OT ABRAMOFF AND NEY, SO HAPPY TOGETHER

Ney and Abramoff Were Close.

"In their heyday, he and Abramoff played golf together, traveled
together, philosophized together.
Ney was one of the few elected officials Abramoff invited to the Bar
Mitzvah of one of his three sons." [Vanity Fair, April 2006]

Ney Helped Abramoff.

"According to the plea agreement, Ney threw a lucrative contract to an
Abramoff client, intervened with agencies and offices to seek favors
for other Abramoff interests, helped a relative of one of Abramoff's
Russian clients obtain an American visa, agreed to introduce
legislation that would help reopen the Tigua casino, and, to assist
Abramoff in buying the SunCruz line, read two statements into the
Congressional Record, one in which he described Abramoff's main partner
in that deal, Adam Kidan-a man who'd been disbarred, declared
bankruptcy, and had Mob ties-as a man of the utmost integrity." [Vanity
Fair, April 2006]