One Choice: Obama

Murray Waas of The Huffington Post has a blockbuster story about John McCain’s transition chief, D.C. lobbyist William Timmons. According to Waas:

     “(Timmons) aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.
     The two lobbyists who Timmons worked closely with over a five year period on the lobbying campaign later either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein’s government.
     During the same period beginning in 1992, Timmons worked closely with the two lobbyists, Samir Vincent and Tongsun Park, on a previously unreported prospective deal with the Iraqis in which they hoped to be awarded a contract to purchase and resell Iraqi oil. Timmons, Vincent, and Park stood to share at least $45 million if the business deal went through.”