Kyle Sampson was former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ chief of staff. He had also been an advisor to John Ashcroft. Sampson helped create the list of U.S. Attorneys to be fired. Under pressure from Congress, Gonzales said he was going to turn over the emails regarding these firings. As a result, Sampson resigned.He joined the firm of Hunton and Williams. As a result, many people have called for both an investigation and boycotts of this firm due to Sampson’s misconduct and, of cou... Read Full Story

The link between the Saudis and the Neocons is nothing new. Bush and his friends in the oil industry have thrown in their lot with the Saudis.Of course, places like Russia have oil as well, and this is going to be a problem. There are plenty of places where you can read about how the Bush Administration sought to protect Saudi Arabia from lawsuits related to 9/11! But Saudi Arabia has gone even lower… "ONAIZA, Saudi Arabia, April 12 -- A Saudi Arabian judge has refused to overturn a rul... Read Full Story

Jon Kyl has defended bonus payments for executives of AIG, bailed out by the Bush administration. Kyl is clearly out of touch with the average American, and he should resign his Senate seat in disgrace.Kyl did not become a neocon overnight. No, back in 2003, he and John Cornyn sponsored S.887, which sought to tax the attorneys attempting to obtain justice for the victims of 9/11 by suing the Saudi royal family.Back then, when it suited him, he was all for a retroactive tax. Now the shoe is on... Read Full Story

This was a close one.We nearly ended up with a hardcore neocon in the new administration.Charles Freeman is a longtime supporter of Saudi Arabia. Yes, Saudi Arabia, the nation behind the 9/11 attacks and the Bush family's long time partner in the oil industry. Freeman also sought to defend the Saudi royal family when they were sued for financing the 9/11 attacks!Charles Freeman is a longtime supporter of China. Yes, China, the nation vying for the world's leader in human rights abuses... Read Full Story

Dick Cheney needs no introduction as George Bush’s vice president, and Cheney focused the office tightly so that he will be remembered as America’s first “vice president for torture”!Cheney, like Bush, has a history of drunk driving. He was convicted in 1962 and arrested again in 1963. Cheney flunked out of Yale, and, like Sarah Palin, who wanted to follow him as neocon vice president for book burning and wolf hunting, he finished his education at a much easier school. Cheney, despite his sha... Read Full Story

Andrew Langer, like some other prominent neocons, has been affiliated with the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Langer has gone to some lengths to defend the "junk science" babbling of CEI's John Berlau. Langer left CEI for the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB).From there, he has gone on to establish his own neocon "think tank" the oddly named Institute for Liberty (IFL). It is well known that the neocons are opponents of liberty! Langer ran for off... Read Full Story

Carly Fiorina, like some of her fellow neocons, has the ability to take something good and make something bad out of it.In her case, it was Hewlett-Packard. Her mismanagement of the company, including the questionable acquisition of Compaq, is legendary. Fiorina fought with Walter Hewlett, son of co-founder William Hewlett. Under her leadership, Hewlett-Packard’s stock price plummeted. After her departure, it rose, and, due to the hard work of her replacement, Mark Hurd, the company is viable... Read Full Story

Evan Kohlmann made a career out of being an expert witness for the prosecution of terrorists during the Bush Administration. Kohlmann is also affiliated with the NEFA (Nine Eleven, Finding Answers) Foundation, which has some interesting tax angles-the president, M. T. Hayes, is the former wife of David Draper, who provides over $300,000 a year of consulting services to the foundation! Kohlmann’s expertise, or lack thereof, has come under scrutiny, and the results have resulted in the disquali... Read Full Story

When George Bush needed a justification to start a war in Iraq, he turned to Doug Feith.Feith is not a popular man, but he’s popular with a handful of people, the right people during the Bush Administration.Former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, called Feith a “rare talent” and who are we to dispute that? Feith operated the Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans. What was so special about these plans? Well, they were the plans to manipulate intelligence to justify the invasion and subseque... Read Full Story

Texas Senator John Cornyn just doesn't know where to begin-or end! In 2003, he sponsored S.887. Obscure? Yes. It would have imposed a retroactive tax on lawyers who made money suing tobacco companies. Now that you know, you're not surprised, as it is well known that the neocons and tobacco companies are very close. But, take another look. Some of these were the same lawyers seeking justice for the victims of 9/11 and their families.Cornyn wanted to make it impossible for this to happe... Read Full Story