Columnist resigned after ...he took payments from the lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for writing columns favorable to his clients

Columnist Admits Being Paid, Resigns From Cato Institute… | The Huffington Post: "New York Times | ANNE E. KORNBLUT | Posted December 17, 2005 12:05 AM | READ MORE: Jack Abramoff

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 - A senior scholar at the Cato Institute, the respected libertarian research organization, has resigned after revelations that he took payments from the lobbyist Jack Abramoff in exchange for writing columns favorable to his clients.

The scholar, Doug Bandow, who wrote a column for the Copley News Service in addition to serving as a Cato fellow, acknowledged to executives at the organization that he had taken money from Mr. Abramoff after he was confronted about the payments by a reporter from BusinessWeek Online. ...