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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (11583)	10/10/2003 9:14:58 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793895

The legalities of the affair will eventually predominate. I predict that there will be a finding of no indictable offense. The Dems of course will scream bloody murder. Bush should have a Special Prosecutor appointed to take the air out of the Dems sails. If the Prosecutor finds a possible crime, Bush looks squeaky clean because he had the affair taken out of the DOJ's hands. If there is no prosecutable offense, the Dems will have to live with the independent Prosecutor's finding. The legalities no longer interest me. I am more puzzled as to why Wilson's financial connections to the highest levels of the Saudi Royal family through Rock Creek have not been developed. It's juicy stuff. If the Dems want to start a war over something so inconsequential, then all is fair, including the Wilson's finances. Did he trade on his wife's knowledge and connections to the CIA? Why isn't he listed as being affiliated with Rock Creek anymore? Did the Saudis dump him out of RC because he was perceived as spying on them, passing information through his wife? How much $$$ did he make through Rock Creek? Wasn't the connection a serious conflict of interest for her? Could her judgment be biased as a result of the family's Saudi connection? What other linkages to the 24 karat Saudi money tree does the family have other than Rock Creek? There's a lot there that will make Wilson look really bad. I'd be going after the information in a huge way. This blogger has done good work on the the issue: 216.239.37.104 On the other side: 1) The news media keeps listing Joseph C Wilson as "CEO of JC Wilson International Ventures" Their ignorance is hilarious. As of May 2003, Joseph Wilson's email address was joewilson@rockcreekcorp.com (See the May 2003 symposium on Africa at www.sahel-club.org/doc/conflict_sem0305_en.doc ) 2) Mr Wilson's affiliation at several recent foreign policy conferences was listed as Rock Creek Corp. See ,e.g., mepc.org and mepc.org (Search for "Wilson" --e.g Iraqi Town Hall seminar on April 2003 3) If you look at Saudi Net's list of firms doing business in Saudi Arabia, you see Rock Creek Corporation-- see the-saudi.net 4) According to the Center for Contempory Arab Studies, a member of their Board is the President of Rock Creek Corporation --Mr Elias Aburdene . see ccasonline.org 5) Rock Creek Corporation is what is tactfully called a "private equity firm" See cohengroup.net 6) An October 1996 article in the Washington Business Journal notes re Mr Elias Aburdene: "Franklin National Bank in Washington has hired the former head of Palmer National Bank's international private banking unit, in an effort to attract deposits from well-heeled foreign investors. Since opening Sept. 1, Franklin's new international private banking division has garnered about 50 customers and $15 million in deposits. Elias Aburdene, advisor to the division, headed a similar department for five years at Palmer, which became a subsidiary of George Mason Bankshares in May. Franklin, with $450 million in assets, has started a foreign exchange operation to accommodate the new business. But mostly, Aburdene said, international private banking means plain-vanilla services like checking, delivered with personal service. "They [international clients] are looking for intangibles -- discretion, confidentiality, competence," Aburdene said. Clients also like to have access to top executives at the bank, giving smaller institutions like Franklin an edge, he added. " Who the "well-heeled foreign investors" are and the nature of the "intangibles" they want is left as an exercise for the reader. 7) However, the name "Palmer National Bank" of Washington DC should make any spooks out there grin knowingly. See thirdworldtraveler.com and search for "Palmer". It certainly seems as if Mr Wilson's boss has ..er.. been around the track a few times. Certainly enough times to know how to poke the Likud Neocons in the butt with a very sharp stick. Posted by Don Williams @ 10/01/2003 11:20 AM PST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lest some of you don't get the point re Elias Abur consider this blurb at the bottom of an October 1997 article by the "Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs" : "National Association of Arab Americans (NAAA) President Khalil Jahshan and Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) co-chaired a fact-finding visit to the Middle East between March 22 and April 5. The group, which also consisted of NAAA Board Chairman George Gorayeb and Executive Vice-Chairman Elias Aburdene, visited Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, Lebanon and Syria, after which Jahshan went on his own to Jordan, Israel and Palestine....." Ref: Bottom of page at washington-report.org Those wanting to find out more about the National Association of Arab Americans are invited to Google.