The "Hate Queen" offers up another lunatic rant.
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The following article says Janet Reno is politicking (forbidden by
federal law -- but what else is new? She endorsed the Brady Bill,
too.)
It is more interesting for what ELSE it says, in big NEON letters,
in the incidental mentions.
First of all, what the heck is an "Associate Attorney General" and
when was this position invented?
Secondly, Webster Hubbell, the "associate Attorney General" is the
head of the Rose Law Firm -- the law firm for which Hillary Clinton and
the now-murdered-deceased Vincent Foster formerly worked.
Hubbell is the father-in-law of Skeeter Ward, the executive director
of Park On Meter, a company that obtained a $2.75 million Arkansas
Development Finance Assoc. bank loan -- the first such loan ever
made by the ADFA, which Clinton himself started -- through Hubbell's
signature; the money was used in "classified" contracts with the
military and other non-military but clandestine ventures, such as
the manufacture of chemical bombs and cannisters and ferry drop
tanks for the C130s transporting shipments of weapons to the
Contras. Not incidentally, this firm is across the street from a US
Army Reserve Chemical company. Also not incidentally, the Clinton's
own interests in several Arkansas banks and Vince Foster had been
their advisor on their investments. The POM company is located in
Mena, Arkansas, where drug and gun running, using Evergreen
Airlines (a CIA proprietary company) is now well establsihed.
Perhaps at the root of Vincent Foster's death is the connection of
these companies and these shady gun, biological weapons, and gun
running and the CIA to the "Travel gate" scandal -- itself a
money-laundering scheme involving the same players as always.
Now we know why Willie boy has so many dead body guards and former
"friends." And perhaps how the "associate attorney general
position" came to be invented.
AP
09/23/1993
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top aide to Attorney General Janet Reno
rejected criticism that her appearance with New Jersey Gov. Jim
Florio, who is seeking re-election, violated her pledge to refrain
from partisan politicking.
Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell told a news conference
Thursday that Reno's trip stemmed from her concern, and President
Clinton's, about assault weapons. "No one has second thoughts" about
the trip, he said, despite the criticism.
On a trip to Hackensack, N.J., last week, Reno stood beside the
Democratic governor at a table of confiscated assault weapons and
praised Florio's tough state ban on such weapons. Florio has said
Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine Todd Whitman would
weaken the ban if she defeats him in November.
Whitman and two newspapers, the Record in Hackensack and the Wall
Street Journal, criticized the visit. Whitman said Reno had violated
her pledge, at a confirmation hearing, to steer clear of partisan
politics. The newspapers said the appearance politicized the
attorney general's office.
Fuel was added to the controversy when USA Today reported that
Democratic Party Chairman David Wilhelm said that even though
Clinton had not campaigned for Florio, Reno had. However, USA Today
reporter Richard Benedetto said Thursday that on reviewing his tape
of the interview, he realized he had misunderstood his notes and
that Wilhelm never specifically said Reno had campaigned for Florio.
On Thursday, Hubbell said, "The attorney general and the president
are very, very concerned about assault weapons, especially assault
weapons in the hands of youth, and that was the purpose of her visit
to New Jersey."
Hubbell was filling in for Reno at her weekly news conference
because she was in Buffalo, N.Y.
During her appearance at the Bergen County (N.J.) administration
building, where there were no campaign aides or posters in sight,
Reno had said, "I think it is fitting and proper that I be in New
Jersey. People spoke out and said they don't want this type of gun."
Whitman, meanwhile, issued a press release quoting Reno's
statement to Senate Judiciary Committee in March that she hoped
"with all my heart" to "make my approach to this job as nonpolitical
as possible."
If she were invited to a political event or fund-raising dinner
for a candidate, Reno told Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., "I'd say, 'Why
don't you find something else for me to do and let me try to be the
nation's lawyer and stay out of politics?"'
"Obviously," Whitman said in her news release, "that was before
Ms. Reno was dispatched to New Jersey campaign for the governor.
And, just as obviously, that pledge taken in March was quickly
forgotten."
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* Original: FROM: Linda Thompson
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Well, informed AEN readers will know that the Waco Tribune-Herald
is a disreputable, rag-mag of a newspaper, that published
information that had already been proven to be false -- lies and
slander -- against the Branch Davidians, in a well-orchestrated and
cooperative effort with the feds to murder the Branch Davidians.
The Waco Tribune-Herald was the first to use the terms "cult"
and "heavily fortified compound" and "Beer-drinking, guitar playing
leader who thinks he's Jesus Christ", etc.
Yes, now comes the AP, that bastion of integrity that has been
running federal press releases as "AP releases" (coincidentally,
with no one's name on them).
Know the enemy. Here's a pretty good indicator of a few of the
people who have undermined journalistic integrity and brought us the
PRAVDA and lies we now see daily:
AP
9/23/1993
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Associated Press Managing Editors
association presented its 1993 Public Service Awards to The Miami
Herald and the Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald on Thursday.
The Miami Herald, in the 50,000-and-over circulation category,
was selected for efforts during and after Hurricane Andrew to
produce and distribute the paper, with extra editions and extra
pages of information to help those hardest hit by the destruction.
The Waco Tribune-Herald won in the under-50,000 circulation class
for its series reported just before the federal raid on cult leader
David Koresh, revealing his manipulations and abuses of people, as
well as his stockpiling of arms.
Sue Reisinger, managing editor of the Broward edition of The
Miami Herald and chair of the judging panel, presented the plaques
at the APME convention here.
The other judges were Ralph Langer, senior vice president and
executive editor of The Dallas Morning News and a past president of
APME; Paul Janensch, also a past president of APME and editor of the
Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass.; Robert W. Ritter, president
of APME and editor of Gannett News Service; and William E. Ahearn,
vice president and executive editor of The Associated Press.
The other finalists in the 50,000-and-over category were The
Boston Globe, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, The Dallas Morning
News, the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., The Ledger of
Lakeland, Fla., The Star-Tribune of Minneapolis, The San Diego
Union-Tribune, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Wichita (Kan.)
Eagle.
Under 50,000-circulation finalists were the Albuquerque (N.M.)
Tribune, The Southeast Missourian of Cape Girardeau, Mo., The
Carthage (Mo.) Press, The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Va.,
the Leader-Telegram of Eau Claire, Wis., The Muskegon (Mich.)
Chronicle, The Day of New London, Conn., The Olympian of Olympia,
Wash., and the Tribune Chronicle of Warren, Ohio.
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From: sflorek@crash.cts.com (Steven Florek)
Subject: Re: ST JANET IS INNOCENT AGAIN
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In article <28kn35$k5v@uc.msc.edu> alk@et.msc.edu (Anthony L. Kimball) writes:
>Todd J. Dicker (waldo@cybernet.cse.fau.edu) wrote:
>: she were asked to cover up any illegal or unethical activity, she would
>: either expose it or resign. She has EARNED her reputation, it's not a
>: manufactured facade.
>
>If torturing and killing 85 people in a batch (disregarding for the moment
>the other smaller batches) is neither illegal nor unethical,
>the law is much worse than an ass and the ethos in question is the moral
>code of the devil.
Let us list some of the things she has done since her arrival in DC:
1. Covered Ron Brown's tracks.
2. Covered Dan Rostenkowski's tracks.
3. Covered the FBI and BATF's tracks.
4. Made up allegations about 'drug labs', 'child abuse', the types of weapons
Koresh and his followers had. Ok, she didn't do it personally.
5. Is concerned with why Justice didn't get a conviction in the Randy Weaver
case. Not at all concerned with how marshals killed his son, wife, and dog
to boot.
6. Is determined to boot out John Demjanjuk.
7. Wants to place abortion clinics under federal protection.
8. Wants to make sure that government can break your encryption.
9. Wants your guns.
10. Promotes the theory that Koresh burned himself down.
10 is of course an arbitrary number. Feel free to add.
Fine integrity there. I agree, however, that she probably has more integrity
than the rest of the administration.
Steven Florek.
Green, not blue.
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Just thought you'd like to know what Grandma Janet's up to now:
RENO PROPOSES COORDINATOR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, DEA SURVIVES
By MICHAEL KIRKLAND
WASHINGTON (UPI) _ Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday she is
proposing that a new position be created within the Justice Department _
a director who would oversee all law enforcement agencies of the
department.
The new director would coordinate activities where the agencies'
investigations overlap. Those agencies include the FBI, the Drug
Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S.
Border Patrol.
The areas of overlapping responsibilities ``would include such
matters as drug trafficking, violence and the apprehension of
fugitives", Reno said, reading from a statement.
Reno also proposes that FBI Director Louis Freeh become the first
director of Investigative Agency Policies while continuing his present
job.
Her proposal does not include any FBI takeover of the law
enforcement functions of the DEA, as apparently recommended by Vice
President Al Gore's National Performance Review.
``DEA has a specialized mission...and does an excellent job,''
Reno said. ``It's important...that the specialized mission should be
continued.''
DEA's primary responsiblity is the enforcement of the federal
narcotic laws _ which sometimes includes overseas operations to prevent
drugs from being brought into the United States.
The agency has offices in 54 countries, where agents liason with
host governments. Agents in a special enforcement unit, ``Operation
Snowcap,'' are trained to survive in the jungle and work with Latin
American nations to locate and dismantle cocaine laboratories.
Reno said there is no contradiction between Gore's review and her
proposal. In fact, she said, her recommendation was made in continuous
consultation with Gore. Reno said she reported her final recommendation
to Gore Wednesday night: ``He said that sounded good.''
The attorney general has contended all along that the ``headline''
or ``Action Point'' in the review released earlier this year did not
reflect the text of Gore's recommendations.
The ``Action Point'' called for the FBI to take over the law
enforcement functions of the DEA, as well as the police functions of
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The AFT, part of the
Treasury Department, came in for massive public criticism following a
bungled raid on a cult compound in Waco, Texas, last spring in which
four ATF agents died.
But Reno said the explanatory text following the ``Action Point''
did not specifically mention a takeover of law enforcement functions
- which would have effectively ended the existence of the DEA and
the ATF.
Reno believes the new directorship can be set up without formal
congressional approval.
``I think we can do it ourselves (on President Clinton's order),''
Reno said, but she added that her proposal follows extensive
consultation with members of Congress.
For the time being, the new directorship would mean more staff
rather than a reduction of force at the Justice Department.
If Reno's proposal is approved by the president - and it almost
certainly will be - Freeh would pick up a new administrative staff as
director of Investigative Agency Policies, in addition to his
immediate staff as FBI director. Reno she hopes the new staff can be
kept to less than a dozen people."
So Janet Nero HAS learned something from Waco; she's decided that
things need to be *much* more efficiently handled next time!
Cheers!
John W.
I received the following brochure from a source who wishes to remain
anonymous along with the instructions to post it on the computer
networks immediately. It concerns an upcoming classified Conference at
Johns Hopkins University on Non-Lethal Technology and is sponsored by
Los Alamos National Laboratory. The featured speakers are to be
the Nobel Laureate physicist, Dr. Edward Teller; the Former Military
Advisor to President Bush, LTG Richard G. Trefry, USA (Ret.), and the
current Secretary General of the United States, Janet Reno. The
conference is to be chaired by Dr. John Alexander, the Program Manager
for Non-Lethal Defense, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The brochure itself looks to be authentic and carried no indication of
being in any way classified or restricted (if it is I guess I'll find
out soon enough). If anyone can confirm this event I'd appreciate
hearing from them.
Bob Dunn
P.O. Box 94627
Lincoln, Ne. 68509
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-=BEGIN TEXT=-
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NON-LETHAL DEFENSE
a classified Conference sponsored by
Los Alamos National Laboratory
With the support of the American Defense Preparedness Association
Kossiakoff Center
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University, Laurel MD
November 16 - 17, 1993
OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE
Non-lethal defense has emerged as a potent new means of applying force
and giving commanders a wider array of options. The purpose of a
non-lethal defense is to inhibit an enemies ability to prosecute a war
or engage in other hostile actions. Non-lethal defense is an approach
that explores options for attacking targets of strategic value,
including nontraditional foes such as terrorists and international
drug traffickers.
Non-lethal weapons offer new options to meet rapidly changing security
requirements for the United States. These devices are providing for
the first time a wide range of choices for planners negotiating the
drastically changing security challenges confronting the United
States.
Non-lethal concepts are currently being developed by th U.S. Army, Air
Force, Navy and Marine Corps. The focus is on providing technologies
that support conventional operations and have applicability across the
continuum of conflict. Many of these techniques are designed to
degrade the threat infrastucture in support of parallel warfare
objectives.
Different organizations have different approaches to the concept of
non-lethal defense as well as use of different terminology. In
essence, non-lethal defense is an emerging technological option being
developed conceptionally with a sea of technical opportunity.
The purpose of this Conference is to bring together industry,
government and academia to explore the potential of non-lethal defense
and identify requirements so that the defense community can work
together in leveraging the non-lethal concept. Industry, particularly,
will benefit from a more precise understanding of requirements and
operational constraints regarding non-lethal defense technologies.
All attendees will have the opportunity to embrace a new perspective
in international relations.
The Conference Sessions Are Secret, U.S. Only.
AGENDA
TUESDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 1993
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7:00AM Registration Opens, Kossiakoff Center
Exhibits Open
8:30AM Welcome & Introductory Remarks
MG William E. Eicher, USA (Ret.)
Vice President ADPA.
8:45AM Opening Address
GEN E.C. "Shy" Meyer, USA (Ret.)
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Army.
9:15AM Non-Lethal Defense Technology
Dr. John Alexander
Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:45AM OSD Perspective
TBD
10:15AM Break
10:45AM Peacekeeping & Peace Enforcement Operations
Ms. Sarah Sewell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement
11:15AM National Institute of Justice "Less-Than-Lethal" Program
Mr. David Boyd, NIJ Director of Research & Technology
12:00PM Lunch
Speaker: LTG Richard G. Trefry, USA (Ret.)
1:30PM Incremental Aggression: Requirements for the Future
Dr. Dan Goure, Deputy Director, Political-Military Studies
CSIS, and Former Director of Competitive Strategies OSD
2:30PM Break
3:00 - 5:00PM Services & Special Operations Perspectives
- Army
LTG William H. Forster, USA
Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army,
(Research, Development, & Acquisition)
- Navy
VADM William A. Owens, USN
Chief of Naval Operations (Resources, Warfare Requirements &
Assesments)
- Air Force
Maj Gen Kenneth Minihan, USAF
Commander, Air Force Intelligence Command
- Special Operations
GEN Carl Stiner, USA (Ret.) (invited)
Former CINC, Special Operations Command
6:00PM Reception in the Exhibit Area
Kossiakoff Center
7:00PM Banquet
Guest Speaker: Dr. Edward Teller
WEDNESDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 1993
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7:00AM Registration Opens
Exhibits Open
8:30AM Technical Evaluation - Strategies to Tasks
Dr. David Ochmanek, Deputy Assistant Secretary Defense for
Strategy
9:00AM RF Weapons: A Very Attractive Non-Lethal Operation
Dr. George Baker, Assistant for Program Development, Defense
Nuclear Agency
9:30AM ARPA Perspective
Dr. James Richardson, Special Assistant to the Director
10:00AM Break
10:30AM Future Technology Conference Report (Quantico, VA 31 Aug-2 Sep
93)
Mr. Steve Small, Arms Program Liaison, Joint Services Small
Arms Program
10:50AM Simulation & Modelling: Key to Non-Lethal Weapons
Mr. Andy Andrews, Non-Lethal Project Leader, Los Alamos
National Laboratory
11:10AM Technology Presentations
- Acoustic Technology
Dr. John Dering, Scientific Applications Research Associates
(SARA)
- High Power Microwave Technology
Dr. Henry Brisker, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
- Battlefield Optical Munitions
Dr. Martin Plitch, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- One Container Sticky Foams
Dr. Peter B. Rand, Sandia National Laboratory
- Application of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields to
Non-Lethal Weapons
Dr. Clay Easterly, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Non-Lethal Weapons
Dr. Milt Finger, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
12:00PM Lunch
Speaker: The Honorable Janet Reno, Attorney General of the
United States
1:30PM Technology Presentations
- Voice Synthesis
Dr. Dave Morgan, Lockheed-Sanders
- Airbag Restraint Technology
Ms. Donna Marts, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
2:30PM Break
3:00PM Technology Presentations
- Chemical/Biological Anti-Terrorism
Ms. Astrid Lewis, U.S. Army Chemical Research & Development
Command
- Biological Challenges
Dr. Pat Unkefer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Non-Lethal Research at INEL: Fracture & Dynamic Behavior,
Biotechnology, & Structural Ceramics
Dr. Jonathan Epstein, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
- Contaminant Payloads
Mr. Ed Colston, Naval Surface Weapons Center, Dahlgren
4:45PM Conference Closes
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SECURITY CLEARANCE:
Clearance information must be submitted through each individual's
Security Office and forwarded to:
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P.O. Box 1663, MS B236
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OR the information may be faxed to (505)667-1368, use the enclosed
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* Originally By: Linda Thompson
* Originally To: All
* Originally Re: CLINTON BODY COUNT
* Original Area: FIDO-AEN_News Service
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PART 1 OF 3 PARTS
COINCIDENCE OR THE KISS OF DEATH?
Copyright (c) 1993 by Linda D. Thompson, All Rights Reserved.
AEN News, Fidonet 1:231/110, BBS line 317-881-2743, Voice: 317-780-5204
In investigating events surrounding the massacre at Waco, I have
made some rather startling discoveries. For instance, I discovered that
three of the four ATF agents killed during the initial seige at Waco had
been Bill Clinton's bodyguards during his presidential campaign. Film
footage from the initial seige (which can be seen in the video tape,
"Waco, the Big Lie"), shows an ATF agent throwing a grenade and shooting
a machine gun into the room where three other ATF agents have just
entered a window. In other words, this footage appears to show that these
agents were assasinated. In the March 3, 1993, Dallas Morning News, all
three of the agents who went into the window on the roof of the Branch
Davidian house at Mt. Carmel were reported by the ATF to have been
killed inside. This certainly seemed curious, as did the connections to
Waco of numerous highly placed government officials. Curiouser and
curiouser.
A former CIA agent and a former FBI agent both told me to begin
checking into the body count around Hillary and Bill Clinton, during
Clinton's rise to governor of Arkansas and since he has become
President. With just a little preliminary research of the period just
prior to the election through the present, I found 21 people who
Clinton knew personally, many of whom he knew intimately, and several
who had been his escorts or bodyguards, all of whom had died under
mysterious circumstances or been ki "accidental" airplane or helicopter
crashes:
CLINTON BODY COUNT
(Not including 96 Branch Davidians murdered in Waco, Texas, Feb. 28,
1993 through April 19, 1993):
PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM:
+ 2 July 30, 1992, C. Victor Raiser II, 52, the national
finance co-chairman of the Clinton for President campaign, and his son,
R. Montgomery Raiser, 22, were among five (5) people killed July 30 in a
crash of a private plane near Dillingham, Alaska. Vincent Raiser was a
past national finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and
he served on the boards of the Democratic Business Council and the
Center for National Policy and the board of advisers of the Democratic
Leadership Counc native of Indianapolis, he graduated from Princeton
University and received a law degree from the University of Virginia. He
worked in Buffalo before moving to Washington in 1979. He was a
specialist in communications and corporate law and consultant to the law
firm of Jones Day Reavis & Pogue until 1991. He was chairman of the
American Mobile Satellite Corp., a telecommunications development
company in Washington, and vice chairman of Mobile Telecommunication
Technologies Corp. of Jackso n, Miss., a pagin g and voice messaging
company. Its main subsidiary in Washington is SkyTel Corp., a paging
company. [Reported in OBITUARIES, "D.C. Lawyer C.V. Raiser II And Son
Die," The Washington Post, August 01, 1992, FINAL Edition, Section:
METRO, p. b07.]
+ 1 July 21, 1993 (UPI): Vincent Foster, A top legal aide to
President Clinton was announced to have "committed suicide in a park
outside Washington," by the White House.
In a statement, White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers said
Vince Foster Jr., 48, the White House deputy counsel, was found dead in
a suburban Virginia park, apparently killed by a self-inflicted gunshot
wound. Foster, originally from Hope, Ark., like Clinton, had come to
Washington from the law firm of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
No note was found near the body, which was discovered by local
authorities in Fort Marcy Park, near Fairfax, Va., officials said, nor
was any possible reason Foster might have taken his life put forward.
Foster most recently was involved in the administration's
so-called Travelgate scandal, involving the abrupt firing of seven
longtime employees from the White House travel office and the hiring of
a distant cousin of Clinton's.
An internal investigation by White House chief of staff Thomas
McLarty documented Foster's involvement in the process, which included
contacts with the first lady on the subject of possible criminal
wrongdoing. But Foster was not among the four White House staffers
reprimanded for their roles in the dismissals.
Foster was among those responsible for initiating a private
audit, then an FBI investigation of the matter. [Also reported in "Park
Police To Conduct Inquiry 'Routine' Probe Set On Foster's Death," The
Washington Post, July 27, 1993, FINAL Edition By: Michael Isikoff,
Washington Post Staff Writer, Section: A SECTION, p. a08.]
Foster was purportedly speaking with an Editor at a Washington
newspaper prior to his death. He was found shot in the back of the head
with a 1913 Colt .38 revolver which he did not own. The revolver had no
serial number, even though all Colt revolvers since the late 1800's have
had serial numbers except a special series issued to the CIA. Foster
advised the Clinton's on their finances. There are presently at least
two bank scandals that are emerging from Little Rock Arkansas, involving
banks in which the Clintons have an interest. Additionally, it is now
well established that gun and drug running out of Mena, Arkansas, via
CIA's Evergreen Aviation and Pat Foley's Summit Aviataion has fuelled
political coffers for sometime, as the beneficiaries turned a blind eye.
Perhaps Foster was privy to this information, among others.
PART 2 of 3 PARTS
Copyright (c) 1993 Linda D. Thompson, All Rights Reserved
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+ 1 June 22, 1993, the partially decomposed body of Paul Wilcher, a
49-year-old investigative lawyer, was found on a toilet in his Capitol
Hill apartment in Washington, D.C. At the time of his death, he was
investigating the "October Surprise" conspiracy during the 1980 federal
election campaign. He had been interviewing an inmate who claimed to
have piloted George Bush to Paris so he could secretly seek to delay the
release of 52 American hostages in Iran. [Reported in the "Autopsies
delayed as body count rises," The Washington Times, Thursday, July 15,
1993, By: Brian Reilly - Edition: Final Section: A Page: A1.] Not
mentioned in this article are other facts. Prior to his death, Wilcher
had recently spoken with John Parsons, a producer of syndicated
television programs, about making a documentary of his findings. He had
also spoken with John Vassillos, the attorney for CIA operative Mike
Riconosciuto. Riconosciuto claims he was involved in a web of
underworld, CIA, and Department of Justice dealings, revealed in
allegations brought by a computer company called Inslaw Inc. that the
Justice Department had st s software product, "Promis," then driven the
firm into bankruptcy and that the program had been sold to countries all
over the world by persons affiliated with then attorney-general Ed
Meese. Riconosciuto says that the program was provided to Wackenhut
Corp. of Coral Gables, FL, and that Wackenhut hired 50 of the world's
top programmers to modify the code of the software at the Southern
California Cabazon Indian reservation. Riconosciuto also has detailed
his involvement in gun running and drug dealing conducted out of Mena,
Arkansas. Danny Casalero, 44, a reporter who was investigating the
Inslaw scandall and had spoken with Riconosciuto, was found murdered in
a hotel bathtub in Washing C. in 1991, the day after telling friends and
family that was about to receive material that would provide him with
documentation linking Inslaw to October Surprise and the Iran-Contra
scandals. Paul Wilcher was also investigating these same links, as well
as their connection to the deaths of the ATF agents and Branch Davidians
at Mt. Carmel at the time of his own death.
THE USS DEATHSHIP (a/k/a USS ROOSEVELT):
Both the Carrier Roosevelt and the 1st Armored Division figure
prominantly in a "Nato Peacekeeping Plan" for Serbia/Bosnia. Both also
figure prominantly in three separate crashes, killing more than a dozen
people associated with Clinton [Reported in "All Plans Include Key Navy
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Role Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA) (VP) - Saturday, May 8, 1993, By:
Phyllis W. Jordan, Edition: FINAL Section: FRONT Page: A8.] And
interestingly, the commanders of both the Roosevelt and the 1st Armored
Division either die re replaced in late February or early March, 1993,
as did personnel involved in escorting or guarding Clinton on the
Carrier Roosevelt:
+ 4 February 23, 1993: Maj. Gen. Jarrett J. Robertson, 52, the
deputy commanding general of V Corps, died when an Army UH-60 Blackhawk
helicopter crashed as it attempted to land at Wiesbaden air base
February 23, 1993. V Corps is an armored force headquartered in nearby
Frankfurt, and is the U.S. Army's chief combat component in Europe which
currently has troops in Somalia and a medical unit in Croatia. Also
killed were Col. William J. Densberger, 47, the corps' chief of
operations and plans; Col. Robert J. Kelly, 48, its chief of
intelligence; and Spec. Gary L. Rhodes, 23, the helicopter crew chief.
The officers were returning from a meeting at the U.S. European Command
headquarters in Stuttgart when their Blackhawk fell suddenly to the
ground not far from the Wiesbaden air base's control tower and burst
into flames.[Reported in "U.S. General, Aides Die in Helicopter Crash in
Germany," The Washington Post, February 25, 1993, FINAL Edition, By:
Special to The Washington Po st, Section: A SECTION, p. a14.]
And we now have the entire U.S. 1st Armored Division, in this
same European Command, under the direct control of a German general.
On March 2, 1993, Rear Adm. L.E. Allen Jr. relieved Rear Adm.
Frederick L. Lewis as commanding officer of Carrier Group 4 and
Commander Carrier Striking Force on March 2, 1993, in Norfolk, Va.
(which includes the USS Roosevelt). Allen was formerly stationed in
Washington, D.C., where he served as deputy director for operations on
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lewis was reassigned to a land job as
commander of Naval Doctrine Command, which later became operational on
March 12. [Reported in "COMMAND C " VIRGINIAN-PILOT (Norfolk, VA) (VP)
- Tuesday, March 2, 1993, Edition: FINAL Section: LOCAL Page: D4].
+ 5 March 25, 1993: Five Navy aviators were lost at sea at 7 p.m.,
Thursday, March 25, 1993, when their E-2C Hawkeye early warning plane
crashed into the sea while attempting to return to the aircraft carrier
USS Theodore Roosevelt, Navy officials said yesterday. Hours earlier,
the Roosevelt had arrived in the Ionian Sea on a six-month European
deployment. The carrier's air wing had just completed its first
operational mission, flying night combat air patrol off the Yugoslav
coast, while Germany-based U.S. cargo planes dropped food to besieged
Muslims in Bosnia. [Reported in "Five Navy Fliers Lost at Sea," The
Washington Post, March 27, 1993, Final Edition, By: Barton Gellman,
Washington Post Staff Writer, Section: A, p. A24.]
These five men had been escorts for President Clinton when he
visited the Carrier Roosevelt.
+ 4 May 19, 1993: On May 21, 1993, the Marine Corps grounded its
entire presidential fleet of nine VH-60N helicopters pending the outcome
of the investigation of a crash involving one of the presidential fleet
helicopters, a VH-60N Blackhawk helicopter that went down in a heavily
wooded area near the Potomac River about 35 miles southwest of
Washington on May 19, 1993. Killed in the crash were Maj. William S.
Barkley, Jr., Staff Sgt. Brian D. Haney, and Sgt. Timothy D. Sabel, and
Capt. Scott J. Reynolds.
Part 3 of 3 Parts
Copyright (c) 1993 Linda D. Thompson, All Rights Reserved.
AEN News, Fido 1:231/110, BBS line 317-881-2743, Voice: 317-780-5204
Maj. Barkley, 27, of Hickory, N.C. became a naval aviator in 1977
and was assigned to the presidential squadron in January 1990. He was
one of only eight pilots in the squadron authorized to fly the
president, according to Betty Jo Bragg, longtime secretary to Barkley's
father.
Sgt. Timothy D. Sabel, 27, of Ripon, Wis., was "responsible for
the maintenance of the airplane. He goes on all flights," said Master
Sgt. Paul Earle, a Marine spokesman at Quantico, Virginia (which is also
FBI headquarters).
Staff Sgt. Brian D. Haney, 32, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, was the
quality assurance representative on the helicopter. Carolyn Haney, his
mother, said her son had flown with President George Bush to Europe and
in the presidential campaign "all over the United States."
Capt. Scott J. Reynolds, 33, of Wausau, Wis., joined the Marines
in 1984, was designated a naval aviator in 1987 and was a veteran of the
Persian Gulf War
Clinton had flown once on that particular craft, according to
White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers. That flight took the president to
the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt off the Virginia coast in
March, she said. [Reported in "Marines identify crash victims,"
Washington Times, Saturday, May 22, 1993, Edition: Final Section:
METROPOLITAN LOCAL ROUNDUP MARYLAND, page A11; "Charles County
helicopter crash kills 4 Marines," Thursday, May 20, 1993, By: Jim
Keary, Washington Times, Edition: Final Section: METROPOLITAN Page: B4;
"Helicopter fleet is grounded," Friday, May 21, 1993, Washington Times,
Edition: Final Section: METROPOLITAN LOCAL ROUNDUP, MARYLAND, Page: B2;
"9 White House Copters Grounded As Crash Victims Are Mourned," May 21,
1993, FINAL Edition, By: Eugene L. Meyer, The Washington Post, Section:
METRO, Story Type: News Maryland, p. D01.]
Notice, above, that the President's escorts during Clinton's one
visit to the Carrier Roosevelt on March 12, 1993, were all later killed
in a plane crash, too.
More Bodyguards:
+ 4 February 28, 1993. In the initial assault on Mt. Carmel in
Waco, Texas, four agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
were killed. Those killed in the attack were : Steve Willis, 32, of
Houston; Robert J. Williams, 26, Little Rock, Ark.; Conway LeBleu, 30,
New Orleans; and Todd McKeehan, 28, New Orleans. [Reported in "UPDATE:
AT LEAST FIVE DEAD, 15 INJURED IN TWO SHOOTOUTS AT TEXAS CULT COMPOUND
WACO, TEXAS," MARCH 1, 1993, UPI.]
President Clinton himself revealed that these men had been his
bodyguards in a speech on March 18, 1993, before employees of the
Treasury Department:
"My prayers and I'm sure yours are still with the families of
all four of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents who were killed in
Waco -- Todd McKeehan and Conway Le Bleu of New Orleans; Steve Willis of
Houston, and Robert Williams from my hometown of Little Rock. Three of
those four were assigned to my security during the course of the primary
or general election." ["REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO EMPLOYEES OF THE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT," The Cash Room, Treasury Department, March 18,
1993, 11:48 A.M. EST.]
21 - Total confirmed deaths of persons connected to Clinton in the past
year. (I have not included people who were also killed in the crashes
with whom there is no confirmed link at this time, such as the three
persons who were killed in the same crash as Vincent Raiser and his
son). All of these people died of unnatural causes. Four were shot, 17
were killed in crashes of helicopters or airplanes.
The statistical probabilities of Clinton knowing 21 people, all
of whom died either in accidents or under mysterious circumstances in
less than a year's time, is virtually zero.
And Where Do These Guys Fit In:
+ 3 July 21, 1993, (AP): Three Texas National Guardsmen, reportedly
mistaken for pop-up targets, were shot to death by fellow soldiers
Wednesday during a night vision training exercise.
"They were hit by fire from other soldiers," said Lt. Col. Ed
Komandosky, a spokesman at Guard headquarters in Austin. Komandosky
said the victims were members of the 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry of
the Texas National Guard in McAllen, had experience in the training
exercise and "had been in the Guard for some time."
Killed were Spc. Daniel F. Benitez, 27, of Donna; Spc. Jose C.
Ramos Jr., 42, of Weslaco; and Sgt. Raul Cardenas, 27, of Weslaco were
pronounced dead at Darnall Army Community Hospital in Killeen.
Did these people have any connection to the flame-throwing tank
that was used to set the fire at Mt. Carmel, in Waco, Texas on April 19,
1993? All of them were Latinos. Were they killed in South America and
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an accident arranged to explain their deaths?
+ 1 Could John A. Wilson have known too much about insider politics?
John A. Wilson, for 16 years a City Councilman in Washington, D.C., was
found dead from a supposed suicide. His wife had already left for work
and he was found in his underwear, hanging in his basement, later in the
morning, as if he had awakened, gone to the basement and hung himself.
No suicide note was found.
What is emerging from the research I have conducted is a clear
picture that those who know too much or those who interfere with the one
world government plan, die. Did any of these people know too much? And
what is it that they know or saw? As the information develops, I will
provide updates. Stay tuned.
[Linda Thompson is an attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is
Chairman of the American Justice Federation, a group dedicated to
stopping the New World Order and getting the truth out to the American
public. Linda Thompson and the American Justice Federation have
produced a videotape, "Waco, the Big Lie," which shows that a
flame-throwing tank was used to set the fire at Mt. Carmel in Waco,
Texas, proving that the government murdered the Branch Davidians and
intentionally destroyed the evidence. To obtain a copy of this video,
which is 32 minutes long, send $20 to: American Justice Federation, 3850
South Emerson Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46203.]
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The White House
NAFTA NOTES
Friday, October 15, 1993
_________________________________________________________________
Baltimore Union Workers Endorse NAFTA During Pena Visit
* Steelworkers Local 15338 at Ellicott Machine Corp. in
Baltimore yesterday endorsed NAFTA during a visit by
Transportation Secretary Federico Pena. Pena toured the company
with Maryland Governor Donald Schaefer and other Maryland state
leaders. Ellicott Machine exports some 80 percent of its
products overseas.
Bentsen, Former Perotistas Join to Announce Texas Business for
NAFTA
* Today in Dallas, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and a
group of Ross Perot's former supporters joined with other
prominent Texans to announce a group called Texas Business for
NAFTA. The group is being headed by former Perot campaign
chairman and lawyer Tom Luce who wrote an op-ed in the Dallas
Morning News on Wednesday. Luce wrote that "I think Ross is
wrong about the [NAFTA]. I strongly believe that it is good for
our state and our nation." Luce cited Texas Comptroller John
Sharp's estimate that 113,000 jobs will be created in Texas with
NAFTA's passage, and said that nation-wide "we will gain twice as
many jobs as we will lose." He called on Texans to "display the
courage to do what's right" and support NAFTA.
Georgia, Alabama, Administration Leaders Discuss NAFTA
at White House
* Nearly one hundred business, community and environmental
leaders from Georgia and Alabama came to the White House
yesterday to talk NAFTA with the Vice President, CEA Chair Tyson,
Interior Secretary Babbitt, and NAFTA Coordinator Daley.
* Many representatives of small manufacturing companies
attended the meeting. "I am here to give my full support to
NAFTA," Robert Lukat VP and General Manager of employee-owned
Atlanta Saw Company told reporters. "I can tell you personally
the benefits of getting into the export business. Our business
with Mexico has increased four times over the last several years,
and our exports to Mexico have increased over six times. ...in
1975, our company established a joint-venture with a company in
Mexico. We just notified out partner that upon the signing of
NAFTA, we will dissolve our joint-venture and change our
relationship to strictly a distributorship, and we will move the
manufacturing jobs that were part of our joint-venture back home
to the U.S."
Administration NAFTA Update
* President Clinton met yesterday with another group of
lawmakers to discuss the job creation benefits of NAFTA, his
second meeting this week... The Cabinet fan out continued: along
with Pena in Baltimore yesterday, Energy Secretary O'Leary spoke
in Oklahoma, CEA Chair Tyson spoke in Atlanta and Commerce
Secretary Brown visited San Francisco & Los Angeles on Wednesday,
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Rominger is in Wichita today, and
Treasury Secretary Bentsen travelled to Texas Thursday and today.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release October 16, 1993
RADIO ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE NATION
The Oval Office
10:06 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I want to talk with you
today about our prosperity and our strength now and in the years to
come. From the beginning of our administration I promised bold
action with a plan for economic growth. We moved to put our fiscal
house in order, to bring the deficit down, to spur business
investment and start investing in our own people again. Our plan
passed the Congress, and now good things are beginning to happen.
We still have a long way to go, but there's clearly been
real progress. Long-term interest rates are at historic lows. That
means more businesses investing in jobs and economic growth. Home
mortgages are at a 25-year low. That's put more money in the pockets
of millions of Americans who are now buying or refinancing their
homes.
During the first eight months of this administration our
American economy has created 1.1 million private sector jobs, more
than had been generated in the previous four years. Our people have
been waiting for a long time for a strong recovery. We've made
progress, but we know there are other things we've got to do if we're
going to put America at full strength for the long term.
For one thing, we've got to have someone to buy our
products and our services. To do that, we've got to look beyond our
borders, to jolt our export markets so they will grow and create jobs
here at home.
All wealthy nations are finding today that they can't
create jobs without expanding trade. It's not just the United
States, the same thing is true in Germany and the rest of Europe and
in Japan. I know we can do it, because, just as with the rest of the
progress we've made so far, we've got a plan to increase exports.
Already we've lowered Cold War trade barriers -- $37
billion worth of high-tech equipment which we can now sell in the
export markets. We're working with Japan and with the entire
international trading system to open up new markets for our
manufactured products. And we've got a very important part of that
plan right here in our area, called the North American Free Trade
Agreement. Perhaps you've heard it called NAFTA.
The bottom line is this: NAFTA will help create export
relationships that will produce jobs -- 200,000 of them by 1995 --and
will continue to create jobs in the future. It will help our economy
to grow.
Everywhere on Earth, more exports mean more jobs. And
these jobs on average pay better -- 17 percent better than jobs that
don't have anything to do with exports. Critics may say what they
will, but they can't dispute the facts. We are competing in an era
of almost unimaginable economic change; where investment and
information can cross the globe in the flicker of a computer screen.
It's a new world. But on the trade front, America has to often been
playing by old rules.
Our chief rivals in the global marketplace have been
adapting. Europe has been developing its own trading block. Japan
has cornered much of Asia. And now with NAFTA, we can adapt by using
our friends and neighbors, first in Canada and Mexico, and eventually
in the rest of Latin America.
With NAFTA, our products will have easier access to
Canada and the second fastest growing market in the entire world:
Latin America. Without NAFTA, one of our best markets, Mexico, could
turn to Japan and Europe to make a sweetheart deal for trade. With
NAFTA, we'll be creating the biggest trading block in the world right
at our doorstep and led by the United States. Without NAFTA, Mexico
could well become an export platform allowing more products from
Japan and Europe into America.
Why would we want that to happen? It's no accident that
NAFTA is supported by every living former president, almost every
serving governor, and leaders of both parties. And yet, I know many
Americans are worried about the agreement. They've been told that
companies will head south once the ink is dry because wages are lower
and environmental investments are cheaper in Mexico. But all the
wishing in the world won't stop those companies from leaving today.
Today companies can go to Mexico and produce for the American market
with low tariffs if they want to. But NAFTA will require Mexico to
enforce it's own environmental laws and labor standards, to raise the
cost of production in Mexico by raising wages and raising
environmental investments. That will make it less likely, not more
likely, that a company will cross the Rio Grande River to take
advantage of lower wages or lax pollution laws.
I say again, under NAFTA more jobs will stay at home
here in America, and more Americans exports will head to Mexico.
NAFTA means exports and exports mean jobs. I believe with all my
heart the fear stirred up over NAFTA flow from the pounding the
middle class took over the past decade and a half, not from NAFTA
itself. But I have to tell you, as your President, I could not be
for this trade agreement unless I believed strongly that we needed to
ensure the economic security of our hard-working middle class
families.
That's why I'm fighting in Congress to pass NAFTA when
it votes on it next month. I hope you'll tell your representatives
that you want it to pass, too. If you want to create more American
jobs, if you want to lower the differences in cost of production in
America and Mexico, if you want to take down barriers in Mexico to
exports, then you should want NAFTA.
And let me say again, America right now has a trade
surplus with Mexico. Mexicans, even though their incomes are lower
than Americans, are the second largest purchaser of American products
per person -- second only to Canada. This means greater
opportunities for our people and more jobs. I hope that you will
support it.
Before I close, I want to say a word about our brave
helicopter pilot who was held and then released in Somalia. Tonight
Michael Durant is on his way home. We are thankful beyond words that
Chief Warrant Officer Durant will be reunited with his family and
that he will recover from his wounds. At the same time, our hearts
and the hearts of all Americans go out to the 18 families who are
grieving tonight for their loved ones who were lost in Somalia, and
to nearly 100 others who were wounded. They and their comrades are
in our prayers.
God bless you all. And thanks for listening.
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The White House
NAFTA NOTES
Monday, October 18, 1993
_________________________________________________________________
President Argues for NAFTA in Radio Address
* In his weekly Saturday radio address, President Clinton
took his case in support of NAFTA directly to the American
people, telling them that the pact will create new American jobs,
and help keep existing jobs in the U.S. "[U]nder NAFTA more jobs
will stay at home here in America, and more American exports will
head to Mexico," the President told the nation. "NAFTA means
exports and exports mean jobs."
* "With NAFTA," the President argued, "our products will
have easier access to Canada and the second fastest growing
market in the entire world: Latin America. Without NAFTA, one
of our best markets, Mexico, could turn to Japan and Europe to
make a sweetheart deal for trade. With NAFTA, we'll be creating
the biggest trading block in the world right at our doorstep and
led by the United States. Without NAFTA, Mexico could well
become an export platform allowing more products from Japan and
Europe into America."
* The President reiterated that NAFTA is supported by every
living former President, most of the nation's governors, and
leaders in both parties, "[a]nd yet, I know many Americans are
worried about the agreement," the President said. The President
addressed many of American's fears about NAFTA and concluded: "I
believe with all my heart the fears stirred up over NAFTA flow
from the pounding the middle class took over the past decade and
a half, not from NAFTA itself. But I have to tell you, as your
President, I could not be for this trade agreement unless I
believed strongly that we needed it to ensure the economic
security of our hard-working middle class families."
NAFTA Jobs and Products Day
* This Wednesday morning, the President will join members of
Congress on the South Lawn of the White House to review many of
American-made products which make up America's $5.6 billion trade
surplus with Mexico. Hundreds of products from nearly 200
companies will be displayed by the workers who produce them.
USTR Kantor, Mayor of San Diego Advocate NAFTA on Brinkley Show
* Discussing NAFTA on ABC's This Week with David Brinkley,
USTR Mickey Kantor and San Diego Mayor Susan Golding promoted the
agreement's job-creating benefits, especially for the U.S.
automobile industry. Responding to Flint Mayor Woodrow Stanley
who stated "I just don't think the case has been made" for NAFTA,
Golding said: "The president of Chrysler has said very clearly
that if NAFTA had existed, he would not have had to produce his
new car, Neon, in Mexico. The reason he is in Mexico is because
he cannot sell to Mexico unless he produces in Mexico. When
NAFTA passes, he can produce in the United States and sell to
Mexico."
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_____________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release October 18, 1993
PRESS BRIEFING
BY DEE DEE MYERS
The Briefing Room
2:40 P.M. EDT
MS. MYERS: It's a quiet day.
Q The print pool is getting ready to organize itself,
too.
Q They already did.
MS. MYERS: We may take this up again. As of right now,
the radio interview -- the audio will be piped back here. We'll
release a White House photo. I think we'll have one more
conversation on it, but as of right now, there will be no pool camera
and no pool in there, although, again, the audio will be piped back
here. And I do expect the President to have some fairly newsworthy
things to say.
Let me begin by reading a statement.
The President remains greatly concerned by the
persistent refusal of the Haitian military authorities to fulfill
their commitments under the Governors Island agreement and at the
repression which they continue to carry out against the Haitian
people.
The President stated on October 15 that there are
important American interests at stake in Haiti. We must protect
American lives. We must avoid a massive exodus of Haitians fleeing
political persecution at great risk to themselves and at great
potential cost and disruption to the United States and other nations.
We want to help restore democracy in Haiti, and thereby, promote
democracy throughout the hemisphere.
Therefore, the United States is taking several measures
which will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time tonight
-- or Eastern Daylight Time -- tonight, to ensure strict
implementation of U.N. oil and arms embargo against Haiti. These
measures will also sanction those individuals who are defying U.N.
measures, acting to disrupt the Governors Island Accord, and
preventing restoration of democracy and the return of President
Aristide.
The President is today signing an executive order that
will freeze the assets under U.N. jurisdiction of individuals who
have obstructed the Governors Island agreement or the activities of
the U.N. mission in Haiti, and who are perpetrating or contributing
to the violence. It will also cover individuals who are financing or
providing material support to those taking such actions. These
groups include senior military and police officers and the civilian
attaches and their financial patrons.
Furthermore, we will deny visas and prohibit entry into
the United States of such individuals. The United States has
deployed six Navy vessels to help enforce the U.N. embargo.
Argentina, Canada and France will also contribute ships, and other
countries are actively considering participation.
The military and police authorities must understand that
they have no future in continuing their brutal resistance to the
return of democracy and President Aristide. The United States is
determined to work with the U.N., the OAS and others to oppose this
repression of the democratic will of the Haitian people.
Q What's the estimate of the assets that are being
frozen?
MS. MYERS: We have Rick Newcomb here who can answer
some of the technical questions as soon as this is over on the
specific sanctions.
Q The President and the U.N. Ambassador ruled out --
refused to rule in or out anything, including an invasion. What is
the President's position on whether he would use military force? Is
this blockade and are these actions a precursor to a U.S. invasion?
MS. MYERS: Well, first of all, what we're doing is
enforcing the sanctions that were approved by the U.N., and now
additional sanctions by the U.S. and the OAS. The President has not
ruled in or out any activities. What we've done -- I think let's
talk about what we've done here. The U.N. has approved a variety of
sanctions. The U.S. has taken an additional step and approved
additional sanctions, and that's where we are at this point.
Q Why is he not ruling out military action, such as
an invasion?
MS. MYERS: Because I think at this point we'll keep --
the President just is focusing on the activities that were taken, the
actions that he's taking, and we'll see where things go. I think the
fundamental point here is the President is committed to the
restoration of democracy. The United States is committed to that
purpose, and we'll continue to press those in Haiti to comply with
the Governors Island Accord, take additional action to restore
democracy.
Q Has there been any reaction at all from the Cedras
military or the police officials, any movement at all on their part
that would indicate some sort of a compromise or conciliation? Has
anything been done over the weekend that would --
MS. MYERS: No, they have not taken appropriate action.
They have not abided by the terms of the Governors Island Accord.
They've not created a permissive environment for the --
Q How about the bid for mediation?
MS. MYERS: There has not been adequate progress at this
point to prohibit the implementation of the U.N. sanctions, which we
expect will go into effect tonight.
Q Is it Aristide or nothing?
MS. MYERS: As you know, President Aristide is the duly-
elected leader of Haiti. He was elected by almost two-thirds of
Haitians. We remain committed to his restoration and the restoration
of democracy.
Q So you would not negotiate with Cedras or Francois
or any of their representatives?
MS. MYERS: At this point, President Aristide is the
duly-elected leader of that country, and we want to see him
implemented.
Q Any word on the Americans whose safety the
President was concerned about the other day? Any indication of
further or perhaps lesser danger to them?
MS. MYERS: No. The State Department travel advisory
remains in effect.
Q Is it still the policy of the administration, as
was stated here last week, that Aristide could not govern effectively
if he came back into power on the backs of U.S. Marines?
MS. MYERS: I think we've maintained all along that it
has to be a process that has created and worked with by the Haitians.
That is why we created the Governors Island, or worked with the
Haitians and the OAS and the U.N. to implement the Governors Island
Accord, which was something that the leaders of Haiti, President
Aristide and the authorities there now agreed to.
Q That pretty well rules out any kind of an invasion
to do this, doesn't it?
MS. MYERS: I think it emphasizes that we're committed
to restoring democracy to Haiti. We feel that that's the best method
to do it. That's why we've worked through this process, and the
President has been working very diligently at it for the last eight
months.
Q Is there any further contact with Dole on the part
of the President?
MS. MYERS: The President did speak to Senator Dole this
afternoon.
Q Are you sure you don't want the cameras on?
MS. MYERS: The President will have more to say about
this later, but let me just say --
Q That's not on television.
MS. MYERS: But you're not going to need it. You won't
need me.
The President spoke to Senator Dole this afternoon. He
is in the process of drafting a letter to Senator Mitchell which will
discuss some of the proposed amendments to the defense appropriations
bill. And I think the President will have a little bit more to say
about that at 3:15 p.m.
Q These are in connection with the Dole amendment?
The letter deals with the Dole amendment?
MS. MYERS: It deals with a number -- there are actually
three amendments that it deals with, all of which the President has
trouble with.
Q What are the three in addition to Nickles and Dole?
What's the third --
MS. MYERS: Two Dole.
Q The Bosnia Dole and the Nickles?
MS. MYERS: Correct. So command and control, Bosnia and
Haiti.
Q If the first thing the President mentioned in terms
of U.S. interest in Haiti is the presence of Americans there, given
the situation, why is he not ordering their departure or evacuation?
MS. MYERS: Well, again, the State Department has issued
a travel advisory at this point.
MS. MYERS: But people who live there are not being
asked to leave.
MS. MYERS: No, but the State Department has issued a
travel advisory; we think that's consistent with what we think the
situation requires.
Q When the President lists those American interests
in Haiti and he puts the presence of U.S. citizens first, is that in
order of importance or is that just sort of alphabetical?
MS. MYERS: No, I think they're all important. Clearly,
the safety of American citizens and dual citizens in Haiti is very
important to the President. It's something that we'll be watching
very carefully and if the situation changes we'll take that into
account.
Q Just to follow up on what Andrea asked before, when
there was discussion about use of American military power in Bosnia,
one thing that the President categorically ruled out was the use of
U.S. ground troops there. What is the difference between that
situation, where he was willing to rule it, out and this one, where
apparently you're not?
MS. MYERS: Well, I think one example would be the
safety of American citizens in Haiti should that become an issue.
But again, I think what the President is focused on is the actions
that we're taking now, which are enforcing the U.N. sanctions, adding
additional sanctions which he's signing today, and taking what he
thinks are the appropriate actions at this point to put pressure on
the authorities in Haiti to resume the process of democratic
restoration.
Q Can we have copies of the letter to Mitchell?
MS. MYERS: Yes, as soon as it's ready we'll release it.
It's still being finalized.
Q When Dole said yesterday that it wasn't worth a
single American life to restore Aristide to power, what is the White
House view on that?
MS. MYERS: We remain committed to the restoration of
democracy in Haiti. And beyond that, I'm not in a position to
comment.
Q Does the President feel he has enough Marines
inside the U.S. Embassy compound with the small detachment he sent?
MS. MYERS: I think for the time being, that was gauged
to be an appropriate level of additional security. If circumstances
change we'll take that into account.
Q Are there plans underway to beef up the Marine
contingent at Guantanamo in case an evacuation is necessary?
MS. MYERS: I'd have to take that question. I don't
know -- or check with DOD. I don't know about the specific plans
there.
Q There are concerns expressed about whether
everything that's blocked out by sea will manage to come in by land
from the Dominican Republic. Have there been discussions with
Dominican authorities? What's our feeling about how solid the --
MS. MYERS: I think that we felt last time that
Dominican participation was very good, that they worked to help
comply with and enforce the sanctions. And we expect the same --
Q Has there been any communication with them, though?
That seems like a reasonable question.
MS. MYERS: I'll have to take it. I would imagine on
some level they've been communicated with. But I can find out
specifically.
Q And can you also, in the course of answering that
question, determine if you can what level of cooperation has been
promised?
MS. MYERS: Sure.
Q Have dependents of U.S. Embassy personnel at Port
au Prince been withdrawn?
MS. MYERS: I don't know the answer to that. You'll
have to check with the State Department. I can take it and find out
from them.
Q Nonessential personnel?
MS. MYERS: Yes, I don't know.
Q Wouldn't that be prudent if they haven't been
withdrawn, given the situation, to start evacuating those
nonessential people?
MS. MYERS: I'm happy to take the question. I just
don't know what their status is. It could be, I just don't know
whether they're there or not.
Frank. The new father of that newborn baby.
Congratulations.
Q Thank you.
Q Who's helping the President to draft this letter?
Q The President spoke about breast cancer this
morning, and an increased awareness. But he didn't address the
concerns of many of the people who are in the coalition and elsewhere
that that emphasis could be shown better by including mammograms
before age 50 in the health care plan, or in making more frequent
examinations after age 50. Could you just tell us why that wasn't --
MS. MYERS: I think we're reviewing some aspects of the
health care plan, and when the legislation is completed, which we
expect to be soon, we will address that specifically. I think you
can expect to see some changes in that.
Q You mean that they may lower it to under 50?
MS. MYERS: There may be some changes in that aspect,
yes. I'm not sure where it's going to end up.
Q Dee Dee, changes in addition to the addition of
people at high risk, below age 50?
MS. MYERS: I think there are still some discussions
about it. Again, I don't know how much I'll be able to say about it
later. If I can add anything to it, if there's anything that's
final, we'll post it.
Q Do you expect that the ultimate plan will basically
comply with the recommended Cancer Society guidelines --
MS. MYERS: I'll have to see, depending on how the final
decisions come out on these issues.
Q Is the administration now considering any change in
its policy in Bosnia, and is there any chance that you might go
around to the allies again and see if there's any more interest in
doing bombing there than there was in the past?
MS. MYERS: No, there's been no change in the current
U.S.-NATO policy, which is that were Sarajevo to be strangled or the
delivery of humanitarian aid be disrupted, that could result in air
strikes. That policy still stands.
Q There seemed to be some comments from the State
Department earlier today that the U.S. might believe that a
strangulation was in progress right now.
MS. MYERS: That is something that we're obviously going
to be looking at, and we'll see how the Bosnian Serbs behave over the
next several days. We've always said that we will look at their
actions on the ground. That will be the determinant factor. We're
certainly looking at it, but there's been no change in U.S. policy in
that regard.
Q And have there been any current consultations with
allies saying --
MS. MYERS: Well, NAC, the NATO policy arm, political
arm, meets regularly. They're meeting today in Brussels. I'm sure
it will come up. But there's been no final decision, no new
decisions on that.
Q Did the President meet with his advisors today? I
mean, is everything coordinated with the Navy, and is this letter
being drafted with the help of Christopher? Is it a major policy
decision in terms of foreign policy?
MS. MYERS: It is certainly a policy decision. The
President has had a number of conversations with his advisors on this
today, on the various amendments and some of the other aspects of
Haiti, and I expect some of those conversations to be ongoing.
Again, he did speak to Senator Dole, and he'll have a little more to
say about that at 3:15 p.m.
Q Can Mr. Newcomb share with us the specifics on the
sanctions?
MS. MYERS: Sure.
Are there any more questions? And let's just let Rick
come up and --
Q Is the administration going to go to the Supreme
Court in the Meinhold case?
MS. MYERS: I'll have to take that one. I'm not sure
where we are on it.
Q On health care reform, are you now not expecting to
send legislation until next week?
MS. MYERS: I think that's a safe assumption.
Q And, also, on the story over the weekend about the
Congressional Budget Office considering scoring the premiums in your
plan as the tax, what is your response to that?
MS. MYERS: We don't believe that they are attacks, but
we're still working on that issue.
Q Did the President ask Senator Dole to hold off on
any action until he got this letter up there until tomorrow, because
Senator Dole is now seen not to be doing anything today.
MS. MYERS: I don't know what the conversation was in
terms of timing, it's the content that the President's concerned
about, and I think he addresses that fairly specifically. I don't
know whether Senator Dole has released the specific language of his
amendment, whether that's been finalized. But, certainly, the
direction it was going in is very troubling to the President, and
something he will again address both in the letter and in his
comments.
Q Are there negotiations between the White House and
Dole's staff?
MS. MYERS: The President basically is opposed to all
three amendments, and is going to come out and say so in no uncertain
terms.
Q You're not willing to negotiate changes, loopholes?
MS. MYERS: I suppose if Senator Dole were willing to
make -- we've certainly had a number of conversations with him about
this and other issues, and certainly we've had a number of issues
where we've worked very closely with him. At this point, the
President is concerned about the infringement on his ability to
operate as Commander In Chief, and that is his primary concern, both
on a constitutional level and on a policy level. And again, he'll
have a little more to say about those things.
Let me bring Rick up now before we run out of time.
Q Anything on travel?
MS. MYERS: Anything on travel? No. No travel for the
rest of the week.
Q Including the weekend?
MS. MYERS: Yes, including the weekend. He's here on
Saturday, has a few events on Saturday, but will be off on Sunday but
in Washington at this point. I don't expect that to change.
Q Was there a reason why the travel pool this morning
wasn't permitted to get out of the van and shoot? Can you take that
question?
MS. MYERS: Sure. Let me just quickly run down the rest
of the week. Tomorrow, he has a NAFTA meeting with Congress and then
there will be a climate change event in the Rose Garden.
Q Weather permitting?
MS. MYERS: Weather permitting, there will be a climate
change event. Wednesday is the NAFTA products event where people who
produce products that have -- and sell them to Mexico who have done
very well, as tariffs have been reduced, will bring their wares to
the South Lawn of the White House. Bring your credit cards because
you might be able to buy some great stuff.
Thursday is a small business health care event at the
Grand Hyatt, which is open; and then DNC fundraiser at the National
Museum of Women in the evening.
Q Open?
MS. MYERS: It will be open, either pool or totally
open. I must say we've had some requests for pool only.
Q How much does it cost to come?
MS. MYERS: I don't know. Call Kiki.
And then Friday is a NAFTA meeting with Congress --
another NAFTA meeting -- and a Cabinet meeting. Saturday he'll give
the radio address. He will attend the reinstallation of the Statue
of Freedom at the Capital, the B'nai B'rith anniversary celebration
at the Jefferson Memorial, and then the National Italian American
Foundation Dinner at the Washington Hilton.
Q Touching all bases.
MS. MYERS: Leaving nobody out.
Q No leadership meeting tomorrow?
MS. MYERS: Not as of right now. That could change.
Q A domestic question. The misdemeanor verdicts in
the Reginald Denny trial today -- has the President, given the very
light, the misdemeanor verdicts, given any thought to federal civil
rights charges against these men?
MS. MYERS: I think they're still polling the jury and
doing other things in that, and I think we're watching to see where
that goes today. I don't have anything on it yet.
Q Is it conceivable that the administration would
consider if these men get off with misdemeanors --
MS. MYERS: I'm not going to speculate.
Rick.
MR. NEWCOMB: My name is Rick Newcomb, Director of
Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Treasury.
You had a question.
Q The question was, do you have any estimate of how
much is covered by this freeze?
MR. NEWCOMB: No, not yet. And the reason is we're
still compiling the names. When we have the names compiled --
Q Where are they coming from, these names?
MR. NEWCOMB: We're working with the State Department
and other sources that are available to identify individuals that
qualify under the new executive order.
Q Do you have any estimate about the number of people
you're looking at? I mean are we talking about a dozen people or a
hundred or whatever? And also -- I understand you're still working
on it -- also some sense of the magnitude of assets potentially at
issue?
MR. NEWCOMB: I can't -- it wouldn't be fair for me to
give you an estimate of the magnitude. We're reviewing these names
on an ongoing basis. We put the names out through the financial
system to the Federal Reserve system to the banks. The banks then
check their accounts to ensure that if there are accounts there,
they're blocked and to assure that if there are any dollar clearing
activities that they be stopped en route. This is an ongoing
process. We will continue to work with all sources to continue to
compile the names of individuals that meet this definition.
Q And understanding that that's in flux, you're
sending some number of names through the system this evening?
MR. NEWCOMB: Yes.
Q How many?
MR. NEWCOMB: I would say it's in the magnitude of 40 to
50.
Q Forty to 50?
MR. NEWCOMB: Yes. Now, let me say before we move
forward and actually name those names or designate those names, we
have to be assured in our own right that these names qualify so that
we're just not naming names. We have to have some basis in fact to
do so.
Q How long have you been working on this?
MR. NEWCOMB: Since the President announced the fact
that we were moving forward, on October 13th, I believe. Since U.N.
Resolution 873.
Q Between the time of that and now, would that have
allowed these people to pull their assets out of various institutions
or not?
MR. NEWCOMB: Well, let me say, the fact that we might
block individual assets is something that has been discussed
throughout this program. And when we finally did move to block
assets in June of this year, individual assets, there were
considerable numbers that were blocked, in the millions. So, yes,
there are considerable financial contacts with the United States.
This is meaningful and we anticipate blocking significant amounts.
Q Do you have promises from any other countries that
they will also freeze their assets -- Switzerland, Hong Kong --
MR. NEWCOMB: Consultations in this regard continue, but
I really can't comment on that.
Q because those people having assets in Europe and
elsewhere, too. Which other countries are joining you --
MR. NEWCOMB: The U.N. resolution of last June required
the freezing of assets of the de facto regime. This goes one step
further in the United Nations resolution by defining a broader
standard. And it's in that broader standard that we're able to
capture these individuals that have obstructed the U.N. resolutions,
contributed to violence, and so forth.
Q Are the Europeans with you in your vote?
MR. NEWCOMB: The Europeans are consulting with the
State Department on this constantly. We consult with other financial
regulators and foreign countries routinely. This is among the issues
that we consult on.
Q A follow-up on Brit's question. Why would anybody
-- sort of intelligent person who might be subject to this kind of
order have allowed their assets to remain in this country given what
the President said a few days ago?
MR. NEWCOMB: Well, in all instances -- well, first, let
me say these have been announced in the past and they have been
blocked. This can include foreign branches of U.S. banks, as in the
foreign branches in Haiti. It can include tangible assets. It's all
property and interests of property. It can be illiquid and they
can't be in a position to transfer them easily.
Q Can you tell us whether last June when assets were
blocked, whether General Cedras or Mr. Francois had assets that were
blocked at that time, since clearly they meet the standard that's
been enunciated?
MR. NEWCOMB: I don't know that question. I can
certainly get it for you. I'll be available after this to tell you
that. I don't know the names of everybody.
Q I want to make sure I understand. We have the same
sanctions that were on in June that were lifted August 27th, is that
right?
MR. NEWCOMB: That's correct.
Q They were lifted August 27th, so the property was
all unblocked until this time, correct?
MR. NEWCOMB: That's right.
Q So they had a period from August 27th until now to
come back and do whatever they want with their property?
MR. NEWCOMB: That's correct. Let me mention two
things. First, we have restored the status quo ante by reinstituting
the embargo that was in place and then lifted. So, in essence, we've
returned things to where they were in August. In addition to that,
the new executive order takes the standards for freezing of assets
two steps further by including the obstruction of the implementation
of the U.N. resolutions, the Governors Island Accord and the
activities of the U.N. mission and has the standard of perpetuating
or contributing to the violence.
So what this does that's different is that it
substantially expands that basket of individuals that can be covered.
So in answer to your question, yes, they were lifted entirely. They
are now reimposed. The names may change, because as the Malval
government has come back, some of the names that were working for the
de facto regime are now within the ambit of the recognized
government.
Q Do you know of anyone in the top hierarchy who has
pulled their assets out in this interval, between the end of the
sanctions and the --
MR. NEWCOMB: That isn't something that I would have the
capability of knowing immediately. I think this order is not in
place yet. As the weeks come and we're able to analyze who had
assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction, and if they've pulled them out,
we'll have an answer to that question.
Let me reiterate -- it also applies to foreign branches
of U.S. banks. So the two banks, U.S. banks in Haiti, would also be
covered here.
Q Do you know when this process will be completed,
and you will have a total figure?
MR. NEWCOMB: Numbers will start coming in within the
week, perhaps in the next week or so. It's a very dynamic ongoing
process. We don't know even now the total number of names that will
be covered. My people are working with others to define the universe
of individuals that fit into these categories. When we have that,
then we'll be able to fill out the picture more fully.
Q What are the two banks?
MR. NEWCOMB: Bank of Boston and Citibank.
Q How many were affected in June by the freeze?
MR. NEWCOMB: Again, if you'd check with me later for
an exact number. I would say it's close to about a dozen.
Q How quickly do you think the oil embargo is going
to have an effect on what's left of the Haitian economy?
MR. NEWCOMB: The oil embargo is a very significant
activity. In 1991 it was very significant. It was having its effect
until that shipment went into Haiti on Thanksgiving Day of '91. I
anticipate it's very likely that there may have been stockpiling.
However, the fact that this is in place should have immediate
psychological effects, so they're drawing down on stockpiles now.
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The White House
NAFTA NOTES
Tuesday, October 19, 1993
_________________________________________________________________
White House Gears Up for NAFTA Jobs and Products Day
* The White House is continuing to gear up for NAFTA Jobs
and Products Day tomorrow. The President will be joined in
reviewing American exports to Mexico by members of Congress,
members of the Cabinet, Lee Iacocca and over one thousand workers
and representatives of exporting companies. Products will begin
to arrive today, and will be displayed by the workers who produce
them in two tents on the South Lawn. The message of this event
is clear -- U.S. exports create U.S. jobs and NAFTA will boost
more than 700,000 U.S. jobs dependant on trade with Mexico.
Rep. Bereuter Endorses NAFTA
* In a floor statement last Friday, Representative Doug
Bereuter (R-NE) endorsed NAFTA, announcing that he will vote in
favor of its passage. Rep. Bereuter stated that "the approval of
NAFTA is in the overall best interest of the United States --both
in the short-term and long-term; for Nebraska the case is even
more overwhelmingly positive."
* Bereuter told his House colleagues that "the low-wage
incentive to move jobs out of the United States already exists;
therefore, approval of NAFTA would actually reduce this job-
relocation incentive rather than increase it -- by eliminating
Mexico's substantial barriers to U.S. manufactured products."
Bereuter also pointed out that NAFTA would eliminate Mexican laws
requiring U.S. producers to build in Mexico to sell in Mexico.
"Thus, it would no longer be necessary for U.S. auto makers and
auto parts manufacturers to locate facilities in Mexico to tap
Mexican markets; these products could be made in the U.S. by
American workers and exported to Mexico."
Microsoft's Gates Calls NAFTA "Key" to Ending Software Piracy
* In an op-ed article in yesterday's Washington Post,
Microsoft CEO Bill Gates endorsed NAFTA, calling it "key" to
ending software piracy which costs American software
manufacturers millions each year. "Software piracy costs the
U.S. industry a staggering $10 billion a year in lost revenue
from foregone foreign sales," Gates wrote. "These increased
sales would generate more jobs at home".
* Gates wrote that Microsoft's sales "grew more than 100
percent in 1992 and nearly 200 percent in 1993 while U.S.-based
employment in support of Microsoft's Latin American operations
increased more than 300 percent." Gates argued that the
precedent set in NAFTA for intellectual protection could be
extended to the rest of South America as those countries seek to
link themselves to the agreement. "In short," Gates concluded,
"approval of NAFTA is vitally important to the software industry
-- and the country. ...It is an opportunity we should not miss."
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release October 20, 1993
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT NAFTA PRODUCTS EVENT
The South Grounds
10.31 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I want to thank
Harold and Bob and, of course, Lee Iacocca, who has been such an
eloquent spokesperson for NAFTA. It's nice to see him on television
in an ad where he's -- I enjoy watching him sell Chryslers, but I
like seeing him sell NAFTA even more in the television ads.
(Laughter.)
I want to thank the many members of the United States
Congress who are here today. They hold the fate of this trade
agreement and, in many ways, the fate of America's trade future in
their hands. I want to thank the members of the Cabinet here today
-- the Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen; our United States Trade
Ambassador Mickey Kantor, who negotiated the agreements on the
environment, on labor standards, and some other things which make
this a truly unique trade agreement in the history of world trade;
the Labor Secretary; the Education Secretary; the Commerce Secretary.
Bob Reich, Dick Riley, and Ron Brown -- I've seen all of them. There
may be other members of the Cabinet here today showing our unified
support for this agreement.
I also want to thank all the companies and the workers
who came here today. They really showed what this trade agreement is
all about. It's about the jobs of American workers and the future of
American working families. People who are determined to compete and
win.
Today, the demonstrations in these two tents should show
our country and show our Congress why we need NAFTA. In the next
month before the vote we've got to vigorously make this case to the
American people.
I was talking with Bob and the other steel workers over
at their exhibit over here, and I said, You know, we figure that an
enormous number of America's unions will actually pick up jobs if
this agreement passes."
The NAFTA fight is an interesting one to me. Lee
Iacocca has already said it pretty well, but I have to restate it for
you in personal terms. Before I became President, I was a Governor
of my state for a dozen years -- during the 1980s. When I took
office in 1983, our unemployment rate was three percentage points
above the national average. I know all about losing jobs to trade,
to not being able to compete. A lot of companies here have plants in
my state, and I believe that everyone I saw here, I have personally
been in the plant.
I saw companies shut down and move to Mexico in the
1980s. And when it happened, because I live in a small state, I knew
who they were. I'm proud to say we brought one of them back, too,
before I left office. I would not ever do anything knowingly that
would cost jobs to the American economy and take opportunities from
American working people.
This won't do that; it will do the reverse. The people
who are fighting this are bringing to this fight the resentments that
they have over what happened in the 1980s. You heard me talk about
it -- how many decent people lost their jobs; how many times did we
see people shut down and move to other countries solely because of
lower labor costs or higher other production costs in America.
That's what happened before. But in the last 12 or 13 years we have
seen productivity growth in the production sector in the United
States go up at four percent or more a year.
You heard Lee say that you can now produce an automobile
from anywhere in this part of the world cheaper in the United States
than anyplace else. We had two European companies put plants in
North America -- they could have gone to Mexico. Where did they go?
One went to South Carolina, one is now going to Alabama. Why?
Because it's cheaper. Because the labor is highly productive, even
though more expensive, and that is a relatively small part of a big,
complex operation -- making an automobile and putting it into a
showroom.
And I tell you, friends, if we can get folks in this
country to focus on what this trade agreement does, it will alleviate
the anxieties that so many people have in the 1980s. It raises the
cost of production to Mexico by requiring greater investments in
labor and in the environment. It lowers the trade barriers. On
automobiles alone, the domestic content requirement will be lowered,
and we'll be able to go from selling one to 50,000 American cars in
one year alone.
It will give us access to a Mexican market on
preferential terms as compared with our Japanese and our European
competitors, something that we have seen on the reverse side not only
in Europe, but especially in Asia. And it will create good jobs.
We'll not only get more jobs out of this, but the jobs we get related
to exports pay on average about 17 percent more than non-export
related jobs in this country.
And look at the Mexicans. You know, frankly, I'm
getting a little weary of hearing people criticize Mexico as not
perfect. You think everybody else we trade with in the world is
perfect? Look at the progress they have made. It's hard to show a
country that's made a stronger commitment to open markets and a free
enterprise system, coming from a long way back.
In most of my lifetime, if you want to be a popular
politician in Mexico, the way to be popular was to badmouth the
United States, blame all of the problems of the people on the United
States. The last two presidents of Mexico have started to turn that
around. This President said we're going to compete in the global
economy. And we're going to try to have open relationships. And
we're going to start with the United States. And, unilaterally, they
have lowered a lot of their tariffs, even though they're still 2.5
times as high as ours. And now we've got the trade surplus that Lee
Iacocca talked about.
We can do so much better if we adopt this agreement.
And we give ourselves a chance to compete in a friendly way with a
country that now likes the United States, wants to be tied to the
United States, full of 80 million people who spend 70 percent of the
money they spend on foreign products in the United States of America.
It is a pretty good deal, and it's time we started to take it.
(Applause.)
I also want to talk about -- we believe that this
agreement will create 200,000 new jobs by 1995 alone. Keep in mind,
as has already been said, the Mexican economy today is only about
1/20 the size of the American economy. It's about the size of the
economy of California from Los Angeles County to the Mexican border.
And, already, these folks are accounting for a $6-billion trade
surplus.
Imagine what would happen to the American economy as the
Mexican economy grows, as the people there have their incomes go up,
as they have more money to spend, and as they have a special trade
relationship with the United States. Imagine, those of you who are
involved in manufacturing, all the other things that are going to
happen if we have this special relationship. One of our American toy
manufacturers has already announced that they will change their plant
location from China to Mexico, and therefore will buy what is 85
percent of the value of the toy, the plastic parts from an American
company instead of a Japanese company. (Applause.) There are
absolutely unforeseeable consequences of this.
Let me just tell you about a couple of the companies
that we just saw. The Harris Corporation is the number one United
States supplier of radio and TV broadcast equipment. Twenty-nine
percent of its $3 billion in annual sales come from exports. And in
the last couple of years, sales to Mexico have gone from $12 million
to $40 million a year, despite 20-percent tariffs. Imagine what will
happen when the tariffs drop -- more people will be hired.
There's a small business from Covington, Kentucky,
represented back here -- the Monarch Tool and Manufacturing Company,
which began to export coin slots to Mexico over the last three years.
The company was foundering in the mid-'80s. Now almost 70 percent of
its sales come from exports.
There's a company here from California, which I am a
satisfied customer, Golden Bear Sportswear. During the 1980s, this
company, which makes, among other things, leather bomber jackets,
moved this factory from San Francisco to Korea. And after four years
they moved back. The lady that runs the company wrote me one of the
most moving letters I've ever received, saying that she was
absolutely determined to keep jobs in America and in California, to
work with the people who helped to build the company and buy its
products.
Now the business is flourishing and the owners are proud
to put "Made In The USA" on the jackets. The family-owned business
with 100 employees makes 100,000 jackets a year, most marketed
through retailers like Brooks Brothers, the Gap, L.L. Bean, and
Land's End. They have annual sales of $16 million. Instead of
moving a plant to Korea, they'd like to move some of those jackets to
Mexico. I think we ought to give them a chance to do it. That's
what America is all about. (Applause.)
The beacon of our country's technological genius,
Hewlett Packard of Palo Alto, California, has computers which now
face a 20-percent tariff in Mexico, which will drop to zero. Three
years ago, Mexicans bought 120,00 personal computers. Last year they
bought 390,000 personal computers. Imagine how many personal
computers 80 million people could buy if there were not a 20 percent
duty on those products. (Applause.)
Let me just say two other things about this. One person
that I talked to on the line, and I wish I could remember where he
was, said, you know, Mr. President, as important as NAFTA is for
Mexico and American trade, it may be actually more important for
other things. It will say to the world whether we're a good trading
partner. It will say to the world whether the United States
government has a constant policy of supporting expanded trade and
whether the President and the trade apparatus of the country can be
trusted to make deals that America adheres to. Yes, you said that.
(Laughter.) It will say to the world -- and I thank you for that.
And I can tell you this, it will also say to the world and especially
to the rest of latin America whether the United States wants to be a
good neighbor again, whether we want to reestablish the kind of
feeling that existed 30 years ago and 60 years ago. (Applause.)
I tell you, my friends, democracy and the fever for a
market economy is sweeping across Latin America. I dream of the day
when we'll have over 700 million people in this trading bloc united
in believing that we can help one another grow and flourish. But all
the other countries of the world are looking at us and all the other
countries of Latin America want to know, are we going to do this or
not.
Colombia, not a very big country, has a President
struggling to liberate its country from the scourge of the dominance
of drugs, struggling to develop a diversified free market economy.
In the last two years, that little country's increased their
purchases of American products by 69 and 64 percent on their own.
The President of Colombia says, I want to be a part of NAFTA
Chile, for so long a military dictatorship, now a
democratic free market economy endorsing NAFTA. They don't benefit
from it, they just want it to be a symbol of something they can be a
part of. Look at Argentina, once the eighth wealthiest country in
the entire world, finally on the way back again. We have
opportunities we cannot dream of. I don't know how long it will take
us to put all that back together if we turn away from this.
The last thing I want to say is this: I have really
tried to avoid talking about all the bad things that happen if it
doesn't pass because I want us to be optimistic and upbeat. And I
don't want us to adopt this out of fear. There's been too much fear-
mongering on the other side, and all kinds of ridiculous statements
made. But it is simply a fact that Mexico needs access to
sophisticated goods and products, that Mexico needs access to
investors who can make secure investments.
What would we do in America if we turn away from this
and they make this sort of arrangement with Japan or with Europe, and
they make the investments there and then we have to deal with their
products coming through the back door from Mexico? What will happen
to our job base? I'm telling you, everything people worried about in
the 1980s will get worse if this thing is voted down, and will get
better if it's voted up. (Applause.)
My friends in California worried about the large influx
of illegal immigrants -- California, a state built by immigrants, but
burdened by illegal immigration in volume too great for a state with
a very high unemployment rate today to handle. And people are afraid
there. What's going to happen if it passes or if it doesn't pass?
If NAFTA passes, you won't have what you have now, which is everybody
runs up to the Maquilladora line, gets a job in a factory and then
runs across the line to get a better job. Instead there will be more
uniform growth in investment across the country, and people will be
able to work at home with their families. And over the period of the
next few years, we will dramatically reduce pressures on illegal
immigration from Mexico to the United States.
But if you beat this, will it reduce the pressure for
people looking for illegal immigration? No. It will increase the
pressure on people coming here. So if you want to have the
immigration problem eased, you must vote for NAFTA, not against it.
We can go through issue after issue after issue and it's the same.
So I say to you, again, what we started this with. I
know this has been a tough time for most Americans. There's all this
bewildering change in the world and it's making people's jobs less
secure. And at the same time, we've got a lot of problems here at
home with violence, with the availability and cost of health care,
with all the other things that are bothering our people. But we are
trying to address those in this administration. We're trying to give
Americans better security in their family lives, in their education
lives, with their health care and on their streets. But we cannot --
we cannot create security out of an unwillingness to change.
This vote really is going to say a lot about what kind
of people we expect to be. Are we going to hunker down and turn away
and say, "My goodness, we're going to be overcome by a trade
agreement with Mexico," or are we going to take this as the first
step toward reaching out to the rest of the world saying, "Americans
can compete and win again"?
We've got all the evidence we need. We know that it's
not just the United States, no wealthy country in the world today can
create new jobs without expanding trade. It cannot be done. Nobody
is doing it. Nobody is doing it. And if you look at Europe, the
most protectionist countries have higher unemployment rates. The
most open market in Europe, Germany, is the only country with an
unemployment rate as low as ours. I'm telling you this is going to
define what kind of people we're going to be and whether we want to
really compete and win in the global economy. I think Americans are
winners. And I think when it comes down to it, the Congress will
vote for us to win. (Applause.)
I want to say this one thing on behalf of the members of
the Congress. They have to make this vote. I'm working with them to
make sure that we can get the training we need for people who will be
dislocated. We need to do that for people anyway, all across
America. And we will have a strategy to help those areas of the
country that are already in trouble that have nothing to do with
this. But the Congress tells me over and over again, they hear from
the people who are against NAFTA because they're afraid and they're
whipped up. They don't hear from the people who are for it, who are
going to win.
So we brought you here today not only to send a message
to them, but so that I could ask you and companies like you and
employees like your employees all across America to call or write the
members of the Congress in every state without regard to party to
talk about this. They need to hear from people who will get jobs,
who will have increased incomes, who will have increased
opportunities.
I agree with Mr. Iacocca. We have no one to blame but
ourselves if this thing goes down. We've got the facts on our side,
they've got the fear on their side. We need to get the facts to the
Congress in the faces of the people who will win from this agreement.
And we have to do that. (Applause.)
Every time you have to face a big change in your life,
you can make one of two decisions: You can hunker down and hope
it'll go away, or you can sort of face it and make it turn out all
right. You can make change your friend. If you hunker down and hope
it goes away, that works about one time in 100. The other 99 percent
of the time, you better figure out a way to make change your friend,
because it's coming at you, anyway. The world economy is coming at
us, anyway. We have already paid the price for our inadequacies. We
are now competitive and we can win, and it is time we use NAFTA to
prove it to ourselves, as well as to the rest of the world.
Thank you, and God bless you all. (Applause.)
END10:49 A.M. EDT
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Subject: Sessions Ouster Linked to Ron Brown
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From THE SPOTLIGHT, October 18, 1993
SESSIONS OUSTER LINKED TO BROWN
Reporters are delving into the firing by President Clinton
last July of FBI Director William Sessions.
By Mike Blair
With Attorney General Janet Reno's refusal to appoint an
an independent special prosecutor to investigate the burgeoning scandal
involving Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's alleged deal to arrange the
lifting of U.S. trade barriers against Vietnam, a number of reporters
working on the story are delving into the firing by President Bill
Clinton last July of FBI Director William Sessions.
In fact, sources have told THE SPOTLIGHT that if congressional
hearings are ultimately held to investigate allegations of wrongdoing
by Brown, Sessions may be subpoenaed as a key witness in the case.
Ly Tranh Binh, 37, is a South Florida Vietnamese-American
businessman who initiated the current FBI probe against Brown and
whose accusations led The SPOTLIGHT to publish the Browngate story in
its July 5 edition as the first national coverage of the affair. Binh
revealed to the Washington weekly that Sessions was personally in charge
of the probe.
CALLED ALL THE SHOTS
According to Binh, agents working on the case out of the FBI's
South Florida field office and those sent down from Washington to
supplement their efforts got their orders directly from Sessions and
did not make a move in the probe without first getting his approval or
direction.
From February through April, Binh worked closely with FBI
agents in trying to develop evidence linking Brown to Hao. The agents
wired a briefcase with a radio transmitter Binh could take to meetings
with Hao and recorded telephone conversastions between Binh and Hao,
along with other individuals connected to the case.
All of this, Binh told The SPOTLIGHT, was directed by Sessions
personally, with whom the agents were in constant contact.
Binh also said the agents sometimes joked with him about how
their boss was in trouble with the Justice Department over misuse of
his official car and for the construction of a security fence around
his Washington home.
These charges, leveled against Sessions, in a report by President
George Bush's last attorney general, William Barr, as one of his last
acts before Barr left office, were ultimately used by Miss Reno for an
excuse to dump Sessions. However, many who had followed the travails
of Sessions indicated the charges were both petty and lacked sufficient
substance to warrant his removal from office.
FEW AWARE
An interesting series of events occurred, involving the
SPOTLIGHT'S coverage of the Browngate scandal, which lend credence to
the belief that Sessions's investigation of Brown and his associates
ultimately led to his downfall.
This much is clear: Few at FBI headquarters in Washington were
aware that Sessions was conducting the investigation, and many there
were caught by surprise by The SPOTLIGHT'S Washington offices and
were provided a copy of the edition.
Upon reading it, they apparently discovered there were two
previous editions that covered the Browngate scandal--the initial
issue of July 5 and the following edition of July 19. The front-page
lead story of the July 19 issue carried the headline, "Sessions said
to direct probe."
As a result, the agents returned to the SPOTLIGHT offices and
picked up copies of the first two editions carrying the story, obviously
discovering the part played by Sessions as reported in the July 19-dated
issue.
CALLED ON THE CARPET
The following day, July 17, Sessions was called into the office
of Attorney General Reno, who with Associate Attorney General Webster
Hubbell present, advised the FBI director he had until the following
Monday, July 19, to resign or be dismissed from his job by Clinton.
Hubbell is considered to be the Clintons' direct link to the
Justice Department.
Telecasts of Sessions leaving the Justice Department meeting
showed him ashen faced and shaken. In fact, in attempting to steady
a reporter who had stumbled and was about to fall to the pavement,
Sessions himself fell and fractured his arm. The injury required
overnight hospitalization for the FBI chief.
Sessions adamantly refused to quit, telling the press he was
staying put as long as he could to maintain the independence of the
FBI as an investigative agency and to prevent it from being politicized.
On Monday, July 19, Sessions reported for work as usual and
was called by Clinton, who advised him he was fired. A few minutes
later the president called back and told the director his dismissal
was "effective immediately."
Later at a press conference, Sessions said that from that
moment on until he left the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Headquarters Building,
he was treated like "a visitor" to the building.
In fact, Sessions was carefully watched by agents while he
emptied personal belongings from his desk and was allowed to remove
only one briefcase with his possessions, according to press reports.
ESCORTED OUT
He was escorted out of the building by the agents after a
debriefing period.
In April, while Sessions was still in office, Binh was surprised
when the FBI investigation came to an abrupt halt, with an agent taking
from him a special telephone beeper he had been provided to keep in
constant contact with agents working on the case. When he inquired
about the reasons for the sudden reversal of their interest in the
case, he was told they had to take the beeper back "due to budgetary
cutbacks" at the bureau.
His contact with agents quickly became infrequent and ultimately
non-existent after Sessions's removal.
Binh told The SPOTLIGHT he believes the FBI had been told to
halt the probe.
He today refers to the FBI in two ways, the FBI under Sessions
as "the old FBI' and the FBI after Sessions as "the new FBI," and he
is highly skeptical of their efforts in investigating the Brown affair.
As the story has erupted into the Establishment media, there
have been reports that the Justice Department has given "the new FBI"
the "green light" to proceed with the investigation of Brown.
'THE RIGHT WAY'
In announcing that she was not going to appoint a special
prosecutor in the case, Miss Reno told reporters "If I appoint the
person or select the person, you're still going to question the conflict
as long as I am involved in that process. Thus, what I've got to do
is make sure that I do it the right way, and I'm going to try my level
best."
Just what is "the right way" is unclear, particularly since
leaving the probe in the hands of the Clinton Justice Department is,
according to her critics, "like leaving the foxes in charge of the
chicken coop."
The department is managed by some of her closest associates,
and many Washington observers view the real power in the department to
be Hubbell, a former law partner in Little Rock of first lady Hillary
Clinton. He is frequently at the White House and has instant access
to President Clinton.
Even the Establishment New York Times, in reporting Miss Reno's
refusal to appoint a special prosecutor, noted that her action was
"somewhat surprising given her longstanding support for the principle
of having disinterested, outside prosecutors investigate accusations
against high-level administration officials."
In addition to The SPOTLLIGHT at least two major news media
sources are currently investigating links between Sessions's dismissal
and the Brown scandal.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_____________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release October 23, 1993
RADIO ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATION
The Oval Office
10:06 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Last year I waged a
campaign for President on a commitment to change our economic course
in Washington -- to change economic policy and put the American
people first. After a long struggle we are finally seeing signs of
hope in our economy. We have moved to significantly lower our
federal deficit, and now we have the lowest interest rates in 30
years. That's bringing back business investment, housing starts,
purchases of expensive capital equipment. And now in the past eight
months, our economy has created more jobs in the private sector than
were created in the previous four years.
We've still got a long way to go. We need more
investment, more jobs that pay living wages, more opportunity for our
students and workers to train and retrain themselves for a changing
global economy. We'll never make America what it ought to be until
we provide real health security for all our people -- health care
that's always there, that can never be taken away, that controls
costs and maintains quality and coverage.
But we can't do any of those things until the American
people really feel secure enough to make the changes we need to make.
I see evidence of that uncertainty, that insecurity, as I struggle to
expand trade opportunities for our people through passing the North
American Free Trade Agreement; as I struggle to convince people we
should open our markets to others and force other markets open so
that we can sell more of our high-tech equipment around the world; as
we try to get people to accept the fact that most folks will change
jobs seven or eight times in a lifetime, and therefore we can't have
job security, but we can have employment security if we have a real
lifetime system of education and training.
All these changes require a level of confidence in our
institutions and in ourselves, a belief that America can still
compete and win, and that the American Dream can still be alive.
One of the problems in inspiring that confidence in
America is that we've become the most dangerous big country in the
world. We have a higher percentage of our people behind bars than
any other nation in the world. We've had 90,000 murders in this
country in the last four years. The American people increasingly
feel that they're not secure in their homes, on their streets, or
even in their schools. This explosion of crime and violence is
changing the way our people live, making too many of us hesitant,
often paralyzed with fear at a time when we need to be bold. When
our children are dying, often at the hands of other children with
guns, it's pretty tough to talk about anything else. Today, there
are more than 200 million guns on our streets, and we have more
federally licensed gun dealers who, believe it or not, can get a
license from your federal government for only $10, than we have gas
stations.
It's prompted the corner grocer to shut down because he
feels threatened. It's made the shopper afraid to enter a parking
garage at night. It's made children think twice about going to
school because classmates have been shot there. It's made parents
order their children inside in broad daylight because of gunfire.
Nothing we aspire to in our nation can finally be
achieved unless first we do something about children who are no
longer capable of distinguishing right from wrong; about people who
are strangely unaffected by the violence they do to others; about the
easy availability of handguns or assault weapons that are made solely
for the purpose of killing or maiming others; about the mindless
temptations of easy drugs.
This issue should be above politics. That's why I'm
working closely with the leaders of Congress in urging them to pass
our comprehensive anti-crime legislation when it comes up in the
Senate next week. The bill is based on a simple philosophy and a
simple message: We need more police, fewer guns, and different
alternatives for people who get in trouble.
We ask Congress to honor the struggle of Jim and Sarah
Brady by passing the Brady bill, a five-day waiting period for
background checks before a person can purchase a handgun. We want to
take assault weapons off the street. And we want to take all guns
out of the hands of teenagers. We want more police officers on the
street -- at least 50,000 more. And we want them working in
community policing networks so that they'll know their neighbors and
they'll work with people not simply to catch criminals, but to
prevent crime in the first place. We want to put more power in the
hands of local communities and give them options so that first time
offenders can be sent to boot camps and to other programs that we
know work to rehabilitate people who use drugs and to give our
children a way out of a life of crime and jail.
We also are recharting the way we fight the drug
problem. Under the leadership of Dr. Lee Brown, our father of
community policing in this country and now the Director of the Office
of National Drug Control Policy, we are increasing our focus on the
hard core user, those who make up the worst part of the drug problem,
who fuel crime and violence, who are helping a whole new generation
of children to grow up in chaos, who are driving up our health care
costs because of the violence and the drug use.
Our program will reach out to young people who can be
saved from living a life of crime and being a burden on society, the
ones who have taken a wrong turn but can still turn around. They'll
have access to boot camps to learn skills and the kind of
responsibility that they have to adopt if they want to turn their
lives around.
Every time we feel the need to view strangers with
suspicion or to bar our homes and cars against intrusion or we worry
about the well-being of the child we send off to grade school, we
lose a little part of what America should mean. Some of these
problems were decades in the making. And we know we can't solve them
overnight, but within adversity there is some hope today.
In our administration, with the Attorney General Janet
Reno, our outstanding FBI Director Louis Freeh, and the Drug Policy
Coordinator Lee Brown, we have a dedicated team of people used to
fighting crime, determined to restore security for our people,
determined to give our young people another chance.
We are dedicated to restoring and expanding personal
security for people who work hard and play by the rules. We're
dedicated to insisting on more responsibility from those who should
exercise it. We have a comprehensive crime bill that says we need
more police, fewer guns, tougher laws, and new alternatives for first
offenders. We're asking for a new direction in the control of
illegal drugs to make our streets safer. We're asking all our people
to take more personal responsibility for their health, their lives
and the well-being of their children.
I believe the American people have decided simply and
finally they are sick and tired of living in fear. They are prepared
to reach beyond the slogans and the easy answers to support what
works, to experiment with new ideas, and to finally, finally do
something about this crime and violence. If we do it together, we'll
make America more prosperous and more secure. We'll have the
courage, the self-confidence, the openness to make the other changes
we need to make to put the American people first in the months and
years to come.
Thanks for listening.
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