1Epigraph
37NANCY DEPARLE: HEALTH CZAR WITH DEEP CORPORATE TIES
2Foreword
38STEVE “ CHOOCH ” RATTNER: THE AUTO CZAR’S SHADY TINSELTOWN TRADE
3* BONUS CHAPTER FOR THE PAPERBACK EDITION *
39TECHNOLOGY CZAR VIVEK KUNDRA: PETTY THIEF, CLUELESS CHIEF
4CHAPTER 1 - ONWS
40CHAPTER 6 - MONEY MEN
5THE RISE AND FALL OF “ DOLLAR BILL” RICHARDSON
41LARRY THE HEDGE FUND MANAGER
6DRIVING TOM DASCHLE
42TIMMY THE TAX - CHEATING, BAILOUT - BUNGLING BUREAUCRAT
7PERFORMANCE CZAR NANCY KILLEFER TAKES A DIVE
43IN CAHOOTS WITH CITICORP
8BAILING OUT AT TREASURY
44THE SUBPRIME GANG
9EPA DEPUTY NOMINEE JON CANNON’ S ROUGH WATERS
45RAHM - BO THE RICH
10CHARLES FREEMAN: AN UN - INTELLIGENT CHOICE
46LOUIS THE VACUUM CLEANER
11CHAPTER 2 - BITTER HALF
47GARY THE GOLDMAN SACHS GUY
12VALERIE JARRETT: GODMOTHER, CONFIDANTE, SLUMLORD
48JIMMY THE MUNI BOND MAN
13MRS. O. SCREWS THE POOR
49GEORGE THE GENEROUSLY PAID GENERAL COUNSEL
14DOCTORING THE BIDDING PROCESS
50MARK THE CORPORATE LOBBYIST
15EARMARKS AND EDIFICE COMPLEX
51CHAPTER 7 - SEIU
16CORPORATE PERKS FOR ME, BUT NOT FOR THEE
52THE BLAGO - SEIU - OBAMA CONVERGENCE
17THE OBAMAS AND THE AYERS: VERY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS
53LIVING LARGE IN L . A .
18CHAPTER 3 - VETTING THE VEEP
54A SEA OF PURPLE PAYOFFS
19MBNA: MAKING BIDEN’ S NEPOTISM APPARENT
55“ THE PERSUASION OF POWER ”
20MEET THE RAINMAKERS
56CHAPTER 8 - OBAMACORN
21THE BIDEN FAMILY AND TRIAL LAWYERS: BFF!
57SEE NO EMBEZZLEMENT, HEAR NO EMBEZZLEMENT, SPEAK NO EMBEZZLEMENT
22BIDEN’S SLEAZY REZKO CONNECTION
58OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB
23RIDING THE RAILS
59TAX EVADERS ‘R’ US
24CHAPTER 4 - MEET THE MESS
60MUSCLE FOR THE MONEY
25CIA INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR LEON PANETTA: LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND ENTRENCHED
61CHAPTER 9 - THE CLINTONS
26COMMERCE SECRETARY GARY LOCKE: CHINAGATE-TAINTED, INTEREST - CONFLICTED CRONY
62LIAR, LIAR, PANTSUIT ON FIRE
27HUD’ S NO. 2 MAN RON SIMS: ENEMY OF TRANSPARENCY
63TRANSPARENCY AND TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
28ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER: CRIME-CODDLING CORPORATE LAWYER
64COSMIC TIES
29U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE RON KIRK: TAX CHEAT
65ADVENTURES IN KAZAKHSTAN
30HHS SECRETARY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS: THE NOMINEE WHO COULDN’T COUNT
66PAYING AND PLAYING AT HOME
31LABOR SECRETARY HILDA SOLIS: SELF-LOBBYING UNION LACKEY
67THE BOTTOM OF HILLARY’ S BARREL
32TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RAY LAHOOD: EARMARK MAN
68EPILOGUE
33EPA CHIEF LISA JACKSON: CLEAN AS SHE SAYS, NOT AS SHE CLEANS
69* AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION *
34CHAPTER 5 - BACKROOM BUDDIES
70Acknowledgements
35CAROL BROWNER: ETHICALLY CHALLENGED ENERGY CZAR
71NOTES
36ADOLFO CARRIÓN : ETHICALLY STAINED URBAN CZAR
72INDEX