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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (457145)	9/11/2003 3:20:54 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

American Spirit forgot to mention quite a few facts, including that fact that Clark Clifford, the Dean of the Democratic Party during the 1980s, was involved up to his eyeballs with BCCI. Kerry and Hank Brown co-authored a Senate report entitled "The BCCI Affair." There is a section called "Legislative and Policy Recommendations" One of the more interesting and amusing recommendations for further investigation was: 9. BCCI's financing of commodities and other business dealings of international criminal financier Marc Rich. Marc Rich remains the most important figure in the international commodities markets, and remains a fugitive from the United States following his indictment on securities fraud. BCCI lending to Rich in the 1980's amounted to tens of millions of dollars. Moreover, Rich's commodities firms were used by BCCI in connection with BCCI's involving in U.S. guarantee programs through the Department of Agriculture. The nature and extent of Rich's relationship with BCCI requires further investigation. Does anyone remember who pardoned Rich? The full report can be found at: fas.org