GOP Corruption Gone Wild: Duke Is Just Tip Of Iceberg
"The truth is no one knows if the $2.4 million in bribes Cunningham has admitted taking in his guilty plea is the final total ... Tens of thousands of pages of congressional documents going as far back as 1997 have been demanded by the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego. The C.I.A., Pentagon, I.R.S., and F.B.I. are conducting investigations, and at least three congressional committees are cooperating in hopelessly tardy fashion ... 'What these revelations provide is a window into Babylon or the last stages of Rome ... Many felonies went undetected because in the Defense Department a lot goes on in secret, and these crimes grew in the shadow of both 9/11 and one-party rule—with little scrutiny. So what you're looking at is a world where money, secrecy, sex, and indulgence were all in play. Where everyone is guilty of something.'"