Of all the options we discussed, the only one that seems to have real potential for making a difference is the HRC option and even that has peril if not handled correctly ... As for contacting Rudy, that seems to be too fraught with peril, and I am against it unless someone has some inside information which would strongly suggest he is willing to stay on the side lines and we only want confirmation ... Frankly, I think we benefit from not having the existence of the petition known ...
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From: Avner
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 8:26 AM
To: Quinn, Jack; Fink, Robert NY
Cc: Rich, Marc; behan kathleen
Subject: Chuck Schumer
I have been advised that HRC shall feel more at ease if she is joined by her elder senator of NY who also represents the jewish population. The private request from DR shall not be sufficient. It seems that this shall be a pre requisite from her formal position.
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From: Fink,Robert - NY
Sent: Wednesday, Dec. 27, 11:04 AM
To: Gershon Kekst
Cc: Avner Azulay, Jack Quinn, Kitty Behan
Subject: FW: Chuck Schumer
Here is another message from Avner which you did not receive. Avner is looking for suggestions on who could contact the senior Senator and ask for support so that the only request for help from the Jewish community is not to HRC. It may be that DR can play this role as well. What do you think?...
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From: gkekst
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 5:20 PM
To: Fink, Robert NY
Subject: Chuck Schumer
Good point. Can quinn tell us who is close enough to lean on schumer?? I am certainly willing to call him but have no real clout. Jack might be able to tell us quickly who the top contributors are ... maybe Bernard Schwartz ??
Gershon
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From: Jack Quinn
12/27/2000 08:14:35 PM
To: Avram, Robert Fink
Cc: Marc Rich, Kathleen Behan
Subject: RE: Chuck Schumer
CS was not as helpful to HRC as she was to him. There may be some feelings about this else I wouldn't be aware of it. Worry that we have no idea how CS will react. We shd contact him only if we have a VERY, VERY solid contact who can speak to him in the greatest confidence and we will then no doubt have to brief him very carefully. If we have no such close connection, I would be wary of this approach and I have to believe that the contact with HRC can happen without him after all, we are not looking for a public show of support from her.
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About 100 times smarter than her ex-husband's attorneys, Denise Rich, apparently in consultation with Beth Dozoretz, slams the whole idea of getting any of these individuals involved.
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From: Fink, Robert NY
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 2:12 PM
To: Avner Azulay
Cc: Marc Rich
I spoke to DR who was adamantly against the proposal. She is convinced it would be viewed badly by the recipient. Nothing good will come of the overture even with a good word from anyone in NY.
She said she is convinced of this and so is her friend who has advised DR not to discuss it in front of HRC ...
Dinner to Launch 40th Anniversary Celebrations
The Chaplaincy marks its 40th Anniversary in 2001 and, in recognition of this milestone, A Gathering of Friends will inaugurate a series of events over the next 18 months designed to increase public awareness of its mission, and celebrate its commitments to service and education. Caring for the Whole Person, a series of complementary programs on spirituality and well-being featuring The Chaplaincy's clinical staff, will reach out to congregations of all denominations and faiths. For profiles of the dinner's co-chairs-1999 Wholeness of Life community honoree Martin Lipton, Gershon Kekst, president of Kekst & Co., and James S. Turley, chairman elect of Ernst & Young
It seems The New York Times left out a small detail...
The committee said Roger "participated in a plot to obtain a $35,000-per-month contract" from an Alabama airport promoter in exchange for urging then-Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater to speak at a company gathering.
Title 18 U.S. Code Section 1503.
Influencing or injuring officer or juror generally (a) Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any grand or petit juror, or officer in or of any court of the United States, or officer who may be serving at any examination or other proceeding before any United States magistrate judge or other committing magistrate, in the discharge of his duty, or injures any such grand or petit juror in his person or property on account of any verdict or indictment assented to by him, or on account of his being or having been such juror, or injures any such officer, magistrate judge, or other committing magistrate in his person or property on account of the performance of his official duties, or corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice, shall be punished as provided in subsection...
So might this:
Section 1346. (This particular section of the U.S. Criminal code is one of the few good things for which we must admit Joe Biden did that was right. It applies to a citizen's intangible right to the honest performance of a public official's duties)
Definition of ''scheme or artifice to defraud'' For the purposes of this chapter, the term ''scheme or artifice to defraud'' includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.
Title 18 U.S. Code Section 1503.
Influencing or injuring officer or juror generally (a) Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any grand or petit juror, or officer in or of any court of the United States, or officer who may be serving at any examination or other proceeding before any United States magistrate judge or other committing magistrate, in the discharge of his duty, or injures any such grand or petit juror in his person or property on account of any verdict or indictment assented to by him, or on account of his being or having been such juror, or injures any such officer, magistrate judge, or other committing magistrate in his person or property on account of the performance of his official duties, or corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice, shall be punished as provided in subsection...
So might this:
Section 1346. (This particular section of the U.S. Criminal code is one of the few good things for which we must admit Joe Biden did that was right. It applies to a citizen's intangible right to the honest performance of a public official's duties)
Definition of ''scheme or artifice to defraud'' For the purposes of this chapter, the term ''scheme or artifice to defraud'' includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.
If we slap wrists, it continues.
Thanks girl.