Follow the Money: Pringle: Curtain Time for Obama (Part 3)

Evelyn Pringle began her series "Curtain Time for Obama" on May 11, 2008, with an 11-page article published at OpEdNews and Scoop (NZ).

Most important for connecting the dots in the [Operation] Board Games investigation, is the clarification that it is not the Rezko case. The only reason it's always referred to as the "Rezko" case is because he happens to be the first defendant to be brought to trial.

Also, the first trial is focused on the corruption of two Illinois boards, the panel that approves investments from the $40 billion pension fund of the Teachers Retirement System, and the Health Facilities Planning Board, which approves all medical facility construction projects in Illinois.

But the Operation Board Games cases involve corruption with officials and employees in many other state agencies and real estate deals are at the heart of most with Riverside Park front and center.

Pringle published a second, condensed version of Part 1 in the "Curtain Time for Obama" series on May 14, 2008, here at RezkoWatch.

Part 2 of "Curtain Time for Obama," which "shows that Obama was "the inside guy in the Illinois senate as far as setting up the Health Facilities Planning Board to extort contributions from companies in exchange for the approval of applications to build medical facilities," was released May 13, 2008. It is available at OpEdNews.

In Part 3 of "Curtain Time for Obama," published May 15, 2008, at OpEdNews, Pringle continues by weaving together the events surrounding Aiham Alsammarae, Nadhmi Auchi, Tony Rezko, the power plant contract in Iraq, and Companion Security, as well as the role played by Sen. Obama—which have been discussed previously at RezkoWatch—into the overall tale of Operation Board Games, showing how it fits neatly within the scenario.

Part 4 will be published on May 16, 2008.

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