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Home Front: Politix
Gorelick intel wall erected to hinder Clinton-sellout-to-Chicoms investigation?
2004-04-29
Again via LGF comments; EFL. Not sure what category this belongs in.
This one is fine, Fifth Column would have been okay as well.
A senior U.S. government official has told CNSNews.com that the 1995 memo written by former Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick and currently at issue in the 9/11 Commission’s investigation of U.S. intelligence failures, also created "a roadblock" to the probe of the 1996 Clinton re-election campaign fundraising scandal.

The CNSNews.com sources question whether the guidelines purportedly put in place by Gorelick in 1995 for Justice Department investigations were actually intended to shield President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and top Democratic campaign fundraisers from the subsequent congressional investigations of the illegal fundraising activities.
Surprise meter: zero.
The fundraising investigation involved the Clinton campaign’s alleged acceptance of donations from operatives working for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as well as other foreign sources. Another DoD official, who requested anonymity, explained in an interview with CNSNews.com that, "the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) used front companies to buy U.S. defense high technology and influence in the U.S. government." In many cases, the source said, "the operatives were dealing directly with the White House."
Posted by:someone

#5  This is also interesting in light of the recent (last year IIRC) case of several FBI agents sleeping with a Chinese woman who was a double agent (or triple agent, it was a complicated case).
Posted by: Spot   2004-04-29 9:02:43 AM  

#4  Realistically, it would be no easier to prove intent in this case than proving the Marc Rich pardon was a quid-pro-quo.

Interestingly enough a wall between the CIA and FBI had an equally negative impact on the Kobar Tower, Cole and Embassy bombing investigations.

With respect personal involvement, Goerlick played a significant role in the investigations for the OK City bombing and the crash of TWA 800. If it turns out that Middle Eastern terrorists were involved in either event, Clinton's "legacy" will be making RM Nixon appear to be an excellent president.
We may discover something about Oklahoma in the upcoming trial. We won't learn more about TWA 800 for thirty or more years. The other DNC appointees will protect Gorelick and the previous administration from scrutiny unless something really ugly is turned up or more information is declassified - certainly not about TWA 800 which would be a black eye for both administrations, Kerry and just about everybody else in government. A terrorist connection to TWA 800 would be terminal for Al Gore. Based on actions he took in watering down the findings in his Commission, he would be best served to blow his own brains out before "John Clark" reaches his house.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-04-29 5:52:07 AM  

#3  I waiting for the photo of the Bust of Bubba outside the Chinese Missile factory.

Will he be smoking the cigar?
Posted by: BigEd   2004-04-29 2:42:13 AM  

#2  Clinton wanted a legacy. He got his on 911.
Posted by: B   2004-04-29 2:01:02 AM  

#1  Lesson One: If the DIM Party does not want some anal orifice with damning information to be called to testify before a "bipartisan" commission, the DIMs appoint the anal orifice to represent the party on the commission. Lesson Two: This will not work for Republicans. If Gorelick were a Republican, she would have already been villified in the news media, discharged from the commission, been forced to testify publicly with live coverage by cable AND the ABCNBCCBS Network, and subjected to brutal accusatory questioning by self-described war criminal Bob Kerrey who kept calling her Dick Clarke.
Posted by: Garrison   2004-04-29 12:53:19 AM  

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