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Redirecting to "Dick" Shelby seems backwards. History and current media exclusively refer to him as "Richard" Shelby. Seeing that Richard M. Nixon isn't under Dick Nixon, would seem to suggest that this page get put back to Richard Shelby, with Dick Shelby redirecting to there. --Sturmde 20:41, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Sturmde's recommendation. I have made the necessary changes. --Ewbrown 20:32, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to be fixed yet. I changed the title over his picture though to Richard. -- Anonymous 15:35, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tenet and Shelby

While looking to see if George Tenet had ever been a lobbyist for a Greek-American association (an assertion for which I can find no evidence), every news report I found said that Shelby had been hostile to Tenet since 1998 over the CIA's failure to warn of India's nuclear tests, and other issues. Further, Shelby was on the record as having strongly recommended the Bush Administration replace Tenet soon after the 2000 election, and that Shelby had been calling for Tenet's replacement ever since 9/11.

Although Shelby's opposition to Lake is a matter of public record, specific sources are needed for the material linking Tenet and Shelby as allies if it is to be considered anything but original research. Willhsmit 22:14, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Possible additional controversy: Shelby and Tuscaloosa Title Co. and the Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee

A recent Forbes article on the anti-competitive nature (read: 'scam') in the title insurance industry (http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1113/148_print.html) talks about Shelby's role as the chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee in suffocating a proposed rule that would increase the competitiveness of an industry that he is a direct beneficiary of. See also http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/reilly042403.html.

So here you have a senator earning between $100,000 to $1,000,000 per year in dividends alone from a title insurer who voted against title insurance reform?? Please tell me this qualifies as a controversy!

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