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Strategies & Market Trends : Anthony @ Equity Investigations, Dear Anthony, -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (77524)	6/8/2002 8:52:43 AM
From: Captain Jack	Respond to of 122087

LOL! <<" while Tony may be able to justify in his mind that this was OK,">> He is NOT stupid,, if this were true than 65 years in jail would be wrong,,, but 65 years in an institution for the insane would make sense...

To: tonto who wrote (77524)	6/8/2002 10:22:27 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 122087

Nicely put, Tonto!

To: tonto who wrote (77524)	6/8/2002 11:24:23 AM
From: M0NEYMADE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

,,,,,,,This is nothing new! "FBI Filegate" Remember that one. Craig Livingstone...The White House personnel security office sought some 700 confidential FBI background files in 1993 and 1994, including files of top Republicans who no longer worked at the White House. Among the files obtained were those on former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, former CIA Director Robert Gates, and former spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. Records were also obtained on former White House Travel Office employees after they had been fired in 1993. According to administration officials, the files were obtained to update security records for access to the White House for employees from previous administrations. The administration says the security office relied on an outdated list. DYNAMIC DUO At the center of the firestorm, dubbed "Filegate," was Craig Livingstone , a former bar bouncer and campaign advance man who headed up the Office of White House Personnel Security. Livingstone worked on Democratic campaigns and helped organized inaugural activities for the Clinton administration. He announced his resignation while testifying at a congressional hearing June 26, 1996. He testified that he had not known that an aide he had hired was requesting the files. Anthony Marceca, a civilian Army investigator who had also worked on Democratic campaigns, was hired by Livingstone to conduct background checks. Marceca submitted the requests for the files and later claimed he didn't know he was working from an outdated list. Marceca appeared before a congressional committee on June 18, 1996, but pleaded Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. Clinton defends administration on obtaining FBI files. THE EXPLANATIONS President Bill Clinton at a news conference June 12, 1996, said obtaining the files was "an honest bureaucratic snafu" and not an attempt to collect damaging information on political opponents as Republicans had charged. The FBI admitted that the files were improperly obtained. FBI Director Louis Freeh said the FBI was "victimized" in the matter. Former White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum, Livingstone's boss, said he had not known underlings had used preprinted forms with his name on them to ask for the files. THE WHITEWATER CONNECTION The requests for the files were uncovered by a House committee investigating another Clinton-administration controversy — the firing of White House Travel Office employees. On June 22, 1996, a federal appeals court granted Attorney General Janet Reno's request to give Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr authority to look into the matter and find out if anyone had acted improperly in asking for the files.

To: tonto who wrote (77524)	6/8/2002 1:00:29 PM
From: peter michaelson	Respond to of 122087

Hi tonto: The very idea that an FBI employee was providing Tony information and was being compensated to do so is wrong. If this allegation is true, people should be concerned. while Tony may be able to justify in his mind that this was OK, there is no way that the FBI agent did not know that this would be illegal and wrong, no way. I find it peculiar that the reports that the FBI database was searched so many times regarding Tony is not discussed more. What I don't understand about this is why the FBI people who actually accessed the information and shared it are not being prosecuted more. From Dow Jones 6/7/02: Law enforcement agencies across the country have access to a centralized computer that contains information on people's criminal backgrounds. It is this same kind of information that Royer had allegedly accessed and passed along to Elgindy that is at the heart of the government's case against him. Mitchell testified that Royer told him he needed the database searches because of unfinished FBI business and also for his new line of work as a private investigator. During the court hearing, Mitchell said Royer asked him to do some background checks on people, including past arrests. On one occasion, Mitchell said he provided Royer with information about an unnamed person's previous drug conviction in Florida. The officer, who said he ran searches in the National Crime Information Center Database, didn't say what names Royer asked him to check." The fact that Mitchell is not being prosecuted implies to me that it is commonplace for law enforcement to share information out of its database. Perhaps not - it's not my area of expertise. Didn't Mitchell commit a crime by sharing that information with Royer? If he is not being prosecuted, then why are Royer and Elgindy? Sincere question. Peter