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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/clinton-to-accept-secretary-of-state-job/?hp
Consider this, folks ...
Hillary was co-President (that's what Clinton called her) during an administration that saw over 100 people flee the United States just to avoid questioning in a scandal (called both Chinagate and also CampaignFinanceGate) involving the selling of access to US secrets and technology in exchange for millions of dollars in illegal foreign campaign contributions ... much of it from Red China. Hillary was directly implicated by Johnny Chung in receiving some of the illegal funds (in brown paper bags, no less). Nolanda Hill testified that Ron Brown, who was killed in a plane crash during a trade mission to Bosnia, admitted to her that Hillary Clinton conceived of the scheme to sell trade mission seats.
Hillary was directly implicated in a scheme (called FileGate) to illegally access thousands of raw FBI data files on political opponents (mostly republicans) and illegally transfer that information into DNC computer data bases (presumably for use in blackmailing and smearing those opponents). She publicly denied knowing Craig Livingstone who was head of White House Security at the time and who was involved in obtaining the files from the FBI. Yet there are numerous photos of her in friendly and close proximity to Livingstone and there is sworn testimony by an FBI agent that Nussbaum said Livingstone was recommended for the job by Hillary. Deborah Perroy, a White House staffer, also testified to this. And Livingstone himself later admitted she hired him. Yet Hillary claimed she didn't even know him.
Sworn testimony also indicates Hillary was the mastermind behind this highly illegal scheme (FileGate) and was present at many points during the transfer of the material to the DNC and White House computers. Linda Tripp testified she overheard William Kennedy, former Rose Law Firm partner of Hillary Clinton and then associate White House counsel, and Marsha Scott, the first lady's confidante, discussing Hillary Clinton's plan to share the FBI files on a computer database with the Democratic National Committee.
To this day we don't know what happened to the material that was transferred to those computers. We only know that Kennedy even took FBI files home (another violation of the law, by the way) and was seen loading them onto his laptop at the kitchen table (according to sworn testimony by his wife). In fact, according to Special Prosecutor Ray, the illegal files were still in White House hands years after Kenneth Starr told the public they'd been returned to the FBI.
And just to illustrate how serious this scandal really was, prior to Filegate a person went to jail for 10 years for illegally accessing a single FBI file. Of course, under the Clinton DOJ (what a misnomer), no one went to jail even lost their job, and Hillary was hardly even questioned.
Hillary was directly implicated in a coverup involving the possible murder of Vince Foster. The day Vince Foster was found dead, it was Livingstone who was dispatched to the morgue along with Associate White House Counsel Bill Kennedy to identify Foster's body. Circumstantial evidence certainly suggests Livingstone planted Foster's car keys in one of Foster's pants pockets during the morgue visit. The keys were retrieved later by Park Police who had already searched Foster's pockets at the scene and found nothing. Livingstone was also spotted at the White House the next morning by Secret Service agent Bruce Abbott, who claims he saw Livingstone and an unidentified partner removing a box of files and a briefcase from an area near Foster's office. It is known for a fact that her personal secretary went into Foster's office after his body was found and it was sealed by Park Police to remove boxes of material. Hillary was also the one of the first to see the so-called suicide note and there is testimony that she ordered staff not to tell Bill about it.
And of course, that isn't all. I could list MANY other scandals she was personally involved in both before, during and after Clinton's Presidency.
Yet this women is going to be Secretary of State? Oh yeah, CHANGE.
November 21, 2008, 2:35 pm
Clinton Is Said to Opt for Secretary of State Position
By Peter Baker
Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her the public face around the world for the administration of the man who beat her for the Democratic presidential nomination, two confidants said Friday.
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As secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton will have a powerful platform to travel the world and help repair relations with other countries strained after eight years of President Bush’s policies.
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Mrs. Clinton would bring a distinctive background to the State Department. As first lady, she traveled the world for eight years, visiting more than 80 countries, not only meeting with foreign leaders but also villages, clinics and other remote areas that rarely get on a president’s itinerary.
Consider this, folks ...
Hillary was co-President (that's what Clinton called her) during an administration that saw over 100 people flee the United States just to avoid questioning in a scandal (called both Chinagate and also CampaignFinanceGate) involving the selling of access to US secrets and technology in exchange for millions of dollars in illegal foreign campaign contributions ... much of it from Red China. Hillary was directly implicated by Johnny Chung in receiving some of the illegal funds (in brown paper bags, no less). Nolanda Hill testified that Ron Brown, who was killed in a plane crash during a trade mission to Bosnia, admitted to her that Hillary Clinton conceived of the scheme to sell trade mission seats.
Hillary was directly implicated in a scheme (called FileGate) to illegally access thousands of raw FBI data files on political opponents (mostly republicans) and illegally transfer that information into DNC computer data bases (presumably for use in blackmailing and smearing those opponents). She publicly denied knowing Craig Livingstone who was head of White House Security at the time and who was involved in obtaining the files from the FBI. Yet there are numerous photos of her in friendly and close proximity to Livingstone and there is sworn testimony by an FBI agent that Nussbaum said Livingstone was recommended for the job by Hillary. Deborah Perroy, a White House staffer, also testified to this. And Livingstone himself later admitted she hired him. Yet Hillary claimed she didn't even know him.
Sworn testimony also indicates Hillary was the mastermind behind this highly illegal scheme (FileGate) and was present at many points during the transfer of the material to the DNC and White House computers. Linda Tripp testified she overheard William Kennedy, former Rose Law Firm partner of Hillary Clinton and then associate White House counsel, and Marsha Scott, the first lady's confidante, discussing Hillary Clinton's plan to share the FBI files on a computer database with the Democratic National Committee.
To this day we don't know what happened to the material that was transferred to those computers. We only know that Kennedy even took FBI files home (another violation of the law, by the way) and was seen loading them onto his laptop at the kitchen table (according to sworn testimony by his wife). In fact, according to Special Prosecutor Ray, the illegal files were still in White House hands years after Kenneth Starr told the public they'd been returned to the FBI.
And just to illustrate how serious this scandal really was, prior to Filegate a person went to jail for 10 years for illegally accessing a single FBI file. Of course, under the Clinton DOJ (what a misnomer), no one went to jail even lost their job, and Hillary was hardly even questioned.
Hillary was directly implicated in a coverup involving the possible murder of Vince Foster. The day Vince Foster was found dead, it was Livingstone who was dispatched to the morgue along with Associate White House Counsel Bill Kennedy to identify Foster's body. Circumstantial evidence certainly suggests Livingstone planted Foster's car keys in one of Foster's pants pockets during the morgue visit. The keys were retrieved later by Park Police who had already searched Foster's pockets at the scene and found nothing. Livingstone was also spotted at the White House the next morning by Secret Service agent Bruce Abbott, who claims he saw Livingstone and an unidentified partner removing a box of files and a briefcase from an area near Foster's office. It is known for a fact that her personal secretary went into Foster's office after his body was found and it was sealed by Park Police to remove boxes of material. Hillary was also the one of the first to see the so-called suicide note and there is testimony that she ordered staff not to tell Bill about it.
And of course, that isn't all. I could list MANY other scandals she was personally involved in both before, during and after Clinton's Presidency.
Yet this women is going to be Secretary of State? Oh yeah, CHANGE.
