More Sordid Abramoff Tales

I'm not how many of the sleazy activities outlined in this WaPo piece on Jack Abramoff's lobbying tactics are illegal, but I feel like at least some of them ought to be! It's a long article, outlining Abramoff's campaign to kill an anti-gambling bill in the House at the behest of one of his clients. It has the potential to be a great political thriller novel: forged letters, payoffs, congressional staffers leading their bosses by the nose ... but this all actually happened. Highly recommended.