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Paul Volcker News Conference Live Thread.
FNC Alert | May 6, 2005

Posted on 05/06/2005 9:54:58 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55

Per Foxnews Alert!

Looks like Kofi Annan may be going down. Foxnews has obtained video tapes of Kofi Annan and Paul Volcker.

There are inconsistencies in Kofi Annan's statements. In other words...he's been caught red handed!


TOPICS: Announcements; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey; United Kingdom; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: annan; bolton; kofi; oilforfood; tapes; un; uncorruption; volcker; volckerreport
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To: Eva

Thanks Eva,
I read the WSJ piece earlier today. Unfortunately, I don't think the toothpaste is going to go back into the tube.


321 posted on 05/06/2005 12:38:39 PM PDT by Big Digger (I)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Such agreements are void if they involve criminal conduct like concealing or abetting a crime.


322 posted on 05/06/2005 12:39:40 PM PDT by pierrem15
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To: mewzilla
The interesting thing will be to see how free ranging the questioning of Parton will be if he's subpoeaned to testify before Congress. Because I'll bet he knows more than what's in the docs given to Congress, or he wouldn't have Lanny Davis for a lawyer.

Will Parton live long enough to testify?

323 posted on 05/06/2005 12:41:55 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Johnathan Hunt of Fox is kicking Volkers ass and Volker does not like it. This is as desperate as Clinton looked when he wagged his finger in our face and said "I did not have........". Volker is in damage control mode and I think it is because his own ass is in a sling. At this time Volker is headed for the tall weeds, like the pigmey he is. It is every man for himself now. Kofi is now a liability to Volker. Volker said lives are now at risk, not the least apparent is Kofi. Volker had two honest people on his investigative team, and now his ass is in deep dodo.


324 posted on 05/06/2005 12:52:01 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: Pukin Dog

I have an afterthought question: why does this guy need "immunity" from Volcker?


325 posted on 05/06/2005 12:53:46 PM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: Big Digger

I agree, but I think that we have shot ourselves in the foot. We all knew that Kofi Annan was/is guilty, but still can't prove it and the investigation is now worthless, so nothing will be accomplished as far as the Security Council is concerned. Great.


326 posted on 05/06/2005 12:54:55 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Montfort
Remember what Lanny said, if there is bad news get it out first. Look, it is Friday afternoon when few are watching. The choreography is pathognomonic of Clintonistas. By Monday, they will be chanting the mantra,...."Coulda, woulda, shoulda,......mistakes were made.....Lets move on."

Where in the name of heaven is the Justice Department?

327 posted on 05/06/2005 12:56:26 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: MamaLucci

Volker has not had this much "tone" in his anal sphincter in years.


328 posted on 05/06/2005 1:00:03 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: Howlin
He doesn't, it is a strawman.

Volcker is trying to assert powers that he does not have, and was not granted during the investigation. What we saw today, was a scared old man, doing his best to sway public opinion. The shot at Fox was a dead-giveaway. He is scared.

329 posted on 05/06/2005 1:04:11 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Howlin
He does not want 'immunity'. It is a canard to protect Volker and misnomer.
330 posted on 05/06/2005 1:04:59 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: Eva
Nope, not yet.

Stormin Norm Coleman has got a tiger by the tail.

331 posted on 05/06/2005 1:05:00 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: MamaLucci

Volker is more obscene than that turd that screamed at Anne Coulter in Austin the other night.


332 posted on 05/06/2005 1:05:09 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: Howlin
why does this guy need "immunity" from Volcker?

Kofi and Volcker probably think that they can take 'em to the world court in the Hague...

333 posted on 05/06/2005 1:14:02 PM PDT by Truth Table
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To: Big Digger

I have 2 thoughts. Why would Volker allow desperation to be broadcast over the airways and define his position? What is that important to a Democrat that he would do it?Now I speculate.....some of the money went to try to get Gore or Kerry elected? Some of the money went directly to Chelsey's numbered Swiss Bank account.....Bill is directly related to some of these dealings (remember Marc Rich)... I do not know....but something or someone put Volker up for this discomfort and he obliged....WHY? It has to attach to the democrats at some level.


334 posted on 05/06/2005 1:14:40 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: Pukin Dog; Howlin
My general legal experience is that confidentiality agreements are not enforceable in the face of a valid subpoena. They still might try to bring a civil suit for damages against Parton, which some employers do to whistleblowers, but I wouldn't give it much chance of success.
335 posted on 05/06/2005 1:15:30 PM PDT by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

A beautiful vivisection if I have ever seen it.


336 posted on 05/06/2005 1:15:57 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: pbrown

Kofi is being sacrificed.....he doesn't care, he's rich now and has diplomatic immunity.......but what is happening just now is just a feint....to cover the bloody hands of the BIG time profiteers og the OFF program. Todays news conference was bluster unless Congress is so dirty that they will have to genuflect to protect their own who are involved or whose cronies are involved.....I would guess that since the credibility of the globalist UN is at stake here, that we can count on every pro globalist/UN member of congress will wimp out and appear to be satisfied with "getting" Kofi alone. Volcker is total amd comitted globalist, so he will do anything he can to minimize damage to the UN..... but it looks like he is now about to be outed as dirty in the OFF matter


337 posted on 05/06/2005 1:17:16 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: Pukin Dog

STATEMENT BY SENATOR NORM COLEMAN REGARDING REMARKS TODAY BY MR. PAUL VOLCKER

May 6th, 2005 - “I appreciate Mr. Volcker’s efforts to clear the air regarding the recent resignation of Robert Parton from the Independent Inquiry Commission (IIC). I have spoken with Mr. Volcker, and he put forward a very constructive way for Mr. Parton to cooperate with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation's inquiry while still addressing relevant confidentiality concerns. This is the kind of transparency that I and other Congressional investigators feel is vital to preserving the integrity of the IIC's important investigation. I believe today's positive development allows the IIC to move forward knowing it has the confidence of Congressional investigators and the American people.”




I'd like to know what the agreement is. Maybe Parton will testify in private and not release the purloined documents to the public. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not. I'd like to see the threat of a document release remain in case the investigation does turn out to be a whitewash. I just don't trust anyone who would hire Lanny Davis.

My thought is that Kofi Annan is fatally damaged already, as far as respect and real power go. What I would like to see happen is an explanation of the involvement of the various members of the Security Council and why they allowed it to happen. My fear is that Lanny Davis is involved to prevent the exposure of the Clintons to this investigation, as far as what they knew and let go on.


338 posted on 05/06/2005 1:18:01 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Eva
My fear is that Lanny Davis is involved to prevent the exposure of the Clintons to this investigation, as far as what they knew and let go on.

OK... I'm cheating by entering the discussion at the end of the thread and trying to get the gist, but...

Lanny Freaking Davis? How in the world is he in this now? His resume can be summed up in a line: I've made a very good living protecting a criminal President and his criminal wife.

339 posted on 05/06/2005 1:23:02 PM PDT by TontoKowalski
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To: Texas Songwriter

I am very curious to know just how much OFF oil was run through "Mahonia", a JP Morgan front company......and also how much from Mahonia was traded by Enron.....Enron went exponential at about the time OFF went into operation.....UBS would up with the Enron trading operation FOR NOTHING, and Enron unwound their trading books while the BK progressed.


340 posted on 05/06/2005 1:25:19 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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