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  • Hardrock69
    DIAMOND STATUS
    • Feb 2005
    • 21888

    Open Letter To Patrick Fitzgerald

    November 3, 2005 -- Open letter to Patrick Fitzgerald from one-time James Bath's (Dubya's Texas Air National Guard and partner) business associate, Bill White:

    Charles W. (Bill) White
    PO Box 130241
    Houston, Texas 77219

    November 1, 2005

    Patrick J. Fitzgerald
    Special Counsel
    Bond Federal Building
    1400 New York Ave. NW, 9th floor
    Washington, D.C. 20530

    Re: Open Letter

    Dear Mr. Fitzgerald,

    I am writing to advise you that I have evidence that debunks Bush administration claims that your indictment of Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff is evidence that the outing of CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame was not a conspiracy, but rather an isolated incident carried out by a rouge administration official. I am living proof that both Bush administrations have a sordid history of launching brutal attacks against uncorrupt Americans when the Bushes believe that their political ambitions are in jeopardy. Based on my experience, I can assure you that what the Bush administration did in the Wilson/Plame matter amounts to little more than "business as usual".

    As your investigation into the CIA agent outing matter so aptly demonstrates, the Bush Administration routinely employs its intelligence agencies' 3-Ds tactic to cover up when neutral parties stumble upon their dealings. They "Deny" involvement even when confronted with incontrovertible evidence, they attempt to "Discredit" the source of the truthful information, and finally, they attempt to "Divert" attention to some unrelated matter. They hide their activities behind the smoke screen of "national security" whenever an outsider gets too close while access, money and self-serving leaking are used to intimidate and control the news media.

    I became a target of this methodology when I stumbled upon illegal dealings between the Bush family, the Saudis and the Israelis in the mid to late 1980's.

    My former business partner, CIA cutout and W. Bush crony James R. Bath got himself in hot water when he misappropriated over a half million dollars from the Bin Laden family, for whom he served as trustee. Discovery in the litigation threatened to unearth bank records showing the laundering of Bin Laden money through Houston banks, the funneling of funds to Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, and Bath's diversion of Bin Laden money to W. Bush.

    Politically influenced members of both the Federal and State judiciary who were trying these cases never compelled production of the incriminating banking records or permitted the cases to go to trial. Instead, the compromised judges disposed of the cases by awarding Bath and Bush's bank "death penalty" sanctions and striking my pleadings. I lost my income, my business, my home, my family and nearly all of my personal property because I steadfastly refused to participate in the cover-up. The Harris County District Attorney's office was unwilling to go after the Bushes or the Saudis while FBI, Comptroller of the Currency, and FINCEN investigations were stopped dead in their tracks by Bush political appointees.

    Time Magazine reported on one facet of this story in its October 1990 article reporting accusations that W. Bush engaged in insider trading when he dumped his Harken Energy stock just before the price nosedived. The Manhattan District Attorney's office followed up Time's investigation by bringing charges against Saudi banker Sheikh Khalid Bin Mahfouz (National Commercial Bank) in the BCCI banking scandal matter. Still, the full story has never been told. Opportunistic judges, who were all-too-willing to ingratiate themselves with the Bush family, covered up for them while complicit lawyers have been rewarded by Bush administration appointments to judgeships and prestigious, career-enhancing positions within governmental agencies.

    There is no telling how many others have been the victims of the two Bush Administrations' abuse. While the President blithely dismisses his conduct as "just politics", the unsavory conduct routinely engaged in by he and his staff is making a mockery of our Constitution, diminishing the stature of the United States as the world's "good-guy" and threatening the legitimacy of the rule of law in America. The ability of our Country to survive the damage done by the Bush administration may well depend upon the outcome of your investigation. I sincerely hope that the Office of Special Counsel will be able to rid the Bush White house of each and every occupant who routinely engages in malicious character assassination and stand ready to provide you with any and all evidence in my possession that you deem relevant to your investigation.

    Yours truly,


    Bill White
    Enclosures:
    BinLaden trust agreement

    Time Magazine article

    BinMahfouz indictment

    Cc: Office of the Manhattan District Attorney


    In the tradition of Drew Pearson's and Jack Anderson's famous "Washington Merry-Go-Round" syndicated column and I.F. Stone, this online publication tackles the "politically incorrect" and "politically embarrassing" stories and holds government officials accountable for their actions. This web site extends a warm open invitation to whistleblowers and leakers. Business as usual for the crooks and liars in Washington, DC, is over.
  • Nickdfresh
    SUPER MODERATOR

    • Oct 2004
    • 49204

    #2
    In related news...

    Libby denies lying about leak
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Innocent plea includes vow to fight charges

    By CAROL D. LEONNIG
    Washington Post
    11/4/2005

    WASHINGTON - Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of lying to the FBI and a grand jury about his conversations with reporters in the CIA leak investigation, and his lawyer promised to fight the accusations in a trial that could bring government secrets into open court.

    "With respect, your honor, I plead not guilty," I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. told U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton during his 10-minute arraignment, his first court appearance after being indicted Friday on five felony counts.

    Under federal sentencing guidelines, legal experts estimate he could face a likely sentence of two to five years in prison if convicted. His next court appearance was set for Feb. 3.

    Libby, 55, entered the courthouse on crutches because of a foot injury but came with a show of legal strength: Theodore V. Wells Jr., and William Jeffress, two nationally prominent white-collar criminal defense attorneys he recently hired.

    Libby resigned as Cheney's chief of staff last Friday, the same day that he was indicted on charges of obstructing justice, perjury and making false statements in the two-year investigation of whether officials illegally disclosed the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie E. Plame to the media.

    "Mr. Libby today has pled not guilty to each and every count of the indictment," Wells told a throng of reporters outside the courthouse. "He has declared to the world he is innocent. . . . He has declared he plans to fight the charges."

    A trial in the matter would probably require senior administration officials to testify about their private conversations in the summer of 2003. At that time, as the administration was grappling with how to react to public criticism leveled by Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, of the rationale for invading Iraq, Plame's identity was leaked to the press.

    Wells, a partner in the New York firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, is known for his courtroom prowess. He recently represented Philip Morris against a mammoth Justice Department racketeering lawsuit that is awaiting a judge's ruling, and won acquittals for former Agriculture Secretary Michael Espy and former Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan.

    Jeffress, also a highly sought defense lawyer, won a plea bargain for a Rite Aid executive accused of accounting fraud in 2003 and acquittals for a series of public officials accused of vote-buying, money laundering and perjury, many of them in Louisiana.

    Both the prosecution and the defense in Libby's case told Walton on Thursday that they expected a complex case that will be drawn out by pretrial evidentiary battles before the judge can even consider setting a trial date.

    Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald warned that much of the evidence against Libby is classified material involving national security. Libby's lawyers first must obtain security clearances just to read the evidence Fitzgerald has gathered.

    Jeffress said that numerous First Amendment "issues" might produce "protracted litigation" and delay the case. Libby's lawyers are expected to seek to review notes, records and source information from several reporters who may be witnesses, several defense lawyers said, and the likely resistance from reporters and news organizations could provide delays that help the defense.

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