Posted on 06/27/2009 11:24:24 AM PDT by freespirited
The government of Bermuda has staunchly denied that they were compensated for accepting Uighur detainees from Guantanamo, but the local press is now seizing on an aside in the Times of London as a likely explanation:
Colonel David Burch, Bermuda’s Home Affairs Minister, who flew to Guantánamo Bay to pick up the Uighurs, said that the idea for them to be resettled in Bermuda originated with the Government’s US lobbyists before the premier’s trip to the White House in mid-May and that Mr Brown had put the proposed to US officials. Bermuda is eager to avoid a crackdown by the Obama Administration on offshore financial centres. “One can reasonably expect that if Bermuda gets to a point where it needs some help, Bermuda is in a much stronger position if it made friends before you need them,” Colonel Burch said.
The government's lobbyist is Art Collins, a prominent black Florida politico who reportedly worked on Obama's campaign and transition.
Extremely interesting, in view of what is now happening to Switzerland (IBS, etc).
SHOCKED I TELL YOU! I’M SHOCKED!
If you are paying Federal taxes, you are funding this insanity.
Go Galt.
Aw,,,, they just wanted a decent Chinese restaurant!
Well at least Hussein isn’t only a thug with the American people. He’s an equal opportunity blackmailer and criminal!
I thought it was because they looked so fine in a Speedo.
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