First Bush/Abramoff Photo Surfaces

The NY Times has a look at the first photo to leak...

Photograph Shows Lobbyist at Bush Meeting With Legislators

...By itself, the picture hardly seems worthy of the White House's efforts to keep it out of the public eye. Mr. Abramoff, a leading Republican fund-raiser who pleaded guilty last month to conspiring to corrupt public officials, is little more than a blurry, bearded figure in the background at a gathering of about two dozen people.

But it provides a window, albeit an opaque one, into Mr. Abramoff's efforts to sell himself to Indian tribes as a man of influence who could open the most secure doors in Washington to them. And it leaves unanswered questions about how Mr. Abramoff and the tribal leader, whom he was trying to sign as a client, gained access to a meeting with the president on the White House grounds that was ostensibly for a group of state legislators who were supporting Mr. Bush's 2001 tax cut plan...

Definitely not the most revealing picture, but Abramoff's presence there speaks volumes.

By the way, according to one poll anyway, people find Abramoff's version of events more credible than Bush's. And that's sad. Also, new court filings link three more congressman to Mr. Abramoff.

Finally- The LA Times has details on just what a scumbag this man is:
Abramoff's Charity Began at Home

The lobbyist admits he used nonprofits to evade taxes, pad his pockets and bribe officials.

UPDATE:
Time magazine has more details on the photo... including quotes from Abramoff himself.