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<p>PINE BLUFF — As part of an agreement allowing her to avoid the possibility of a felony conviction and prison time, former gubernatorial aide Betsey Wright pleaded no contest Wednesday to misdemeanor charges of attempting to smuggle contraband into a prison and was fined $2,000.</p>

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—A former top aide to Bill Clinton, charged with trying to smuggle contraband to a death-row inmate, will ask a state court to allow a videotaped deposition of the man before he is executed. The request, to be made Wednesday in Pine Bluff, is the latest twist in the case of Betsey Wright, an outspoken death-penalty opponent accused of trying to take tattoo needles tucked inside a bag of Doritos chips, as well as a pocketknife and a box cutter, into a high-security prison. The videotaped deposition is necessary because her trial is set for May 25, several...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—A former top aide to Bill Clinton, charged with trying to smuggle contraband to a death-row inmate, will ask a state court to allow a videotaped deposition of the man before he is executed. The request, to be made Wednesday in Pine Bluff, is the latest twist in the case of Betsey Wright, an outspoken death-penalty opponent accused of trying to take tattoo needles tucked inside a bag of Doritos chips, as well as a pocketknife and a box cutter, into a high-security prison. The videotaped deposition is necessary because her trial is set for May 25, several...

Ex-Clinton aide pleads not guilty in prison case(AP) – 8 hours ago LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A former top aide to Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas has pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to smuggle contraband into a prison. Betsey Wright is accused of trying to smuggle tattoo needles, a box cutter, a knife and tweezers into the Varner Supermax Unit while visiting a death row inmate in May. The 66-year-old Wright entered the plea Wednesday in a court filing in Lincoln County Circuit Court. The filing by defense attorney Jeff Rosenzweig also waives her arraignment,...

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The chief of staff of former President Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas was charged on Wednesday with smuggling tattoo needles into the death row unit of the state prison. Betsey Wright, a death penalty opponent, reportedly plans to surrender to authorities next week. According to a police report posted online by the Arkansas Times, Wright tried to bring in contraband into the maximum security unit during a May 22 visit. The items were an ink pen with tweezers and a needle, a knife, a boxcutter and 48 tattoo needles hidden in a Nachos...

Bill Clinton's chief of staff when he was governor of Arkansas is expected to turn herself in after authorities issued a bench warrant for her arrest for allegedly smuggling contraband into a state prison, her attorney told CNN Wednesday. Betsey Wright served Clinton as chief of staff for 7 years in Arkansas and ran 3 successful campaigns for governor. Betsey Wright allegedly smuggled a red Doritos bag containing 48 tattoo needles, a pen with tweezers and a needle inside, a Swiss Army knife and a box cutter into the Varner Unit, a high-security state prison in Grady, Arkansas, according to...

Ex-Clinton aide named in prison case Staffer for then-governor faces charges of smuggling items onto death row LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A former chief of staff for Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas faces felony charges accusing her of trying to smuggle a knife and 48 tattoo needles onto the state's death row. The charges against Betsey Wright come as The Associated Press obtained documents showing death-row inmate allegedly passed love letters and contraband to a guard with whom he committed a sex act. Combined, the events represent just the latest in a series of high-profile incidents at...

<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A former chief of staff for Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas faces felony charges accusing her of smuggling a knife and 48 tattoo needles onto the state's death row.</p> <p>The charging of Betsey Wright, 66, of Rogers, Ark., comes as The Associated Press obtained documents showing death-row inmate passed love letters and contraband to a guard he committed a sex act with. Combined, they represent just the latest in a series of high-profile incidents at the state prison system, ranging from two convicted murderers escaping in guard uniforms to a man being shot to death at a contraband checkpoint.</p>

<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A former chief of staff for Bill Clinton when he was Arkansas' governor has been charged with attempting to smuggle contraband goods into the state's death row.</p> <p>Betsey Wright, of Rogers, faces 51 felony charges stemming from her arrest May 22 at the state's Varner Unit. An Arkansas State Police report claims she attempted to smuggle in a box cutter, a pocket knife, tweezers and tattoo needles.</p>

  link to movierequires Flash Player 6, available HERE CLINTON TURNED DOWN SUDAN'S OFFERS OF BIN LADENHEAR CLINTON'S SECRETLY TAPED "ADMISSION" NOW by Mia T, 3.28.04   "The Sudanese wanted America to start dealing with them again. They released him [bin Laden].At the time, '96, he had committed no crime against America, so I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America.So I pleaded with the Saudis to take him, 'cause they could have; but they thought it was a hot potato. They...

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WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA(a NEW virtual john kerry talks series) Kerry: "Call me irresponsible."(Call it: "Putting my out-Deaning Dean ahead of the troops.")     Mia T, 3.17.04    (viewing movie requires Flash Player 6, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com    ne•o-ne•o•lib•er•al•ism n. neocommunist political movement, a tipsy-topsy, infantile perversion of the Marxist-Leninist model, global in scope, beginning in the post-cold-war, unipolar 1990s, led by the '60s neoliberal baby-boomer "intelligentsia," that seeks power without responsibility, i.e., that seeks to dilute American power by concentrating power in said '60s neoliberals while yielding America's sovereignty to the United Nations, i.e.,...

ALERT! CLINTON-WAS-AN-UTTER-FAILURE Containment Team Scheme team is reactivated and in high gear... March 20, 2004 Clinton Aides Plan to Tell Panel of Warning Bush Team on Qaeda By PHILIP SHENON ASHINGTON, March 19 --Senior Clinton administration officials called to testify next week before the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks say they are prepared to detail how they repeatedly warned their Bush administration counterparts in late 2000 that Al Qaeda posed the worst security threat facing the nation --and how the new administration was slow to act. They said the warnings were delivered in urgent post-election intelligence briefings in...

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WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA(a NEW virtual john kerry talks series) Kerry's flip-flop opportunism   Mia T, 3.17.04    (viewing movie requires Flash Player 6, available HERE) johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com    ne•o-ne•o•lib•er•al•ism n. neocommunist political movement, a tipsy-topsy, infantile perversion of the Marxist-Leninist model, global in scope, beginning in the post-cold-war, unipolar 1990s, led by the '60s neoliberal baby-boomer "intelligentsia," that seeks power without responsibility, i.e., that seeks to dilute American power by concentrating power in said '60s neoliberals while yielding America's sovereignty to the United Nations, i.e., while surrendering to the terrorists, as it continues the traditional '60s...

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BUSH KNEW: yesterday's outmoded, outré idea, tomorrow's rage by Mia T, 3.12.04 Not unexpectedly, the web appears to have been wiped clean of that image. Anyone have pic of Hillary holding up "BUSH KNEW" headline in Senate?   very fashionista understands the capriciousness of style. Yesterday's outmoded, outré idea can become tomorrow's rage. Literally. And at the drop of a hat. In 2002, within a day of brandishing the New York Post BUSH KNEW front page like an uzi on the Senate floor, missus clinton, no doubt animated by overnight polling supporting our Commander-in-Chief, quickly disarmed and retreated; and the...

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