cranston36
09-27-2005, 02:47 PM
David H. Safavian has been arrested.
He was the Bush Administration’s top federal procurement official.
He was accused of lying and obstructing criminal investigations of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
During Safavian's confirmation questions were asked about his alleged lobbying for Abdurahman Alamoudi, who made comments in support of Hezbollah and Hamas.
Apparently his firm, Janus-Merritt Strategies, did represent Alamoudi. Alamoudi was eventually convicted and imprisoned for accepting money from Libya in a plot to assassinate a Saudi prince.
Reportedly Janus-Merritt Strategies changed the forms in 2001 to say that its client was not Alamoudi but Jamal Barzinji.
Then Barzinji was named in a search warrant affidavit by a Customs Service official as "the officer or director" of a group of entities in Northern Virginia "controlled by individuals who have shown support for terrorists or terrorist fronts."
No charges have been filed yet.
Safavian also worked for Gabon and Pascal Lissouba, the former president of the Republic of Congo who has been tried for treason and embezzlement.
Safavian worked closely with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and founded Janus-Merritt Strategies with Grover Norquist.
He has also represented Pakistan in military sales matters and cooperated with the Islamic Institute in an effort to promote a U.S. postage stamp commemorating Ramadan.
His wife, Jennifer is apparently the chief counsel for oversight and investigations at the House Committee of Government Reform, which oversees federal procurement policy matters.
Representative Tom Davis of Virginia is the Chairman of that Committee. What kind of reform is he up to?
Here is part of a memo from David H. Safavian about procurement :
“C.—The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DoD) and the General Services Administration (GSA), has announced a partnership to ensure civilian and defense acquisition workforces receive similar training and development opportunities at a shared facility. “This new partnership will ensure that the right people get the right training at the right time. We look forward to working with DoD to ensure that we train our acquisition workforce to serve the entire Federal Government, not just a single agency,” said OFPP Administrator David H. Safavian.”
Is this why our troops were sent into battle without proper equipment and why supplies never reached their destination on time? Couldn’t Donald Rumsfeld tell what was going on right underneath his nose?
He was the Bush Administration’s top federal procurement official.
He was accused of lying and obstructing criminal investigations of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
During Safavian's confirmation questions were asked about his alleged lobbying for Abdurahman Alamoudi, who made comments in support of Hezbollah and Hamas.
Apparently his firm, Janus-Merritt Strategies, did represent Alamoudi. Alamoudi was eventually convicted and imprisoned for accepting money from Libya in a plot to assassinate a Saudi prince.
Reportedly Janus-Merritt Strategies changed the forms in 2001 to say that its client was not Alamoudi but Jamal Barzinji.
Then Barzinji was named in a search warrant affidavit by a Customs Service official as "the officer or director" of a group of entities in Northern Virginia "controlled by individuals who have shown support for terrorists or terrorist fronts."
No charges have been filed yet.
Safavian also worked for Gabon and Pascal Lissouba, the former president of the Republic of Congo who has been tried for treason and embezzlement.
Safavian worked closely with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and founded Janus-Merritt Strategies with Grover Norquist.
He has also represented Pakistan in military sales matters and cooperated with the Islamic Institute in an effort to promote a U.S. postage stamp commemorating Ramadan.
His wife, Jennifer is apparently the chief counsel for oversight and investigations at the House Committee of Government Reform, which oversees federal procurement policy matters.
Representative Tom Davis of Virginia is the Chairman of that Committee. What kind of reform is he up to?
Here is part of a memo from David H. Safavian about procurement :
“C.—The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DoD) and the General Services Administration (GSA), has announced a partnership to ensure civilian and defense acquisition workforces receive similar training and development opportunities at a shared facility. “This new partnership will ensure that the right people get the right training at the right time. We look forward to working with DoD to ensure that we train our acquisition workforce to serve the entire Federal Government, not just a single agency,” said OFPP Administrator David H. Safavian.”
Is this why our troops were sent into battle without proper equipment and why supplies never reached their destination on time? Couldn’t Donald Rumsfeld tell what was going on right underneath his nose?