Heist : superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, his Republican allies, and the buying of Washington / Peter H. Stone.

1st ed.

0374299315 (alk. paper)
9780374299316 (alk. paper)

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.

English

214 p. ; 24 cm.

JK1118 .S74 2006

364.1/323

Before he took up lobbying, Jack Abramoff was an aspiring moviemaker who cowrote and produced Red Scorpion, a Cold War potboiler starring hulking Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren. It drew decidedly mixed reviews. Century Strategies, Ralph Reed's Georgia-based consulting firm, was paid close to 6 million dollars by two of Abramoff's casino-rich tribal clients. A little more than a third of the money was funneled through a "think tank" that Scanlon set up in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a seaside getaway three hours from Washington. It was run with the help of a lifeguard and a yoga instructor. Six casino-rich Indian tribes paid an astonishing total of 82 million dollars to superlobbyish Jack Abramoff and public relations whiz Michael Scanlon. Abramoff and Scanlon devised a secret a kickback scheme-dubbed "Gimme five"-to split and pocket more than 40 million dollars of these tribal payments.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199) and index.

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