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Well. To think that Billy and Hillary have been laundering money and stashing away millions?

It will be interesting to learn exactly how the money was laundered and where it went, what political activities were funded by it, who was involved.

That is a story that, I think, will lead to many interesting questions.

SEC PROBING COMICS COMPANY

By PAUL THARP

NY Post

October 3, 2003 -- The comics factory of legendary "Incredible Hulk" creator Stan Lee is getting dragged deeper into a federal probe that's worthy of any wacky comic-book plot.

It's got bankruptcy, shady characters fleeing to Brazil, con men, check-kiting, White House influence-peddling and even G-men from different agencies jumping on their trail.

But there are no superheroes to fight dark forces, like those conjured up by legendary cartoonist Lee, creator of Marvel Comics' stable of characters, including X-men and Spider-Man.

In real life, investigators say an unsavory bunch surrounded the 80-year-old cartoonist and drove his name and company, Stan Lee Media, into the ground.

It was forced to file for bankruptcy and dissolve two years ago, and the Justice Department and Postal Service nailed one of Lee's top executives, Stephen Gordon, for fraud.

The probe expanded into a check-kiting scheme in which the company's Merrill Lynch margin accounts were illegally emptied of $5 million to foot the bill for a 2000 fundraiser for President Bill Clinton and for Senator Hillary Clinton's run for office.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is said to have now joined the probe in search of broader wrongdoing at the defunct firm. Sen. Clinton's office says it has no knowledge of any wrongdoing in connection with the 2000 fund-raising event.

Another of Stan Lee Media's executives, Peter Paul, was charged with fraud in connection with other activities at the company but fled to Brazil. He was extradited here last month and is being held in the Brooklyn House of Detention.

Another individual who produced the Clinton fund-raiser, celebrity broker Aaron Tonken, has been sued by California authorities for charities fraud and also accused of mail fraud by the Justice Department.

He is said to be cooperating with the widening federal probe of a network of celebrities and political figures involved with Stan Lee Media and its executives.

The cartoonist himself wasn't accused of any wrongdoing.

That is a story that, I think, will lead to many interesting questions.

Unanswered questions are hitlery's trademark.

Probably goes to their Arkancide account...stashed away for use in case someone gets in their way or spits in thier general direction.