Posted on 09/13/2007 4:16:31 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
The saga of the scandal-plagued Democratic fundraiser with ties to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took another strange twist after he mailed a suicide note last week to a legal organization.
A person who saw the letter said Thursday that the note from Hong Kong-born Norman Hsu explicitly stated that he "intended to commit suicide." The person declined to reveal the exact phrasing, but said it was not rambling in nature.
The individual spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about it.
The letter arrived at the New York offices of the Innocence Project as Hsu was in the midst of a bizarre legal odyssey stemming from a 1991 grand theft case. Hsu has been wanted as a fugitive for missing his sentencing in the case. He failed to show up for a bail hearing last week in California and was arrested at a Colorado hospital after being taken off an Amtrak train.
Hsu was a leading money "bundler" for Clinton, earning the title of HillRaiser for his efforts. Her campaign is returning $850,000 in contributions linked to Hsu.
In custody in Colorado, Hsu was expected to say Thursday whether he intends to fight extradition to California, where he faces sentencing in the 1991 case. A state court hearing was scheduled, with Hsu appearing via video from jail, which is standard procedure.
Hsu was booked into jail Wednesday night after being released from a hospital. Officials have declined to say why he was hospitalized but emphasized Thursday he was not under suicide watch in jail.
Innocence Project officials would not provide the specific details of the letter, but spokesman Eric Ferrero said a FedEx package arrived at the group's Manhattan office last Thursday. A receptionist gave the letter to the executive director, Madeline DeLone.
"We were all concerned for his safety. We knew we needed to try to reach him right away. We wanted to make sure he was safe," said Ferrero.
They tried Hsu's cell phone, but there was no answer and the voicemail was full.
Innocence Project officials then tried to reach Hsu's attorney and faxed a copy of the letter to the California attorney general's office, which is handling the case.
"We sent the letter to law enforcement in California in the event they could help him in time and also because they were handling an active case there involving him," said Ferrero.
The letter was one page, typewritten and signed by Hsu. It was sent overnight delivery.
Details of the letter were first reported Thursday by The Wall Street Journal.
Hsu has been a benefactor of the Innocence Project, a legal group that helps prove prisoners' innocence through DNA testing.
"Norman Hsu has been a strong, committed supporter of ours for years. I believe he saw a report about our work and thought it was good work and worthy of supporting," Ferrero said.
It was his briefcase I think.
Excellent catch. I clicked on your link and saw it was the same AP story from this morning that CBS slapped its name on—which it was—so figured you were just joking, and the “Fast Fact” wording was yours.
Almost missed it even when you pointed us to it.
So Wolfson is the mystery “person” who assures us that Hsu explicity intended to commit suicide. The AP not only omits that info (and CBS does too), they word it and place it so as to give the distinct impression that the statment was made by someone unconnected with Hillary, from some nameless legal organization mentioned in their previous breath. Cute.
Evidently the Fast Fact caption guy at the CBS website didn’t get the memo. Oops.
Wonder how long it stays up?
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/09/13/hsus-suicide-note-the-messiah-betrayed-me/
Post: Gregor on September 13, 2007 at 5:19 PM down page 3rd from bottom.
Yes exactly!!
It is so obvious that SHE is behind this. Get it out now. I have zero doubt that she got a heads up that someone was onto this guy and she leaked the story to get it and him out of the way quick.
Come next spring/summer when even a whisper of this will come up it will be just like Travelgate, Monica, Whitewater, cattle futures, Foster, and on and on and on...Oh that’s old news, it’s been discussed to death, next question?
And the compliant media will move on.
Janet Reno didn’t seem to concerned about innocence at Waco. The ATF were captured on tape pounding the hell out of a cameraman who’d been invited to the raid as they were demanding the tape.
The followup to the Oscar nominated Waco documentary (Rules of Engagement) has the footage (the tv studio was unaware of everything they’d turned over to the filmmakers).
DFU GETS COPY OF SUICIDE NOTE!!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895899/posts
She’s good at playing the “victim” of a “vast right wing conspiracy” and now has the short term of “swiftboating” to use.
It would’ve been more convenient to go to Kinko’s and fax it but they’ve already tried that cover story.
A Republican taps his foot in the mens room for whatever purpose, the House investigates. Illegal funds go to Top Presidential Candidates, oh by the way Democrats, nothing is said and no one investigates.
And they wonder why Republicans have a difficult time getting voters involved. They have zero backbone.
Where is the investigation???
"Natural Causes!" said the DC Metropolitan Police, and the Clinton's paid a condolence call to the widow.
So it was in those days ...
Can you imagine the media treatment if this had happened with a Republican? I can just hear Andrea Mitchell saying something like this:
"his explaination raises more questions than it answers. For instance, Congressional investigators want to know if any sort of threats or coersive tactics were used to induce these reluctant donors to pony up against their will. In addition, investigators are going to want to look very carefully at the supposed 'suicide note,' to try to answer the troubling question of who, exactly, wrote it."
Yep, and if it works don’t fix it.
Her handlers are very good. She might be evil but she’s not stupid.
This sounds like an old tatic right out of the ol’commie/nazi playbook.Hillary gave him a choice.”Either kill yourself or I’ll have it done for you,and you know if I have to do it,it’ll be painfull.”
Hsu-icide diary: A curious Google search
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/13/hsu-icide-diary-a-curious-google-search/
In the late afternoon of Sept. 6, several hours before Norman Hsu was apprehended in Colorado, I got a curious visit on my website. Someone had Googled “Norman Hsu suicide.” My site came up in the search results because someone had made reference to Vince Foster’s suicide in the comments of one of my Hsu posts.
According to my public Sitemeter referral log, the visitor who Googled “Norman Hsu suicide” came from this law firm: Sack Harris & Martin, P.C., in McLean, Va.
I thought it was strange, made a mental note of the search, and bookmarked the law firm’s website, but did not blog about it.
In light of the Wall Street Journal’s new article today, though, I think the info is worth mentioning. The WSJ reports:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/13/hsu-icide-diary-a-curious-google-search/
I found it odd so posted.
Just think of how high the US suicide rate will go if Hillary becomes President.
It might reach 20 million people per year going by her other left-wing compatriots.
From Malkin's blog: In the late afternoon of Sept. 6, several hours before Norman Hsu was apprehended in Colorado, I got a curious visit on my website. Someone had Googled “Norman Hsu suicide.”
A person who saw the letter said Thursday that the note from Hong Kong-born Norman Hsu explicitly stated that he "intended to commit suicide." The person declined to reveal the exact phrasing, but said it was not rambling in nature.
The ( New School University in New York) Hsu was involved with is headed by Sen Kerrey had several big Clinton donors.
Norman Hsu Political Fundraising via normanhsu.com
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