Talk:Greenberg Traurig

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I have relocated this here -- it sketches a web of connections but when looking at the Indymedia site it is derived from none of the points are referenced. So i think it would be better for each point to be supported with references rather than taking the claims at face value. --Bob Burton 21:53, 20 Dec 2005 (EST)

Enumeration of Bush-Greenberg Traurig Connections

1. Represented President Bush in the Bush-Gore 2000 Florida election vote recount.

2. Personally represents Florida Governor Jeb Bush. [Take your pick!]

3. Hired son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on election day 2000--after which Justice Scalia cast one of the 5 to 4 deciding votes which placed Bush in presidency.

4.Miami-headquartered firm partially funded/sponsored delegation to Israel by House-Senate Armed Services Committee members and government contractors to witnes and be briefed on interrogation resistance procedures and torture techniques ... One of lobbyists joining them to Israel included Jack London, CEO, CACI International, the American defense contractor implicated by Major General Antonio M. Taguba in outsourced Iraqi torture at Abu Ghraib prison. See Taguba Report.

5.Firm has prominent administrative positions in Massachusetts 9/11 Fund which also involves Bush family banking house Brown Brothers Harriman.

6. One appointed as General Counsel of the Department of the Navy and its Office of Naval Intelligence just 90 days before the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

7. Firm works with 9-11 victims on planning out their U.S. gov't hushmail/bribery estates.

8. Firm partner is Marvin S. Rosen, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Finance Chairman who supervised activities of convicted fund-raiser and DNC vice-chairman of finance John Huang who had to return half of $3 million+ raised by him because of contributions from illegal foreign sources.

9. Bush still owes Greenberg firm nearly one million dollars for work done by dozens of lawyers and paralegals--leaving some to question why a Republican candidate would hire a Democratic lawyer from a Democratic firm ...

Source: Portland Indymedia, September 2004.

Someone Who Knows What They Are Doing Might Look into This

Hi, I have no idea how to contribute to this article, but i just came across some information that may be important and so i need to leave it up to people who are familar with this great project to look into it and decide if it relevant.

Would the fact that Greenberg Traurig is a lobbiest for Diebold be pertinent to the fact that they also represented Bush in the Recount? I would also seem they have spent a bit of money on Diebolds behalf with NY. Here is a link from a forum on Blackboxvoting that brought up a very interesting site and even more interesting information: http://www.nyc.gov/lobbyistsearch/search?client=Diebold+Election+Systems%2C+Inc