Posted on 01/19/2009 8:13:41 AM PST by markomalley
By any standard, the story of Pedro Miguel González is astonishing. The son of a prominent Panamanian politician, González, according to U.S. prosecutors, murdered a United States Army sergeant on a road outside Panama City on June 10, 1992, the day before Pres. George H. W. Bush was to visit the country. With his father’s help, González fled Panama, eventually coming back to be acquitted in a sham trial. Though the Clinton administration labeled him a terrorist, González became an important political figure in Panama, ultimately winning election as president of the national assembly — an event that so angered leaders of both political parties in the United States Senate that they put a hold on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement while González held that office.
American prosecutors have long wanted to put González behind bars; the nearly 17-year-old murder charge stands today. But in addition to his family in Panama, González has at least one very well-connected, very influential advocate in the United States: Gregory Craig, the man Barack Obama chose to be the next White House counsel. Craig’s representation of an American soldier’s killer drew scant notice during the 2008 campaign, when Craig was a top Obama adviser. It has drawn little attention since Obama named him White House counsel. And it will probably remain relatively unnoticed as the spotlight focuses on the Obama administration’s economic plan, on the Middle East, and on Iraq.
But Craig’s role in the González case, or at least what little is known about it, is worth exploring. Top White House officials like Craig serve solely at the president’s pleasure; they are not subject to the scrutiny of the confirmation process...
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Them what has the gold
Don’t have to follow any rules.
Coming soon to a State near you (if not already here)
My God, can you imagine the vitriol that would pour forth from the MSM if a Republican had tagged someone with this guy’s history as White House Counsel, or any other office?
I see Mr. Craig’s representation of Elian’s, the little boy who was kidnapped and sent back to Cuba, father somehow missed the papers?
Mr. Soetoro has picked the worst of the worst to surround himself with.
Wasn’t it Greg Craig who was in the middle of the FBI files case in the Clinton Administration?
“BTW, who the heck is craig, and why is he a mango tree lawyer? I years of reading your posts, I have never understood that.” ..... patton
He is Greg Craig, that shyster lawyer who is great buds with the Clintons and sent Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba. A mango tree lawyer is a wonderful West Indian expression. These are shysters who setup their “offices” under mango trees near government buildings and snarl into their web unsuspecting folks who seem lost and need of help. Mango tree lawyers are the lowest of low. ..... Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
Greg Craig is now also going to be Obama's White House counsel.
Frightening, isn’t it?
Greg Craig is a mango tree lawyer.
His crookedness is well known here.
How is Pedor Miguel Gonzales paying mango tree lawyer Craig?
Word on the street is “Hugo Chavez.”
What a total sleaze crook you are, Mango.
Pedor = Pedro.
Sorry folks. I’m just a tad angry right now reading about this sleaze (mango tree).
Thank you kindly for your post.
I am sending you an answer to a post I read before I got to yours:
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Greg Craig is a mango tree lawyer.
His (Craig) crookedness is well known here (Panama).
How is Pedro Miguel Gonzales paying mango tree lawyer Craig?
Word on the street is “Hugo Chavez.”
What a total sleaze crook you are, Mango.
Corporate America sells Obama, message of change
Washington Examiner
Posted on 01/19/2009 9:25:13 AM PST by RatherBiased.com
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167440/posts
Illegal wire-tapping suit now in Obama’s court
San Francisco Chronicle | Monday, January 19, 2009 | Bob Egelko
Posted on 01/19/2009 10:17:25 AM PST by thecodont
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167482/posts
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