An Ex-President, a Mining Deal and a Big Donor (Clinton donor rec’d lucrative uranium mining deal)

New York Times ^ | January 31, 2008 | By JO BECKER and DON VAN NATTA Jr.

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Late on Sept. 6, 2005, a private plane carrying the Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra touched down in Almaty, a ruggedly picturesque city in southeast Kazakhstan. Several hundred miles to the west a fortune awaited: highly coveted deposits of uranium that could fuel nuclear reactors around the world. And Mr. Giustra was in hot pursuit of an exclusive deal to tap them.

Unlike more established competitors, Mr. Giustra was a newcomer to uranium mining in Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic. But what his fledgling company lacked in experience, it made up for in connections. Accompanying Mr. Giustra on his luxuriously appointed MD-87 jet that day was a former president of the United States, Bill Clinton.

Upon landing on the first stop of a three-country philanthropic tour, the two men were whisked off to share a sumptuous midnight banquet with Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev, whose 19-year stranglehold on the country has all but quashed political dissent.

Mr. Nazarbayev walked away from the table with a propaganda coup, after Mr. Clinton expressed enthusiastic support for the Kazakh leader’s bid to head an international organization that monitors elections and supports democracy. Mr. Clinton’s public declaration undercut both American foreign policy and sharp criticism of Kazakhstan’s poor human rights record by, among others, Mr. Clinton’s wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

Within two days, corporate records show that Mr. Giustra also came up a winner when his company signed preliminary agreements giving it the right to buy into three uranium projects controlled by Kazakhstan’s state-owned uranium agency, Kazatomprom.

The monster deal stunned the mining industry, turning an unknown shell company into one of the world’s largest uranium producers in a transaction...

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"Thanks. I don’t know what to make of it yet."

Not sure either, but experience tells me that if the Clinton's are involved there is something dirty going on....

[Husker8877]

Bump to share with everyone I know...

Stagerring, and with NO repercussions I am (sadly) convinced.

How I hate the Clintons...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[bw17]

She’ll also stack the courts. The next President will most certainly nominate two Supreme Court justices...and possibly three.

[DoughtyOne]

While you’re dusting off your vote to stop this type of activity, perhaps you could tell us what president this took place under? Did that president stop it?

Put that vote away and quit being played like a two week old violin.

[PerConPat]

Mr. Giustra’s more recent and public pledge to give the William J. Clinton Foundation an additional $100 million, secured Mr. Giustra a place in Mr. Clinton’s inner circle, an exclusive club of wealthy entrepreneurs in which friendship with the former president has its privileges.

Well, of course, this sort of thing has been going on since cavemen first got together and figured out a way to cooperate for the betterment of the cabal.

The reason that folks on-the-make take to Dims with such a passion is grounded in the nature of Democratcy. The weasels who learn early- probably in the sandbox- that sincerity is extremely important and that once you learn to fake it things come easy, will always have the upper hand with the mob. This explains why termites like Soros and his ilk gravitate toward Libs, hungry for power, who will certainly play ball after their lies such as "I feel your pain" have catapulted them into high office.

The Clintons etc. run their fat cat financed games games at the fat part of the bell curve and get to be "in charge" while the blood suckers get what they want in return. Madison etc. warned us; but let's face it most folks don't have the time or the brains to figure things out for themselves until their asse[t]s are in a real bind.

[Fedora]

Thanks for the pings!

[snarks_when_bored]

How much was Bill's consulting fee? And did he report it to the IRS?

Questions we'll probably never get answers to...

[OPS4]

Here is one that is coming up in court feb 21 for these lovely clintoons.
http://www.peterfpaul.com/2008/01/29/exposing-hillarys-illegalities-in-los-angeles-court-to-begin-feb-21/

[WoofDog123]

“Agree, but it’s still a dilemma. It feels like our choice has been removed.”

Factually most of it has.

[lowbridge]

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmY0YTljYTIwMGY3NGZkNTYzZmE0ZjExYTU2MDJkMzk=

[SERKIT]

Any cross-over or nexus between Plame/Wilson or related front companies and Giustra? How many degrees of separation between the Clintons, Plame/Wilson, and Giustra?

[coloradan]

That would be difficult with (D) majorities in both houses.

[oust the louse]

wow...that article is chock full O’ information...thanks. I’m sending to my liberal brother to get his blood boiling.

[AdamSelene235]

That would be difficult with (D) majorities in both houses.

I doubt that would survive more than one "nails on chalkboard" televised address to the nation.

[There's millions of'em]

Billary = Zero to Billions in 8 short years

[the invisib1e hand]

when the nytimes turns on bill...something’s up. whatever it is their concocting must be very shady indeed.

[the invisib1e hand]

I just don't think people care anymore.

which is exactly what the media megaphones want you to think.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Here’s another one I picked up trolling a little while ago from Daily Kos—”Which candidate do Democrats fear the most?”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/johnmccain/story/0,,2250499,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

[XHogPilot]

Did I read $100 Million donation!!!!