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}}'''''The Mafia, CIA and George Bush''''' is an [[expose of George H. W. Bush‎|expose]] of [[George H. W. Bush‎]].
 
}}'''''The Mafia, CIA and George Bush''''' is an [[expose of George H. W. Bush‎|expose]] of [[George H. W. Bush‎]].
  
 
==Content==
 
==Content==
The book is based on Brewton's investigations of [[Texas]] [[businessmen]], [[politician]]s, and their connections to the [[1980s]] [[Savings and loan fraud]].<ref>http://unwelcomeguests.net/732</ref><ref name=Bethell>{{cite news|last1=Bethell|first1=James|title=Once he was a `billionaire': now divorce has put him in jail;John Dick|url=http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/318053570/fulltext/4BB7CCAFCD244FD0PQ/1?accountid=10226|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=Times of London|date=19 December 1993}}</ref> The book grew out of an 8-part investigative reporting series that ran in the [[Houston Post]], a series that the [[Seattle Times]] columnist [[John Hinterberger]] described as "a bombshell series backed up by eight months of investigation."<ref name=Hinterberger>{{cite news|last1=Hinterberger|first1=John|title=Who Will Ask Hard Quesiton: Where Is It All?|url=http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/384718857/87123DDA160F4C02PQ/8?accountid=10226|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=Seattle Times|date=12 August 1990}}</ref> The series won the Galvaston Press Club award for best investigative series.<ref name=Galveston>{{cite news|title=GDN Photographer Rizzo's Work Wins First Place|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13844845/|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=Galvaston Daily News|date=29 March 1990}}</ref> In 1991 PEN awarded the Journalism prize to Brewton,  "Awarded for his series on the Savings & Loan scandal," in the Houston Post.<ref name=PENcenter>{{cite web|title=past winners|url=https://www.penusa.org/awards/winners|website=penusa.org|publisher=Pen Center USA|accessdate=13 May 2015}}</ref>
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The book is based on Brewton's investigations of [[Texas]] [[businessmen]], [[politician]]s, and their connections to the [[1980s]] [[Savings and loan fraud]].<ref>http://unwelcomeguests.net/732</ref><ref>http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/318053570/fulltext/4BB7CCAFCD244FD0PQ/1?accountid=10226</ref> The book grew out of an 8-part investigative reporting series that ran in the [[Houston Post]], a series that the [[Seattle Times]] columnist [[John Hinterberger]] described as "a bombshell series backed up by eight months of investigation."<ref>http://search.proquest.com/news/docview/384718857/87123DDA160F4C02PQ/8?accountid=10226</ref> The series won the Galvaston Press Club award for best investigative series.<ref>http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13844845/</ref> In 1991 PEN awarded the Journalism prize to Brewton,  "Awarded for his series on the Savings & Loan scandal," in the Houston Post.<ref>https://www.penusa.org/awards/winners</ref>
 
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Publication.png The Mafia CIA and George Bush
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Typebook
Publication date1992
Author(s)Pete Brewton
SubjectsThe Mafia,  CIA,  GHWB,  Savings and Loan Fraud,  USDS
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An early expose (1992) of George H. W. Bush

The Mafia, CIA and George Bush is an expose of George H. W. Bush‎.

Content

The book is based on Brewton's investigations of Texas businessmen, politicians, and their connections to the 1980s Savings and loan fraud.[1][2] The book grew out of an 8-part investigative reporting series that ran in the Houston Post, a series that the Seattle Times columnist John Hinterberger described as "a bombshell series backed up by eight months of investigation."[3] The series won the Galvaston Press Club award for best investigative series.[4] In 1991 PEN awarded the Journalism prize to Brewton, "Awarded for his series on the Savings & Loan scandal," in the Houston Post.[5]

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