Everything Clinton does goes to sh!t...if he operated according to the rules instead of pulling fast ones...well.
http://www.nypostonline.com/news/14040.htm
SENATE DAMNS BILL,
95-2, FOR FALN OFFER
By BRIAN BLOMQUIST and
ROBERT HARDT, Jr.
The Senate yesterday voted 95-2 to condemn
President Clinton's clemency to 16 Puerto Rican
militants - as the White House stonewalled
questions on how the decision was made.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the White
House stonewalling was a key reason for voting to
condemn Clinton's clemency grant.
"I have repeatedly requested information on these
cases. I have been given no such information and
therefore have voted to support the resolution,"
Schumer said.
Sen. Paul Coverdell (R-Ga.) charged that the
White House, in a last-minute move, "pulled the
plug" on a witness from the FBI who was set to
testify to a Senate hearing on Clinton's
controversial clemency decision.
The stonewalling appears only to have fanned the
flames against Clinton's clemency, which led to the
freeing last week of 11 jailed members of the
FALN, a Puerto Rican terrorist group responsible
for 130 bombings and six deaths.
In a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno,
Coverdell wrote, "It is completely unacceptable
for the administration to refuse to discuss the
president's decision to offer clemency to 16
convicted terrorists."
Aides to Clinton and Reno said they hadn't
decided whether they'll allow witnesses to testify
at a Senate hearing today and a House hearing
tomorrow on Clinton's get-out-of-jail deal.
The House Government Reform Committee tried
to force a response by subpoenaing the testimony
of White House Counsel Beth Nolan and officials
from the FBI, Justice Department and Bureau of
Prisons.
Sources said the White House is considering
having Clinton claim executive privilege to keep
the witnesses from testifying.
The White House also has refused to give
Congress documents that might provide details on
how Clinton's decision was made and whether it
involved political consideration for Hillary
Clinton's all-but-announced Senate campaign in
New York.
"We've gotten a number of different requests from
Capitol Hill. We're evaluating those," said White
House scandal spokesman Jim Kennedy.
When Clinton first made the clemency offer over a
month ago, there was speculation it was to help
Hillary Clinton attract votes from New York's 1.3
million Puerto Ricans.
But it has only hurt Mrs. Clinton, who came out
against clemency 11 days ago and denies knowing
anything about the original offer.
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
http://www.nypostonline.com/news/14040.htm
SENATE DAMNS BILL,
95-2, FOR FALN OFFER
By BRIAN BLOMQUIST and
ROBERT HARDT, Jr.
The Senate yesterday voted 95-2 to condemn
President Clinton's clemency to 16 Puerto Rican
militants - as the White House stonewalled
questions on how the decision was made.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the White
House stonewalling was a key reason for voting to
condemn Clinton's clemency grant.
"I have repeatedly requested information on these
cases. I have been given no such information and
therefore have voted to support the resolution,"
Schumer said.
Sen. Paul Coverdell (R-Ga.) charged that the
White House, in a last-minute move, "pulled the
plug" on a witness from the FBI who was set to
testify to a Senate hearing on Clinton's
controversial clemency decision.
The stonewalling appears only to have fanned the
flames against Clinton's clemency, which led to the
freeing last week of 11 jailed members of the
FALN, a Puerto Rican terrorist group responsible
for 130 bombings and six deaths.
In a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno,
Coverdell wrote, "It is completely unacceptable
for the administration to refuse to discuss the
president's decision to offer clemency to 16
convicted terrorists."
Aides to Clinton and Reno said they hadn't
decided whether they'll allow witnesses to testify
at a Senate hearing today and a House hearing
tomorrow on Clinton's get-out-of-jail deal.
The House Government Reform Committee tried
to force a response by subpoenaing the testimony
of White House Counsel Beth Nolan and officials
from the FBI, Justice Department and Bureau of
Prisons.
Sources said the White House is considering
having Clinton claim executive privilege to keep
the witnesses from testifying.
The White House also has refused to give
Congress documents that might provide details on
how Clinton's decision was made and whether it
involved political consideration for Hillary
Clinton's all-but-announced Senate campaign in
New York.
"We've gotten a number of different requests from
Capitol Hill. We're evaluating those," said White
House scandal spokesman Jim Kennedy.
When Clinton first made the clemency offer over a
month ago, there was speculation it was to help
Hillary Clinton attract votes from New York's 1.3
million Puerto Ricans.
But it has only hurt Mrs. Clinton, who came out
against clemency 11 days ago and denies knowing
anything about the original offer.
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!