agencies, members of the U.S. House and about two dozen Senate offices, including those of Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2006 and 2007, according to Justice Department foreign-agent disclosures.

So stupid it's actually funny.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

child trafficing . . .Dubai . . .

puzzle pieces unite

Michael Jackson to build mosque in his new home of Dubai

Anonymous said...

OT

Gotta luv Limbaugh -

Rush stated that Obama has declared war with Obamanomics and can claim 40k casualties in the first day based on "job losses" alone.

Go RUSH!