AP: ACCUSED SPY IS COUSIN OF BUSH STAFFER

AP ^ | 3/11/04

[11th Earl of Mar]

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Today: March 11, 2004 at 16:15:43 PST

Accused Spy Is Cousin of Bush Staffer

By MATTHEW DALY
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -

The woman charged with working for the Iraqi spy agency is a distant cousin of President Bush's chief of staff, Andrew Card, and has held a variety of jobs in journalism and on Capitol Hill.

Susan Lindauer, 41, worked in the press offices of four Democratic members of Congress. She also worked for Fortune magazine, U.S. News & World Report, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Fox News.

Her father, John Lindauer, was the Republican nominee for governor in Alaska in 1998. His campaign unraveled because of charges of campaign finance violations to which he pleaded no contest.

Susan Lindauer is a 1985 Smith College graduate who describes herself as an anti-war activist.

Gary Gambill, editor of the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, an online publication dealing with Arab politics, said Lindauer sent him a copy of her 1998 deposition in litigation related to the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

In the deposition, she said Libyan officials had been wrongly accused of orchestrating the bombing and that Libya was entitled to "financial compensation for the economic harassment her people have endured because of these blatantly false accusations."

He said her arrest "raises questions about the validity of her deposition and its apparent attempt to exonerate Libya."

Lindauer started her congressional career in 1993 when she took a job with Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. The next year she went to work for a second Oregon Democrat in the House - Ron Wyden. Two years later she joined the staff of Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, D-Ill.

After a brief stint at Fox News, she worked for Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., for a few months in 2002.

Lofgren said in a statement she was shocked by the arrest.

"To my knowledge, this former employee had no access to sensitive information," she said. "Obviously, I had no reason to think that she was involved in this alleged activity. I have had no further contact with her since she left my employ."

DeFazio said he has not spoken to Lindauer in more than 10 years. "We didn't part on the best of terms," he said.

Lindauer's neighbors in Takoma Park, Md., recalled her as friendly. Joao Luiz Vieire de Castro, 39, described Lindauer as "a regular American who walks her dog in the mornings and the afternoon."

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[11th Earl of Mar]

This 'distant cousing of a Bush employee' angle will probably get more airplay than Billy Carter, Hugh Rodham and Roger Clinton put together.

[gramho12]

It didn't take long for the Andrew Card link, but hidden well within the article the Democrat link.

No media bias here, so let's Move On (oops, someone already took that one)

[jackbill]

Lindauer's neighbors in Takoma Park, Md., recalled her as friendly. Joao Luiz Vieire de Castro, 39, described Lindauer as "a regular American who walks her dog in the mornings and the afternoon."

According to the piece on Drudge:

But Malvina Lacey, who lives next door to Lindauer, added, "She lives in a fantasy world."

I've decided to trust Malvina's judgement.

[Palladin]

AP report leaves out this neighbor's description:

But Malvina Lacey, who lives next door to Lindauer, added, "She lives in a fantasy world."

[rogueleader]

Who cares if they are distant cousins? No one. It would be important, though, if they were ever in contact with one another. Does Card know Lindauer? Do they ever see each other?

[dalebert]

Also looks like she is more tied to the Dems than to any Bush staffer.

[madison10]

You had better be "disgusted" with the AP headline & NOT the fact that President Bush's staffer happens to have a crooked cousin. As YOU said we cannot pick our relatives.

[Palladin]

Damn, jackbill! You beat me by 4/10ths of a minute.

[Neets]

Uh...

I'm pretty sure that's what she meant by she's disgusted.....the headline I mean.

[madison10]

Lindauer made contact with Mr. Card. & he gave a letter & info to the FBI. Lindauer picked the wrong relative to have a "reunion" with. :) Thank you, Mr. Card!!

[wimpycat]

I've got a "distant cousin" who is serving a life sentence for murder. What significance does it have to my life? None. What's the significance of this "distant" familial relationship between Andrew Card and the traitor? None.

Of much greater significance is her employment with several congressmen, all of them Democrats.

[Theo]

Maybe Guillermo "replied" to the wrong post? His response makes no sense in light of what you wrote....

[hellinahandcart]

Why would you assume I meant anything else?

If anyone had told me two hours ago that the press would find a way to HANG THIS ON BUSH, I would have said they were nuts.

The headline should have been BUSH STAFFER OUTS SPYING COUSIN, if anything...but nooooooooo...

[PISANO]

By tomorrow this story will be reported thus: ANDY CARD'S cousin has been indicted for illegal ties to Saddam Hussien.

[whereasandsoforth]

I think your post #4 has been misread. I know what you mean.

[plain talk]

She's an extremist Democrat tied to four extreme Democrat congresscritters. End of story. And yet the AP chooses to report that she's a distant cousin to someone in the WH. Who cares? We are all distant cousins to everyone depending on one's definition of 'distant'.

[geopyg]

--- Joao Luiz Vieire de Castro, 39, described Lindauer as "a regular American who walks her dog in the mornings and the afternoon." ---

It probably wouldn't hurt to have the FBI interview Mr. Castro to make sure they have all the evidence they might need to help "prove her innocence".

[Smartass]

The media trash spinners are truly an amazing bunch. Susan Lindauer is a hard core Dumborat. Every story has her working, in some way for another Dumborat. The Dumborats have to take credit for one of their own. How can any reasonable person believe, that she's tied to a Republican, is nothing but more media back spin!

[Right_in_Virginia]

AP: ACCUSED SPY IS COUSIN OF BUSH STAFFER

OMG...this is series.

[hellinahandcart]

I would have thought so, but I just got another in the same vein.

So if you'll all excuse me now, I have to flounce off and sulk about this mistreatment. ;-(