Reward of $175,000 Offered for LAT Obama Tape [Grimaldi is for real]

The Hill ^ | 10/29/08 | Walter Alarkon

[PajamaTruthMafia]

A hedge fund manager is offering a reward of $150,000 in exchange for a tape that shows Barack Obama at a 2003 dinner for a Palestinian scholar.

Aston Grimaldi II said he would pay out the money to whomever can provide a tape of the 2003 event for Rashid Khalidi, which the Los Angeles Times has written about but has refused to release. Grimaldi's offer letter is available at Dirty Harry's Place, a conservative blog.

"Being an extreme fiscal conservative and somewhat of a social liberal, the number one thing to me is transparency and open government," said Grimaldi. "Those rules and standards should apply also to the press."

Dirty Harry's Place also says that it received an e-mail from someone else who will give another $25,000 to whomever can come up with the tape.

The McCain campaign has accused the Times of suppressing the video and has called on the Times to release it.

Grimaldi, speaking on the phone in Monaco, said that he would pay his reward out of one of his personal accounts. Grimaldi, a citizen of both the United States and Monaco, said he read about the tape in the International Herald Tribune and has heard from Israeli friends who want to see it.

"One of the most important things they look at in a potential candidate is the viewpoint on israeli relations," he said.

Grimaldi said it was "incredibly unfair" for the Times not to release the tape.

"It shows an incredible bias," he said.

[quesney]

somebody needs to add $25,000 stat — make it a nice round $200,000 figure. Wish I had the means.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

Hopefully he’s not the only source.

[aculeus]

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2522804

Dune Capital Management LP
SnapshotPeople
COMPANY OVERVIEW

Dune Capital Management LP (DCM) is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm also manages a real estate opportunity fund for its clients. It primarily invests in the public equity markets of the United States and Western Europe. The firm typically invests in the entertainment industry. Dune Capital Management was founded in 2004 and is based in New York, New York.
623 Fifth Avenue
30th Floor
New York, NY 10022
United States
Founded in 2004
Phone:
212-301-8400
Fax:
KEY EXECUTIVES

Mr. Steven T. Mnuchin
Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Age: 45
Mr. Daniel M. Neidich
Founding Partner
Age: 58
Mr. Charles Seelig
Partner and Managing Director
Mr. Andrew Booke Cohen
Managing Director
Age: 36
Ms. Cornelia C. Buckley

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No Grimaldi

[Cicero]

I don’t know if it’s real or not. There is a Dune Capital Management:

http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=4D5B9F8FD4FACED3DCD4687C7C96C996

But Grimaldi is not listed among the managers:

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2522804

Also, if I google his name, he only turns up in connection with this story.

That doesn’t mean it’s not real, but I couldn’t confirm it.

[illiac]

There was also an earlier post on this today that claimed Soros was behind this company.

[Dallas59]

Won't be long until others jump on the bandwagon...



FROM: AFRICAN PRINCESS ESSIENE - A CRY FOR HELP!

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that you and only you can help in securing evidence against Mechelle Obama. I got your contact through the Internet during my research on some one who could help us.

I am a Princess of Nigeria. I am 28 yrs old. I'd like any person who can be caring, loving and home oriented. I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about you. I would like to build up a solid foundation with you in time coming if you can be able to help me in this transaction.

Well, my father died earlier two months ago. He left us with a tape of Michell Obama saying things which should not be said. I as Princess to him and my brother are the only people who can take Care of this tape now because my mother is not literate enough to know how to play the tape. In addition to the tape he left over $125,000,000 dollars that I will share with you if you secure this tape. Please send your bank account....

[DHarry]

Oh, that’s right — go ahead and make an excellent point.

[Robbin]

“in deed, that from that Arab guy Debbie Schussel claims it’s from he will not fork it over fro $150,000 or $100,000,000,000. This guy will never give in when he knows that Obama has the keys to destroying Israel and giving Arab terrorists what they so eagerly want.”

Bingo, we have a winner, no way a jew hating terrorist is going to release this tape for money....

[PajamaTruthMafia]

What would make you think he is the only possible source of a tape he handed over to the LA Times? How many people at the LA Times do you think have a copy or could make a copy? How many copies have been distributed for PR in the ensuing years?

[Republican Red]

Why then did he give it to the LA Times in the first place. If he is so loyal to Obama and the Palestinian cause why be the source to begin with.

[beaversmom]

That’s true. Soros could offer them much, much more to destroy it. Sure hope someone takes up the offer though.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

only reason I can give is that the LA SLIMES has historically been pro Palestinian and anti Israel in their coverage. Maybe he originally was in the CLinton camp and thought the story would hurt Obama but the times held back.

[freebird5850]

What’s on the tape? Probably a huge electromagnet.

[freespirited]

I checked zabasearch and ussearch. Could not find an Aston Grimaldi.

[SJackson]

Why then did he give it to the LA Times in the first place. If he is so loyal to Obama and the Palestinian cause why be the source to begin with.

If you read the original article it's pretty pro-Obama. He crosses the lines and gets along with everyone, that sort of thing. Could have helped him in some areas, though April was too late for the primaries. Obviously he didn't want the actual words coming out.

[doug from upland]

MEMORIALIZED IN SONG ON YOUTUBE - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2119043/posts

[Ilya Mourometz]

I, for one, take LAT at their word that the person giving them the tape, did tell them that they not release it because, for various reasons, he would be exposed as the one releasing it and that his life or “cred” would be damaged as a result. In other words, the tape probably has someone saying, “yo, Abu’, man...let’s kill some Jews later” or something to that effect—a dead giveaway of the filmmaker. That Abuminah believes his own reputation in the Jew-killer community would be harmed if the tape were released is the real proof that the tape is not just very damaging to Obama, but to the entire AAAN enterprise.

This also leads to a presumption that it is not just damaging to Obama because he’s seated next to and yucking it up with Bill Ayers (which we now know is the case), but because Obama’s “testimonial” to Khalidi is likely more radical than anything Khalidi (an academic) himself would have said. In other words, I would bet that Obama didn’t just nod in agreement with an anti-Jewish polemic, but, in fact, gave one himself. Obama likely bemoaned the very existence of the Jewish state and he probably bordered or even ventured into outright anti-Semitism.

The fact is, we already know that Obama and Khalidi were friends. We already know that Ayers and Obama were friends. A tape showing Obama hugging Ayers and Khalidi or nodding in agreement with some radical sentiment would not be worth hiding these days—we all already know this. Obama is teflon and he just says, “well, these statements are not my statements and beliefs....just acquaintences of mine.” No, this is something far more serious. It is Obama himself talking like Wright, or Ayers. That’s why this tape cannot be seen; why it must be destoyed. I guarantee it.

If the tape still exists—and I believe it was destroyed long ago and the LAT refuses to admit it—then it must be procured by surreptitious means. The old fashioned way. Bribe the guards, bribe the archive attendants, bribe the reporter. Get the tape by hook or crook or have 10,000 show up at their doorstep and demand its release. It will never see the light of day any other way.

[FreedomProtector]

WILL THE LAST HONEST JOURNALIST PLEASE TURN ON THE TAPE?

[tippop]

A separate correspondence with Aston Grimaldi has appeared:

http://neoconexpress.blogspot.com/2008/10/dune-capital-offers-150000-for-release.html

[dervish]

Gihad Ali was the poet at the dinner. An announcement lists her.

Fri, August 1 - Arab American Action Network. Fundraising Dinner to
Honor Mona and Rashid Khalidi for over 15 years of service to our
communities in Chicago. 6 pm reception, 7 pm dinner and program, at the
Burbank Manor, 6345 W. 79th St. Tickets: $50. The program will include
statements of appreciation from State Senator Barack Obama, NPR
personality Jerome McDonald, long-time community activist Camilia Odeh,
and others; and performances by Gihad Ali, a Palestinian spoken word
poet, and the Sanabel debka troupe. Info. or to reserve tickets, call
Hatem Abudayyeh, 773.476.3534, x61

http://lists.topica.com/lists/humanrightschicago/read/message.html?sort=d&mid=%201714003062

Here are two of her more famous works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUWsmLXUSC0

and

(snip)
American, do you realize,
That the taxes that you pay
Feed the forces that traumatize
My every living day?

The bulldozers and the tanks,
The gases and the guns,
The bombs that fall outside my door,
All due to American funds.

Yet do you know the truth
Of where your money goes?
Do you let your media deceive your mind?
Is this a truth that no one knows?

You blame me for defending myself
Against the ways of Zionists.
I’m terrorized in my own land
And I’m the terrorist?

http://www.subzeroblue.com/archives/2004/07/eye_to_eye_a_palesti.html

Maybe the tape came from NPR’s Jerome McDonald who was listed as attending.