Posted on 09/22/2006 9:33:50 AM PDT by radar101
WITH each new disclosure, Bill and Hillary Clinton's connection between the Emir of Dubai, Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, seems ever more intimate.
Last February, Sen. Clinton was out front in condemning DP World, a Dubai government-owned company seeking to take over key operations at American ports. But, at the same time, Bill was advising the emir to hire his former press secretary, Joe Lockhart.
Bill Clinton has twice given speeches in Dubai for close to $500,000.
Back then, Lockhart denied working for the emir. And when Bill's role became public, Hillary claimed that she had no idea that he had any involvement in the DP World issue.
Now, it turns out that the emir's Dubai International Capital Corp. hired Lockhart's company, Glover Park Group, by last April to help with another U.S. deal — a takeover of two defense firms. (Besides Lockhart, Glover Park's partners also include Hillary's chief political gurus, Howard Wolfson and Gigi Georges)
Oddly, the lobbying contract came through a California law firm — Morrison, Foerster. One of that firm's partners is Raj Tanden — whose sister is Neera Tanden, Sen. Clinton's former legislative director and still a top Hillary adviser. No six degrees of separation here.
Did Hillary know about the lucrative lobbying contract that her husband's patron and friend, the emir, gave (via her aide's brother's law firm) to her chief campaign consultants?
Did her own top consultants tell her about their Dubai deal? Did they ask her permission? We don't know.
Hillary's office claims that Glover Park never lobbied her on either Dubai issue. But Newsday reports that it did contact other New York critics of the port deal: Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Peter King.
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More money laundering for Hillary's campaign.
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BJ Clinton has been getting millions in "speaking enagement fees" from a California lobbyist who has been given a multimillion dollar fund from Saudi and Persian Gulf countries.
It is a sham operation in which those foreign interests are using the California lobbyist to get around the legal restrictions on directly contributing to Hillary's 2008 election campaign.
BJ himself is getting away with not even registering as a "foreign" lobbyist, when in fact that is the non-monetary price he pays for the millions he is paid with Middle East funds from his lobbyist friend in California.
I would love to know what the Emir's thoughts are now about the Clintons. Especially after getting the shaft
I heard a dem strategist refer to President Bush as "a monarch" this morning...
If they think that Bush considers himself a Monarch...the Clintons think of themselves as GOD and GODESS...NOTHING they do could possibly be wrong.
Unfortunately, there are at least 50% of Americans that feel the same way...so they will get away with it.
Thanks for the heads up.
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