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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (2860)	12/11/2003 10:35:27 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 3602

Glenn, It looks like jurors in South Dakota have a heck of a lot more sense than those in L.A. Exonerating a CFO who fails the basic test of never gettind down to the shipping dock to see that nothing is happening is ridiculous. Veen bamboozled the jury. Disgusting.

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (2860)	12/12/2003 4:57:42 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Respond to of 3602

...Democrats and reformers say Oxley remains a zealous advocate of deregulation even if his name is on the biggest corporate reform bill to come along since the 1930s. "Oxley has taken on a reputation in Washington as being part of the mercenary culture - the lobbying, fund-raising, big-time players' community and that includes the biggest corporations in America," said Charles Lewis, executive director of the Center for Public Integrity. "He doesn't mind taking their money and generally does favors for them." In the last decade, the 11-term Republican has collected nearly $8 million in campaign cash from his patrons - the vast majority from donors tied to corporate America. His take so far this year - $1.3 million - ranked him No. 1 among Ohio's 18 members of the U.S. House. Half of what he now raises is put into his own political action committee, or PAC. Separate from his re-election fund, he uses the PAC to dole out cash to fund the campaigns of other Republicans. To Oxley, 59, raising millions of dollars is part of a congressman's job. He scoffs at critics who charge that corporations have bought his vote. As a former FBI agent sworn to uphold federal law, he calls the claims "ludicrous."... knoxstudio.com