Posted on 03/29/2011 4:35:19 PM PDT by Chance Hart
Although Google has scrubbed much of it's past, using the waybackmachine.org can take you back as far as the mid '90's with millions of captured web pages with active links. Lots of fun and good for investigative purposes. When you type in a URL, pick "Show all". There is also advanced keyword search. Let's see who can come up with some interesting Blasts from the Past. I am starting with this one that I found on Free Republic dated April 14, 1998. Note: When you go back, only the highlighted days will have content.
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Exclusive to Whitewater File/FreeRepublic April 14, 1998 A WHITEWATER RESEARCHER
Below is my updated list of� Clinton-related friends, colleagues, associates, and related business entities, who have been convicted of crimes, updated through April 14, 1998.�� Forty names, and counting! The format of the list is that the names are allocated to the various investigative categories, with each individual/entity named and accompanied by a brief description of the relevant crime(s) and a source of the information.� I would like to update this list on an ongoing basis, further detailing precise charges, number of counts, punishment ordered and served, and sources.
For the Fourth Edition, we have added the names of two more Whitewater Clinton Convicts.� Firstly, Eugene Fitzhugh, who pleaded guilty in 1994 to a misdemeanor count of trying to bribe David Hale.� Fitzhugh was sentenced to ten months in prison, and is appealing that sentence.� Secondly, Charles Matthews, who was Fitzhugh's co-defendant and who also pleaded guilty� in 1994, to two misdemeanor counts of bribery.� Matthews served fourteen months in prison.
I am sure my list is not complete. I thought long and hard about several names I ultimately excluded, or did not have enough information about. For example, Hillary Clinton's commodity broker, Red Bone. Bone was penalized by both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, but I do not know if he was actually convicted of crimes.
Please enter your additions, corrections, and clarifications to the list on the reply string below. I hope to update and re-post this list, perhaps every month or so. I think the list will grow as time goes on.
Here is my updated Clinton Convicts List as of today:
VARIOUS ARKANSAS: 1)� Roger Clinton:� Bill Clinton brother; drug trafficking conviction (Wall Street Journal "The Foster Test" January 14, 1994) 2)� Dan Lasater:� governor Bill Clinton contributor and state contractor: drug trafficking conviction� (Wall Street Journal "The Foster Test" January 14, 1994) 3) Dan Harmon:� Arkansas Seventh Judicial District prosecuting attorney and Bill Clinton friend and political ally:�� five federal racketeering, extortion, and drug distribution convictions (Wall Street Journal "Arkansas Justice"� June 13, 1997) 4) Bill McCuen:� Bill Clinton political ally:� former Arkansas Secretary of State; bribery, tax evasion, kickbacks convictions (Wall Street Journal: Whitewater: "The Prosecution Rests" May 7, 1996)
WHITEWATER: 5)� Webster Hubbell:� Bill Clinton friend and political ally; Hillary Clinton Rose Law Firm partner:� embezzlement; fraud; two felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Whither Whitewater?" October 18, 1995) 6)� Jim Guy Tucker:� fraud; three felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Second-Term Stall"� February 11, 1997; Associated Press "Tucker Pleads Guilty to Cable Fraud" February 20, 1998) 7)�� William J. Marks Sr.:� Jim Guy Tucker business partner; one conspiracy conviction (Associated Press "Whitewater Defendant Pleads Guilty" August 28, 1997) 8)� Jim McDougal:� Bill and Hillary Clinton friend, banker, and political ally:� eighteen felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Immunize Hale" May 29, 1996) 9)� Susan McDougal:� Bill and Hillary Clinton friend; former wife of Jim McDougal:� four� felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Immunize Hale" May 29, 1996) 10)� David Hale:� Bill and Hillary Clinton friend, banker, and political ally:� two felony convictions of conspiracy and mail fraud (Wall Street Journal "The Arkansas Machine Strikes Back" March 19, 1996) 11)� Chris Wade:� Whitewater real estate broker; two felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Hard Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995) 12)� Stephen Smith:� former Governor Clinton aide; one conviction (Wall Street Journal "Hard Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995) 13)� Larry Kuca:� Madison real estate agent; fraudulent loans (Wall Steet Journal "Hard Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995) 14)� Robert Palmer:� Madison appraiser; one conspiracy felony conviction (Wall Street Journal "Hale Predicts Hillary Conviction" October 21, 1996) 15)� Neal Ainley:� Perry County Bank president; embezzled bank funds for Clinton campaign; two misdemeanor convictions (Wall Street Journal "Arkansas Bank Shot" May 4, 1995) 16)� John Latham:� Madison Bank CEO; bank fraud conviction (Wall Street Journal "Smoke Without Fire" January 12, 1996) 17) John Haley: attorney for Jim Guy Tucker; misdemeanor guilty plea; tax fraud (Associated Press "Tucker Pleads Guilty to Cable Fraud" February 20, 1998) 18) Eugene Fitzhugh: Whitewater defendant, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of trying to bribe David Hale; is appealing a ten month prison sentence (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Whitewater Defendants" February 22, 1998) 19) Charles Matthews: Whitewater defendant, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of bribery, served fourteen months of a sixteen month prison sentence (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Whitewater Defendants" February 22, 1998)
ESPY: 20)� Tyson Foods:� guilty plea;� $6 million federal court fines and investigative costs (Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997) 21)� Sun-Diamond Growers:� $1.5 million fine for illegal campaign contributions to Espy's brother (Associated Press "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 22)� Richard Douglas:� former Sun-Diamond Growers official; several bribery convictions and guilty pleas(Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997; Associated Press: "Lobbyist Pleads Guilty in Espy Case" March 17, 1998) 23)� James H. Lake:� Sun-Diamond Growers lobbyist; three convictions regarding illegal campaign contributions to Espy's brother (Associated Press "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 24)� Ron Blackley:� Espy's chief of staff:� financial fraud conviction; twenty-seven month prison sentence (Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997; Associated Press: "Judge Sentences Espy Aide to Jail" March 18, 1998) 25)� Smith Barney:� improper payments to Espy; $1 million-plus fine (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 26)� Crop Growers Corporation:� $2 million fine for money laundering to Henry Espy's campaign (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 27)�� Brook Keith Mitchell Sr. (with his company Five M Farming Enterprises: four counts) for fraud (Associated Press:� "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 28)�� Five M Farming Enterprises (with owner Brook Keith Mitchell:� four counts) for fraud (Associated Press:� "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 29)� John J. Hemmingson, former head of Crop Growers Corporation: three counts relating to illegal campaign contributions to Henry Espy (Associated Press:� "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 30)� Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, Jr., Louisiana lawyer and Henry Espy campaign finance head:� ten count conviction (Associated Press:� "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 31)� Municipal Healthcare Cooperative:� Ferrouillet-related company; perjury, bank fraud, money laundering convictions (Washington Post: "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997) 32)� Ferrouillet & Ferrouillet:� Ferrouillet-related company; perjury, bank fraud, money laundering convictions (Washington Post:� "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997)
CAMPAIGN FINANCE: 33) Michael Brown (Ron Brown's son):� money laundering; misdemeanor conviction (Los Angeles Times, "Ron Brown's Son Pleads Guilty to Illegal Donation" August 29, 1997) 34)� Eugene Lum:� Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; felony conviction; money laundering (Los Angeles Times, "First Fund-Raising Sentences Meted Out" September 10, 1997) 35)� Nora Lum:� Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; felony conviction; money laundering (Los Angeles Times, "First Fund-Raising Sentences Meted Out" September 10, 1997) 36) Johnny Chung: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; many visits to Clinton White House and Oval Office with mainland Chinese associates; several illegal campaign contributions, money laundering, tax fraud, and bank fraud guilty pleas (Associated Press: "Democrat Fund-Raiser Pleads Guilty" March 17, 1998) 37) Roger Tamraz: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; many visits to Clinton White House and Oval Office; fugitive from Lebanon embezzlement convictions; target of French government financial investigation; BCCI connections (The Wall Street Journal: "Integrity of the Institutions" March 20, 1997, et. al.)
CISNEROS: 38)� Linda Jones:� Henry Cisneros mistress; conspiracy, bank fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice federal felony guilty pleas; sentenced to three and one-half years in prison (Associated Press: "Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998) 39) Patsy Jo Wooten:� Linda Jones sister; one conspiracy guilty plea (Associated Press:� "Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998) 40) Allen Wooten:� Linda Jones brother-in-law; one conspiracy guilty plea (Associated Press:� "Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998)
There are, of course, many� more indictments, trials, and convictions likely in all of the Whitewater, Espy, Campaign Finance, and Cisneros investigations (e.g., Espy:� former Clinton Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy; Tyson Foods chief lobbyist Jack Williams, Tyson Foods corporate spokesman Archie Schaefer; Campaign Finance: Clinton/Gore fundraisers/colleagues Charlie Trie and Maria Hsia; Ron Brown business partner/mistress Nolanda Hill; Cisneros:� former Clinton Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros).
We will probably also have to add a Clinton Sex Crimes category.
See if you can see where I scooped Matt Drudge on the Blue Dress. Matt used to stage his article on his site with an easy to guess link. He had the siren up so I checked where I thought the story would be staged. Wammo the blue dress story was no on FR. Most didn’t believe me and thought I was making it up though...until drudge released the story and it was pretty much the same story with minor edits.
After that Matt no longer staged his articles in the same place...I wonder why?
Of course it may have been under an older screen name I used at the time.
Bfltr
brings back memories
Might be this one?
http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20080121095915/http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955035/posts?
For the Love of God...don’t find any Mia T threads.
OK stylin - but ONLY for the Love of GOD :-Þ
Sen. Biden Questions Airstikes’
Drudge Report ^ | Wed Oct 24 2001 10:22:37 ET | Wilmington News Journal
Posted on 10/24/2001 10:47:54 PM by tomball
The top Democratic lawmaker on foreign policy said Monday that unless the bombing of Afghanistan ends “sooner rather than later,” America risks looking like a “high-tech bully,” the Wilmington News Journal reports.
“Every moment it goes on, it makes the aftermath problems more severe,” said Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan group of foreign policy experts, Biden said he understands the bombing is required to help safeguard U.S. special forces operations, and that requirement creates a difficult balance.
Biden stressed that, like most Democrats, he has supported President Bush - but the “honeymoon’ might get rockier soon.”
“The longer the bombing goes on, the more susceptible we are to criticism, justified and unjustified, in the Islamic world,” he said.
“With every hour that passes, the United States pays an escalating price in the Arab world, and faces complaints that it is a high-tech bully that only attacks from the air.”
END
Somebody dug up the infamous Toiletman threads one time. For an idea of just how rough the old FR could get, those will do nicely.
No, the FATASS became the TSA the next day...Nov of ‘01
Below is the link (I hope) to one of the best and funniest Free Republic threads ever.
Lots of funny thing out here over the years, but this one I’ll never forget.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417595/posts
It was either that one or the story about the blue dress. I really can’t remember that was a long time ago and that story was consuming the news at the time so it all kind of ran together in my mind.
Actually it wasn’t that one. I thought that was drudge and not a FR link. Hal 9000 did that one, but it wasn’t scooped from drudge.
My scoop clearly labeled it at the start that this is what Drudge is going to release later today or tomorrow.
and the wrong intern,Mary Caitrin Mahoney, got Arkancided.
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