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...concerns got the attention of the right people in the George W. Bush White House, Abramoff often turned to a longtime friend and business associate whose ties there--especially with the President's most trusted adviser, Karl Rove--were far better than his: former Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed, an operative of such political talent that he made the cover of TIME in 1995, at age 33, with a line that declared him "the Right Hand...
...Reed, a key Bush campaign strategist and the favorite in the 2006 race to become Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, was an obliging, even eager middleman, judging by e-mail exchanges between the two, which have been obtained by TIME. (The e-mails have attracted the interest of federal investigators already looking into whether Abramoff defrauded his Indian clients--a charge he denies.) Ten days after 9/11, for instance, Abramoff was promoting a business venture to rent cruise ships to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to billet rescue workers off New York City. Reed assured Abramoff...
...Reed humoring his old friend? "Ralph receives unsolicited requests all the time for assistance on such matters," says his spokeswoman Lisa Baron, "but he does not recall following up on these matters." The cruise-ship scheme never came to fruition. The Choctaws got their jail, but so far, there's no evidence that the White House lifted a finger to make it happen. Abramoff declined to comment...
...former Fugee. Alex Bradford, HBS I was a Stanford undergrad, and the best we could get was Eve 6…I realize how hard it is to get famous artists, so I think it’s pretty impressive [that the UC got Wyclef to come]. Reed Malin ’07 It’s really disappointing. As much as I like Wyclef and the Fugees, I was really up for a rock band this time. The Fugees are so middle school—when I think “Wyclef,” I think MTV Spring...
...take calls of suspicious people in resident halls very seriously and we rapidly respond to them.” The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office did not know yesterday whether Vick was still in jail or whether he was out on bail. —Staff writer Reed B. Rayman can be reached at rrayman@fas.harvard.edu...