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I like this one from yesterday's news:
Clinton Could Have Been Charged in Lewinsky Scandal While we are at it, speaking of hypocrite Democrats:
Letter to Senator Leiberman
FROM: Robert Theodore Knalur, P.O. Box 10083 Detroit, MI 48501; January
14, 2002
TO: Senator Joseph Leiberman, 706 Hart Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510
RE: Enron Investigation
Dear Senator Leiberman,
I watched your Sunday morning appearance on Face the Nation with intense
interest. Inasmuch as I own a fair amount of Enron stock in my SEP/IRA,
I'm sure you can understand my curiosity relative to your investigation.
Knowing you to be an honorable man, I feel secure that you will
diligently pursue the below-listed matters in an effort to determine
what part, if any, these matters contributed to the collapse of Enron.
1. Government records reveal the awarding of seats to Enron executives
and Ken Lay on four Energy Department trade missions and seven Commerce
Department trade trips during the Clinton administration's eight years.
a. >From January 13, 1995 through June 1996, Clinton Commerce
Secretary Ron Brown and White House Counsel Mack McLarty assisted Ken
Lay in closing a $3 billion dollar power plant deal with India. Four
days before India gave final approval to the deal, Enron gave $100,000
to the DNC. Any quid pro quo?
b. Clinton National Security Advisor, Anthony Lake, threatened to
withhold aid to Mozambique if it didn't approve an Enron pipeline
project. Subsequent to Mr. Lake's threats, Mozambique approved the
project, which resulted in a further $770 million dollar electric power
contract with Enron. Perhaps, if NSA Advisor Lake had not been so busy
strong-arming for Enron, he might have been focused on something
obliquely related to
national security like! , say, Mr. Bin Laden? Could it be that a
different, somewhat related, investigation is warranted?
c. In 1999, Clinton Energy Secretary Bill Richardson traveled to
Nigeria and helped arrange a joint, varied, energy development program
which resulted in $882 million in power contracts for Enron from
Nigeria.
Perhaps if Energy Secretary Richardson had been more focused on
domestic energy, we might have avoided:
i. The severe loss of nuclear secrets to China and, concurrently
ii. Developed more domestic sources of energy.
d. Subsequent to leaving Clinton White House employ, Enron hired Mac
McLarty (White House Counsel), Betsy Moler (Deputy Energy Secretary)
and Linda Robertson (Treasury Official). Even a person without a high
school diploma (no disrespect to airline security screeners) can see
that this looks like Enron paying off political favors with fat-cat
corporate jobs, at the expense of stockholders and Enron pension
employees.
e. Democratic Mayor Lee P. Brown of Houston (Enron headquarter city),
received $250,000 just before Enron filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Isn't
that an awful lot of money to throw away right before bankruptcy? The
Democratic National Committee was the recipient of hundreds of thousands
of dollars from 1990 through 2000. The above matters appear to be very
troubling and look like, smack of, reek of, political favors for
campaign payoffs. I know you will find out.
2. Recently, former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin called a top
U.S. Treasury official, asking on Enron's behalf, for government help
with credit agencies. As you well know, Rubin is the chairman of
executive committee at Citigroup, which just coincidentally, is Enron's
largest unsecured creditor at an estimated $3 billion dollars! .
3. As you well know, Mr. Leiberman, Citigroup is Senator Tom Daschle's
largest contributor ($50,000) in addition to being your single largest
contributor ($112,546). This fact brings to mind some disturbing
questions I feel you must answer.
a. Have you, any member of your staff, any Senate or House
colleagues, any relatives or any friends of yours, been asked by
Citigroup to intercede on their behalf, in an effort to recover part or
all of Citigroup's $3 billion, at the expense of Enron's shareholders,
employees and or Enron pensioners?
b. Did your largest contributor, Citigroup, have anything to do with
the collapse of Enron?
c. Enron has tens of thousands of employees, stockholders and
pensioners who have lost their life savings. How will you answer their
most obvious question? Do you represent Citigroup, your largest
contributor, or do you represent the Enron employees, et al, who stand
to lose if Citigroup recovers any of its $3 billion?
During Sunday's Face the Nation, both you and Senator McCain praised
Attorney General Ashcroft for recusing himself from the Justice
Department investigation because he had once received a contribution
from Enron. I know in my heart, that, being the honest gentleman you
are, you will now recuse yourself because of the glaring conflict of
interest described above. I also know that you will pass this letter to
your successor for his or her attention.
Very truly yours,
Robert Theodore Knalur
