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To: Scumbria who wrote (128359)	2/27/2001 1:11:21 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

SCUMbria - Pardon Me 02/26/2001 - Updated 06:48 PM ET Former DNC official refuses to testify WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party's former finance director, invoking Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, refused Monday to testify before a House committee investigating President Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich. Beth Dozoretz, who stepped down in 1999 as finance director of the Democratic National Committee and is a friend of Rich's ex-wife Denise, told the House Government Reform Committee through her attorney she would not comply with the panel's request to appear before it Thursday. "Because of the pendency of other investigations, Ms. Dozoretz, upon advice of counsel, has elected to invoke her constitutional privilege not to testify," said her lawyer, Thomas Green. Denise Rich also declined to testify before the committee earlier this month, but that was before U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White confirmed her office was conducting a criminal investigation into Clinton's pardons of Rich and his partner, Pincus Green. The committee sent a subpoena for Dozoretz on Monday and was immediately contacted by her lawyer with her refusal. "It is beginning to seem that the reason people aren't answering questions is because they are hiding something," contended committee chairman Dan Burton, R-Ind. "This is unacceptable." Dozoretz pledged to raise $1 million for the Clinton library and helped lobby the White House to get Rich's pardon. She also was among many people who made personal gifts to Clinton and his wife during the president's last year in office. She gave them a dining table, server and golf clubs, all valued at $7,000. Burton had said earlier Monday he might seek a contempt citation against the head of Clinton's library foundation if it doesn't provide a full list of donors. In response to a subpoena from the House Government Reform Committee, the foundation and its president, Skip Rutherford, agreed to release only records that directly deal with Rich, his family or his ex-wife Denise. "I am prepared to consider requesting a vote to hold the Clinton Library and Mr. Rutherford in contempt for failing to provide these records to the committee," Burton said. The committee is investigating whether Clinton's pardons of Rich and others on his final day in office might be connected to donations to the library, the Democratic Party or Democratic candidates. Clinton has denied any connection. Burton also offered Rutherford and the Clinton library a compromise Monday. He suggested that the committee would be satisfied for now if its lawyers could just look at the list of library foundation donors. He said his staff could then eliminate any name they didn't need and restrict the panel's request to more specific information. "It seems that this step would be a reasonable way of fulfilling the committee's legitimate investigative needs while protecting the privacy interests of Clinton Library donors," Burton said. Rutherford said Monday that he would discuss Burton's offer with the foundation's board. Rich has lived in Switzerland since just before he was indicted in New York on federal charges in 1983. When pardoned by Clinton, he was wanted by the Justice Department on charges of tax evasion, fraud and participation in illegal oil deals with Iran. Denise Rich has contributed an estimated $450,000 to the Clinton library, more than $1.1 million to the Democratic Party and at least $109,000 to Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate campaign. Rutherford is to appear in front of Burton's committee on Thursday to answer questions about the library. The foundation's lawyer, David Kendall, has contended that its list of donors is private.

To: Scumbria who wrote (128359)	2/27/2001 1:13:38 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, <Newt Gingrich defined insanity as "trying the same thing over and over again, hoping for different results."> Like the Florida recounts? ;-) Tenchusatsu

To: Scumbria who wrote (128359)	2/27/2001 6:59:19 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, re: Rambus - "Newt Gingrich defined insanity as "trying the same thing over and over again, hoping for different results."" It seems to me that when the DRAM manufacturer's had under-capacity and were making great profits in standard DRAM, they were willing to say FU to Intel on Rambus production. Now that the commodity business is at the other end of the spectrum, more and more production is being transferred to RDRAM, and the prices appear to be coming down. Maybe the manufacturer's will learn to love (well, like) Rambus if it provides a slightly better GM? (A simple and perhaps inaccurate observation, I don't even read the Rambus thread). Question, do you feel more or less positive about the future for Rambus than you did six months ago? John