Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies (64 page)

19
“Alexi Giannoulias: Dick Durbin To Head Alexi’s Senate Campaign,”
Huffington Post
, February 7, 2010; available online at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/07/alexi-giannoulias-dickdu_n_452761.html
[accessed April 24, 2010].

20
John McCormick, “Goldman Donations Spurned in Illinois Campaign for Obama Seat,”
Business Week
, April 20, 2010; available online at:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-20/goldman-donations-spurned-in-illinois-campaign-for-obama-seat.html
[accessed April 24, 2010].

21
Rick Pearson, “Kirk to dump Goldman Sachs employee donations to Senate campaign,”
Chicago Tribune
, April 19, 2010; available online at:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/04/kirk-to-dump-goldman-sachs-employee-donations-to-senate-campaign.html
[accessed April 22, 2010].

22
Abdon M. Pallasch, “Giannoulias tries to change focus from Broadway Bank,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, April 12, 2010; available online at:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2154159,alexi-giannoulias-broadway-bank-city-club-041210
. article [accessed April 22, 2010].

23
Alexi for Illinois website, “Giannoulias shifts focus from family bank to his record,” March 11, 2010; available online at:
http://www.alexiforillinois.com/node/521
[accessed April 22, 1010].

24
Alexi for Illinois website home page (undated); available online at:
http://www.alexiforillinois.com/
[accessed April 22, 2010]. Complete text of statement is as follows: “Alexi ended pay-to-play politics in the Treasurer’s office. Now, he’s the first U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois to refuse contributions from corporate PACs and federal lobbyists. He’ll take on special interests in Washington, making sure the voices of Illinois families are heard loud and clear.”

25
E-mail received by author from the Alexi for Illinois campaign, April 21, 2010.

26
Alexi for Illinois website, “White House Reiterates Strong Support for Alexi Giannoulias’ Candidacy Today” (undated); available online at:
http://www.alexiforillinois.com/node/515
[accessed April 22, 2010].

27
Annie Rourke, “Dodd heckled at Bradley,”
wtnh.com
, December 24, 2009; available online at:
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/hartford_cty/dodd-heckled-bradley
[accessed April 22, 2010].

28
“Dodd Announces Retirement, Joins 2 Other Top Democrats Leaving Office,”
FOXNews.com
, January 6, 2010; available online at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/06/democrats-drop-plans-

INDEX

A

A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court

Abbott, Greg

ABC News

Abramoff, Jack

Acar, Yusuf

Accredo Health Group Inc.

Ackerman, Mitch

Adams, Angela

Adams, Dontae

Albright, Madeline

Allen, Paul

Allstate Financial

Alston & Bird

Altman, Roger

America’s Clean Water Foundation

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

American International Group, Inc. (AIG)

American Lawyer
, the

AmeriCorps

Amtrak

Anderson, Richard

Appelbaum, Binyamin

Aramark

Arca Foundation

Ariel Capital Management

ASK Public Strategies

Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN)

Atkinson, Caroline

Atlantic Development Group

Austin, Aaron

Axelrod, David

Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn

Ayers, William

Aziz, King Abdullah bin Abdul

B

Bachmann, Michele

Balanoff, Tom,

Baltimore City Paper

Bansal, Sushil

Barofsky, Neil

Barone, Michael

Barr Laboratories

Bauder, Donald

Bear Stearns

Becker, Craig

Beverly, Louis

Biden, Hunter

Biden, Joseph (“Joe”)

Bingaman, Jesse Francis (“Jeff”)

Blackwell Consulting Services

Blackwell, Robert, Sr.

Blagojevich, Rodney (“Rod”)

Blair, Dennis

Bloom, Ron

Blumenthal, Paul

Boricua College

Boston Globe

Boston Scientific Corporation and Cerner Corporation

Boxer, Barbara

Brand, Stanley

Broadway Bank

Brooks, David

Brosens, Frank

Brown, Gordon

Brown, Lawrence

Browner, Carol

Bryant, James

BTM Development Partners

Bunning, James (Jim)

Burger, Anna

Bush, George H. W.

Bush, George W.

Byrd, Robert

C

Cain, Daniel W.

Caldera, Louis

Camelot

Campaign against Childhood Obesity

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Canney, Ryan

Cannon, Jonathan

Cari, Joseph

Carlin, Alan

Carlson, Stephen

Carney, Timothy P.

Carrión, Adolfo

Carter, James (“Jimmy”)

Carter, William (“Billy”)

Cato Institute, the

Catron, David

Cawley, Charles

CCMP Capital

Celis, Mauricio

Cellini, William, Sr.

Cemex S.A.

Center for Responsive Politics, the

Cerner Corporation

Chagoury, Gilbert

Chait, Jonathan

Chevron

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Chicago Magazine

Chicago Reporter

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Tribune

Child Nutrition Act

China National Offshore Oil Corp

Chinagate

Chiquita Brands International

Chooch

Chronicle of Philanthropy

Cincinnatus

Citadel Investment Group

Citigroup

Citizens Consulting, Inc.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)

Citizens Union

Claremont McKenna College

Clay, William

Clinton administration, the

Clinton Foundation, the

Clinton Global Initiative

Clinton, William Jefferson III (“Bill”)

Clinton, Chelsea

Clinton, Hillary

CNN

Coakley, Martha

Cochran, John

Cohen, H. Rodgin,

Cohn, Jonathan

Collins, Susan

Commission for a Sustainable World Society

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commonwealth Edison

Communities Voting Together (CVT)

Congel, Robert

Congressional Quarterly

Consolidated Securities Entities program

Consumers Organized for Reliable Electricity (CORE)

Consumers Rights League

Conyers, John

Coren, Jonathan

Corzine, Jon

Council on Foreign Relations

Countrywide Financial

Covington & Burling

Craig, Greg

Crain’s Chicago Business

Crow, Sheryl

C-SPAN

Cucullu, Lt. Col. Gordon

D

D. E. Shaw

Dadey, Dick

Daley, Richard J.

Daschle, Thomas

Davis, Wright & Tremaine

DaVita Corporation

Deeds, Creigh

DeLauro, Rosa

DeMause, Neil

DeMint, James

Democratic National Convention, the

DeParle, Jason

DeParle, Nancy-Ann Min

Despres, Leon

Dodd, Christopher

Dodd, Jackie Clegg

Donahue, Paul

Donilon, Thomas

Donovan, Shaun

Douglass, Linda

Downe, Edward R.

Downey, Thomas

Dubai Ports World

Durbin, Richard (“Dick”)

E

Ebony

Educap

Edwards, Donna

Eisen, Norman

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Emanuel, Rahm

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)

Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)

Ericcson, Edward, Jr.

Escobar, Pablo

Ettinger, Amber Lee

F

Falkoff, Marc

Fannie Mae

Farrakhan, Louis

Federal Election Commission (FEC)

Feinberg, Robert

Financial Times
, the

Fitton, Thomas

Fitzgerald, Patrick J.

Food and Drug Administration

Foreign Policy

FOX News

Franken, Al

Freddie Mac

Freedom of Information Act

Freeman, Charles

Freeman, Tyrone

Fried, Bernard

Froman, Michael

Froomkin, Daniel

Furman, Jason

G

Gaffen, David

Gaffney, Frank

Gardner, Stephen

Gaspard, Patrick

Geithner, Timothy

General Electric Co.

Gensler, Gary

George Washington University

Georgetown Day School

Gerry, Alan

Giannoulias, Alexi

Giannoulias, Demetris

Gibbons, Richard

Gibbs, Robert

Giles, Hannah

Giorango, Michael “Jaws”

Glamour

Goldberg, Whoopi

Goldman Sachs

Gongadze, Georgy

Gonzalez, Dana

Good Morning America

Goolsbee, Austan

Gore, Albert, Jr.

Gortari, Carlos Salinas de

Grafters and Goo Goos: Corruption and Reform

Grajeda, Annelle

Grassley, Charles

Greatest Transition in World History, the

Greenberg, Stan

Greenspan, Alan

Gregg, Judd

Griffin, Kenneth C.

Grove Parc Plaza

Grupo Televisa

Guantanamo Bay detention facility

Gubert, Alan

Guidant Corporation

Gupta, Sanjay

H

Habitat Company, the

Hall, Gregory

Hanks, Donna

Harmony Palace restaurant

Harnden, Toby

Harper, James (Jim)

Harper’s
magazine

Harris, John

Hartford Courant

Harvard

Hatch, Orrin

Hayes, David

Heidelbaugh, Heather

Hempton, John

Herbert, Lucas

Hill, Christopher

Hill
, The

Hindery, Leo Jr.

Hobbs, Byron

Holbrooke, Richard

Holder, Eric

Home Depot

HotAir.com

Hoyt, Clark

Hsu, Norman

Huang, John

Humphries, Janett

Hurd, Maude

Hutchison, Kay Bailey

I

IndyMac Bancorp

Inman, Karen

Inside Gitmo: The True Story Behind the Myths of Guantanamo Bay

InterMedia Advisors

International Monetary Fund

International Olympics Committee

Iogen Corporation

Issa, Darrell

J

Jackson, Alphonso

Jackson, Lisa

Jackson, Rickman

Jacobs, Matthew

Jaffe, Matthew (Matt)

Jamal, Mumia Abu-

Jarrett, Valerie

Jet

Jinnah, Rehman

Jintao, Hu

Johnson, James

Johnson, Kevin

Jones, Anthony “Van”

Jones, Erik

Jones, General James

Joyce Foundation

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

JP Morgan Partners

Judicial Watch

K

Kaiser Permanente

Kalven, Jamie

Kamen, Al

Kanchanalak, Pauline

Kanchanalak, Praitun

Kass, John

Kaufman, Theodore (“Ted”)

Kelly, Christopher

Kennedy, Caroline

Kennedy, Jacqueline (“Jackie”)

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Theodore (“Ted”)

Kiferbaum, Jacob

Killefer, Nancy

Kirk, Mark

Kirk, Ronald

Klein, Philip

Kotz, David

Krangel, Eric

Kundra, Vivek

Kyl, Jon

L

La, Kent

LaHood, Raymond (“Ray)

Lake, Eli

Lamberth, Royce

Landmark Legal Foundation

Latham & Watkins

Lauer, Matt

Lauria, Tom

Laws, Rose

Leach, James

Lee, Jennifer 8.

Lee, Wen Ho

Lehman Brothers

Leno, Jay

Levine, Stuart

Levitt, Arthur, Jr.

Lew, Jacob

Lewinsky, Monica

Liddy, Edward

Liebowitz, Anna-Lou (“Annie”)

Light, Paul

Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Lincoln, Blanche

Lippo Group

“Little Barry”

Locke, Gary

Loglisci, David

Loop Capital Markets

LoPresti, Marc

Loren, Steven

Lowry, Rich

Ludlow, Martin

Lynch, Stephen

Lynn, William J.

M

Madigan, Lisa

Madison, George W.

Madoff, Bernard (“Bernie”)

Maher, Bill

Martinez, Matthew

Maryland Bank, National Association (MBNA)

Mayhew, Karen

McCain, Cindy

McCain, John

McCarthy, Andrew

McCauliffe, Terence (“Terry”)

McFarland, Patrick E.