Recall, too, that during the time of Ms. Gorelick's 1995 memo, the issue causing the most tension between the Reno-Gorelick Justice Department and Director Freeh's FBI was not counterterrorism but widely reported allegations of contributions to the Clinton-Gore campaign from foreign sources, involving the likes of John Huang and Charlie Trie. Mr. Trie later told investigators that between 1994 and 1996 he raised some $1.2 million, much of it from foreign sources, whose identities were hidden by straw donors. Ms. Gorelick resigned as deputy attorney general in 1997 to become vice chairman of Fannie Mae.
Thank you for posting this quidnunc.
It occurs to me after reading all of this damning evidence of the shenanigans going on during the Clinton administration that had Clinton not been so concerned with covering up his illegal activities, i.e., fundraising, Monica, etc. and legacy-building, this "wall" would never have been so disasterously implemented, and 3,000 people would still be alive today.
The thought of that makes me weep for this country. Their goals were never to make this country safer, better, stronger, but to make themselves richer and more powerful.