American Red Cross
(ARC)
September 11
controversy
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, ARC
and other charitable organizations solicited funds and blood donations. Dr. Bernadine Healy,
the president of ARC, appeared on telethons urging individuals to give
generously.[citation needed] However,
according to America's Blood Centers, the non-profit consortium that provides
the other 50% of the United States blood supply, no national blood drive was
needed, since localized blood drives in the affected areas would be sufficient
to meet the demand. ARC felt that the terrorist attacks were a sign of
increased instability and urged people to donate blood, even though it was not
needed at that time. In the end, some of the unused blood was destroyed.[50]
ARC created a "Liberty Fund" that was ostensibly
designed for relief for victims of the terrorist attacks. However, when the
fund was closed in October, after exceeding the goals of donations, only 30% of
the $547 million received was spent as the standard disaster relief guidelines
for meeting victims needs had been supplied to them. Dr. Healy announced that
the majority of the remainder of the money would be used to increase blood
supply, improve telecommunications and prepare for future terror attacks.
In February 2002, The New Yorker
magazine carried a column claiming that ARC representatives were visiting
upscale apartment buildings in wealthy Manhattan
neighborhoods and distributing donated money (up to three months' rent or
mortgage payments) to New Yorkers who had been "displaced, traumatized, or
merely inconvenienced" by the terrorist attacks, without regard to whether
the recipients were in financial need.[51]
Many donors felt that they had donated specifically to
the victims of the September 11 attacks and objected to Healy's
official plan for the diversion of funds. Survivors complained of the
bureaucratic process involved in requesting funds and the slow delivery of the
checks to meet immediate needs. Congressional hearings were held and New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
investigated the organization. In the end, ARC appointed former US senator George Mitchell to handle
distribution of funds. Healy was forced to resign and the Red Cross pledged
that all funds would go to directly benefit attack victims.[52] Healy
received a severance payment of $1,569,630.
September Fund
Harold M. Ickes
was an organizer for the September Fund,
William J. Clinton’s deputy chief of
staff, a worker for Operation
Pursestrings, an organizer for the Media
Fund, an organizer for the Joint
Victory Campaign, an organizer for America
Coming Together, and is the president of Catalist.
Note: William J. Clinton’s
deputy chief of staff was Harold M.
Ickes, a worker for Operation
Pursestrings, is the founder of the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential
campaign.
Ready
PAC (Ready For Hillary)
supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham
Clinton presidential campaign.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and Human Rights First.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for
the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), a
board member for the International
Crisis Group, a director emeritus for Refugees
International, was a contributor for the Media Fund, a contributor
for the Joint Victory Campaign, a supporter for America
Coming Together, an investor in Catalist,
a benefactor for the Harlem Children's
Zone, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and William D. Zabel was his divorce lawyer.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Refugees
International, the Harlem Children's
Zone, the International Rescue
Committee, the Brookings Institution (think tank), Urban Institute (think tank), and Human Rights First.
George J. Mitchell
was a chair emeritus for the International
Crisis Group, and the Independent Overseer of the American Red Cross Liberty
Fund, which provided relief for September
11 attack victims and their families, and the president of the Economic Club of Washington.
George J. Mitchell
Gina F. Adams is a
director at the Economic Club of
Washington, and was a governor for the American
Red Cross (ARC).
Michael W.
Hawkins is a director at Refugees
International, and was a governor for the American Red Cross (ARC).
Carol Ann Haake
was a director at Refugees International,
and was a governor for the American Red
Cross (ARC).
Steven E. Carr was
a director at Refugees International,
and was a governor for the American Red
Cross (ARC).
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor for
the Harlem Children's Zone, a
chairman for the National September 11
Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center, the New York (NY) mayor, and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Michelle Obama was
an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
ONE Campaign is
a partner with the International Rescue
Committee.
William Lucy was
an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, and a governor for the American
Red Cross (ARC).
Suzanne Nora
Johnson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and
a governor for the American Red Cross (ARC).
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a life
trustee at the Urban Institute (think
tank), was the president of the Economic
Club of Washington, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant
(think tank).
Gina F. Adams is a
director at the Economic Club of
Washington, and was a governor for the American
Red Cross (ARC).
George J. Mitchell
was the president of the Economic Club
of Washington,
a chair emeritus for the International Crisis Group, and the Independent Overseer of the American Red Cross Liberty Fund, which
provided relief for September 11 attack
victims and their families.
Afsaneh M.
Beschloss is a governor for the American
Red Cross (ARC), and a trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank).
William D. Zabel
was George Soros’s divorce lawyer, and
is the chair for Human Rights First.
Kenneth R.
Feinberg is a director at Human
Rights First, and was a special master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.
Mark A. Angelson
was a director at Human Rights First,
and a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
James D. Zirin
was a director at Human Rights First,
and is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and an advocate for
the ONE Campaign.
ONE Campaign is
a partner with the International Rescue
Committee.
William Lucy was
an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, and a governor for the American
Red Cross (ARC).
Ann F. Kaplan was
a governor for the American Red Cross (ARC),
and is a member of the Belizean Grove.
Belizean_Grove
is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
George H.W.
Bush is a member of the Bohemian Club, George W. Bush’s father,
and is the chairman emeritus for the National Constitution Center.
William J. Clinton
is a chairman emeritus for the National Constitution Center, the founder
of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, an adviser for
the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, was a worker for Operation
Pursestrings, and Harold M. Ickes was his deputy chief of staff.
Harold M. Ickes
was William J. Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, a worker for Operation
Pursestrings, an organizer for the Media Fund, an organizer for the Joint
Victory Campaign, an organizer for America Coming Together, an
organizer for the September Fund, and is the president of Catalist.
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