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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (153704)2/4/2009 11:43:05 AM
From: Hope Praytochange  Read Replies (2) of 173976
 
According to a 2003 legal brief filed by the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, soft-money contributions by Hindery and Global Crossing, where he was chief executive officer, were illustrative of the "nexus between large political donations and significant government decisions." The firm sought regulatory approval in 1999 to build undersea cables to Japan but ran into opposition from three rival firms. "Out of nowhere, Global Crossing emerged as a political powerhouse in Washington, thanks to a multi-million dollar lobbying effort and $2 million" in contributions by the company, Hindery, and two other top executives, the brief said. Hindery was dismissed by Global Crossing before accounting irregularities came to light, and he quickly became a vocal critic of its management.

But it is his payments for Daschle's car -- valued at $255,000 over the past two years -- and his monthly checks to the former senator for $83,333 that put Daschle and his "brother" in the headlights. The two men met at a San Francisco fundraiser in 1997, when Hindery was chief executive of Tele-Communications Inc. They then met repeatedly for dinner in Washington, according to a former senior Daschle aide. Daschle also has visited Hindery's multimillion-dollar ranch in Colorado.
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