Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Senior Swindler?
Newsweek ^ | 09/08/2001 | Michael Isikoff

Posted on 09/08/2001 5:28:06 PM PDT by Pokey78

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A. Glenn Braswell, the secretive Florida-based direct-mail kingpin whose last-minute pardon by President Clinton helped create a storm of controversy about the pardon process, has been subpoenaed by a U.S. Senate committee investigating deceptive marketing practices in the health-care industry.

INVESTIGATORS FOR THE U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging tell NEWSWEEK that they have spent months looking into a labyrinthine direct-mail empire through which the 58-year-old Braswell markets a dizzying array of health care products-from

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:

1 posted on 09/08/2001 5:28:06 PM PDT by Pokey78
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Pokey78
including anti-aging potions with names like “Himalayan Life Formula” and “Longevity Caps.”

Where can I get some? I can be a Freeper forever.

2 posted on 09/08/2001 5:48:16 PM PDT by swampfox98
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: swampfox98
“Himalayan Life Formula” and “Longevity Caps.”

Count me in.

We'll inquire first with Senator Thurmond.

3 posted on 09/08/2001 5:54:05 PM PDT by billorites
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: billorites
So, Clinton pardoned the guy. Go figure.
Luckily for the elderly, Clinton felt their wallets....er....I mean their pain. He and his buddy made sure they had plenty of life giving medicine, sort of. It depends on the meaning of the word "giving."
4 posted on 09/08/2001 7:11:27 PM PDT by concerned about politics
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson