Feds worried about
Clinton ties to Saudis
State Department 2011 email chain shows concern
The U.S. State Department had concerns about Saudi Arabia’s
connections to the Clinton Foundation, or perhaps Bill or Hillary
Clinton, as far back as 2011, according to a new report from
government watchdog Judicial Watch.
The organization reported on
its ongoing efforts to obtain information from the State Department about
Hillary Clinton’s “possible conflicts of interest regarding her position as
secretary of state.”
The update comes amid a burgeoning scandal about the Clinton
Foundation, who ran it, who benefited from it, who got favors, and who paid
what to whom.
The heart of the matter is whether, as critics have
suggested, there are links between the foundation and the Clintons’ own incomes
and how U.S. government policy treated foreign interests while she was
secretary of state.
The scandals have reached such a point that the left-leaning Common Cause
is calling for an independent audit.
Spokesman Miles Rapoport said, “Six years ago, at Mrs.
Clinton’s confirmation hearing for her appointment as secretary of state,
then-Sen. Dick
Lugar observed that ‘that foreign
governments and entities may perceive the Clinton Foundation as a means to gain
favor with the secretary of state.’ He was right, and his remarks remain
relevant today as Mrs. Clinton seeks the presidency.”
Judicial Watch has been pursuing government records on
Hillary Clinton for years, and noted that previously released documents raised
questions about funds Clinton accepted from entities linked to Saudi Arabia,
China and Iran, among others.
“The latest group of documents shows that State Department
officials had concerns in January 2011 about Bill Clinton’s activities related
to Saudi
Arabia. An email chain, begun on January 25, 2011, includes several
members of the State Department’s Legal Advisor Office, and the subject line
‘Clinton Foundation Request – Saudi entities,’” the report said.
However, the three pages were almost entirely redacted. Even some of the “subject” lines were blanked out.
One, from Violanda Botet to James H. Thessin finished with
“Let me know if you need more. Violanda.”
But the rest of the page was blank.
Judicial Watch reported previous documents uncovered through
this lawsuit showed that Bill Clinton worked with Tanmiah Commercial Group, a
Saudi group based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which paid Clinton $300,000.
The report said, “The Clinton Foundation told the State
Department he would participate in the 2011 Global Competiveness Forum, a
five-day event in Riyadh. The event was co-sponsored by the Dabbagh Group
Holding Co., which ‘comprises 28 autonomous companies, operating in diversified
businesses in 30 countries. Mohammed Husnee Jazeel currently serves as Dabbagh
Group’s CFO.’”
Also in the documents is a discussion of a Clinton
Foundation request regarding an undisclosed country in Asia in August 2010:
“Spoke to Jim [James H Thessin], on this and he plans to speak to the EAP [East
Asian & Pacific Affairs] PDAS [Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary] and
get his views.”
And Judicial Watch reported, “A June 2010 message chain
addressed to then-Deputy Chief of Mission in Tanzania Larry E. Andre and others
is labeled ‘URGENT RE: Clinton Foundation Issue,’ and states: ‘Former POTUS
Clinton is on the ground in Tanzania… we need guidance fairly urgently to still
be relevant.’”
“Dozens of State Department attorneys’ emails are heavily
redacted and neglect to include the records Judicial Watch specifically sought
in its FOIA request, such as Mrs. Clinton ‘SF 50s,’ the standard form the
government uses any time an employee changes jobs, or has an increase in step,
grade or pay,” Judicial Watch said.
The report said the State Department also had forwarded to
the Clinton Foundation additional documents, for review, before it would make a
decision about release.
“The State Department allowed Hillary Clinton to remove and
destroy government email records. And now we’ve figured out the State
Department is improperly giving government documents to the Clinton operation –
documents that should have been turned over to us years ago,” said Judicial
Watch President Tom Fitton. “Our lawsuit, which first exposed the Clinton
foreign fundraising racket at the State Department, continues to be obstructed
by Mrs. Clinton’s political operation. With these revelations of State
Department concerns about the Clinton machine’s Saudi and Asian dealings, this
simple FOIA lawsuit is providing the road map for those tracking Hillary
Clinton’s abuse of office as secretary of state. In the meantime, the State
Department seems to be more concerned about helping Hillary Clinton’s
presidential campaign than following federal disclosure law.”
In other developments
regarding Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president, the New York
Post reported Bill Clinton took free jet trips to South America from wealthy
Canadian mining interests to give speeches
Key in that issue are reports the mining magnate, Frank Giustra,
may have influenced State Department decisions “like a Colombia free trade deal
and its role in a Russian energy outfit’s purchase of an American uranium
company.”
The report said Giustra had a financial interest in both
deals.
Saudi Arabia
Note: Abdulaziz
bin Abdullah is a co-founder for the Friends
of Saudi Arabia, Abdallah Bin Abd
Al-Aziz Al Saud’s son, the deputy minister of foreign affairs for Saudi Arabia, and a trustee at the King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology.
Abdallah
Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud was Abdulaziz
bin Abdullah’s father, the king of Saudi
Arabia, and a benefactor for the Middle
East Policy Council.
Chas. W. Freeman
Jr. was a U.S. ambassador for Saudi
Arabia, the president of the Middle
East Policy Council, the National Intelligence Council chairman nominee for
the Barack Obama administration, a principal
deputy assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of State, is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a trustee
at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank), and the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
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, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
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, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Frank
Giustra is a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and a director & funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Igor S. Ivanov was a board member for the International Crisis Group, and is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Igor S. Ivanov was a board member for the International Crisis Group, and is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Kofi
A. Annan is a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and was a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Shirley M.
Tilghman is a trustee at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and a trustee at the King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was the president of
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a director
at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think
tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman
Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United
States in war)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Richard
G. Lugar is a director at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and was a U.S. Senate senator.
Malcolm Rifkind
is a director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and was a foreign secretary for the United Kingdom.
Alexei Arbatov is
a director at the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and was a commissioner for the International Commission on Nuclear
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
William
J. Perry is a director at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and was a commissioner for the International Commission on Nuclear
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
Shirley Williams
is a director emeritus at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and was a commissioner for the International Commission on Nuclear
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
Turki bin
Faisal Al Saud was a commissioner for the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament,
a Saudi ambassador for the United
Kingdom, the Saudi ambassador for the United
States, William J. Clinton’s
classmate at Georgetown, a funder
for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea
Clinton Foundation, is a Saudi
Arabia prince, and a Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz
Al Saud’s son.
Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a center
at Georgetown University.
Georgetown
Institute for Women, Peace and Security is an institute at Georgetown University.
Hillary Rodham
Clinton was a founding chair at the Georgetown
Institute for Women, Peace and Security, a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation, a secretary at the U.S.
Department of State for the Barack
Obama administration, and is married to William J. Clinton.
William J. Clinton
is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton,
the founder of the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and Turki
bin Faisal Al Saud’s classmate at Georgetown.
Faisal
bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud was Turki bin
Faisal Al Saud’s father, Abdul Aziz
Al Saud’s son, and Mohammed bin
awahd bin Laden’s lender.
Mohammed
bin awahd bin Laden’s lender was Faisal
bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Abdul Aziz
Al Saud’s builder, and Osama Bin
Laden’s father.
Abdul Aziz Al
Saud’s builder was Mohammed bin
awahd bin Laden, the Saudi Arabia
king, and Alwaleed bin Talal’s
grandfather.
Alwaleed bin
Talal is Abdul Aziz Al Saud’s
grandson, the Saudi Arabia prince, Abdallah Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud’s
nephew, and a benefactor for the Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a center
at Georgetown University.
Georgetown
Institute for Women, Peace and Security is an institute at Georgetown University.
Hillary Rodham
Clinton was a founding chair at the Georgetown
Institute for Women, Peace and Security, a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation, a secretary at the U.S.
Department of State for the Barack
Obama administration, and is married to William J. Clinton.
Friends
of Saudi Arabia was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Abdulaziz
bin Abdullah is a co-founder for the Friends
of Saudi Arabia, Abdallah Bin Abd
Al-Aziz Al Saud’s son, the deputy minister of foreign affairs for Saudi Arabia, and a trustee at the King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology.
Shirley M.
Tilghman is a trustee at the King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Richard
G. Lugar is a director at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and was a U.S. Senate senator.
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