Jpost.com, a subsidiary of the Jerusalem Post, a subsidiary of Mirkaei Tikshoret Limited (Israeli company) and CanWest (Canadian Company), has several monetized assets that are of use to a political campaign.
1. Database of users
2. Servers
3. Goodwill
4. Position of Authority
If the JPost.com had sold Guiliani’s campaign the database of users, and the database was then filtered to tr to only send solicitations to USA IP addresses, and the email was sent out through email servers owned or leased by the Guiliani campaign, this would be a legal transaction according to Federal campaign laws. If it wasn’t filtered, it would be illegal for the Guiliani campaign, it is illegal to solicit foreigners to contribute to United States political campaigns. (Remember Gore and the monks carrying Chinese military bundles of campaign cash?)
BUT, this email went through JPost.com servers, most of which, if not all, are located overseas, outside US jurisdiction. This is a Federal felony.
And, the JPost used it’s goodwill and editors desk authority to entice illegal solicitations, which is a felony and a gross violation of the most basic tenets of media ethics. The JPost chief editor is an American citizen though, there might be some leeway there.
Democrats, Republicans, Independents and every media organization in the US should be extremely upset by this blatant violation of United States Federal Election law, and should be calling for an immediate investigation into this incident.
It's difficult to confirm that without seeing the e-mail headers.
Their website is using Akamai. A traceroute from my computer to www.jpost.com goes to Dallas, Texas.
Do you think this possible scandal (solicitation of campaign contributions through a foreign company) could have a very negative effect on the Giuliani campaign?