Clinton friend may have been spy's target

Politico ^ | 06/29/2010 | Ben Smith

[OldDeckHand]

A leading Democratic fundraiser and close political ally of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have been a target of the alleged ring of Russian spies arrested yesterday by federal authorities.

The president of the high-end tax accounting and financial advising firm Morea Financial Services confirmed earlier today that the alleged spy "Cynthia Murphy" was a longtime employee and a vice president at the company, which is located on lower Broadway in Manhattan. Federal and state campaign finance filings suggest that the little-known company manages the finances of one of New York's top Democratic financiers: Alan Patricof, a venture capital figure and the finance chairman of Clinton's Senate campaign, as well as a top presidential campaign fundraiser.

[OldDeckHand]

Democrats and their fundraisers are knee-deep in this. I'd love to know what the Ruskies now know.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Yeah.

Of course, the alternate headline is

"Clinton close political ally linked to Russian spy"

[MattinNJ]

Obama’s counter-strike on the Clintons?

[DTogo]

Clinton friend may have been spy's target

Too easy!

[subterfuge]

Whatever the spies were doing, you can bet we the serfs will never know—except what our lourds want us to know.

[Talisker]

Yeah. Of course, the alternate headline is "Clinton close political ally linked to Russian spy"

[Niuhuru]

I bet they were trying to get one of their lovelies to Hillary.

[littleharbour]

Clinton’s connected to foreign political influence. Go figure.

“Clinton’s China Connection”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1913870/posts

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Hillary: “I don’t remember.”

[katana]

I really wish I had some information they could use. It might take weeks of heavy non-stop interrogation, but ...

[Onelifetogive]

Clinton friend may have been spy's target

I don't believe this! Why woud the Ruskies waste their time and money trying to get to Clinton thru a friend...I'm sure the Clintons would give (sell!) their fellow Communists anything they wanted...

[Marty62]

Yeah they’re all chattering about whether Zero knew about this when he took Med out for a burger.

One guy made the off hand remark. Zero probably sid to Med. If you want to know something why didn’t you just ask me.

[bamahead]

Yeah, see I would end up with a not-guilty verdict on that...and then request additional ‘interrogation’ time :)

[BlessingsofLiberty]

Hitlery’s reset button.

[OldDeckHand]

"I bet they were trying to get one of their lovelies to Hillary."

If that's true - and I mean this from the bottom of my heart - I hope that the pictures never get leaked, ever.

[rfp1234]

Not Guilty but Fake.

[dools007]

No, the friend was Clinton’s cutout. Why on earth would the Soviets have to spy on the Clintoon. Hell, he handed them and the Chicoms our nuclear warhead algorythms on a platter.

[sageb1]

Hmmmm....I’m wondering if Obama was getting nervous about Hillary running against him and talked to Medvedev about releasing this info.

[1951Boomer]

Odd how there’s been big hits on both Clinton and Gore this week, isn’t it? My my, what a coincidence.

[Carley]

Does anyone doubt the Klintons are co-conspirators in this massive intelligence gathering operation. That they sought to influence is laughable. Their targets were always willing to give away the USA.