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Beltway Bandits
Corn, David | September 28, 1992 issue

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The article presents information on the misconduct in office by public officers in the U.S. In 1988, Elizabeth Fediay, a 34-year-old conservative activist, directed the National Security Political Action Committee. Targeting military pensioners under the guise of Americans for Bush, the PAC amassed more than $7 million to spend on behalf of the U.S. Republican candidate. In 1990 the F.E.C ruled that Fediay's PAC violated federal law by not attaching a disclaimer to its Americans for George Bush entreaties. The group was slapped with a $6,000 fine. Edward Teller, dubbed the father of the hydrogen bomb is also godfather to the multibillion dollar boondoggle known as Star Wars. His pet project was the nuclear-powered X-ray laser.

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ADMINISTRATIVE responsibility; PUBLIC officers; ETHICS; BUSH, George, 1924-; POLITICAL candidates; UNITED States
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