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Still funneling money into the country despite a post 9/11 crackdown. for instance, a fellow by the name of mangay, the son of an african president smuggled in more than $100 million in cash, mr. mangue did over four years and jennifer douglas who is an american and the wife of a former nigerian vice president allegedly brought in $40 million through off shore accounts. hearings into this loophole start next week. >> in less than two hours this morning, president obama will speak at the annual n...

Thats where senator ensign -- where senator ensign went for counseling and fellowship. >> as did mark sanford. >> with fellow christians. sanford is having an affair with the wife of the aide -- >> ensign you mean. were getting the scandaling intermingled here. theyre looking at this as a source of hip see. this group is known as the family or the fellowship. "the new york times" reports it doesnt have an identifiable internet address or office number, theres no official spokesman. however, they...

Prayer breakfast has been sponsored for the past 50 years. weve seen presidents, both democratic and republican, address at the national prayer breakfast. but in addition to this ugandan controversy, as you were just talking about, the fellowship or the family has also received scrutiny and criticism recently because some of its high-profile members of congress had some very high-profile marital infidelities recently. they include south carolina governor mark sanford as well as nevada senator jo...

Whom i have known through the prayer breakfast, and expressed the strongest concerns about a law being considered in the pair lament of uganda. >> lets bring in jeff charlotte, contributing editor of harpers magazine and author of the book, the family, the secret fundamentalism at the heart of american power. we talked about this with you more than two years ago and did stories about the family and about the c street house and the prayer breakfast and now we see finally some attention at the nat...

Ethical reason in washington, is secrecy the main issue for you? >> an awful lot is secrecy issues. theyre so hidden. doug coe, the head of the family, wont generally get up on the platform at his event because he recognizes it would be a problem if people knew he was associated with it. they have very shadowy fund-raising. its unclear who their donors are, whos supporting this fellowship. then theres the issue of all the politicians, in addition to the ones you named. kansas representative tiah...

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