6DRIVING TOM DASCHLE
44THE SUBPRIME GANG
7PERFORMANCE CZAR NANCY KILLEFER TAKES A DIVE
45RAHM - BO THE RICH
8BAILING OUT AT TREASURY
46LOUIS THE VACUUM CLEANER
9EPA DEPUTY NOMINEE JON CANNON’ S ROUGH WATERS
47GARY THE GOLDMAN SACHS GUY
10CHARLES FREEMAN: AN UN - INTELLIGENT CHOICE
48JIMMY THE MUNI BOND MAN
11CHAPTER 2 - BITTER HALF
49GEORGE THE GENEROUSLY PAID GENERAL COUNSEL
12VALERIE JARRETT: GODMOTHER, CONFIDANTE, SLUMLORD
50MARK THE CORPORATE LOBBYIST
13MRS. O. SCREWS THE POOR
51CHAPTER 7 - SEIU
14DOCTORING THE BIDDING PROCESS
52THE BLAGO - SEIU - OBAMA CONVERGENCE
15EARMARKS AND EDIFICE COMPLEX
53LIVING LARGE IN L . A .
16CORPORATE PERKS FOR ME, BUT NOT FOR THEE
54A SEA OF PURPLE PAYOFFS
17THE OBAMAS AND THE AYERS: VERY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS
55“ THE PERSUASION OF POWER ”
18CHAPTER 3 - VETTING THE VEEP
56CHAPTER 8 - OBAMACORN
19MBNA: MAKING BIDEN’ S NEPOTISM APPARENT
57SEE NO EMBEZZLEMENT, HEAR NO EMBEZZLEMENT, SPEAK NO EMBEZZLEMENT
20MEET THE RAINMAKERS
58OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB
21THE BIDEN FAMILY AND TRIAL LAWYERS: BFF!
59TAX EVADERS ‘R’ US
22BIDEN’S SLEAZY REZKO CONNECTION
60MUSCLE FOR THE MONEY
23RIDING THE RAILS
61CHAPTER 9 - THE CLINTONS
24CHAPTER 4 - MEET THE MESS
62LIAR, LIAR, PANTSUIT ON FIRE
25CIA INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR LEON PANETTA: LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND ENTRENCHED
63TRANSPARENCY AND TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
26COMMERCE SECRETARY GARY LOCKE: CHINAGATE-TAINTED, INTEREST - CONFLICTED CRONY
64COSMIC TIES
27HUD’ S NO. 2 MAN RON SIMS: ENEMY OF TRANSPARENCY
65ADVENTURES IN KAZAKHSTAN
28ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER: CRIME-CODDLING CORPORATE LAWYER
66PAYING AND PLAYING AT HOME
29U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE RON KIRK: TAX CHEAT
67THE BOTTOM OF HILLARY’ S BARREL
30HHS SECRETARY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS: THE NOMINEE WHO COULDN’T COUNT
68EPILOGUE
31LABOR SECRETARY HILDA SOLIS: SELF-LOBBYING UNION LACKEY
69* AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION *
32TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD: EARMARK MAN
70Acknowledgements
33EPA CHIEF LISA JACKSON: CLEAN AS SHE SAYS, NOT AS SHE CLEANS
71NOTES (pt. 1)
34CHAPTER 5 - BACKROOM BUDDIES
72NOTES (pt. 2)
35CAROL BROWNER: ETHICALLY CHALLENGED ENERGY CZAR
73NOTES (pt. 3)
36ADOLFO CARRIÓN : ETHICALLY STAINED URBAN CZAR
74NOTES (pt. 4)
37NANCY DEPARLE: HEALTH CZAR WITH DEEP CORPORATE TIES
75INDEX
38STEVE “ CHOOCH ” RATTNER: THE AUTO CZAR’S SHADY TINSELTOWN TRADE
