Posted on 10/01/2003 1:12:56 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:16:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Nancy Luque ping
LOL, ping to an old post- as we now know, it turns out that former Ambasador Wilson has business ties to the alAmoudi clan. ;-)
Another tie to Hogan & Hartson is Nancy Luque, who, like Hogan & Hartson’s Christine Varney and Anthony Harrington, was an attorney for the Clinton-Gore campaign. In addition, in that capacity, Ms. Luque would have also worked with Hogan & Hartson’s Sandy Berger. Ms. Luque is at the international law firm of Reed Smith Shaw and McClay, which, of course, has dealings with Communist China. Ms. Luque is the attorney for Maria Hsia, a notorious Clinton-Gore fundraiser accused of funneling money through the Buddhist Temple to Al Gore, and of numerous other types of illegal influence peddling to Clinton, Gore and the DNC for the Chinese Communists. It is also interesting to note that Ms. Luque was an attorney for the campaign where Ms. Hsia was doing the illegal money laundering! Another ‘helpful’ move in the long list of Clinton cover-ups was Ms. Luque’s ‘pro bono’ representation of Julie Hiatt Steele who was involved in the Willey/Clinton scandal.
I'm reading Madam Hillary which is a more interesting book than I thought it would be.
Page 28 mentions that Hillary has organized and gotten funding (with the help of Soros and others) for several think tanks including the Center for American Progress. The Center has a 501(c)4 designation which permits the propoganda section to be more aggressively partisan.
Sara Wartell, a veteran of the Clinton administration, is the Center's chief operating officer. The Center focuses on hot button issues in Washington with an eye to influencing Congress, the public and the media through a sophisticated rapid response media campaign.
The rapid response media campaign is run by Debbie Berger, the daughter of Sandy Berger! ----82 posted on 08/11/2004 3:46:40 PM PDT by Peach
1995 : (ABDUL RAHMAN ALAMOUDI IS APPOINTED 'GOOD WILL AMBASSADOR' TO THE MIDDLE EAST; CLINTON IS APPARENTLY UNCONCERNED THAT ONCE OVERSEAS, HE BADMOUTHS THE USA) The close relationship between the Clintons and al-Amoudi was traced back to 1995, when al-Amoudi was appointed a "Good Will Ambassador" to the Middle East. Once overseas, al-Amoudi was quoted as being thankful he could now speak freely, and he engaged in violent anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric. Despite this, the Clinton administration gave him high marks. - "Clinton Era "Good Will Ambassador" Arrested," multi-sourced, 9/29/03 , vanity VIA FREEREPUBLIC
1995 : (CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SHUTS DOWN INVESTIGATIONOF ISLAMIC CHARITIES) Law enforcement authorities and others close to the aborted investigation said the State Department pressed federal officials to pull agents off the previously undisclosed probe after the charities were targeted in the diversion of cash to groups that fund terrorism.
In the aborted 1995 investigation, the FBI said in a sealed affidavit that the Islamic Concern Project and World and Islam Studies Enterprise — working with charities in Virginia — committed fraud and "served as a vehicle by which [Islamic Jihad] raised funds to support terrorist activities in the occupied territories." In that probe, investigators found that checks drawn on a bank account of the International Committee for Palestine had been cashed by people in the Middle East. They said the checks had been signed by Mr. Al-Arian. -- "Clinton Axed Terror Probe, "
NOVEMBER 9, 1995 : (WASHINGTON DC : THE WHITE HOUSE : ABDULRAHMAN ALAMOUDI AND 23 MUSLIM LEADERS MEET WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON AND VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE) "On November 9, 1995 he [Alamoudi] met with President Clinton and Vice President Gore at a meeting with 23 Muslim leaders at the White House." --Mr. Emerson, 1996 Wall Street Journal op-ed
NOVEMBER 1995 to SEPTEMBER 2003 : (ABDULRAHMAN ALAMOUDI SCHEMED TO OBTAIN MONEY FROM LIBYA AND OTHER OVERSEAS SOURCES FOR TRANSMISSION TO THE US) ... from November 1995 to September 2003, Alamoudi devised a scheme to obtain money from Libya and other sources overseas for transmission into the United States without attracting the attention of federal immigration, customs and law enforcement officials. ---- "Abdurahman Alamoudi Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison in Terror Financing Case - Sentencing Follows ICE, IRS, FBI Investigation in Northern Virginia," U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, October 15, 2004
DECEMBER 8, 1995 : (WASHINGTON DC : THE WHITE HOUSE : ABDULRAHMAN ALAMOUDI AND SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS OF THE AMC MEET WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ANTHONY LAKE) "On December 8, National Security Adviser Anthony Lake met at the White House with Alamoudi and several board members of the American Muslim Council" -- Mr. Emerson, 1996 Wall Street Journal op-ed
1996 : (ABDULRAHMAN ALAMOUDI, JAMES ZOGBY, EDWARD M GABRIEL ARE ON THE STERRING COMMITTEE OF ARAB AMERICANS FOR CLINTON/GORE 1996 - See ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE) Zogby, [Edward M.] Gabriel, and Alamoudi sat together on the steering committee of Arab Americans for Clinton/Gore '96 and frequently appear at functions organized by Zogby's Arab American Institute. ……….-- by Kenneth R. Timmerman, American Spectator 11/97via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01
1997 : (LEBANESE BUSINESSMAN ELIAS ABURDENE CHAIRS THE ROCK CREEK CORP; HAD HIRED EX-ADVISOR TO BILL CLINTON, JOSEPH WILSON, WHO HAD MET MOHAMED ALAMOUDI AT A RECEPTION ORGANIZED FOR THE WORLD BANK BY WESTAR GROUP)...but also the Rock Creek Corporation, an investment company controlled by Al Amoudi and chaired since 1997 by a Lebanese businessman very connected into the power circles of Washington, Elias Aburdene. Former adviser of the Franklin Bank National in Washington DC, Aburdene at the start of his accession to the head (position) of Rock Creek Corporation hired the ex - adviser to Bill Clinton for African affairs, Joseph Wilson IV. The latter had already met Mohamed Al Amoudi in 1997 at the time of a reception organized for the World Bank by Westar Group (LAW n.794). --- via Shermy
SEPTEMBER 8, 1997 : ( DNC FUNDRAISER EDWARD M GABRIEL IS NOMINATED TO BECOME US AMBASSADOR TO MOROCCO BEFORE THE FBI HAS COMPLETED ITS BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION ON HIM) "……. The story of a suspended ambassadorial nomination. ......Clinton-Gore hubris knows no bounds. In the thick of the campaign finance hearings on Capitol Hill, the White House has nominated a controversial DNC fundraiser, Edward M. Gabriel, to become United States Ambassador to Morocco, a key country to the Middle East peace process. …… Gabriel's name was formally submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 8, before the FBI had completed its background investigation into Gabriel's finances, business connections, or personal life. …... A scant ten days later, as we reported on The American Spectator's web site on September 18, the White House was forced to turn over Gabriel's file to the Justice Department for further investigation of allegations tying him to murky Arab campaign donations to the DNC and the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. …….-- by Kenneth R. Timmerman, American Spectator 11/97via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01
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Zogby, [Edward M.] Gabriel, and Alamoudi sat together on the steering committee of Arab Americans for Clinton/Gore '96 and frequently appear at functions organized by Zogby's Arab American Institute. ……….-- by Kenneth R. Timmerman, American Spectator 11/97via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01
SEPTEMBER 18, 1997 : (THE DOJ HAS THE WHITE HOUSE TURN OVER THEIR AMBASSADOR TO MOROCCO NOMINEE EDWARD M GABRIEL'S FILE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGATIONS TYING HIM TO MURKY CAMPAIGN DONATIONS TO THE DNC AND CLINTON/GORE REELECTION CAMPAIGN) Gabriel's name was formally submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 8, before the FBI had completed its background investigation into Gabriel's finances, business connections, or personal life. …... A scant ten days later, as we reported on The American Spectator's web site on September 18, the White House was forced to turn over Gabriel's file to the Justice Department for further investigation of allegations tying him to murky Arab campaign donations to the DNC and the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. …….-- by Kenneth R. Timmerman, American Spectator 11/97via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01
NOVEMBER 1997 : (AMERICAN SPECTATOR REPORT ) "……. A few hours before Lebanese financier Roger Tamraz was to testify before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, committee staffers received a mysterious call from someone claiming to be Tamraz who alleged that Tamraz had been solicited by Gabriel to donate $50,000 to the DNC through the Arab American Institute, a Washington-based non-profit group. ……… Two things are certain about this curious case: Ed Gabriel has powerful enemies, and he made them by hitching his wagon to two highly controversial Arab-American lobbyists in Washington: James Zogby and Abdulrahman Alamoudi. In the "bad old days" when the State Department and Congress still considered the PLO a terrorist organization, both men were staunch backers of Yasir Arafat. More recently, Zogby has called on Arab states to reinvigorate the secondary boycott against Israel, which aims to deter U.S. companies by threatening to ban them from contracts in the Arab world if they do business with Israel. ….."-- by Kenneth R. Timmerman, American Spectator 11/97via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01
1999 : (WILSON QUOTED; MENTION OF HIS POSITION AS ADVISOR TO ROCK CREEK INVESTMENTS - See MOHAMMED ALAMOUDI) "There has been a lot of interest in this kind of approach," said Joseph Wilson, a former ambassador to the Gabonese Republic who, as an adviser with Rock Creek Investments, helps U.S. companies make inroads into Africa. "The businessmen I deal with are looking for one-stop shopping, somebody who can help them through [all aspects of] the maze that international deals comprise." ---- http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/1999/03/01/focus2.html , 1999 (See Rock Creek Investments & Al Amoudi) via 102 posted on 06/26/2004 7:23:39 PM PDT by Shermy
AUGUST 19, 1999 : (LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS : RIYAD BANK & ALLTEL REACH AGREEMENT ; See ABDULRAHMAN ALAMOUDI) ALLTEL and Riyad Bank, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have reached an agreement for ALLTEL to provide application software support services to Riyad Bank. The seven-year contract is valued in excess of $49 million. ALLTEL Information Services will provide core banking software support and development services under the agreement. ALLTEL will also train Riyad Bank staff members to support world-class banking systems totally within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. "We are very pleased to be entering into this long-term agreement with ALLTEL Information Services," said Abdul Rahman Al-Amoudi, senior executive vice president of Riyad Bank. "We chose ALLTEL because of its experience in supporting banking software and the knowledge of the financial industry. We believe that with that expertise ALLTEL Information Services can add value to our business. "By bringing global banking expertise to Riyad Bank, our staff will become better able to support our goal of providing world-class products and services to our customers," he said. - "Riyad Bank Selects ALLTEL Information Services for Major Software Support Services Initiative," Release date: August 19, 1999, see http://www.alltel.com/news/news_releases/99/aug/n411aug1999.html
2001 late : (CHINESE SA-7 SHOULDER FIRED MISSILE ARE FOUND IN AFGHANISTAN - See POLYTECHNOLGIES & PLA GEN. XIONG) The double irony here is that not only is Poly Technologies owned by the Chinese army, but it also supplied hundreds of shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles to Osama bin Laden. Gen. Xiong and his fellow PLA officers played a key role in arming al-Qaeda with SA-7 surface-to-air missiles. Hundreds of the Chinese-made missiles were discovered in abandoned al-Qaeda caves during the Afghan war. The same SA-7 missiles were recently fired at the Israeli airliner in Kenya. The same missiles cited by Sen. Clinton in her urgent letter to Tom Ridge. Once again, none of these advanced weapons could have been exported without direct permission from Beijing and Gen. Xiong. Perhaps the best "action" plan for the Bush Administration is to tackle the source of advanced weapons sold to Osama bin Laden. The Bush administration should ban all Chinese army companies from doing business in the United States and seek a total ban against any military contacts with those responsible for arming al-Qaeda. ------------ "Red General and the First Lady," Charles R. Smith, Newsmax.com, Monday, Dec. 9, 2002
If I remember corresctly, she did NOT give the dirty money back...
unlike Guiliani who not only gave it back but said "stick it". "A REAL HERO"!!
Thanks! I was trying to remember where I posted that :-)
Thanks for the ping!
Pretty shocking book, isn't it? I had not realized previously just how much Clinton did to permit the Islamists to fund raise in this country and how little interest he actually had in fighting terrorism. It's worse than we'd actually feared. Much worse.
Your research has been outstanding, piasa, and you and a few other freepers have put the MSM investigative reporters to absolute shame.
The under-reporting of these matters is willful disregard to important matters pertaining to our nation's security, and they will never be trusted by me again. Ever.
Thanks for the ping and all your digging around to find out the information that otherwise would remain hidden.
I think you're right- that Gitmo chaplain Yee was connected to these guys via the chaplain-picking group AMFVAC ; he was trained in Syria then magically gets off [even though caught with names and prisoner data and prison layouts]and was let off with a slap , perhaps because going after him would expose too much info in court that could endanger others. Next thing you know he's an Obama delegate...
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