Washington Times-June 21, 2000
U.S. policy for sale
By Milton R. Copulos
The Democratic National Committee's (DNC) recent $26 million
fund-raiser started on a sour note. To the dismay of the Gucci
jean-clad, nouveau-riche attendees, a chant of "Stop the
corruption" rose from somewhere in the audience. Never one to
miss an opportunity to discuss the real issue, President Clinton
shot right back. Barely missing a beat he retorted, "I don't
believe it's corruption to pass the Brady bill instead of beat
it, or pass the Family and Medical Leave bill so 21 million
ordinary working people can take some time off when their babies
are born or their parents are sick."
It was classic Clinton. It was facile, quotable and
disingenuous.
It also obscured the point.
The real corruption has nothing to do with people who
contribute because Mr. Clinton supports the Brady bill, or family
leave, or any other domestic concern, for that matter. It doesn't
even have anything to do with turning the Lincoln Bedroom into a
Motel 6 for the wealthy and privileged. It has everything to do
however, with the influence of foreign money on the highest
levels of government.
Drug money.
Chinese communist money.
To illustrate:
Item: Jorge Cabrerra, a convicted drug-dealer gave the
Clinton-Gore campaign a $20,000 contribution. A particularly
noteworthy fact since prior to making the donation he had never
maintained a checking account because, as he told investigators
for a federal drug task-force, "Then you need accountants, and
they can rat on you." He apparently did not have the same concern
about his friends in the Clinton-Gore campaign.
Item: Harry A. Falk, inmate #37628-004, currently serving a
27-year sentence for laundering drug money, told government
investigators how he participated in siphoning money to DNC
candidates through "straw donors." His partner, and fellow
conspirator in the scheme, Duvan Arboleda, fled the country to
his native Colombia to avoid prosecution. He was murdered on the
streets of Cali.
Item: When, in the course of a bank fraud investigation, New
York prosecutors uncovered compelling evidence that Venezuelan
banker Jorge Castro Barredo made illegal contributions to the
Clinton-Gore campaign, at the behest of DNC fund-raiser Charles
Intriago, they notified the U.S. Attorney's office in Miami.
Federal prosecutors there were set to move aggressively on what
they felt was a prima facie case. But, suddenly, the Miami
prosecutors got a call from Lee Radek, head of the Justice
Department's Public Integrity Section in Washington saying they
were taking over. The result? The case languished until the
statute of limitations expired, and no charges were ever brought.
Item: Johnny Chung testified that he received $300,000 from
General Ji Shengde, head of Military Intelligence for China's
People's Liberation Army. Gen. Ji told Chung, "We like your
president."
Item: Ted Sioeng, a businessman with close ties to the
communist Chinese government, as well as suspected ties to
organized crime in Macao, funneled hundreds of thousands of
dollars to the Clinton-Gore campaign through various straw
donors. When congressional investigators attempted to grant
immunity to his associate Ken La, the Justice Department blocked
the move.
And what did the foreign donors get in return? Certainly
more than "photo-ops" with the president, or invitations to
weekly radio broadcasts.
Consider for example trade policy. Clinton administration
waivers on the transfer of sensitive military and so-called "dual
use" technologies allowed China to make advances in ballistic
missile capabilities experts say would have taken decades to
achieve otherwise.
Human rights violations in China have been ignored.
Unprecedented breaches of security have taken place at our most
sensitive facilities — despite warnings from security officials
of the dangers. And what happened to those officials? They became
the targets of retribution rather than being acknowledged for
their prescience.
And what of the "War on Drugs?" From his first days in
office, Mr. Clinton moved to slash interdiction programs. Time
and time again, his appointees have frustrated attempts to aid
Colombia's embattled anti-narcotics police. Representatives of
the Clinton State Department even met with representatives of
that nation's rebel guerrillas — guerrillas who are now on the
verge of taking control of Colombia and creating a de facto
narco-state.
This is not to say that the actions are a direct consequence
of illicit contributions. But they certainly show why foreign
donors like Gen. Ji would say they "like your president."
In the end, this is not about paperwork foul-ups, or
"controlling legal authority." It is not about domestic issues
like gun control or family leave. It is about the security of our
nation. It is about drug money, and foreign intelligence service
money, and how they influence policy decisions. And we'd all do
well to recognize that fact.
Milton R. Copulos is vice president of Hambrick mediaworks and a
former congressional investigator.
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