I don't think so. Ten year old FBI files would not have much of value.
I don't think so. Ten year old FBI files would not have much of value.
Mr. and Mrs. Clintons' blackmail factory neither started nor stopped with the FBI files.
The Arkansas state troopers who were on then Governor Clinton's protection detail told us way back before Filegate that Gov. Clinton would often tell them to see if they could "dig up a little dirt" on whomever was irritating the governor at the time.
Remember back to Senator Thompson's Governmental Affairs Committee investigation into the Clinton fundraising scandal. A friend of President Clinton, Cody Shearer, hired a private investigator (Terry Lenzner of IGI) to dig up dirt on Senator Don Nickles (R-Ok) and his family. Nickles was a member of the Senate Republican leadership and also served on the Thompson committee. Lenzner testified that he had submitted a bid to do the "opposition research" into Nickles and his family, but the bid was rejected by the Indian tribe that Shearer had tried to manipulate.
What's the difference between opposition research and digging up dirt for blackmail and extortion? The only difference is in how the information is used, and it doesn't much matter whether the source is an illegally manipulated FBI or a PI firm.
Some people think the Clintons stopped having people dig up dirt for their use against opponents, but I think it's a way of life for them and it will continue as long as they think they have something to gain from it.