The Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star has quite a story on more of the Bush administrations nefarious dealings. They're calling him "Senator Whistleblower" after he revealed that a percentage of all the earmarks is disappearing into some kind of unaccountable black hole. Could it be the Bushies are funding something with all that secret money that they don't want us to know about? Anyone have any good conspiracy theories?
Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson says Bush administration agencies are “skimming” millions of dollars from congressional earmarks and using the money for undisclosed purposes without statutory authority.
The net result for an earmarked project like the new agricultural research center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln would be the loss of $5 million, or 10 percent, from the multi-year $50 million project “without any authority from Congress to do so,” Nelson said.
He described the process as “outrageous.”
“It’s time to shine a light on the skimming process and uncover what the agencies are spending these secret slush funds on,” the Democratic senator said.
The whole story can be found on the Lincoln Journal-Star website.