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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (8121)	10/10/1998 6:02:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 13994

Number 2 deserved first place in the Top Ten list.

To: Zoltan! who wrote (8121)	10/10/1998 8:37:00 PM
From: Who, me?	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE SET TO CHARGE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY WITH POSSIBLE THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY EXCLUSIVE DETAILS A CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE HAS WRITTEN A REPORT THAT WILL LEVEL NEW CHARGES AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY, ACCUSING THEM OF TAKING PART IN 'THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.' THE DRUDGE REPORT HAS OBTAINED THE STUNNING REPORT -- AND THE MORE THAN 500-PAGES OF BACK UP MATERIAL -- OUTLINING THE COMMITTEE'S FINDINGS IN THE WHITE HOUSE DATABASE SCANDAL. THE STORY INVOLVES A WHITE HOUSE DATABASE ALLEGEDLY USED AS A POLITICAL FUNDRAISING TOOL. THE DATABASE, WHICH COST 1.7 MILLION IN TAX DOLLARS, INCLUDED RECORDS OF PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL EVENTS, MEETINGS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS THE CHRISTMAS CARD LIST. THE REPORT ACCUSES THE WHITE HOUSE OF SHARING THE DATABASE WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE -- FOR THE DIRECT PURPOSES OF FUNDRAISING. THE INVESTIGATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS GATHERED HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS, CONDUCTED DOZENS OF DEPOSITIONS, THAT IT SAYS SHOWS A TRAIL. THE DRUDGE REPORT HAS OBTAINED A CONFIDENTIAL SECRET MEMO FROM THE WOMAN WHO WAS CO-ORDINATING THE COMPUTER PROJECT, MARSHA SCOTT, CC'D TO THE FIRST LADY AND WHITE HOUSE BIG SHOTS BRUCE LINDSEY AND HAROLD ICKES. THE MEMO OUTLINES THE PLAN TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH THE DNC. THE FIRST LADY, IN HER OWN HANDWRITING, NOTES ON THE MEMO: "THIS SOUNDS PROMISING, PLEASE ADVISE." [WHITE HOUSE STAFFER SCOTT WALKED OUT OF A DEPOSITION EXPLORING THE MATTER, ONE SENIOR CONCESSIONAL SOURCE TOLD THE DRUDGE REPORT IN WASHINGTON ON FRIDAY.] BUT SIX MONTHS PRIOR, A DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE LAWYER HAD WARNED THAT DATA FROM THE COMPUTER MAY BE PROVIDED TO SOURCES OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 'ONLY FOR AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.' DAVID WATKINS, THEN ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, SAID IN AN EYES ONLY, 'PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL MEMO': "THE WHITE HOUSE DATABASE WILL BE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND CAN NOT BE USED BY A CAMPAIGN ENTITY." THE REPORT THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED, DETAILS A PATTERN OF EVIDENCE OBTAINED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT IMPLICATES THE 'PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY IN THE POSSIBLE THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY,' THE COMMITTEE CHARGES. THE REPORT ACCUSES THE WHITE HOUSE OF LATER SHARING FILES FROM THE DATABASE WITH THE DNC -- EVEN USING WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS TO TRANSFER THE INFORMATION. KEN STARR MAY NOT BE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN. THE DRUDGE REPORT HAS LEARNED THAT THE DATABASE PROBE HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN A CRIMINAL REFERRAL TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVING A SENIOR WHITE HOUSE INSIDER. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THE DATABASE FINDINGS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE'S IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION. DEVELOPING... drudgereport.com

To: Zoltan! who wrote (8121)	10/10/1998 11:42:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 13994

Jesse Jackson Honored for Providing Inner-City Youth With Increased Photo-Opportunities theonion.com NEW YORK--The National Urban League presented Rev. Jesse Jackson with a special lifetime-achievement award Tuesday, lauding him for his "unwavering commitment to creating photo opportunities for disadvantaged inner-city youths." "For more than 30 years, Jesse Jackson has worked tirelessly to give at-risk young people the chance to stand next to him in photos that appear in major newspapers and magazines," National Urban League director Clarence Booker said. "Thanks to his efforts, thousands of inner-city youths, from Red Hook to Compton, can proudly stand up and say, 'I am somebody who has appeared in a picture with Jesse Jackson.'" Jackson, the guest of honor at the $600-a-plate banquet at the Waldorf Astoria, was also praised for building "a grass-roots awareness of his face." Accepting the award, Jackson urged banquet attendees to keep in mind that, even as the gala event was taking place, thousands of underprivileged urban youths across America were not receiving the vital Jesse Jackson photo opportunities they need. "It is a crime that in this, the richest nation on Earth, a nation with more than enough high-quality Kodak ASA 400 color-print film for everyone, there are children living without any hope of getting their picture in The Chicago Tribune, much less in Newsweek or having it picked up by Reuters or AP," said the 57-year-old Jackson, president and founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. "We must expose the disgrace that is urban poverty in no fewer than 36 exposures." Jackson went on to assail the news media for its loss of focus in recent years. "The focusing controls for most major cameras are right on the end of the lens," Jackson said. "If I am standing four feet from the camera, the dial should be set to four. We must be diligent in our efforts to raise media awareness of the importance of this focus dial. Wake up, America. Wake up." Last week, Jackson brought much-needed photographic exposure to the inner-city youths of New Orleans, posing for cameras with a number of them in front of the city's blighted McCann-Breaux projects. "New Orleans' terrible urban decay," Jackson said, "provided an ideal backdrop for this important photograph. The rich red bricks of the abandoned buildings, adorned with colorful gang graffiti, nicely contrasted the bright blue sky and really helped draw the eye in." In addition to helping to raise Jackson-awareness, the New Orleans visit created seven badly needed jobs for New Orleans Times-Picayune photographers. "If not for Mr. Jackson," photographer Jerry Doumanian said, "I might not have had an assignment today." According to Jackson publicist Dwayne Morton, the reverend is the best hope for publicity in the dilapidated urban centers of America. "Last March, Jesse Jackson stood smiling in front of the East St. Louis housing projects in near-freezing weather during the 'Positive Image' campaign," Morton said. "In June, he stood with his arm around former President Jimmy Carter at the site of a proposed community center in Atlanta. Last month, he slaved under the hot flash bulbs at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, standing at the bedsides of victims of gang-related shootings. And every week, he bravely faces CNN cameras to host his Both Sides With Jesse Jackson program." Next week, Jackson is staging a "March For Photos Of Color" down D.C.'s Pennsylvania Avenue. Jackson spokespersons said the goal of the march is to "mobilize hard-working photographers to stand up against black-and-white, inside-page pictures of Jackson and take front-page-quality pictures that celebrate all the colors of the rainbow." "We must continue the struggle my publicist started three decades ago and never settle for page 28," Jackson said. "We must keep hope for the front cover--ideally, above the fold--alive."