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272 “UNRWA schools become hotbeds”: Ibid.
273 “the exact opposite”: Ibid.
8. CHRISTOPHER DODD AND CHARLES RANGEL: FROM IDEALISTIC REFORMERS TO PRIVILEGED INSIDERS
274 “I came back”: David Welna, “Dodd’s First Race Was Call to Service, Legacy,” NPR.org, October 8, 2007, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14694831.
275 In 1967, Thomas Dodd: “The Undoing of Dodd,” Time, May 5, 1967, www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899472-1,00.html.
276 “He said to me”: Elizabeth Bumiller, “Dodd’s Other Campaign: Restoring Dad’s Reputation,” New York Times, September 24, 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/us/politics/24dodd.html.
277 “contrary to good morals”: “The Undoing of Dodd.”
278 Accepting $8,000…2009 dollars: Ibid.
279 “backdoor law practice”: Jack Anderson and Drew Pearson, “The Washington Merry-Go-Round,” Bell McClure Syndicate, March 20, 1967, http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/bit stream/2041/53122/b20f02-0320zdisplay.pdf.
280 For example, according to: Ibid.
281 Another witness: Ibid.
282 the annual salary: Ida Brudnick, “Salaries of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789–2008,” Senate.gov, February 21, 2008, www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/97-1011.pdf.
283 In 1965, it increased: Ibid.
284 “There is an interesting”: Anderson and Pearson, “The Case of Sanford Bomstein,” Bell McClure Syndicate, March 15, 1967, http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/bitstream/2041/53114/b20f02-0315xdisplay.pdf.
285 Dodd’s Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee: Ibid.
286 “received help in the”: Dave Altimari and Matthew Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends,” Hartford Courant, March 15, 2009, www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-doddproperty.artmar15,0,4867366.story.
287 “We were friends”: Ibid.
288 “it would have been”: Ibid.
289 “Mr. Downe Doled Out”: N. R. Kleinfield, “Living Poolside, and Wanting More; Insider-Trading Charges and the Southampton Summer Set,” New York Times, June 16, 1992, www.nytimes.com/1992/06/16/nyregion/living-poolside-wanting-more-insider-trading-charges-southampton-summer-set.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3.
290 Dodd has been: Landon Thomas Jr., “At Hearing, Pointed Questions about What Led to a Bailout,” New York Times, April 4, 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/business/04scene.html?scp=2&sq=edward+downe+pardon&st=nyt.
291 “Having a relationship financially”: Altimari and Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends.”
292 Dodd claims that: Ibid.
293 His salary in 1986: “Senate Salaries since 1789,” Senate.gov, www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/senate_salaries.htm.
294 “had exploited insider trading”: Ronald Sullivan, “S.E.C. Reaches Settlement with Socialite,” New York Times, September 15, 1994, www.nytimes.com/1994/09/15/business/sec-reaches-settlement-with-socialite.html.
295 “the example[s] of Ed’s”: David Lightman, “Dodd Helped Friend Secure Presidential Pardon,” Hartford Courant, February 24, 2001, http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/dodd-and-his-pardon/.
296 personal access: Marc Lacey and Don Van Natta Jr., “Access Proved Vital in Last-Minute Race for Clinton Pardons,” New York Times, February 25, 2001, www.nytimes.com/2001/02/25/us/access-proved-vital-in-last-minute-race-for-clinton-pardons.html?scp=5&sq=edward+ downe+pardon&st=nyt.
297 “bypassed the Justice Department”: Ibid.
298 “Politics rather than”: Ibid.
299 “It would have been”: Altimari and Kauffman, “Chris Dodd: A Few Real Estate Deals among Friends.”
300 William Kessinger was: Kevin Rennie, “Dodd’s ‘Cottage’: A Cozy Purchase,” Hartford Courant, February 22, 2009, www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-rennie0222.artfeb22,0,3796755.column.
301 When the property was sold: Ibid.
302 Dodd told the Hartford Courant: Ibid.
303 “Someone might also”: Ibid.
304 “In 1993, Irish planning”: Kevin Rennie, “Dodd’s Explanations Misleading, Incomplete,” Hartford Courant, March 22, 2009, www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-rennie-dodd-aig-houses0322.artmar22,0,1723577.column.