I think someone has to ask this question.
Now that's one heck of a good question!!!!
Tuesday, March 6, 2001
Recently I wrote to the president of the Clinton Library Foundation asking that they publicly disclose their donors of $5,000 or more, and making the case that the arguments for disclosure far outweigh the arguments for secrecy in this case.
Although the Library and the House Government Reform Committee have reached some sort of accomodation with respect to the donor list in question, this backroom deal isn't the answer. The American people still do not have the information that they deserve in order to draw their own conclusions. Without this information, serious questions linger about whether presidential pardons were directly connected to gifts or pledges to the Library.
Frankly, I am astonished that former President Clinton hasn't learned from his past mistakes and is still trying to keep this information from public view. I hope he reverses this position, regardless of the backroom deal struck with the Burton committee.
Full text of letter available at: HERE