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Second Careers

Date: January 24, 2006

Author: Howard Kurtz

QUOTE: half the former members of Congress--half!--are now earning many times their Hill salaries by trying to persuade their ex-colleagues to fund a Bridge to Nowhere or some equivalent measure. Every special interest, in other words, is a future employer...

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Key People:

• Jack Abramoff
• Dana Milbank
• President George W. Bush
• Thomas "Tom" A. Scully
• Prof. Paul R. Krugman Ph.D.
• Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin

Key Organizations:

• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
• Washington Post Newspaper

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Information
    • Truth / Honesty / Lying / Cheating
      • Hide/Mislead
        • Disclosure/Conflicts of Interest
          • Disclosure/Conflict of Interest (Individual)
          • Disclosure/Conflict of Interest (Organizational)
  • Motivation/Rewards/Punishments
    • Influence / Persuasion / Bribery

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Legislative Branch (Congress/Senate/House of Representatives/Parliament)
    • Lobbying

• Media & Journalism
  • Journalism: Ethics/Objectivity
    • Accuracy/Truth
      • Media Bias (Organizational)
  • Manipulation / Propaganda / Leaks

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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