President Clinton's Library story and Donor List 2004 - NY Sun

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http://www2.nysun.com/article/5137

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Saudis, Arabs Funneled Millions to President Clinton's Library
By JOSH GERSTEIN
Staff Reporter of the Sun
November 22, 2004

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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — President Clinton's new $165 million library here was funded in part by gifts of $1 million or more each from the Saudi royal family and three Saudi businessmen.

The governments of Dubai, Kuwait, and Qatar and the deputy prime minister of Lebanon all also appear to have donated $1 million or more for the archive and museum that opened last week.

Democrats spent much of the presidential campaign this year accusing President Bush of improperly close ties to Saudi Arabia. The case was made in Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11," in a bestselling book by Craig Unger titled "House of Bush, House of Saud," and by the Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Kerry."This administration delayed pressuring the Saudis," Mr. Kerry said on October 20. "I will insist that the Saudis crack down on charities that funnel funds to terrorists... and on anti-American and anti-Israel hate speech."The Media Fund, a Democratic group whose president is a former Clinton White House aide, Harold Ickes, spent millions airing television commercials in swing states with scripts such as, "The Saudi royal family...wealthy...powerful...corrupt. And close Bush family friends."

Perhaps as a result, the Saudi donations to the Clinton library are raising some eyebrows. Mr. Unger said he suspects that the Saudi support may have something to do with a possible presidential bid by Senator Clinton in 2008.

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RELATED: Top Donors to the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation http://www2.nysun.com/article/5152

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Not the complete list with dollars donated, but certainly a place for the DU diggers to get started.

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1. (THE SOUND OF A MASSIVE, OIL-SOAKED SHOE DROPPING....)

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4. Clinton's Enron links

Enron timeline from Albion Monitor: http://www.monitor.net/monitor/0202a/enrontimeline.html

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1994: The Washington-based Export-Import Bank approved a $302 million loan toward a $3 billion Enron-controlled power plant in India. President Clinton took an interest in the deal, asking the U.S. ambassador to that country and his former chief of staff, Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, then a presidential adviser, to monitor the proposal.

August, 1995: Clinton administration's cabinet members, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary, personally urged India to accept Enron's proposed project.

October, 1995: Indian Prime Minister Rao and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati discussed a routing alternatives for a natural gas pipeline, including one which would run through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

1996: "Mack" McLarty, who later became a paid Enron director, spoke with Ken Lay on several occasions about the plant. Four days before India granted approval for Enron's project, the Houston-based firm contributed $100,000 to the Democratic Party.

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Oil soaked indeed.

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7. Wiki on Mack McLarty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_McLarty

Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty III (born June 14, 1946) is a prominent Arkansas business and political leader and former White House Chief of Staff for US President Bill Clinton. He is the President of Kissinger McLarty Associates (his Washington-based consulting company with Henry Kissinger), as well as Chief Executive Officer of the McLarty Companies.

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In 1976, he became the youngest member ever elected to the Board of Directors of the Arkla Gas/Arkla, Inc., a Fortune 500 natural gas company. In 1983 he became Arkla's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. During his tenure, the company was recognized by Forbes, The Wall Street Transcript, and The Financial Times for management excellence, in addition to his automotive endeavors. <1>

He has a distinguished record of business leadership and public service, including various roles advising three Presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. McLarty worked with President Carter as a member of the Democratic National Committee and was appointed to the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Environmental Quality.

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Serving as Clinton's "special envoy to the Americas," in which capacity he was a key mover and shaker in the creation of NAFTA and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), which originated from the Council of the Americas, established by David Rockefeller in 1965. He was a top official at the 1994 Miami Summit of the Americas, which laid the groundwork for this Trade bloc; as well as serving as a key liaison to Clinton for Rockefeller's Council in the implementation of this trade agreement.<2>

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The resume of a well connected fixer.

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2. And what do they get for their donations? This could be a big story. n/t

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14. A library card and a reserved bean-bag chair?

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15. Time share on the Lincoln Bedroom?

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16. Ken, Ken Starr...

Is that you? Will you sign my constitution?

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3. From the link

Top Donors to the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation

November 22, 2004

TRUSTEE LEVEL (INDIVIDUALS)

Sheik Abdullah S. Abdullah
Ewa & Daniel Abraham
Nasser Al-Rashid
Abdullah Al Dabbagh
Jay Alix
Malini Alles
Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and Smith Bagley
Stephen Bing
Richard Blum
Jeff Cooper
Dr. Issam Fares
James Ferraro
Wallace & Jama Fowler Foundation
Vin Gupta
Patricia Hotung
Walid Juffali
Robert L. Johnson
Michael Lee Chin
Howard & Michele Kessler
Peter Lewis
Joe Morita
Viktor & Olena Pinchuk
Michael Rienzi
Bill Rollnick & Nancy Ellison
Dr. Cheryl and Haim Saban
Donald L. Saunders
Walter Shorenstein
Bren & Melvin Simon
Arnold Simon Family Foundation
Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw
Joseph Stroud
Martin Varsavsky
Ted & Joan Waitt
Mark Walsh
Alice Walton
Gary and Karen Winnick

TRUSTEE LEVEL (ORGANIZATIONS)

ALLTEL
Alphawood Foundation
Annenberg Foundation
Avalon Capital Group
Dubai Foundation
Embassy of the State of Qatar
Entergy Corporation
Government of Brunei
Magna International Inc.
Satoshi Iue (Chmn. Sanyo Electric)
Soros Foundation
State of Kuwait
Taiwan Economic & Cultural Office
Anheuser-Busch Foundation
David Geffen Foundation
Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation
Roy & Christine Sturgis Foundation
Royal Saudi Family
Wal-Mart/Sam's Club Foundation
Walton Family Foundation
Wasserman Foundation

PHILANTHROPIST LEVEL

Victor Dahdaleh
JB Fuqua
Carlos Bremer Gutierre
Gilbert & Rose Mary Chagoury
Dorothy & Lewis Cullman
Myra & Brian Greenspun
Elaine & Gerald Schuster
C. S. Westbrook & Hugh Westbrook
Sydney & Stanley Shuman
Carlos Slim
Katsuhiko Yoshida
Ruettgers Family Foundation
Global Artists
NY HHS Union, Local 1199
Bank of America
Sainsbury Family Charitable Trust

SOURCE: CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CENTER

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6. Walton Family Foundation...

...whadda surprise....NOT!

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12. Anheuser-Busch, why does that sound familiar ....

oh yeah, must be this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Hensley_McCain

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Cindy Lou Hensley McCain (born Cindy Lou Hensley on December 31, 1954<1> ) is the wife of United States Senator and 2000 and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain of Arizona. She is chair of Hensley & Co.,<2><3> one of the largest Anheuser-Busch distributors in the nation.<2> She founded and ran the American Voluntary Medical Team from 1988 to 1995, which organized trips for medical personnel to provide emergency care to disaster-struck or war-torn third-world areas. She continues to be an active philanthropist and serves on boards of several charitable organizations.

Cindy Lou Hensley was born in,<4> and grew up in affluent circumstances<5> in, Phoenix, Arizona,<6> the daughter and only child<7> of James Hensley, who founded Hensley & Co. in 1955,<3> and Marguerite "Smitty" Hensley.<8><4> She attended Madison Meadows Elementary and was a rodeo beauty queen in 1968.<9><4> She went to Central High School<7> in Phoenix, where she was a cheerleader<4> and graduated in 1972.<10>

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Guess John and Hillary know an elitist when they see one, to quote dimson "I call them my base."

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5. more story and info for those who dont do links

"Perhaps as a result, the Saudi donations to the Clinton library are raising some eyebrows. Mr. Unger said he suspects that the Saudi support may have something to do with a possible presidential bid by Senator Clinton in 2008."

The most controversial known donation to Mr. Clinton's library is also recorded at this level: a gift from a Manhattan socialite and singer, Denise Rich. Ms. Rich gave the foundation $450,000 while her fugitive ex-husband, Marc Rich, was seeking a pardon on tax-evasion and racketeering charges. Mr. Clinton granted the pardon hours before he left office, triggering a federal criminal investigation, as well as congressional inquiries.

The Rich pardon. The gift that keeps on giving- Fuck you Bill

The Chinese communist government may also have chipped in for Mr. Clinton's library. The Chinese Overseas Real Estate Development company gave at the $100,000 or higher level. So did the National Opera of Paris.

TRUSTEE LEVEL (INDIVIDUALS)

Sheik Abdullah S. Abdullah
Ewa & Daniel Abraham
Nasser Al-Rashid
Abdullah Al Dabbagh
Jay Alix
Malini Alles
Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and Smith Bagley
Stephen Bing
Richard Blum
Jeff Cooper
Dr. Issam Fares
James Ferraro
Wallace & Jama Fowler Foundation
Vin Gupta
Patricia Hotung
Walid Juffali
Robert L. Johnson
Michael Lee Chin
Howard & Michele Kessler
Peter Lewis
Joe Morita
Viktor & Olena Pinchuk
Michael Rienzi
Bill Rollnick & Nancy Ellison
Dr. Cheryl and Haim Saban
Donald L. Saunders
Walter Shorenstein
Bren & Melvin Simon
Arnold Simon Family Foundation
Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw
Joseph Stroud
Martin Varsavsky
Ted & Joan Waitt
Mark Walsh
Alice Walton
Gary and Karen Winnick

TRUSTEE LEVEL (ORGANIZATIONS)

ALLTEL
Alphawood Foundation
Annenberg Foundation
Avalon Capital Group
Dubai Foundation
Embassy of the State of Qatar
Entergy Corporation
Government of Brunei
Magna International Inc.
Satoshi Iue (Chmn. Sanyo Electric)
Soros Foundation
State of Kuwait
Taiwan Economic & Cultural Office
Anheuser-Busch Foundation
David Geffen Foundation
Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation
Roy & Christine Sturgis Foundation
Royal Saudi Family
Wal-Mart/Sam's Club Foundation
Walton Family Foundation
Wasserman Foundation


PHILANTHROPIST LEVEL

Victor Dahdaleh
JB Fuqua
Carlos Bremer Gutierre
Gilbert & Rose Mary Chagoury
Dorothy & Lewis Cullman
Myra & Brian Greenspun
Elaine & Gerald Schuster
C. S. Westbrook & Hugh Westbrook
Sydney & Stanley Shuman
Carlos Slim
Katsuhiko Yoshida
Ruettgers Family Foundation
Global Artists
NY HHS Union, Local 1199
Bank of America
Sainsbury Family Charitable Trust

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8. Vin Gupta

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/21/AR2007112102280.html?hpid=topnews

SEC Opens Investigation of Company Headed by Key Supporter of Clintons

By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 22, 2007; Page A03

The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into InfoUSA, a Nebraska company that used corporate funds to fly Hillary Rodham Clinton around the country, and one of only two companies to put Bill Clinton on its payroll after he left the White House.

The firm, a major provider of database-processing services, disclosed little about the nature of the probe in a filing to shareholders released yesterday.

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9. Keep this kicked please

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10. K&R!

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11. Hm /nt

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13. kick