A Fake Cisneros Scandal

The Washington Post ^ | January 23, 2006 | Robert Litt

[rightalien]

An independent counsel has issued a report claiming that officials of the Clinton administration blocked his investigation into allegations of tax violations by former housing secretary Henry Cisneros. Although these sensational charges have been trumpeted by partisans as evidence of Democratic corruption, they are completely false.

I know; I was there.

The independent counsel, David Barrett, was appointed to investigate charges that Cisneros had lied about payments he made to his mistress. (After investigating this charge for several years, Barrett meekly allowed Cisneros to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge with a promise of no jail time.)

[thoughtomator]

Boy, if only Scooter Libby got such good press...

[American Quilter]

Nice try, Bobby, but it won't fly.

[mnehring]

This is all part of the plan to focus the media attention on the Barrett report on Cisneros, not Clinton.. If they say Cisneros often enough, in the minds of people, that is all about.. Cisneros doesn't realize it, but he is a victim of the Clinton machine.

[Cicero]

So, now the Washington Post is letting clintonoid flunkies write their editorials?

I looked up Litt, who worked in the clinton Justice Department, hardly a recommendation for honesty. I note that he appears to have been involved in clinton's Clipper program to spy on Americans. See his statement here, where he argues against allowing Americans to encrypt their messages:

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/daag9_97.htm

[oxcart]

"The writer, a Washington lawyer, served from 1994 to 1999 in the Justice Department, where his last position was principal associate deputy attorney general."

No comment needed.

[SirLinksalot]

Again folks,

I am still waiting with baited breath for anyone to explain to me exactly what are in the redacted paragraphs of the Barret Report that are so damning to the Clintons.

Anyone with a clue ?

[Howlin]

Well, there's only one way to clear it up: we'll just have to see the entire Barrett report.

[Howlin]

Were you asleep from 1992 to 2000?

[Doogle]

there's no blue dress either

[msnimje]

"Trust Me?" That is his argument?

[Yo-Yo]

If this report were about Dubya, the redacted bits would have been leaked to the Post and the New York Times by now.

[American Quilter]

No comment needed.

Exactly.

[the_Watchman]

The end of the article states that Robert Litt served from 1994 to 1999. Somehow it doesn't sound like a non-partisan tenure.

[Doogle]

LMAO....remembering clinton's eyeballs rolling when the cigar episode was brought up


Doogle

[gunnedah]

Dont fool yourself, Cisneros is like all Clinton cronies. He knows what is happening and he knows if he crosses the Clintons he will end up dead.

[oxcart]

This is the same thing the Wapoo did with former FBI Director Louis Freeh when his book came out. They let an old Clintoon cronie write a smear article just like this.

[savedbygrace]

Notice how, as he moves from the early part of this article to the end, he changes the thing from not enough evidence to absolutely no evidence. That right there will trigger any current model BS detector.

[Hoodat]

That explains why the Democrats tried so hard to keep this report from being published. Oops.

[msnimje]