Alex Polier -- The Kenya connection

Free Republic | 14th Feb 2004 | Free Republic

[propertius]

For those of you interested in the Alex Polier Kenya connection here is a summary (repeating some of the stuff I wrote yesterday and adding waht little new info there is):

Alex Polier was, as of 5pm Kenya time, hiding out in Nairobi. She and her fiance, Yaron (sp) Schwartzman were staying at the home of his parents Joseph and Hannah. The London Evening Standard reported last night that she was already in the UK. They were wrong, although there is a possibility she may have flown later on last night -- but I think it is more likely she was still here.

Alex and Yaron were moved from the family's palacial home in the upmarket Nairobi suburb of Lavington late last night to avoid the press. They could be anywhere in Kenya -- at the coast or on Safari.

Yaron is believed to work in Nairobi at a company called Film Struck Studios or possible Film Studios. The company is owned by daddy. He is believed to move in a circle of friends known as the "cokehead set". Now there is more than one cokehead set in Kenya, which attracts old wealth, new wealth, British Aristocracy and some of the international gliterrati.

Daddy is the chairman of an engineering company called H Young, which is owned by former cabinet minister Nicholas Biwott. Biwott is a nasty piece of work. Former President Daniel arap Moi's right hand man, a Scotland Yard enquiry named him the prime suspect in the 1990 murder of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko. He plundered the Kenyan treasury and is known here as "the Godfather", "Mr 15 percent" (the cuts he took when awarding tenders to multinational companies) or "The Total Man" (he owns Total Kenya). Daddy is also business partner of Naushad Merali, another Moi frontman, a multimillionaire and probably Kenya's richest Asian.

This would suggest our man Yaron mixes with the 20 and 30-somethings who are the children or spouses of Kenya's leading criminals. The senior members of this set are Biwott's Israeli wife Rita and his son in law Charles Field-Marshall, a controversial Kenya-based Canadian businessman.

Even close friends of Yaron say they know nothing of the relationship with Kerry -- mainly because no-one really knows Alex.

The British press are finding it difficult to track her down -- they are attempting to "doorstep" her. This is a tricky process in nairobi where houses sit on 5-acre plots, cannot be seen from the road, are protected by big black gates, alarms, electric fences, a host of security guards and their dogs.

It has not helped that the British press were also watching the wrong house.

Hope this is useful to someone out there.

[StarFan]

Drudge may be busy tying ends on the Polier story so don't despair. He said the Sun, who reported that "Polier wants to tell her story at length but may not be believed", may report tomorrow that she lied and may admit to possibly having had an affair with a Kerry campaign staffer so stay tuned. Gets stranger and stranger. Perhaps the Polier story, if false, is to distract us from the real story.

Bigger than Dodd? A Senator from the NE?

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

OK, I'll bite. Assuming we're talking about female staffers working for Kerry or otherwise on the DemocRAT side of the aisle?

Here is the current list of DemocRATS on the Senate Finance Committee:

MAX BAUCUS, MT
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, WV
TOM DASCHLE, SD
JOHN BREAUX, LA
KENT CONRAD, ND
BOB GRAHAM, FL
JAMES M. JEFFORDS, VT
JEFF BINGAMAN, NM
JOHN F. KERRY, MA
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, AR

Are we talking about the staffer pictured here per chance?

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

OK here is this list from the STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE page - Staff of the Finance Committee:

STAFF Committee on Finance (SD-219), 224-4515, fax 228-0554.
Staff Director/Chief Counsel.--Kolan Davis.
Deputy Staff Director.--Ted Totman.
Special Counsel to the Chairman / Chief Investigative Counsel.-- Emilia DiSanto.
Investigative Counsel.--Dan Donovan.
Investigator.--John Drake.
Investigative Staff Assistant.--Ed Wallace.
Archivist.--Josh LeVasseur.
Chief Clerk.--Carla Martin.
Deputy Clerk.--Amber Williams.
Chief Editor.--Bob Merulla.
Chief Health Counsel.--Linda Fishman.
Tax Counsel / Senior Counsel to the Chairman.--Dean Zerbe.
Chief Tax Counsel.--Mark Prater.
Tax Counsels: Diann Howland, Ed McClellan, Christy Mistr, Elizabeth Paris.
Tax Staff Assistant.--Brad Cannon.
Trade Counsel.--Stephen Schaefer.
Trade Professional Staff Member.--Carrie Clark.
Trade Staff Assistant.--Zach Paulsen.
Hearing Clerk.--Mark Blair.
Chief International Trade.--Everett Eissenstat.
Chief Social Security Analyst.--Steve Robinson.
International Trade Counsel.--David Johanson.
Press Secretary.--Jill Gerber.
Communications Director.--Jill Kozeny.
Staff Assistants: Jewel Harper, Julia McCaul, Erin Nugent, Marko Serbinsky.
System Administrator.--Geoffery Burrell.
Health Policy Advisors: Jennifer Bell, Mark Hayes, Leah Kegler, Colin Roskey, Becky Shipp.
Health Staff Assistant.--Alicia Ziemiecki.
Minority Staff Director.--Jeff Forbes.
Senior Advisor.--John Angell.
Executive Assistant to the Minority Staff Director.--Lara Birkes.
Chief International Trade Counsel.--Tim Punke.
Trade Counsels: Shara Aranoff, John Gilliland, Brian Pomper.
Associate Trade Advisor.--Andy Harig.
Chief Tax Counsel.--Russ Sullivan.
Senior Budget Advisor.--Alan Cohen.
Chief Health Counsel.--Liz Fowler.
Health Investigative Counsel.--Andrea Cohen.
Chief Investigator.--Patrick Heck.

[[Page 357]]
Investigator.--Anita Horn Rizek.
General Counsel.--Bill Dauster.
Counsel.--Matt Jones.
Press Secretary.--Laura Hayes.
Professional Staff Members of: Medicare: Jon Blum, Pat Bousliman.
Social Security.--Tom Klouda.
Welfare.--Doug Steiger.
Professional Staff Member.--Kate Kirchgraber, Dawn Levy.
Tax Research Assistant.--Liz Liebschutz.
Tax Assistant.--Jonathan Selib.

[donsipe]

Alex's picture can be found at: http://www.s-t.com/topics/mm/story8.htm

[js1138]

Drudge got the ball rolling. I think he is revelling in the slow buildup in the world press. This is much better than suddenly spring everything.


By the time the documentation starts rolling in there will be thousands of press references. Besides, anticipation is the best part of myatery.

[Miss Marple]

If we are looking for a young staffer, my bet is on Amber, Becky, Erin, or Jennifer (based on the popularity of names in the age group of my daughter).

[Paleo Conservative]

Rumours are that Alex may have been moved to a coastal resort or house near Mombasa -- that's about 300 miles from Nairobi, and means the press pack will find it tougher to track her down.
Click on map

Follow the link to zoom in or out of this map.

[cherry]

I don't think he ..quidam...was ever "outed" but many question just where he was coming from....true insider?..provocateur?...exagerator?...

he had me going though, that's for sure.....

maybe it was nieve for any of us to hang on his every word....but we wanted to believe that there were good forces trying to unseat Clintoon, so we accepted everything that he said...

[leadpenny]

FYI

'Kerry scandal woman reveals all to TV station'(Division of "ABC" was investigating)

[Paleo Conservative]

OK, at least we know she's a brunette so we can stop getting her confused with the "statuesque blonde" hinted by the Boston Herald. Two different babes.

Only two?

[Julliardsux]

This is great. Possibly the name is one of these. I guess the next thing to do is google each of the female or androgenous names with Kerry.

[Julliardsux]

Doing that turned up this:

http://www.scinfo.org/SenateFCM.doc

And on this list of 108th cong senate finance members is this:
John F. Kerry (MA)
L.D.: George Abar
Staffer: Heather Mizeur
304 Russell Senate Office Building.
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2742
Fax: (202) 224-8525


I think this Heather Mizeur needs some scrutiny...

[Julliardsux]

Ok. She has this:
http://www.heathermizeur.com

It shows a picture. (1) looks like might not like dudes, no offense. and (2) she just won an election, so don't know if she would still work on the hill...

[maggief]

http://www.heathermizeur.com/

[Julliardsux]

Confirmed: She would not be involved with Kerry because she likes girls - it must be someone else:

http://www.washblade.com/2003/11-28/locallife/feature/victory.cfm

[Julliardsux]

boy, that turned up nothing. I guess we need someone on the inside sniffing around the clues.

[steve8714]

Her butt wasn't big enough to attract President Clinton.

[aculeus]

If Drudge doesn't work try http://www.wonkette.com/.

It's a new blog supposedly devoted to DC gossip. Any juicy stuff would increase her hits.

The Blogette is probably not a conservative ... but neither is The Guardian or other UK papers which have reported on this.

Another DC-oriented forum is CapitolGrilling. U need to register to post (I'm not). Too many lefties there for my taste but some righties.

The site owner supposedly wants tips.

http://www.capitolgrilling.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=1

[carmelanne]

Statement from woman and parents about rumors linking her to Sen. John Kerry
The Associated Press
Monday, February 16, 2004
©2004 Associated Press

URL: sfgate.com/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/02/16/politics1300EST0543.DTL

(02-16) 10:00 PST (AP) --

A statement released Monday by Alexandra Polier, who has been the subject of rumors linking her to Sen. John Kerry:

"For the last several days I have seen Internet and tabloid rumors relating to me and Senator John Kerry. Because these stories were false, I assumed the media would ignore them. It seems that efforts to peddle these lies continue, so I feel compelled to address them. I have never had a relationship with Senator Kerry, and the rumors in the press are completely false. Whoever is spreading these rumors and allegations does not know me, but should know the pain they have caused me and my family. I am in Kenya with my fiance visiting his family, and we ask that the press respect our privacy and leave all of us alone."

A statement by Terry and Donna Polier, the parents of Alexandra Polier:

"We have spoken to our daughter and the allegations that have been made regarding her are completely false and unsubstantiated. We love and support her 100 percent and these unfounded rumors are hurtful to our entire family. We appreciate the way Senator Kerry has handled the situation, and intend on voting for him for president of the United States."

©2004 Associated Press