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Library withheld papers on Clinton pardons
KTKA/AP ^ | 3-7-08

Posted on 03/07/2008 5:58:52 PM PST by STARWISE

More than a thousand pages covering pardons granted by former president Bill Clinton during his final days in office have been withheld from the public.

Archivists at the Clinton Presidential Library decided to keep the papers out of a larger batch recently released because they covered confidential discussions with advisers.

Included in the more than 2800 documents that have been made public, letters in support of fugitive financier Marc Rich and his partner, both of whom were pardoned by Clinton.

The delays by the library in releasing documents have led to sharp criticism of Clinton and former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A spokeswoman for the National Archives, which runs the library, now says they may have misinterpreted a 2002 letter from the former president in which he left instructions on which pardon documents should be made public.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billclinton; clinton; clintonlegacy; clintonlibrary; hillary; hillaryclinton; hillarysecrets; marcrich; pardons; presidentiallibrary
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To: squidly

so’d the bent one.


21 posted on 03/07/2008 6:38:00 PM PST by glock rocks ( I can see clearly now the brain is gone... gonna be a bright bright sunshiny day.)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

excellent timing!


22 posted on 03/07/2008 6:38:24 PM PST by glock rocks ( I can see clearly now the brain is gone... gonna be a bright bright sunshiny day.)
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To: STARWISE

I personally broke a story about Clinton granting North Carolina Auto Dealer and NASCAR Team owner Rick Hendrick a pardon shortly after Hendrick’s friend Hugh McColl, Jr. shortly after McColl made a huge contribution to Bill Clinton’s library. Hendrick served on the Board of Directors for friend and then CEO Hugh McColl at NationsBank — now Bank of America.

This was then investigated by Congressman Dan Burton’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. I turned over all my evidence to the investigators.

The story was picked up from here within minutes by Rita Cosby, then at Fox News.


23 posted on 03/07/2008 6:50:45 PM PST by TommyDale (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: Chode
What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
My health, I came to Casablanca for the waters.
The waters? What waters, we're in the desert.
I was misinformed.
24 posted on 03/07/2008 6:51:42 PM PST by mc5cents (Show me just what Mohammd brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
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To: TommyDale

Thank you for your efforts.

The Clinton White House was mostly a payoff
turnstile, and we’ll be paying for it for
decades yet to come.

Here’s the FReeper article about that
particular greasy deal.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a99b62033ef.htm

I was always under the impression that Hugh
McColl was a man of high character. How wrong
I was. Imagine how many stories there are.


25 posted on 03/07/2008 6:56:07 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: EGPWS

I know .. I’m a blooming optimist, but
for the last couple of months, I’ve been
saying that the whole election scenario
could change .. there’s too much time.

And, who would’ve predicted the mess the
Rats have now .. too cute by half they
thought, huh? Now ..it’s scorched earth
for THEM. woohoo!

I’m still sayin’: there’s too much time
left .. too many things will yet happen,
and I know and have faith that God is in
charge.

I just know it’s not gonna be boring. ;)


26 posted on 03/07/2008 7:00:48 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: mc5cents
Image hosted by Photobucket.com misinformed alright... 8^)
27 posted on 03/07/2008 7:01:42 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: STARWISE
Imagine how many stories there are.

Indeed.


28 posted on 03/07/2008 7:02:59 PM PST by mc5cents (Show me just what Mohammd brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
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To: STARWISE
Ugh...these stories about withheld and secret documents are starting to crop up again in the news.

Makes me nauseous. This is how I used to feel in the 90's.

29 posted on 03/07/2008 7:10:05 PM PST by what's up
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To: gondramB

I hear ya. But if she wants to inflict herself upon us, which she obviously does, and it forces Slick to pay a different price than other former presidents? I’m fine with that. That’s all I’m saying.


30 posted on 03/07/2008 7:12:30 PM PST by lainie ("You had your time, you had the power, you've yet to have your finest hour" (Roger Taylor, 1984))
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To: STARWISE
More than a thousand pages covering pardons granted by former president Bill Clinton during his final days in office have been withheld from the public.

Well, there's a shocker!

I wonder if FOI lawsuit could get this out soon. Paging Mark Levin, Judicial Watch, et al.

31 posted on 03/07/2008 7:51:35 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: razorback-bert
Ask Web about his pardon, oh yea, he didn’t get one.

IIRC, Clinton's "good friend and partner" McDougall received the old "Withheld Medication Dixie Pardon", while Clinton was boinking McDougall's wife.

32 posted on 03/07/2008 7:55:06 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: fight_truth_decay
Hillary did not pardon anyone, Bill did.

True.

But he pardoned four Hasidic swindlers in return for votes for his wife (New Square.

So she benefited from his malfeasance.

33 posted on 03/07/2008 8:13:47 PM PST by Wil H
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To: Wil H
But he pardoned four Hasidic swindlers in return for votes for his wife

Maybe he should not do her any favors, as it has hurt her 100 fold over, definitely more than helped. It's like saying: With Friends (of Bill's) Like These, Who Needs Enemies?


34 posted on 03/07/2008 8:25:14 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: STARWISE

Thanks for the ping!


35 posted on 03/07/2008 9:03:09 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

The saga has no end ...


36 posted on 03/07/2008 9:57:20 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: fight_truth_decay
With Friends (of Bill's) Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

The clintons are like a tornado, everyone's lives who are touched by them are left in a trail of devastation behind them, both friend and foe.

37 posted on 03/07/2008 10:51:34 PM PST by Wil H
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To: STARWISE
A spokeswoman for the National Archives, which runs the library, now says they may have misinterpreted a 2002 letter from the former president in which he left instructions on which pardon documents should be made public.

How does a former President get to dictate to the National Library on what docments may and may not be made public? Who appointed him to write their policies?

38 posted on 03/08/2008 5:28:49 AM PST by lowbridge ("I can't wait to see what he stands for." - Susan Sarandon on her support of Barack Obama)
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To: purpleraine

Have faith my friend.

Everyone will be judged some day.


39 posted on 03/08/2008 5:54:42 AM PST by bluedressman
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To: bluedressman

I know, but sometimes I entertain thoughts of earthly justice.


40 posted on 03/08/2008 6:16:15 AM PST by purpleraine
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