-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3636bca8533a.htm <A HREF="http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3636bca8533a.htm">10/28/98 Downside Legacy - THE GENERAL TIMELINE </A> ----- April 1, 1996 Accusing Senate Democrats of "stonewalling" on the Whitewater inquiry, Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) announced that the Whitewater hearings he chairs will resume under the Banking Committee's jurisdiction unless Democrats drop their demands that hearings end by mid-June. April 3, 1996 •Within 3 weeks of the policy change by Clinton - a plane carrying Ron Brown, U.S. commerce secretary, and 34 others, crashes in rocky terrain over Croatia. There are no survivors. Pearson's investigation was closed soon after Brown's plane crashed. Unfinished matters, including the investigation of Hill and Brown's son Michael, were turned over to the Justice Department. •Huang’s ex-boss, Charles Meissner Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy at the Department of Commerce, also died in the same plane crash with Ron Brown. •The CIA discovered evidence that China is supplying parts and technicians for a plutonium reprocessing plant in Pakistan. April 8, 1996 Bill Clinton meets John K. H. Lee, the South Korean Chairman of Cheong Am America Inc., whose firm made an illegal $250,000 campaign contribution to the DNC. April 10 1996 Loral sent Senior Vice President Dr. Wah L. Lim to Peking for preliminary meetings with technicians from China Great Wall Industries Corp. (CGWIC), the maker of the Long March booster rockets. April 11, 1996 •Security advisers at Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, Calif., were closely monitoring on video tape the Chinese Long March 3B rocket crashes. •Stephen Bryen, security adviser in a Loral Meeting (about providing assistance to China on failed launch): " I said , No , you cannot do that , ' That is a transfer of technical data . " But 11 days later, they went ahead.. April 12, 1996 President Bill Clinton announced that he will name U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor to succeed the late Ron Brown as Commerce Department head. April 15, 1996 President Bill Clinton travels to Asia to meet with South Korea's president Kim Young-sam in South Korea to discuss North Korea's continued troop movements on its border with South Korea. April 17, 1996 v Letter from Barbara Fredericks to Laura Sherman, in reference to the Clinton administration's desire to appoint Charlie Trie to the Commission on the United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy: "Officials of the United States Trade Representative's office who reviewed Trie's disclosure report found that Trie's position on the Commission could have a "direct and predictable effect" on his interests in Daihatsu, San Kin Yip, and Walmart and that he thus possessed "a disqualifying financial interest." April 22, 1996 •A Memo is sent to Anthony Lake regarding a letter written by Charlie Trie regarding China/Taiwan. •William Schweikert, Loral's technology transfer control manager, told the IRC that because the accident review involved getting information from China and not providing information to China, there was no need for Pentagon export security officials to be present. He also said that merely accepting or rejecting China's own conclusions on the crash would not constitute technical assistance. Later the same day, committee staff director Nick Yen traveled to Washington and briefed officials of the Departments of State, Transportation, Commerce and Defense on what the IRC planned to do, Loral's outside experts said. •President Clinton announced the appointment of Charlie Trie to the newly created Commission on the United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy ("the Commission"). Several circumstances surrounding Trie's appointment to and involvement with the Commission, however, indicate that Trie's political contributions and fundraising were critical factors in the Administration's decision. At the time of Trie's appointment to the Commission, he had contributed a total of $205,000 to the DNC. When allegations surfaced of Trie's involvement in campaign finance illegalities, Trie fled the United States for China and sent a letter to the Commission apologizing for the impact of the scandal on the Commission's work and expressly stating that he would no longer be participating in Commission activities. However, the Administration never formally revoked Trie's appointment, and he remained a member until the Commission submitted its final report in April 1997. April 24, 1996 •Mr. Trie returns to Cardozo's office with another $179,000 in questionable contributions. •Anthony Lake responds in a letter regarding Charlie Trie letter on Taiwan Issues. April 26, 1996 •Clinton forwards a letter to Charlie Trie regarding Taiwan Issues. •Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Ann Brown attends White House coffee chat in Al Gore's office and meets with a leader of a trade group she regulates. April 29, 1996 v •Al Gore attends an illegal Democratic National Committee (DNC), John Huang-organized fund-raiser at the Hsi Lai Buddhist monastery in California which raised $140,000. •Although the Clintons and McDougals have been estranged for years, a "very cordial" Clinton gave James McDougal a brief tour of the White House Map Room, where Clinton's Whitewater deposition had just taken place. During this meeting, McDougal would later allege, Clinton assured him that he would pardon Susan McDougal. April 30, 1996 Two U.S. senators seeking the removal of Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr were rebuffed by the court that appointed him. "This court has no power of removal over independent counsels," U.S. Court of Appeals Judge David Sentelle wrote in a letter to Sens. Bennett Johnston (D-La.) and Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Sentelle informed them that by law, only Attorney General Janet Reno has the authority to remove Starr. May, 1996 •A Letter signed by Schwartz and two other aerospace executives urged Clinton to promptly implement the decision to transfer the export licensing from State to Commerce. •After the Clinton fund ordered an investigation, the rest of Trie’s money was returned. The investigation found that some of the money came from sequentially numbered money orders, supposedly from different people in different cities, but all apparently signed in the same handwriting; •Letter signed by Schwartz and two other aerospace executives urged Clinton to promptly implement the decision to transfer the export licensing from State to Commerce. •Sockowitz's followed his boss, Lew to the Small Business Administration as her senior adviser. May 1, 1996 Whitewater prosecutors identified inconsistencies with Hillary Rodham Clinton's sworn statement regarding a meeting she had with the Clinton's Whitewater partner James McDougal. Mrs. Clinton stated previously she discussed an overdue legal bill with McDougal in April 1985. But that bill was paid off in 1984, according to the president of one of McDougal's banks, and Rose law firm records also show that a $5,000 payment was made in November 1984. May 5, 1996 Yah Lin "Charlie" Trie contributes $10,000 to the DNC. May 6, 1996 •Loral Senior Vice President Dr. Wah L. Lim's deputy, Nick Yen, faxed a report on the technical advice and direction necessary to correct the "deficiencies" of the Chinese rocket, to China Great Wall Industry in Peking despite the U.S. export control restrictions against the transfer of this type of technological assistance. The Loral/Hughes systems analysis was just the type of technology transfer that caused the National Air Intelligence Center and the State Department's office of Intelligence and Research to conclude, in a still-classified May 1997 joint report, that the interchange had done "damage" to U.S. national security by helping the Chinese to make more reliable rockets. •Newsweek reported that the First Lady's fingerprints appeared on Rose Law Firm billing records that were belatedly discovered. Also found were prints of former aide Vincent Foster, and four law firm aides on the billing records that had been missing for two years. May 7-10, 1996 Nick Yen faxed the committee’s 200 page preliminary report on the rocket accident to China Great Wall Industries Corp. May 9, 1996 Inviting a contempt of Congress vote, President Bill Clinton claimed executive privilege as a basis for refusing to provide additional documents on the firings of the White House travel office staff. The move drew a quick reaction from Rep. William Clinger (R-Pa.), who chairs a House panel looking into the controversy. "Unfortunately, the White House, in keeping with their culture of secrecy, has decided to withhold from this investigation a vaguely defined body of documents," Clinger told the Associated Press. May 10, 1996 •Loral’s counsel, Julie Bannerman was one hour too late to stop the transmission of Lim’s report to the Chinese. •The Clinton administration decides not to impose sanctions on China for transferring nuclear technology to Pakistan. May 13, 1996 •Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig attends a Clinton White House coffee in the map room, organized by Director of the Office of Public Liaison Alexis Herman, and meets with 17 top banking executives he regulates. •Despite objections from the National Security Council the president receives an award from Yogesh Gandhi in the White House. Gandhi had agreed prior to the meeting to contribute a check to the DNC for $325,000. Craig Livingston was responsible for the White House arrangements for the meeting with Mr. Gandhi.According to published reports, Gandhi gave more than half the money that was raised at a May 1996 DNC event in Washington that was organized by John Huang. Gandhi reportedly told Congressional probers that he gave a check for $325,000 to Democrat fund-raiser Charlie Trie and asked him to hold it 10 days so he could cover his account. Within the 10 days, wire transfers were credited to his account. Gandhi said the money was his, but offered three different accounts of how he acquired the funds. May 15, 1996 Lawyers for President Bill Clinton asked the Supreme Court to delay Paula Jones' sexual harassment against Clinton until he leaves office. May 20, 1996 President Bill Clinton formally announced his decision to renew most-favored-nation (MFN) trading status for China during a speech to the Pacific Basin Economic Council. May 21, 1996 CATIC signed a contract for parts before a public auction and shipped to China shortly thereafter several large machine tools including a 100’ long stretch forming press used in manufacturing wing spars for the F-14. May 22, 1996 •President Bill Clinton, in a speech, said he opposed the rapid deployment of a missile defense system to protect American cities. It makes no sense to build an anti-missile system, the president asserted, "before we know the details and dimensions of the threat we face." •President Bill Clinton's lawyer, trying to defer the Paula Jones sexual harassment civil lawsuit, in a brief submitted to the Supreme Court cites the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, which allows civil claims against military members to be delayed while they are on active duty. Clinton "seeks relief similar to that to which he may be entitled as Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, and which is routinely available to service members under his command," the brief says. Republicans and leaders of veterans groups reject the brief saying that it is outrageous for a man who managed to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, to hide behind a law meant to shield solders from lawsuits. May 28, 1996 The jury in the Whitewater trial delivered a guilty verdict for defendants Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and Jim and Susan McDougal, Clinton's former business partners, of most of the fraud charges against them. After eight days of deliberations, the jury found Jim McDougal guilty of 18 of 19 charges, Susan McDougal guilty of all four charges against her and Gov. Tucker guilty of two of seven charges against him. In the first political fallout from the Whitewater verdicts, Gov. Jim Guy Tucker announced that he would resign. May 29, 1996 Calling the credibility of the White House into question, Rep. William Clinger (R-Pa.) introduced a resolution holding current and former White House aides in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents subpoenaed by Congress four months earlier Clinger's resolution, passed May 9 by the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee which he chairs, holds White House Counsel Jack Quinn and two former White House aides in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents in the White House travel office firings. "Using executive privilege for documents that have nothing to do with national security or sensitive matters, and nothing to do with the decision-making powers of the presidency and have everything to do with the character of this White House increases, I think, the president's credibility gap with the American people,". May 30, 1996 •Skirting a contempt resolution, the White House agreed to provide a congressional oversight committee with some 1,000 documents related to the travel office firings. •In a CNN/USA Today Gallup poll, Sixty percent of those surveyed say they think Clinton is hiding something regarding his role in Whitewater, compared to 51 percent in a similar poll in July 1995. Late May 1996 At a spa, Dale Young, a family friend of White House intern Monica Lewinsky's, had conversations with Lewinsky about the former White House intern's claims of intimate contact with Clinton. Lewinsky, in this conversation, described a physical, intimate relationship with the president which "did not go to completion." June 1996 •FBI agents briefed two representativesof the National Security Council about the Chinese plan to influence the elections, The FBI placed no limitations on sharing the information, much of which the White House had independent access to through other means. •Johhny Chung has meetings with Liu Chaoying, an executive of Chinese Aerospace Co., the company that builds and launches satellites and rockets, including the famed Long March brand. She was also a lieutenant colonel in People’s Liberation Army, and daughter of a top Chinese General and Communist party leader. Liu attended a military institute for counter intelligence in China. China Aerospace owns a large piece of a Hong Kong satellite operator and also owns China Great Wall Industry Corp, the rocket company that launches both private satellites and tests and provides equipment for the missiles in China’s nuclear arsenal. Great Wall had been sanctioned in 1991 and 1993 for selling missiles to Pakistan. CASIL also had links to Lippo. June 5, 1996 The FBI began its inquiry into the illegal possesion of nearly 1,000 FBI files by the White House staff. June 6, 1996 •Clinton's Presidential Legal Expense Trust returns original $460,000 in donations solicited by Charlie Trie after the trust's lawyers hear from their appointed investigators. •Documents found reveal that former White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum requested an FBI report on ousted travel office director Billy Dale seven months after his dismissal. Attorney General Janet Reno promptly announced that the Justice Department would coordinate an investigation of the matter with the FBI, and release the results to independent Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr, who was also looking into the travel office firings. June 7, 1996 •Loral’s report to the State Department indicates that US and European aerospace industry officials examining the 1996 Chinese rocket crash got inadequate advice from Loral about what information could be shared with the Chinese. It also includes a possible defense strategy should the government take action against Loral •In a report released by the Air Force, investigators blamed a combination of pilot error and outdated navigational equipment on the aircraft for the April 3 jet crash that killed Commerce Secretary Ron Brown in Croatia. June 12, 1996 President Bill Clinton apologized for the White House's obtaining of FBI files on leading Republicans and said it was an honest mistake that won't happen again. At a news conference, Clinton said, "I'm sorry that it occurred and I believe we will correct it and I believe the FBI will correct it as well." Republican rival Robert Dole has said the episode smacks of a Nixonian "enemies list," but Clinton said he "would never condone or tolerate any kind of enemies list or anything of that kind." June 18, 1996 •The Senate Whitewater committee released two vastly different final reports on the investigation, split predictably along partisan lines. •At a Lockheed plant Bob Dole accused President Clinton of dragging his feet on missile defense. "Clinton's opposition to missile defense is one of the most negligent, short-sighted, irresponsible and potentially catastrophic policies in history," Dole said. It encourages terrorists to think about missile attacks, he said. July 19,1996 •Liu Chaoying arrived in US from China. •It is announced in various media reports that Bruce Lindsey, will be named by prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in a second Whitewater trial. Bankers Herbie Branscum Jr. and Robert M. Hill are accused of misapplying $13,217 in funds from their bank to finance political contributions to Clinton's gubernatorial campaign and to other state and federal candidates.They are also accused of conspiring to hide from the IRS thousands of dollars in withdrawals by Clinton's campaign. •The House Government Reform and Oversight Committee began its probe into how and why the White House obtained hundreds of sensitive FBI background files. June 20, 1996 As a Senate committee launched hearings into the FBI files flap, Attorney General Janet Reno said she will ask for an expansion of Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr's jurisdiction to include the files controversy. June 21, 1996 Ten Republicans on the Senate Whitewater Committee asked independent counsel Kenneth Starr to review the testimony of three associates of the president and Mrs. Clinton, saying they might have violated the law in their Capitol Hill testimony.The subjects of the committee's criminal referral are White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell and lawyer Susan Thomases, a close adviser and friend of Mrs. Clinton. In their letter to Starr, the GOP senators cited what they called "a disturbing pattern of contradictory, incomplete or inaccurate testimony" from a number of witnesses. June 24, 1996 The White House provides a statement in response to a new book reporting that, starting in late 1994, a troubled Hillary Rodham Clinton met with a spiritual advisor to help her deal with the pressures she faced following the defeat of the Clinton national health plan. The book is "The Choice" by Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward, described a series of meetings during which Mrs. Clinton, encouraged by spiritualist Jean Houston, had imaginary conversations with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi. June 25, 1996 •Secret files obtained by the White House on officials from Republican administrations allegedly included IRS as well as FBI records. In a letter to FBI Director Louis Freeh, Republican Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) said Judiciary Committee staff discovered IRS documents while reviewing the controversial files. •Averting a contempt of Congress vote for the second time, the White House agreed to turn over 2,000 remaining documents related to the travel office firings scandal, with certain conditions attached. June 26, 1996 •In documents it wasdiscovered that an additional 300 FBI files were obtained by the White House, among them files on former National Security advisor Brent Scowcroft and former CIA Director Robert Gates. •It was revealed that federal prosecutors wanted to indict former White House travel director Billy Dale before the 1994 mid-term elections.The charge emerged from FBI e-mail messages. The messages, obtained by congressional Republicans, date from fall 1994, when Dale was indicted. One reads: "I contacted Jane who advised that she was advised by (FBI special agent) Pam Bombardi, that (Department of Justice) trial attorney Stuart Goldberg had stated that she was to 'do the indictment before the elections, probably on Oct. 4, 1994," FBI employee Gregory Meacham wrote to a colleague by e-mail. "Since when do indictments hinge on election dates?" House Government Reform and Oversight Committee chairman William Clinger (R-Penn.) asked. Also, an FBI agent interviewed by Senate Republicans said he was pressured by top Clinton aides for confidential information on Dale. White House personnel security head Craig Livingstone resigned, and former White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum apologized that the White House improperly collected some 700 FBI reports. June 28, 1996 Army civilian employee Anthony Marceca asserts the Fifth Amendment in response to all questions in the Filegate scandal Senate investigation. July 3, 1996 Travelgate documents show that White House officials asked for IRS reports on an usher before carrying out Hillary Rodham Clinton's instructions to fire him in March 1994. About 10 weeks before he was dismissed, veteran White House usher Christopher B. Emery told the Associated Press he was asked by White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum to submit to an FBI and IRS check. July 7, 1996 According to a White House statement, President Bill Clinton testified for two hours and 20 minutes Sunday as he gave his second videotaped testimony since April in a criminal trial. July 10, 1996 As Defense Secretary William Perry came under bipartisan attack for security lapses leading up to the Saudi Arabian bombing, President Bill Clinton said Perry was being "treated unfairly" by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. July 11, 1996 Johhny Chung arranges a visa for Liu Chaoying. July 12-13, 1996 •Thirty three countries agreed to control all items in the list of dual use goods and technologies July 16, 1996 •The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to subpoena former White House security office employee Anthony Marceca to testify about the FBI files flap. Marceca refused to testify at a June 28 hearing of the committee, invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination July 21,1996 Liu Chaoying meets the president at the home of financier Eli Broad and has a picture taken with him. July 22, 1996 At a fund–raiser address, the President described Mr. Huang as "my long–time, good friend, John Huang." July 25, 1996 Though she had denied any involvement with hiring Craig Livingstone, some FBI documents suggest Hillary Clinton helped the former security office head get White House clearance, a congressman charged. House Government Reform and Oversight Chairman William Clinger (R-Penn.) took to the House floor, saying newly obtained FBI notes from 1993 show then-White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum telling an agent that Mrs. Clinton knew and could vouch for Livingstone, who was undergoing a background check. Clinger read from the notes of agent Dennis Sculimbrene that Livingstone "came highly recommended to him by Hillary Clinton, who has known his mother for quite some time." July, 1996 Loral obtained President Clinton's approval to orbit a chain of 48 Globalstar satellites from Kazakhstan. The first satellites are scheduled to be launched on top of the Russian built Zenit and Soyuz boosters in 1999. Loral's CEO, Bernard Schwartz, also donated over one million dollars to the DNC. July 26, 1996 •The White House filed a complaint with the head of the FBI that House Government Reform and Oversight Chairman William Clinger (R-Pa.) improperly read from Dennis Sculimbrene's FBI file from the House floor. Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.) released a statement, criticizing the FBI for contacting the White House about Sculimbrene's file, which Clinger characterized as a "heads up." "It is imperative that the impartiality and integrity of our nation's law enforcement agency be protected from politics, and I fear that line has been crossed," •Liu and Chung incorporated a "straw" company called Marswell Investment (a similar Hong Kong firm has a shareholder that is a "front" for the political department of the PLA.) Deposits to the Marshell accounts are linked from PLA and to Democratic causes. July 30, 1996 •The jury in the Whitewater trial of two bankers told the judge they were "locked" and unable to reach a verdict. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright sent them back for more deliberations. •John Huang, James Riady and DNC Chairman Fowler attend dinner together. •The Federal Election Commission sued the Christian Coalition, claiming its political support for specific candidates violated campaign finance rules. July 31, 1996 •American Asia Trade Center (Charlie Trie) contributes $3,000 to the DNC. •Federal government workers, according to a study, gave $361,415 to the Clinton campaign, but less than $77,758 to the Dole campaign. Summer, 1996 China: 400 tons of chemicals transferred to Iran. Violation: IIANA, AECA, EAR - no sanctions. Mid Year, 1996 Hughes applied to the State department for a license to use Shen Jun, the son of Lt. Gen. Shen Rongjun, for his language skills in a deal with Asia-Pacific Mobile Telecommunications. The deal fell under the jurisdiction of the State Department. By then, President Clinton had approved the overall deal. Hughes officials had asked the administration for an expedited decision and the Defense Technology Security Administration, which reviews all such licenses, did not check with the Defense Intelligence Agency or the CIA before approving the project. August, 1996 •China: A plant to manufacture M-11 missiles or missile components in Pakistan. Violation: MTCR, AECA, EAR - no sanctions. •China: Gyroscopes, accelerometers and test equipment for missile guidance systems, again to Iran. Violation: MTCR, IIANA, AECA, EAR - no sanctions. •China launch Long March 3 Crashed - Hughes August 1, 1996 Jurors in the Whitewater trial found two longtime political supporters of President Bill Clinton not guilty on four counts, but the panel deadlocked on seven other counts. August 2, 1996 •Ira Sockowitz, a former Commerce employee walked in, put 136 classified files (2,800 pages) about encryption and satellites in a box, and walked out the door. The CIA tried to seize Sockowitz’ files as soon as they learned what had happened. The Justice Department has brought no case against Sockowitz. The public would not have known except by a subpoena issued by U.S. Judge Royce Lamberth concernng the Judicial Watch lawsuit. •At a Rose Lawn gathering, A reporter asked if Clinton would be willing to sign legislation reimburisng Dale's legal expenses after he was fired by the White House on corruption charges. Dale was found to be innocent. "I just wanted to know if you were going to keep your word, sir," a reporter asked. "I didn't...I never gave my word on that," Clinton testily replied. "You go back and see what I said when I was asked that question." August 5, 1996 Dan Burton sent a letter to Commerce Secretary William Daley demanding reams of records, photographs, travel itineraries, expense reports, credit-card slips, electronic messages, notes, telephone recordings, press releases and other documents relating to Ron Brown and the other employees. Burton's letter also sought lists of all trade mission participants and any records relating to contacts between Commerce officials and the DNC. Aug. 15, 1996 •CNN reports that negotiations have been underway to try to secure James McDougal's coooperation with the continuing Whitewater prosecutor's investigation in return for possible leniency. Sources say McDougal has been negotiating with Independent Counsel attorneys -- although not Kenneth Starr himself -- who are leading the investigation aimed in part at Bill and Hillary Clinton's activities in Arkansas in the 1980s. •Manlin Foung, A sister of Charlie Trie, received a $10,000 wire transfer from a Riggs National Bank account maintained by San Kin Yip International Trading Company. Prior to receipt of the wire transfer, Foung's account had a balance of almost $5,379. On the same day, Foung contributed $10,000 to the DNC's "Birthday Victory Fund" drawn on her Travis Federal Credit Union account. August 17, 1996 Ng Lap Seng brings $70,000 into US from China. August 19, 1996 •Ng Lap Seng attends President Clinton's 50th birthday party. Charlie Trie is credited with contributing $118,000 to this event. •A federal judge sentenced former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker to four years probation for his role in the Whitewater affair. Tucker, who has chronic liver disease, managed to avoid federal prison, but his conviction earlier had forced him to resign the governorship. August 20, 1996 Susan McDougal, one of President Bill Clinton's former Whitewater partners, was sentenced to two years in prison for her conviction for fraudulently obtaining and using a federally-backed loan. U.S. District Judge George Howard imposed three 24-month prison terms to run concurrently, plus three years' probation on a fourth felony charge. She could have received as many as 17 years in prison and $1 million in fines, and the leniency of the sentence came as a surprise to some trial-watchers. August 26, 1996 A complaint is filed by Judicial Watch to the FEC alleging that the Clinton/Gore 1996 Reelection Committee gave seats on Commerce Department trade missions in exchange for contributions of $100,000 or more. August, 1996 Dick Morris left the Clinton/Gore campaign abruptly in the wake of the news of his involvement with a Washington prostitute. His office was promptly sealed by White House staff. Aug. 29) -- Dick Morris, the political consultant who reshaped President Bill Clinton's re-election campaign and moved the president to the center, abruptly resigned today. Senior White House staff met this morning after learning of unsubtantiated reports in The New York Post and the tabloid newspaper, The Star, that claimed Morris let a $200-an-hour escort listen in on his private conversations with the president. September, 1996 •China: Special industrial furnace and high-tech diagnostic equipment to unsafe guarded nuclear facilities in Pakistan. Violation: NPT, NPPA, EIBA, AECA - no sanctions. •The White House refused to release documents to House investigators trying to determine whether the administration knew U.S.-trained Haitian security agents murdered political opponents of the U.S.-supported regime. . •It was reported in the Washington Times that the White House refused to release a Pentagon-commissioned report suggesting Clinton's strategy to combat drug use has failed. •The Clinton Administration notifies the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that it was eliminating satellites from the Munition Control List comprising "dual use items" that have both military and commercial applications. •The DNC returns an illegal $250,000 donation from South Korean electronics executive John Lee after the Los Angeles Times asked the DNC questions about the contribution. September. 4, 1996 The judge in the Whitewater grand jury proceedings held Susan McDougal in contempt of court for refusing to answer three questions from prosecutors, including one concerning whether President Clinton lied in his testimony during her trial earlier this year. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright threatened McDougal with up to 18 months in jail if she continued to defy the order to testify. McDougal's lawyer, Bobby McDaniel, told the judge earlier that he was concerned about possible perjury charges down the road for McDougal if she answered prosecutors' questions. September 6,1996 In a memo to Mack McLarty from Mark Middleton regarding Mr. James Riady, Mr. Middleton thanked Mr. McLarty for his expeditious assistance and indicated the meeting participant was staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York, was going to be arriving in Washington, D.C., and he was trying to facilitate a Monday meeting with Mr. Riady. September 9, 1996 •Clinton met with James Riady of the Lippo Group, who congratulated Clinton on his policy toward China, including his decision to separate China's trading privileges from human rights concerns, and urged Clinton to intensify his efforts in China. Bruce Lindsey and Mark Middleton also attended the meeting. •Mark Middleton and Nancy Hernreich arrange a meeting on behalf of Mr. James Riady with the President. The meeting was attended by Bruce Lindsey, Mark Middleton, James Riady and the President. James Riady congratulated Clinton on his policy toward China, including his decision to separate China's trading privileges from human rights concerns, and urged Clinton to intensify his efforts in China. •Susan McDougal began an 18-month contempt of court sentence for refusing to answer special prosecutor Kenneth Starr's questions about Bill and Hillary Clinton. •Dole renewed his challenge for Clinton to release his medical history. "I gave them all of mine. I'm in great shape. My cholesterol's lower, my blood pressure is lower -- but I'm not going to make health an issue in this campaign." Nevertheless, Dole's insistence sparked reporters' questions on whether the president had anything to hide, including sexually transmitted diseases. White House Press Secretary McCurry called the question "astonishing" and denied it. September 13, 1996 •In a joint brief filed by the administration, White House employees forced to hire lawyers during congressional Whitewater and travel office investigations asked the Justice Department to cover their legal expenses. Requests of four of the 23 aides seeking reimbursement had already been approved. Among those still remaining are three of President Bill Clinton's senior advisers, Bruce Lindsey, George Stephanopoulos and former Chief of Staff Mack McLarty, as well as Hillary Clinton's former press secretary, Lisa Caputo. Hatch said that it was unfair for the Clinton Administration to pay the fees for its aides when it refused to do so for former travel office director Billy Dale, who was fired in 1993. "Now the White House has the nerve to request the payment of legal fees to its own people but not to those who they victimized," he said. •It is reported that the diaries of prostitute Sherry Rowlands have been subpoenaed by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, who is investigating the FBI files matter. It has been reported that the diaries contain an excerpt in which Rowlands quotes her client, the former presidential political consultant Dick Morris, as saying the 700 improperly collected files were gathered at the behest of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. •Former White House Personnel Security Director Craig Livingstone failed to appear for another deposition before the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, which is investigating both the FBI files matter and the travel office firings. Committee member Dan Burton (R-Ind.), who did show up for the deposition, says that since Livingstone was under subpoena, he would pursue a contempt-of-Congress citation. September 17, 1996 A Presidential commission found that both the Pentagon and the on-site commander were responsible for placing U.S. troops at risk before the June 25 attack on a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. September 18, 1996 FBI agents searched the home of the former mistress of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry G. Cisneros and removed five boxes of material. During the nearly 13-hour search of Linda Medlar's property, agents also videotaped the interior of several storage sheds. An independent counsel is investigating whether Cisneros lied to Congress about payments to Medlar during the background check conducted before his confirmation hearings. President Bill Clinton unilaterally declared a new 1.7 million-acre national monument in southern Utah. Many in Utah were angry, charging they weren't even consulted, and claimed it was simply a land grab by the federal government at the economic expense of the state. The area is rich with coal -- perhaps $1 trillion worth -- that was to be mined by a Dutch-owned firm. September. 19, 1996 A draft copy of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee's Republican majority report on the FBI files fiasco is released to the media. The report called for chief FBI counsel Howard Shapiro's resignation because of what it calls "blatant interference" with the investigation into the FBI files matter. The report charged that on numerous occasions, Shapiro cooperated with the White House inappropriately to shield information from the committee. The committee also charged that Livingstone and Marceca's various depositions to the committee were "inconsistent both within and between their own statements." September 20, 1996 President Clinton appointed KathleenWilley to the United Service Organization, Inc. [USO] Board of Governors. September 24, 1996 In its report, the inspector general of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) charged that a real estate document drafted by Hillary Rodham Clinton was used by her Whitewater partner's savings and loan to evade regulations and pay $300,000 in questionable commissions. The document also raised other questions about her role in what regulators called a "sham" real estate transaction. The regulators said Mrs. Clinton drafted a May 1, 1986, real estate option that valued property owned by Ward at $400,000, more than twice its appraised value. September 28, 1996 Yah Lin "Charlie" Trie contributes $2,000 to the DNC. October 1996 •For the first time in 22 years, the DNC announced it will not file an FEC pre-election finance report. •Johhny Chung arranged a meeting with Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary for head of China’s state run petrochemical company, Sheng Huaren. •The Clinton/Gore campaign, the DNC and the Commerce Department began to coordinate a campaign to cover up the Democratic political fund-raising scandal. •The White House refused to release a memo by FBI Director Freeh and DEA Administrator Thomas Constantine that condemns Clinton's efforts against drug use. October 4, 1996 In testimony to Senate investigators A former White House staffer, Mari Anderson, said she told the chief of White House personnel security that sensitive background summaries were being gathered on ex-presidential aides. The testimony contradicted Craig Livingstone's, who has said he didn't know about file-gathering on hundreds of former Republican appointees. October 5, 1996 "It is imperative," said Liu Huaquing top Chinese military officer - in a speech, "to resolutely implement the military strategic policies of the new period, uphold the integration between the military and the civilian, develop and produce missile weapons systems which can meet the needs of modern war, launch high-quality, highly reliable, long-life application satellites…. " October 7, 1996 A memorandum to President Clinton from White House aide Phil Caplan mentions that the Democratic National Committee would be allocating $1 million "for potential fines" incurred pursuant to the fund-raising process. Clinton's hand written notation "ugh" appears in the margin next to the warning. Micah Morrison, writing in the Wall Street Journal, comments that Clinton's scribbled notation "along with the accompanying stamp 'The President Has Seen,' it does suggest that Mr. Clinton knew that some DNC fund-raising was presumptively illegal." October 10, 1996 In a conference call regarding campaign finance allegations between Bruce Lindsey, Harold Ickes, Joe Sandler, Amy Weiss–Tobe, and Joe Lockhardt, notes from the conversation indicate a discussion about a private meeting between the President and James Riady in a limousine somewhere around the time of the summer Olympics in Atlanta during which they discussed policy toward China It was also revealed that that Joe Sandler had told Jane Sherburne that John Huang had refused to tell him about one of the subjects that had been discussed in his September 1995 meeting with the President, Bruce and Riady. October 11, 1996 DNC said it received $425,000 in contributions from Arief and Soraya Wiriadinata after the Indonesian couple met with DNC fundraiser John Huang. The Wiriadinatas lived in a modest townhouse in Virginia; Arief was a gardener. But Soraya's father is an investor in the Lippo Group. After the couple moved back to Jakarta, they gave the DNC the final $295,000 payment. October 12, 1996 The New York Times: The Riadys and the Lippo Group had their U.S. banking practices repeatedly criticized by federal regulators for illegal activities--including money laundering. October 13, 1996 Four days before details emerge on Al Gore's participation in the illegal fund-raiser at the Hsi Lai Buddhist monastery, Gore claims, "Number one, we have strictly abided by all of the campaign finance laws, strictly. There've been no violations." October 14, 1996 The DNC acknowledges receiving another illegal $25,000 contribution from Indonesian landscape architect/gardener Arief Wiriadinata and his wife Soraya bringing their total to $450,000. October 15, 1996 •President Clinton amends Executive Order 12981 to transfer Hot Section technology from Dept. of State to Dept. of Commerce. •Rep. William F. Clinger (R-Penn.), chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, asked Whitewater prosecutors to investigate possible perjury by six current or former White House aides and Hollywood producer Harry Thomason. •Bob Dole, who had avoided character issues during the campaign, launched a last minute attack on Clinton's ethics. "Public ethics is a public trust," Dole said, "and when it is violated, the damage is done to our nation, and our institutions, and our idealism." "This election will help determine the nature and integrity and dignity of the presidency itself"... October 17, 1996 The Wall Street Journal reports that residents of various branches of the Hsi Lai Buddhist monastery donated $50,000 to the DNC. October 18, 1996 •The DNC confirms that John Huang has been fired. •The DNC announces that it will reimburse the Hsi Lai Buddhist monastery $15,000 to cover the April 29, 1996 illegal fund-raiser attended by Gore. A nun told reporters she had been given $5,000 in cash and was asked to launder the cash by an individual who asked her to write a check to the DNC. October 19, 1996 •John Huang vanishes from public view. Huang was targeted by national Republican newspaper ads asking "Have You Seen This Man?" after he failed to appear to answer questions in the case. •The DNC quietly returns a $20,000 contribution from convicted Miami drug-smuggler Jorge Cabrera, who had met Al Gore and Hillary Rodham Clinton at separate 1995 events. October 20, 1996 DNC General Chairman Chris Dodd promises three times on national television that John Huang will be made available to reporters to answer questions about fund-raising. October 21, 1996 •In various statements, Clinton's reelection team brushes off inquiries about improper fund-raising activities by the DNC, claiming a lack of knowledge. Al Gore points the finger at the DNC for the Hsi Lai Buddhist temple fund-raiser and claims it was a community out-reach event with no money offered, collected or raised. •Sen.Christopher Dodd reneges on a commitment to allow fund-raiser John Huang to be interviewed about illegal foreign donations. October 22, 1996 The DNC returns a $5,000 contribution made by Man Ya Shih, a member of the Hsi Lai Buddhist temple. October 23, 1996 •The Justice Department releases photographs showing convicted Miami drug dealer Jorge Cabrera, posing with Al Gore at a 1995 Miami political reception, and with Hillary Rodham Clinton at a December 1995 pre-Christmas event at the White House. •Federal District Judge Royce Lamberth orders U.S. marshals to find John Huang and force him to answer a subpoena for a civil suit brought by Judicial Watch concerning whether the Commerce Department used government-sponsored trade missions to raise funds for Democrats. October 24, 1996 A U.S. marshal, attempting to serve a subpoena, reports John Huang as missing. October 27, 1996 John Huang's lawyer accepts subpoena on his client's behalf. Huang is to be questioned October 28, 1996 U.S. News & World Report uncovers that 27 donors and 10 corporations who gave almost $300,000 to the DNC, list the DNC as their "home" address. October 29, 1996 •The DNC reverses its decision not to publicly release information about its contributions and expenditures and releases an incomplete list of donors. •John Huang reappears at the offices of the public-interest group Judicial Watch for a court-ordered deposition. •White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes calls financial speculator William Meddoff to discuss an offer of contributing $5 million. •The Clinton Administration's top immigration official on rejected Republican allegations of government tampering with the naturalization process to allow immigrants with criminal records to win citizenship to benefit Democrats at the polls. The House Government Reform and Oversight subcommittee is examining FBI criminal background checks on more than 50,000 newly naturalized U.S. citizens to determine whether any were granted citizenship in a pre-election rush. October 30, 1996 Ickes calls Meddoff from Air Force One and asks him if he could make $1.5 million available in the next day or so. October 31, 1996 Ickes faxes a memo from the White House to Meddoff suggesting donations to three non-profit organizations whose goals parallel those of the Clinton campaign. November, 1996 •William Reinsch, head of the US Commerce Department - Bureau of Export Administration, wrote a memo questioning the technology transfers approved by President Clinton, including strong (no back door) ciphered radios for China asking "whether we should allow the current practice of licensing encryption hardware to safe end-users (e.g. foreign police departments and security services) to continue." The "safe end user" in this case is the People’s Armed Police of China. •Glen Weiner left the Democratic National Committee to join James Carville's Education and Information Project. November 1, 1996 •DNC Executive Director B. J. Thornberry admits that the DNC abandoned procedures set up years ago to detect contributions from donors with questionable backgrounds. •The White House released a statement indicating that a second John Huang -- not the Democratic fund-raiser -- made some of the visits to the executive mansion reported earlier. November 5, 1996 •Election day. •The Clinton Administration publishes the regulations governing the March decision to transfer satellite export licensing to the Commerce Department. The regulations, which were due in April, arrived more than 200 days late. November, 1996 •Hubbell confiding to sister "They're putting all kinds of pressure on me … and now that they've paid me, I'm clamming up." •The DNC announces it is returning one of its largest 1996 campaign contributions, $325,000 to Yogesh K. Gandhi, because it could not verify that he was the source of the funds. November 7, 1996 Secretary of State Warren Christopher resigned. November 8, 1996 Clinton calls for campaign finance reform and endorses McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation during his first post-election news conference. November 9, 1996 A report in Washington claimed America's First Lady had orchestrated an appointment at the Commerce Department for John Huang, the controversial figure subsequently forced to resign his post as a senior Democratic fundraiser. " Washington Times. November 10, 1996 It is reported that Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes planned to leave his job at the White House November 12, 1996 •DNC Co-Chairman Don Fowler holds press conference and claims there was never any desire, plan or intent to evade law. •In rare public comments, independent Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr said his ongoing probe has been thwarted because information was being withheld. November 13, 1996 •The Justice Department rejected a request by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for the appointment of an independent counsel to probe Democratic Party fund-raising. A Justice Department reply to McCain said the senator's request did not contain "specific, credible evidence that any individual covered by the Independent Counsel Act committed any federal crime." The letter, approved by Attorney General Janet Reno, was written by Mark Richard, acting head of the Justice Department's criminal division. •U.S. District Judge George Howard granted a three-month delay in the sentencing of former Clinton Whitewater partner Jim McDougal, at the request of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. November 15, 1996 The White House confirmed that Mark Middleton ate in the White House mess after he quit his job as a presidential aide and may have used the meals to drum up consulting business, the White House confirmed today. The restaurant is off-limits to the general public. "It does appear that on occasion [Middleton] would come to the White House after he left the White House service and occasionally would bring guests with him," White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry told reporters today. "Who the guests are we're having trouble learning." November 16, 1996 Clinton admits discussing policy issues with Indonesian businessman James Riady but claims Riady never influenced Clinton's decisions. In an interview with The New York Times, the president also said the Democratic National Committee's decision to send John Huang to raise money in Taiwan for 1996 campaigns was a mistake. November, 19 1996 White House aides confirm that White House Deputy Counsel Bruce Lindsey directed a deceitful campaign, contrary to the advice of the Whitewater spokesman, to characterize three Clinton-James Riady meetings as "social calls." November 20, 1996 The DNC returns $253,500 in illegal contributions to Thai businesswoman Pauline Kanchanalak who withheld the true source of the money. November 21, 1996 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros announced that he will leave his post after President Bill Clinton's inauguration Jan. 20. November 22, 1996 •The DNC announces that it is returning $450,000 in illegal contributions to Arief and Soraya Wiriadinata because they failed to file U.S. income tax returns for 1995. •Former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell retuned to court to testifying before a Whitewater federal grand jury about payments he received from the Riady family. The Grand Jury also heard testimony from Don Denton, a witness in the trial of former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and Jim and Susan McDougal. Denton was fired from his job at an airport managed by five political appointees. A member of the commission, Les Hollingsworth, declined to reveal the reason Denton was fired but denied it was because of his testimony which contributed to guilty verdicts. November, 26 1996 •The DNC announces that it has hired a law firm and accounting agency to review all fund-raising activities and will stop answering questions about contributions solicited by John Huang or anyone else. •A White House memo is forwarded to Leon Panetta and Erskine Bowles from Jane Sherburne detailing White House statements regarding Riady meetings.In the memo, Mrs. Sherburne reveals:"In early October 1996, Mark Fabiani reported to me that the Wall Street Journal was working on a story about the President's relationship with the Riady family, John Huang and the Lippo Group." •Janet Reno refusals to appoint an independent counsel in the campaign finance probe. November 29, 1996 •John Huang reappears in deposition to answer questions under oath in connection with a civil lawsuit filed against the Commerce Department by Judicial Watch. •9.58 am EST (1458 GMT)WASHINGTON (AP) -- Police were investigating the death of a woman whose body was found today in an office at the Commerce Department. Anne Luzzatto, press secretary for Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor, said the woman's body was found this morning by a Commerce Department employee, who notified security personnel in the building. "It is my understanding that someone found the body in an office on the fourth floor,'' Luzzatto said. She said that District of Columbia police were conducting an investigation but that she had no details on a cause of death. The woman's name was being withheld pending notification of relatives. •WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- President Clinton briefly interrupted his Thanksgiving holiday weekend at Camp David Friday with a quick trip to the White House to gather data he wants to study in planning his second inauguration and then returned to the mountain top retreat. Late, 1996 Schwartz (Loral) considered for Secretary of Defense Second Half, 1996 CIA reported that China was the single most important supplier of equipment and technology for weapons of mass destruction worldwide. July to December, 1996 •The DCI reports "tremendous variety" of technology and assistance for Pakistan's ballistic missile program. Violations of the MTCR, the AECA, the EAR - no sanctions. •The DCI reports "tremendous variety" of assistance for Iran's ballistic missile program. Violations: MTCR, IIANA, AECA, EAR - no sanctions. •The DCI reports, principal supplies of nuclear equipment, material and technology for Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. Violations: NPT, NPPA, EIBA, EAR - no sanctions. •The DCI reports key supplies for technology for large nuclear projects in Iran. Violations: NPT, IIANA, NPPA. EIBA, EAR - no sanctions. •The DCI reports, considerable chemical weapons-related transfers for production equipment and technology to Iran. Violations: IIANA, AECA, EAR - no sanctions. December, 1996 Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology senior engineer Liu Xinamin revealed a 5 year project during a Beijing Arms show: the LY-60 air defense missile, designed to "process up to 40 targets, track 12 and distinguish the three that present the highest threat". December 7, 1996 Charlie Trie tells The Washington Post that one of his companies illegally donated $15,000 to the DNC in 1994. December 9, 1996 John Huang’s top secret clearance is removed (nearly a year after he left Commerce and joined DNC.) December 11, 1996 Clinton's legal defense fund decides to return $122,585 in new contributions received from 136 of the original donors. December 16, 1996 Six months after the fact, Clinton's legal defense fund announces it had returned $640,000 in contributions delivered on March 21 and April 24, 1996 by Charlie Trie because of the questionable sources of some of the money. The fund never reported the $640,000 from Trie in its semi-annual report. December 19, 1996 The Justice Department issues subpoenas to the White House and Clinton's legal defense fund seeking four years' worth of records containing details about the activities of many of the Democrats' most important fund-raisers and supporters. December 20, 1996 •The DNC releases thousands of pages of documents detailing the scope of fund-raising by John Huang which show that Huang raised $3.4 million more than party officials had previously claimed. •In a statement, Clinton admits that it was "clearly inappropriate" for him to have met with Wang Jun during a White House coffee back in February 1996. December 24, 1996 •White House and Democrat Party officials admit that, contrary to previous accounts by the Democrat Party, Clinton privately met with John K. H. Lee, the chairman of South Koran company Cheong Am America Inc., which made an illegal $250,000 campaign contribution to the DNC. •The DNC decides to release copies of John Huang's documents to the news media charging $600 for the costs of copying two boxes of records for each request. •Documents released by the DNC show the Democrats' National Asian Pacific American Campaign Plan included a strategy to raise some $7 million from Asian Americans. 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