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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (47002)	11/6/2005 7:32:50 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

According to the December 11 application filed with the president, former Clinton administration White House counsel Jack Quinn turned to his ex-boss for help in pardoning Rich after federal prosecutors refused to negotiate. "It is our firm policy not to negotiate dispositions of criminal charges with fugitives," said a February 2000 letter from federal prosecutors in New York to Quinn. "In 1987, an assistant in this office met with Mr. Rich's counsel and listened to the same presentation by Professor Martin D. Ginsburg referenced in your letter regarding the merits of the tax charges," the letter said. "If Mr. Rich genuinely believes that he is innocent and believes in the strength of his arguments, then he can surrender." In a Washington Post editorial on Friday, Quinn defended Clinton's decision to pardon his client. Quinn wrote that the pardon was "granted strictly on its legal merits." Burton said he wants his House committee "to determine whether the president had an improper motive for the pardons, whether law enforcement authorities were consulted before the pardons were granted, and determine if any regulations governing the lobbying of the president may have been violated." Clinton defended the pardons, telling reporters Sunday that they should not be viewed as an exoneration, only that the individuals have "paid in full." He said he spent "a lot of personal time" on the Rich case but declined to explain his reasoning for the pardon.

To: tonto who wrote (47002)	11/6/2005 10:18:17 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Bushies never revealed Scooter was Rich's #1 man. I know ultra rightwing Dan Burton wanted to investigate MArc Rich and Clinton to see if there was anything illegal there, but they never told us that Bush-Cheney's #2 man in the White House was working for Marc Rich the whole time. How embarrassing is that now that we know Scooter is a crook? So why would Scooter Libby defend such a white collar criminal and congratulate him on his pardon? Because that's what Bushies do, white collar corporate crime. That's how they make their biggest money. Just look at the gas gouging. Also, what role did Scooter and even Cheney have in lobbying Clinton? Maybe that should be investigated. Halliburton under Cheney was known to have done illegal deals with Iran just like Rich did. But they never got charged. The plot thickens, especially when you add Israeli Intelligence as a possible player in all this.