From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #57 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Friday, January 30 1998 Volume 02 : Number 057 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:42:48 -0700 From: "E.J. Totty" Subject: Re: Students fingerprinted for test (fwd) At 11:14 -0500 1/29/1998, John Curtis wrote: > Heard in a recent training session > for leaders that legislation is in the works to > finger print and background check *all* volunteers > working with children: > > Soccer coaches, den leaders, ..... everyone. > > cost was: ~$35, consistent with lowest level national > check. It would, of course, be voluntary. > > I've already been fingerprinted for: CMP marksmanship > program and NH conceal carry. > > hard to oppose, in practical, political terms. John, Maybe we aught begin in ernest to motivate our elected officials towards removing this as a method for anything except criminal identification. The problem here is that for every one of us who is unwilling to cooperate, there are 100 or more who are, and no amount of shaming them is going to work real soon. While I am not religious in the sense of having one, I am beginning to think that the "mark of the beast" is not so much a 'mark', but the willingness to be marked, read: identified. ET - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:31:45 -0600 (CST) From: Subject: Clinton Pal Named in Fund-Raising Indictment (fwd) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Reuters New Media Thursday January 29 4:13 PM EST Clinton Pal Named in Fund-Raising Indictment By Gail Appleson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first indictment in the Justice Department's probe of alleged fund-raising abuses in President Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign was unsealed Thursday, naming the president's friend, Yah Ling "Charlie" Trie. The 15-count indictment charges Trie and a business associate, Taiwanese national Antonio Pan, with funneling illegal foreign contributions to Democratic Party campaign committees. Justice Department officials have privately predicted for some time that Trie would be among the first indicted. They disclosed their position after Attorney General Janet Reno was widely criticized for refusing to name an independent special prosecutor to investigate alleged fund-raising abuses. The officials have sought to portray the Trie indictment as evidence that they are moving forward with the Justice Department's own investigation. "This is an important step forward in addressing campaign finance abuses associated with the 1996 election," Reno said in a statement. It is unclear, however, whether Trie, 49, or Pan, 50, will be brought to trial as they are both believed to be out of the country. Trie, a former Little Rock restaurateur, left the United States in late 1996 after authorities began investigating his fund-raising activities. It is believed that he has been living in China. The indictment was returned Wednesday but was not unsealed until Thursday. Federal prosecutors had tried to keep the charges sealed in hopes of catching Trie if he left China, but dropped their request Thursday once the indictment was reported widely in the news media. The indictment charges that Trie and Pan arranged for a series of "straw" or "conduit" contributions to the Democratic National Committee, whereby money was contributed in the name of one person who was then secretly reimbursed in cash by Trie or Pan. Although DNC policy precluded all foreign and conduit contributions, the defendants allegedly funneled such money into the DNC through a scheme of secret reimbursement and false reporting. Although Trie was credited with bringing over $600,000 to the DNC through personal contributions and money he solicited. the indictment alleged that much of this money came from foreign sources and was obtained through conduit contributions. The money raised earned Trie a position as Trustee of the Democratic Party. Trustees are awarded benefits and privileges including administrative assistance by the DNC, access to White House officials, and invitations to White House events. The indictment alleges that Trie's status as a Trustee and his access to high-level government officials was used to promote the defendants' business interests. The men are also charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud and to defraud the United States by withholding information about the foreign contributions from DNC campaign treasurers whose reports are submitted to the Federal Election Commission. Trie is also charged with obstruction of justice based on allegations that he instructed an employee to destroy documents that had been subpoenaed by both the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and a grand jury. According to the indictment, Trie was aware at the time he issued the instruction that the Senate Committee and the grand jury were investigating allegations of campaign financing violations. Separately Thursday, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt denied before a House committee that political donations or improper political pressure influenced the department's decision to reject a Wisconsin Indian casino. Babbitt's testimony capped four days of contentious hearings into the Indian casino issue by the House committee, which has been conducting a probe into campaign fund-raising abuses, primarily the flow of foreign money into the 1996 Democratic election campaign. _________________________________________________________________ Reuters Limited - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 17:08:28 -0600 (CST) From: Subject: CAS: First Lady's claim of conspirscy elicits (fwd) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- ue } ______ [Arlington Online.]Star-Telegram.com Home http://www.startext.net Updated: Thursday, Jan. 29, 1998 at 02:14 CST First Lady's claim of `conspiracy' elicits By Judy Holland © 1998 Hearst Newspapers WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton's claim that "a vast right-wing conspiracy" was behind the perjury and obstruction of justice investigation of her husband was greeted Wednesday with applause from Democrats and guffaws from Republicans. Mrs. Clinton is definitely "onto something," said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a long-time ally of President Clinton's. "It's part of a big picture." "There has been a systematic and deliberate effort since day one to get this president," Lewis said, adding that the "religious right" has "tried everything," including accusing Clinton of having White House lawyer Vince Foster killed. Independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr is pursuing allegations that Clinton may have carried on an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and then asked her to lie about it under oath. "I think Ken Starr is a pawn," Lewis said. "He's an extension of this element. I don't think there's anything independent about the independent counsel." Starr has been investigating the Whitewater case, centered on Arkansas land deals in the 1970s and 1980s. He also has investigated White House lawyer Vince Foster's death, the improper White House possession of FBI files and the firings of the White House travel office staff. Attorney General Janet Reno earlier this month asked a special three-judge panel here to authorize Starr to check out the allegations surrounding Lewinsky. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said there "clearly are a lot of right-wing people trying to bring him down." Frank said it was right-wing cooperation that led to the appointment of Starr by a three-judge panel headed by Appeals Court Judge David Sentelle, who is a "right-wing activist." "Sentelle was an inappropriate person to be picking an independent counsel," Frank said. "He has picked people who are hostile to the president." Frank said it is Starr's job "to bring the matter to conclusion, not to go on and on like the Energizer Bunny." Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., D-Del., said he sees no evidence the scandal will affect Clinton's legislative agenda, unless the president substantially loses public support or he becomes distracted and doesn't focus on the job. But, Biden added: "This is a serious moving target. It could explode tomorrow and the dome fall off (the Capitol), or it could evaporate in a month." Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., criticized the news media. "Those people (right-wingers) could not really get this off the ground if it were not for the reporters," Rangel said. Republicans brushed off the conspiracy theories. Rep. Bill Paxon, R-N.Y., said anyone pushing a conspiracy theory is "ill serving the public good." "I've never been a believer in left-wing, right-wing or media conspiracies," Paxon said. "This town has trouble organizing a one-car funeral, much less a conspiracy. We have trouble organizing the daily prayer, much less conspiracies." Rep. Gerald B.H. Solomon, R-N.Y., said Mrs. Clinton was off the mark in trying to blame the allegations on a "right-wing conspiracy." "That has got to be about the most outrageous statement," Solomon said. "It's meant to deflect whatever is out there." Distributed by The Associated Press (AP) _________________________________________________________________ © 1998 Star-Telegram -- Terms and Conditions -- Send us your Feedback. ========================================================================== This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com. In the message body put: unsubscribe cas - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:57:09 -0800 From: Kenneth Mitchell Subject: Re: Students fingerprinted for test (fwd) At 09:52 AM 1/29/98 -0600, you wrote: >At 09:38 AM 1/29/98 -0600, pwatson@utdallas.edu wrote: >[snips] >> ``It's offensive,'' said Andrea Lang of St. Clair Shores, who learned >> that her 10-year-old daughter provided fingerprints for the test last >> week. ``It's an invasion of privacy. Only criminals get their >> fingerprints taken.'' > >Had to chuckle.... >Not only criminals: Off the top of my head there is also Texas CCW >applicants, >prospective individual machinegun owners, employees of banks, licensed >insurance salespeople, and probably lots more. > And all military and police personnel..... - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Mitchell Citrus Heights, CA kmitchel@gvn.net 916-955-9152 (vm) 916-729-0966 (fax) - --------------http://www.gvn.net/~creative/------------------------ "Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty - their power and privilege - to State, Masses, Mankind, or whatever. The State, those masses, that mankind will then be run by .... politicians." P.J. O'Rourke, "All the Trouble in the World" - ------------------------------------------------------------------- !yaw gnorw eht su gnikat si noitartsinimdA notnilC ehT - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:55:55 -0600 (CST) From: Subject: Re: CAS: Re: We The People (fwd) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:18:55 -0700 From: John De Lasaux To: Jean Gully , cas@majordomo.pobox.com Subject: Re: CAS: Re: We The People At 01:22 PM 1/29/98 -0500, Jean Gully wrote: > I will never again ask the rhetorical question > 'how could the German people let it happen ' > when referring to Hitlers' rise to power. > I saw and heard the throngs of followers at > yesterdays' appearances by Clinton. The lower > he sinks the higher his popularity rises. Is this > the result of the past 40 years of the dumbing > down of America ? While I'm not suggesting that > Clinton is a 'Hitler' is he really the man > that most Americans are satisfied having lead this > country ? Are the majority of the people really so > immoral and dishonest that Clintons' actions don't > bother them. Has depravity and deceit replaced the > good character we once expected from our leaders ? > I understand how a monster can rise to power now. > First and foremost... have the media in your pocket. > Second ....divide people, by color, by wealth, by > morals and religion. Promote envy, resentment and > hate for each other. Third... denigrate traditions, > history, patriotism, family values and the mores > we hold dear to us. Have a disregard for human life. > Fourth....brainwash our young in State Schools. Take > over as much of child rearing as you can get away with. > No I don't say Clinton is another Hitler. He's his own > kind of monster and I watch and I say ' how can the people > let this happen ?' ========================================================================== Very simple ... the average person has little understanding of the tremendous power that can be wielded by a speaker who is trained in the use of linguistic tricks. When we see taped sessions where trained "con men" can make ordinary, honest people take thousands of dollars out of their bank accounts and fall for the "pigeon drop", it is not so hard to believe that Clinton and his "spin doctors" can bamboozle the American people into any trap which serves their political purposes. It is a frightening exercise to take a word-for-word transcript of a Clinton speech and analyze it for hidden meanings, sub-conscious commands, and presuppositions. As you very carefully watch Bill or Hillary speaking, you can soon realize that their minds are working like computers as they speak every word, very carefully selecting the exact words and phrasing which carries a subliminal message which is totally different from the surface meaning of the words. Raised by an alcoholic, and enabled by all the people in his life, Bill Clinton has has expert mentors on which to exercise his "con man" talents at every turn. Over the years, he has developed a patter which has served him well ... as he skirts the edge of the cliff, if only to prove to himself how close he can come to the edge without crashing to his death. His life script is simple ... search out and test every new and exciting way to take risks, and cut the turn closer than anyone else has ever done it before him. Thus has developed the moniker that has attached itself to Clinton ... Slick Willy. His rhetoric has all the attributes of the "pitch" that an expert con man would use on a "pigeon". The reincarnation of the "Snake Oil Salesman" of the distant past of U.S. history lives among us, and contiues to snare his unwary victims into the belief that the government owes them a lifelong free ticket to the easy life. And, while he sells each new program, he tantalizes the masses by behaving in even more bizarre ways at every turn. With the naivete' of guileless children, the American people swarm to his defense, because they share the vain hope that Clinton's love for them will make life better for them someday. Today's grandparents sadly watch the young as both mom and dad struggle to make ends meet, with families partitioned by multiple jobs and children with no parents at their home when they come home from school. The yhoung people of today have no conception of what a good life was like for the average family of 40 years ago, when Mom could take care of the kids, and children grew up to become productive citizens who could read and write and balance a checkbook. Did you believe Clintons's statement in the State of the Nation speech, that unemplowment is down, jobs are up and we have the strongest economy in decades? If you get behind the figures, you find that REAL jobs are down (hamburger-flipping us up), REAL unemployment and REAL underemployment are up (poverty is up), and our standard of living has slipped 20% in the last 20 years. As usual, snake oil wins again. John De Lasaux "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up." Lily Tomlin ========================================================================== This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com. In the message body put: unsubscribe cas - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:48:29 -0600 (CST) From: Subject: TWA800: Excellent Article (fwd) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:23:11 -0500 From: Ian Goddard To: flight-800@home.ease.lsoft.com Subject: TWA800: Excellent Article O----------------------------------------------------O O--------------- TWA 800 CRASH UPDATE ---------------O The Valley Advocate (1/29/98) has just published an outstanding article on the crash of TWA Flight 800. Here are some key excerpts: ...in December, the National Transportation Safety Board released thousands of pages of data, charts, findings, figures and facts on the investigation of the July 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800. ...to several seasoned military crash experts, these numbers [in the released TWA 800 data] didn't speak; they sang. "I'm looking at the hard physical evidence," Commander William S. Donaldson, a retired Navy aviator and air crash investigator, told the Advocate. "The government is saying one thing, and the evidence is saying another. ... All the physical evidence fits perfectly with an explosion outside of the airplane." Donaldson's credentials are as impeccable as his research is outstanding: http://members.aol.com/bardonia/cdrindex.htm About Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joining the missile-theory camp, the Valley Advocate article reports that: Donaldson is attracting allies in high places elsewhere within the Beltway as well. Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attended a Jan. 8 press conference in Washington at which Donaldson announced his findings. Moorer said he found Donaldson's report very persuasive. "Commander Donaldson is a very experienced aviator and very experienced in the process of investigating accidents. He's a highly credible source," Moorer told the Advocate. Moorer found Donaldson's discussion of eyewitness testimony especially compelling. "You can't just brush it off by saying there was no missile, be- cause so many people saw it from beginning to end. "We should seriously consider a formal congres- sional investigation," Moorer added, echoing his previous calls for independent and critical scrutiny of the crash in which, as Moorer told the Detroit News, "all evidence would point to a missile." The Valley Advocate article also covers Commander Donaldson's extensive analysis of eyewitness accounts, which includes a carefully conducted triangulation of the accounts. Important to note is the fact that my own witness triangulation, which I first published last June 14th, based upon my own witness interviews and police reports concluded, just as Donaldson's independent triangulation later found, that the launch site for the most widely seen missile was about 3 miles off shore. (my triangulation: http://www.erols.com/igoddard/twa-core.htm) ...Donaldson interviewed 96 people who saw the crash from the ground. All 96, scattered along 11 miles of shoreline, reported seeing a streak of light rise from the surface of the water and merge with the plane before the plane exploded. The FBI and NTSB have countered that the witnesses saw either burning jet fuel falling from the airplane or they saw the 747, decapitated by a fuel tank explosion, climbing several thousand feet before exploding a final time and falling into the ocean. Additionally, using Global Positioning System satellite technology, Donaldson triangulated the locations of the eyewitnesses and the trajectories of the streaks they reported. The data, he said, suggests that they all saw the same "streak of light" emerge from the water. "These people are stretched out along 11 mines of coastline, and they're all pointing to the same place," Donaldson said. "Now, you get 11 miles of coast and dozens of people who have never met before all pointing to the same place. What's the chance of that being coincidence?" To Donaldson's surprise, federal investigators have not done such an analysis. "The NTSB literally did not consider the eyewitness test- imony," he said. "They were operating under the premise that the FBI was already considering that." And the FBI, he added, has never address- ed the eyewitness data as anything more than a series of anomalies. The bureau did not, so far as Donaldson has ever seen, even do his simple triangulation experiment. Instead, as he put it, "The FBI has thrown a cloak over that kind of eyewitness." Referring to the CIA's video that proclaimed--flying in the face of physics--that after loosing its nose section TWA 800 shot upwards like a rocket leading witnesses to believe that they saw a rocket, the Valley Advocate article continues: The CIA's "contract cartoon" is the ultimate in irresponsibility, Donaldson said: It shows just how far some in the government's investigation will go to mislead the public. "It was entertaining but like most cartoons grossly abused universal laws of nature," he wrote to [FBI Director] Freeh. "In my view, the 'Alice in Wonderland' public positions the FBI has taken in this incident have now crossed over from being merely illogical or incompetent to the appearance of obstruction of justice," he added, saying that he had "seen better police work in Pink Panther movies." Donaldson said he finds too much suspicious behavior in the government's investigation to simply write its failure off to bureaucratic ineptitude. "I can't believe anybody can be this incompetent," he said. "I suspect it's a cover-up, yes." ____________________________________________________ You'll find the entire Valley Advocate article here: http://www.valleyadvocate.com/articles/twa01.29.html For more information on Bill Donaldson's extensive research into the TWA 800 crash: http://members.aol.com/bardonia/cdrindex.htm **************************************************************** VISIT Ian Williams Goddard ----> http://www.erols.com/igoddard ________________________________________________________________ GODDARD'S METAPHYSICS --> http://www.erols.com/igoddard/meta.htm - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 22:04:07 -0800 From: Lew Glendenning Subject: RE: CAS: Re: We The People (fwd) - ------ =_NextPart_000_01BD2D01.D2397500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Conservatives have one thing right, which is American's "moral fiber" is = disintegrating. The reason is we have moved such a large proportion of the economy, and = people, into a zero- or negative-sum game arena. Anyone who is honest = in a negative-sum game (all gov depts, most semi-gov companies such as = military suppliers, banks, RBOCs, etc) is really foolish. Only positive-sum situations (everyone in a small community, any = free-market business, esp entrepreneurial activity) must be extremely = honest. Big government, per se, leads to a dishonest society. We are reaping = the benefits of FDR's initiatives 50 years ago. Perhaps politicians in a previous era could be honest. Nobody in the = modern era, all professional politicians in a big-gov arena, could = possibly be honest and have progressed to the point of running for a = state or federal post. We get the gov we deserve. Lew - -----Original Message----- From: pwatson@utdallas.edu [SMTP:pwatson@utdallas.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 1998 7:56 PM To: No Gun Bans Cc: against constitutional terrorist; restore our constitution Subject: Re: CAS: Re: We The People (fwd) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:18:55 -0700 From: John De Lasaux To: Jean Gully , cas@majordomo.pobox.com Subject: Re: CAS: Re: We The People At 01:22 PM 1/29/98 -0500, Jean Gully wrote: > I will never again ask the rhetorical question > 'how could the German people let it happen '=20 > when referring to Hitlers' rise to power.=20 > I saw and heard the throngs of followers at > yesterdays' appearances by Clinton. The lower > he sinks the higher his popularity rises. Is this > the result of the past 40 years of the dumbing > down of America ? While I'm not suggesting that > Clinton is a 'Hitler' is he really the man=20 > that most Americans are satisfied having lead this=20 > country ? Are the majority of the people really so > immoral and dishonest that Clintons' actions don't > bother them. Has depravity and deceit replaced the > good character we once expected from our leaders ? > I understand how a monster can rise to power now. > First and foremost... have the media in your pocket. > Second ....divide people, by color, by wealth, by > morals and religion. Promote envy, resentment and=20 > hate for each other. Third... denigrate traditions, > history, patriotism, family values and the mores > we hold dear to us. Have a disregard for human life. > Fourth....brainwash our young in State Schools. Take > over as much of child rearing as you can get away with. > No I don't say Clinton is another Hitler. He's his own > kind of monster and I watch and I say ' how can the people > let this happen ?'=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Very simple ... the average person has little understanding of the = tremendous power that can be wielded by a speaker who is trained in the = use of linguistic tricks. When we see taped sessions where trained "con men" can make ordinary, = honest people take thousands of dollars out of their bank accounts and = fall for the "pigeon drop", it is not so hard to believe that Clinton = and his "spin doctors" can bamboozle the American people into any trap = which serves their political purposes. It is a frightening exercise to take a word-for-word transcript of a = Clinton speech and analyze it for hidden meanings, sub-conscious = commands, and presuppositions. As you very carefully watch Bill or = Hillary speaking, you can soon realize that their minds are working like = computers as they speak every word, very carefully selecting the exact = words and phrasing which carries a subliminal message which is totally = different from the surface meaning of the words. Raised by an alcoholic, and enabled by all the people in his life, Bill = Clinton has has expert mentors on which to exercise his "con man" = talents at every turn. Over the years, he has developed a patter which = has served him well ... as he skirts the edge of the cliff, if only to = prove to himself how close he can come to the edge without crashing to = his death. His life script is simple ... search out and test every new = and exciting way to take risks, and cut the turn closer than anyone else = has ever done it before him. Thus has developed the moniker that has attached itself to Clinton ... = Slick Willy. His rhetoric has all the attributes of the "pitch" that an = expert con man would use on a "pigeon". The reincarnation of the "Snake = Oil Salesman" of the distant past of U.S. history lives among us, and = contiues to snare his unwary victims into the belief that the government = owes them a lifelong free ticket to the easy life. And, while he sells = each new program, he tantalizes the masses by behaving in even more = bizarre ways at every turn. With the naivete' of guileless children, the American people swarm to = his defense, because they share the vain hope that Clinton's love for = them will make life better for them someday. Today's grandparents sadly = watch the young as both mom and dad struggle to make ends meet, with = families partitioned by multiple jobs and children with no parents at = their home when they come home from school. The yhoung people of today = have no conception of what a good life was like for the average family = of 40 years ago, when Mom could take care of the kids, and children grew = up to become productive citizens who could read and write and balance a = checkbook. Did you believe Clintons's statement in the State of the Nation speech, = that unemplowment is down, jobs are up and we have the strongest economy = in decades? If you get behind the figures, you find that REAL jobs are = down (hamburger-flipping us up), REAL unemployment and REAL = underemployment are up (poverty is up), and our standard of living has = slipped 20% in the last 20 years.=20 As usual, snake oil wins again. John De Lasaux "No matter how cynical I get,=20 I just can't keep up." = Lily Tomlin =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. = If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com. 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The very same administration which is now trying to portray me as a disgruntled White House staffer, with a penchant for involving myself in scandals, has promoted me twice, given me a political appointment overseeing a critical public relations program at the Pentagon, consistently given me the highest possible annual evaluations and awarded me numerous certificates and merit pay increases. Although there is no political litmus test for telling the truth, I am a registered independent. Further, as a career civil servant in both the Bush and Clinton White Houses, my responsibility was to serve and support the institution of the presidency rather than its particular incumbent or party. Until January 1998, I had never voluntarily or intentionally inserted myself into any alleged scandal which has tarnished this administration. Because I worked on a daily basis with President Clinton and the counsel to the president, I, along with many others, was subpoenaed by the independent counsel and by Congress to testify in numerous investigations, including Whitewater, the tragic suicide of Vince Foster, and Travelgate. I did not volunteer to become a witness in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathleen Willey named me to the press as a corroborating witness. I was subpoenaed to testify about Ms. Willey and about any other women who may have had an intimate relationship with the president. I went to the independent counsel to report potential crimes, which included the possibility of obstruction of justice and perjury. I was being solicited to participate in a plan to conceal and cover up the true nature of the relationship between Monica Lewinsky and President Clinton. Monica described every detail of the relationship during hundreds of hours of conversations over the past 15 months. In addition, I was present when she received a late night phone call from the president. I have also seen numerous gifts they exchanged and heard several tapes of him. I was also present when Monica made and received numerous phone calls which were of a volatile and contentious nature directly relating to her relationship with the president. I felt especially at risk if I told the truth in my deposition in the Jones case because the president, through his counsel, Robert Bennett, was quoted in the national media last August saying ``she is not to be believed.'' I chose to contact Mr. Starr's staff because I had confidence in his fairness, thoroughness and integrity based on my experience during previous investigations. I considered writing a book following the denunciation former FBI agent Gary Aldrich received for writing his book. A trusted friend put me in touch with Ms. Lucy Goldberg, a literary agent in New York, who wanted me to work with a collaborator on a book. My idea was to do a factual account of life and work in the White House during the Bush and Clinton administrations which would allow the public to draw its own conclusions. I withdrew from this project shortly thereafter because of disagreements over style and format, and because of potential risk to my job. I want to emphasize that whatever political agenda Ms. Goldberg may have is not mine. I went to her as a friend in the fall of 1997 for advice and counsel; she did not seek me out. I continue to value her friendship. I struggled long and hard before contacting the prosecutor. The allegations involved immensely powerful and important people. I was facing substantial risk of losing everything I have aspired to during by 18-year civil service career. The vicious personal attacks against me by an administration spokesman, and the general climate of threats, intimidation, McCarthyistic tactics and guilt by association can only serve to deter those who in the future may dare to bring information to law enforcement officials. No one should be forced to deny the truth under oath, not even a political appointee whose livelihood is dependent upon the good favor of those in power. As a parent of children close to Monica's age, I felt and continue to feel horror at the abuse of power and emotional anguish she has endured over a two-year period. I am disturbed by the smear campaign that maligns Monica. She is a bright, caring, generous soul one who has made poor choices. She was not a stalker, she was invited; she did not embellish, the truth is sensational enough. Monica's moral compass is her own. She, as anyone else, should not be forced to defend her private life as a carefully orchestrated campaign is launched to discredit her. I firmly believe the truth will be her friend as the facts come to light. ========================================================================== This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com. In the message body put: unsubscribe cas - - ------------------------------ End of roc-digest V2 #57 ************************