. >> peter schweizer argues contrary to popular belief big money interests do not control politicians. he says that it's the politicians who extort money from corporations and other wealthy groups noting that members of congress often introduce legislation for no other reason than to get donations from groups that will be impacted by it. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] thank you for the warm introduction. i actually got originally involved in the young america's foundation i have an interest in the national security affairs, which i still have it actually ran across a very important news item today that i guess was encouraging. typically the cia has developed a new covert operation to underline al qaeda. i don't know if you have read this. it is a plan that is going to basically be straight recruiting that's going to disrupt the operations and it's going to bankrupt your organization. it's actually a very simple plan. the cia is going to handle the white house to design the al qaeda website. [applause] [laughter] well, i don't need to tell this audience that washington dc and in

if you have a campaign committee like friends of peter schweizer you are running for congress, there are tight restrictions in what you can or cannot use the money for. i couldn't take my kids to disney world in the middle of a congressional campaign and have my campaign committee pay for it. that would be against the law. jesse jackson jr. is in jail today in part because he was using campaign funds for personal household items. leadership pacs are a little different. leadership pacs don't have according to the sec those kinds of restrictions so you find instances where a congressman decides to take his family to scotland and had his leadership pact paid for the entire trip or you find other individuals who enjoy golfing so they use the leadership pac funds to go to the best golf and resorts in the world. the point is when you think of money and politics and people raising money for politics it is not just about election and reelection, sometimes with some candidates it is about lifestyle subsidy. the criticism i always get from people is they get terribly depressed and angry and i

. >> peter schweizer argues contrary to popular belief big money interests do not control politicianshe says that it's the politicians who extort money from corporations and other wealthy groups noting that members of congress often introduce legislation for no other reason than to get donations from groups that will be impacted by it. this isab

. >> peter schweizer argues contrary to popular belief big money interests do not control politiciansys that it's the politicians who extort money from corporations and other wealthy groups noting that members of congress often introduce legislation for no other reason than to get donations from groups that will be impacted by it. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] thank you for the warm introduction. i actually got originally involved in the young america's foundation i have an interest in the national security affairs, which i still have it actually ran across a very important news item today that i guess was encouraging. typically the cia has developed a new covert operation to underline al qaeda. i don't know if you have read this. it is a plan that is going to basically be straight recruiting that's going to disrupt the operations and it's going to bankrupt your organization. it's actually a very simple plan. the cia is going to handle the white house to design the al qaeda website. [applause] [laughter] well, i don't need to tell this audience that washington dc and in fact th

if you have a campaign committee like friends of peter schweizer there are restrictions what you can and can't use the money for. i couldn't take my kids to disney world in the middle of the campaign and have my committee pay for it. jesse jackson junior is in jail today in part because he was using campaign funds for personal household items. but leadership pacs are a little bit different. you see, leadership pacs don't have, according to the fec to those kind of restructuring. so you find instances where a congressman decides to take his family to scotland and have his leadership pac pay for the entire trip. or you find other individuals who enjoy golfing so they used a leadership pac funds to purchase some of the best golfing resorts in the world. the point is when you think of money in politics and people raising money for politics it is not only just about election and reelection. sometimes with some candidates it's also about a lifestyle subsidy. the criticism i always get from people when they read my books is they get terribly depressed and angry. and i guess i just have that