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| Indicted Mooslim ex-aide worked for Emanuel 10 months after FBI interview |
| 2013-08-19 |
| [Chicago Tribune] Former Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad kept working for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration for more than 10 months after a meeting in which FBI officials said he lied to them to try to cover up a kickback scheme during his time as Ohio’s deputy treasurer. Kickback schemes? Illinois? Ohio? Say it isn't so. Emanuel aides contend the mayor didn’t know about the comptroller’s federal heat until news surfaced of Ahmad’s indictment Thursday. That’s about three weeks after the administration announced Ahmad’s abrupt departure from City Hall. Asked Friday what Ahmad told the mayor when he left, Emanuel spokeswoman Sarah Hamilton said, “(Ahmad) said he wanted to return to the private sector.” Mooslim brotherhood friendly you say? Comes as a total sahprize. Weeze didn't know nuttin. |
| Posted by:Omulet Whavitch3107 |
| #6 Grant money appears to be the key. The list of unsavory characters goes on. Eric Whitaker met Barack Obama when both were graduate students at Harvard—Obama at the law school; Whitaker, studying for his master’s in public health. The friendship, which started on the basketball court, endured. Whitaker was one of 11 who celebrated the President’s 52nd birthday last week with a golf game at Andrews Air Force Base followed by celebrations at Camp David. Whitaker and his wife, Cheryl—also a physician who practiced, in the late ‘90s at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she became a close friend and gym workout buddy of Michelle Obama—often accompany the Obamas on vacations in Martha’s Vineyard and Hawaii. Friends in low places ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-19 07:46 |
| #5 Hmm, those University of Chicago hospitals sure seem to attract some unsavory characters... eh, Doc? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-08-19 06:09 |
| #4 Good work, Besoeker. I've been enjoying your submissions lately. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-19 05:59 |
| #3 Arete appears to be a research grant architect and money raising entity. The 'Team' page provides good background. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-19 04:15 |
| #2 Wife Samar also has cool Univ Chicago job. Samar Kaukab Ahmad is the associate director of Strategic Foundation Initiatives at the University of Chicago. In her role, Ahmad serves as Research Strategist for Arete, an innovative research accelerator program led by the Office of the Vice President for Research in collaboration with the UniversityÂ’s Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Concentrating on large-scale, multidisciplinary, and cross-divisional projects, Ahmad provides faculty support throughout the life of a given project, including the conceptual stage, the organizing and leading of teams, identifying and pursuing large-scale funding opportunities, proposal development, and institutional planning. Other Chicago Hyde Park notables. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-19 03:54 |
| #1 Link to public servant Amer Ahmad's bio: Yes, that is the same Univ of Chicago Hospital where Valerie Jarrett is trustee and FLOTUS had a nifty job. Amer and his wife Samar Kaukab Ahmad co-founded SalamCorps, a community service organization promoting civic engagement through volunteer service projects. In addition, Amer and Samar established The Safa Ahmad Fund for Children at the University of Chicago Comer ChildrenÂ’s Hospital to benefit the Child Life and Education programs at the hospital. Huffpo link |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-19 03:20 |