Randy Cunningham Bibliography

• Legal and Political Documents
• Newspaper Articles
• Letters, Interviews, and Other Sources
• Books
• Web Resources for Further Research

Legal and Political Documents

• “Flying Below Radar: What Your Congressman [Randy “Duke” Cunningham] Doesn’t Want You to Know!” (1994) by Rita K. Tamerius (1.8MB PDF)
• Plea Agreement between Duke Cunningham and the U.S. Attorney, November 28, 2005. In this document Cunningham admits to taking bribes to help a defense contractor get defense contract. Cunningham forfeits his ill-gotten real and personal property.
• Government's Sentencing Memorandum, February 17, 2006 (1.9MB PDF) This document reviews Cunningham's crimes and recommends a 10-year sentence.

Newspaper Articles

The main sources are clippings from the The San Diego Union-Tribune. and the North County Times, both politically-conservative newspapers in Cunningham’s district. Articles since 2000 are available online for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Articles since 2000 are also available online for the North County Times.

• Recent news about Duke Cunningham in the San Diego Union-Tribune
• Recent news about Duke Cunningham in the North County Times
• Cunningham articles in Josh Marshall's TalkingPointsMemo.com blog


• Guns: “Cunningham an NRA funding favorite.” Union-Tribune, 4 May 1999.
• Drugs: Articles about Mr. Cunningham seeking the death penalty for drug dealers, then pleading leniency for his son Todd, who was trafficking marijuana. Union-Tribune, 17 April 1994 to 24 November 1998.
Cunningham swears and uses obscene gesture against a Vietnam veteran heckling him at a forum Union-Tribune, 9 to 10 September 1998
• Yacht: Article about Mr. Cunningham’s yacht, Kelly C, and securing $3 million in federal money to refurbish the waterfront around his yacht. Union-Tribune, 15 November 1998.
• Mr. Cunningham used foul language (B.S.) with the Secretary of the Army, who was trying to prevent sexual assaults on women. Union-Tribune, 11 March 1998.
• Cunningham helps contributor ADCS win defense contract. Union-Tribune, 15 December 1997.
• Cunningham challenges Rep. Obey to a fight on the House floor. Union-Tribune, 17 June 1994.
• Cunningham brags he can disintegrate Congress in a half-a-second. Union-Tribune, 7 May 1994.
• Cunningham is a loose cannon. Union-Tribune, 26 October 1992.
• Background on Cunningham’s 1992 race for Congress, redistricting, and primary fight. North County Blade-Citizen, 11 October 1992.
• Cunningham’s threats to shoot Democrats and war protesters; opposing candidates call Cunningham unethical. North County Blade-Citizen, 10 October 1992.
• Cunningham debuts as a candidate by sending racist hate mail that unfairly associates his Republican Arab-American opponent with Libyan strongman Gadhafi. Union-Tribune, 30 May 1990.

Letters, Interviews, and Other Sources

• Remarks by Cunningham before a U. S. History class in Encinitas, California (8/8/2004)
• Duke Cunningham Interview on Dangers of the Internet (Election day, 11/3/1998)
• Dolphin-deadly bill, co-sponsored by Cunningham (1996)
• Letter by Michael McAdams. Correcting inaccurate remarks by Cunningham on the Serbs in Yugoslovia (12/17/1997)

Books

• One Day in a Long War (Random House, 1989) by Jeffrey Ethell and Alfred Price. These authors look into the question about who really piloted the MiG-17 that Randy Cunningham shot down.
• Fall from Glory: The Men Who Sank the U.S. Navy (Simon & Schuster 1996; reprinted 1997) by Gregory L. Vistica. Reports Mr. Cunningham’s involvement as Member of the Board of the notorious "Tailhook" gang.
• Clashes: Air Combat Over North Vietnam, (Naval Institute Press, 1997) by Marshall L. Michel III, a retired Air Force pilot. Cunningham is not mentioned; but good for background information.
• Air War over North Vietnam: The Vietnamese People's Air Force 1949-1975 (Squadron/Signal Publications, 1998). by Istvân Toperczer. Air war in Vietnam from a North Vietnamese viewpoint, based on official Vietnamese records. Explains the "Colonel Tomb" myth. Istvân Toperczer is a flight surgeon with the Hungarian Air Force. A review at Amazon.com says that this book is a slightly-edited translation of the official Lich Su Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam or History of the People's Air Force of Vietnam (Vietnam, 1993)

Web Resources for Further Research

• Project Vote Smart, www.vote-smart.org, maintains non-partisan information on political candidates, including a biography on Mr. Cunningham, with links to Campaign Finances, Voting Record, and other useful details.
• OpenSecrets.org tracks political contributions, including contributions to Mr. Cunningham’s campaigns and personal finances.
• The Congressional Record, which has proceedings of the House of Representatives is searchable online at http://thomas.loc.gov/
• Last, but not least, my website, The Unauthorized Randy “Duke” Cunningham Page, www.dukecunningham.org. This is an independent website that’s a satire of Mr. Cunningham and provides factual information on the congressman.

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