http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36359.htm <qoute> "We think he was a major player in this — a central figure," a senior law-enforcement official told The Post.
... Since most of the recipients did not have refineries or cargo ships, they needed to sell the oil to someone else who could ship the oil out of Iraq in order to cash in. Investigators now believe Rich and Pollner brokered many of the deals by finding buyers for the oil allocated to people who were bribed by Saddam. The discount Iraqi oil would be resold to major oil companies at higher prices and Rich and Pollner would pocket percentages of the profits, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sources said. "To make this work, they needed someone who knows what he's doing and how to put these deals together," the senior law-enforcement official said of Rich's role in the scandal. So intense is the interest of prosecutors in the Rich connection that Pollner was recently "grabbed" and questioned by investigators from Morgenthau's office as he was on his way to Kennedy Airport for an overseas trip, a law-enforcement official told The Post. </qoute> Sounds like major news to me. Since when do you decide what Mr. Limbaugh can talk about on his own show? This isn't CNN, it's his talk show and he can discuss whatever he feels like. No equal time rule apply. On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:36:20 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > Don't you think that's news? > > > > Clinton pardoned rich for illegal deals with Iraq and is now at the > > center of the Oil-for-food scandal. > > To answer your question, Mr. Rich isn't at the center of the scandal > he's one participant; which is mild news. There are many other > participants including ChevronTexaco and ExxonMobil, who are also > under investigation and have received multiple subpoenas. > > Did Mr. Limbaugh discuss the misdeeds of Chevron or Exxon? If not, I > wonder if he's discussing news or just pontificating? I say it's the > later and thus my point and the problem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139899 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
