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If this story has legs - may or may not - it will be interesting to see if the spotlight shines on Mr. Shohat. From jut the info posted here, there is enough to suspect (or directly prove) that he's connected to the following:

South American Drug Cartels
Janet Reno
Chris Lehane/ALGORE/DNC
The National Enquirer (Boies by association? He has some connection there if I remember correctly)

One connection not yet stated:
The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association (He defended some "made" persons in the past)

Now (crafting a tinfoil helmet and donning it)...Let's just say for the moment that this was orchestrated by the likes of Lehane/McAuliffe/Snakehead and back-room operatives at the DNC. Not Manufactured entirely but a small non-newsworthy story that has been cultivated into what they hope will be a crippling scandal. Could those behind all of this - assuming that they are indeed the collective "OZ" - have made a tactical error in their choice of who to get this housekeeper lawyered-up with?

We've seen the likes of McAuliffe be so brazen. It wouldn't be out of character.The amount of drugs being said is seemingly outlandish to just take one "wrong" aspect.

This does have the potential of blowing up in their faces. They may think that they can totally control the pace and track of this but what if they can't. What if they underestimated their opponent. I'd love for this to turn out to be totally false and it just could be their undoing.

On top of that, these people are convinced that they can read public opinion. If it all turned out to be true, it could REALLY backfire when people are presented with horrific addiction stories AND it turns out that the story was held as a trump for years (as it looks like it was).

I just think that no matter which way this goes, if there is a chance of the involvement of DNC types in this, it needs to be exposed and in a big way.

Another tidbit on Boies:

excerpted from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17302-2003Jul19.html

Associated Press
Sunday, July 20, 2003

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., July 19 -- The lawyer who represented Al Gore in
his Supreme Court challenge of Florida results in the 2000 presidential
election has been accused of ethics violations in another case.

A Florida Bar grievance committee found probable cause that David Boies
violated rules of misconduct by giving money to a client and improperly
supervising other lawyers.

The committee's July 10 finding is similar to an indictment. The case
will be heard by a judge appointed by the Florida Supreme Court.

The allegations stem from Boies's involvement in a legal battle between
the owners of two Palm Beach lawn-care companies. He is accused of
providing unlimited legal and financial help to one of the owners because
of an alleged personal relationship with her.

Who is she? She may be a link.