Bad Omen
Obama Names Lawyer Linked to Chicago Scandals 

Washington Times-- November 16  Valerie Bowman Jarrett (NY Times photo) Obama team taps three for key positions -- Jarrett will be adviser     President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday morning said that Valerie Jarrett, a longtime family friend and close counselor with a long history in Chicago politics, will serve as a senior White House adviser. Judicial Watch-- November 14 Obama Advisor Valerie Jarrett Linked to Real Estate Scandals     Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents linking Valerie Jarrett, an advisor to Barack Obama and the co-chairman of the President-Elect's transition team, to a series of real estate scandals, including several housing projects operated by convicted felon and Obama fundraiser/friend Antoin "Tony" Rezko. [...]     "Like Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett is a product of the corrupt Chicago political machine. And it is no stretch to say that she was a slumlord," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "We have real concerns about Jarrett's ethics. Washington already has plenty of corruption. We don't need to import more of it from Chicago."