-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 1/26/2001 6:52 AM To: undisclosed-recipients Cc: Subject: [CIA-DRUGS] Trent Lott and white supremacy FROM: http://www.trenttellthetruth.com/trent.htm Trent Lott’s History on Issues of Race and Sexual Orientation Trent Lott hails from the old segregationist school that opposed court-ordered desegregation in the South in the 1950s and 1960s. As a young man, he supported Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett’s segregationist movement, and when he first entered Congress, one of the first bills he filed was designed to halt school desegregation. As the years wore on, the segregationist movement began to wilt. But Mr. Lott clung to its ideals. In 1981, he lobbied President Reagan to protect the federal tax exemption for segregated educational institutions in the South, such as Bob Jones University in South Carolina, and the all-white private schools - or "seg" academies - that were cropping up in Mississippi at the time. As late as 1983, he still argued for states’ rights under the Tenth Amendment - echoing the rallying call of the old segregationists - and he still opposed a national holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. After the early 80s, Mr. Lott moderated his public stance on racial issues, but he continued to appeal to the racist elements of his constituency. As recent stories in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Newsweek have revealed, Mr. Lott has maintained a close relationship, in recent years, with a racist and anti-Semitic group called the Council of Conservative Citizens. Since 1992, Mr. Lott has appeared as the keynote speaker at a CCC event, received the organization’s leadership in his Washington D.C. office, posed for photographs with that leadership, sent his regular column to CCC publications, and appeared at the group’s rallies for the "seg" academies that he supported in the early-80s. At one speech before the Council’s membership, Trent Lott told the audience that "the people in this room stand for the right principles and the right philosophy." A review of CCC publications and the organization’s web site reveals that the group’s "philosophy" is one of intolerance. The CCC has argued for apartheid in South Africa, complained that minorities are turning the US population into "a slimy brown mass of glop," and asserted that Jews have "turned spite into welfare billions for themselves." But Mr. Lott’s positions on racial issues are not the only cause for concern. Just last year, on June 15, 1998, Mr. Lott said on a radio show that homosexuality is a sin, and that gay people should be assisted in dealing with their ‘problem’ just as we might assist people who have a problem with "alcohol…or sex addiction," and just as we might assist "kleptomaniacs." A SENATE MAJORITY LEADER WITH CLOSE TIES TO WHITE SUPREMACISTS, A SENATE THAT REMAINS SILENT IN THE FACE OF BIGOTRY In December of 1998, a racist and anti-Semitic organization called the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) made headlines. Immediately thereafter, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott’s name arose in connection with the group. Mr. Lott said through a spokesman that he had "no firsthand knowledge" of the group’s beliefs. But, subsequent reports by The Washington Post and The New York Times suggested that the Senate Majority Leader was being less than truthful. These reports revealed that Mr. Lott had received CCC leaders in his office, posed for photographs with those leaders, sent his column to CCC publications, appeared at the organization’s rallies and served as a speaker at the group’s events - declaring at one such event that "the people in this room stand for the right principles and the right philosophy." The United States Senate has known about the disturbing relationship between Trent Lott and the CCC since December of 1998, but the body has taken no action. If you find this situation unacceptable, please join us in filing a complaint against Mr. Lott with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. Please join us in telling the Senate that we cannot tolerate a Senate Majority Leader with close ties to a white supremacist organization. CITIZENS FOR TOLERANCE URGES MCI, AT&T AND LOCKHEED MARTIN TO DROP SPONSORSHIP OF TRENT LOTT INSTITUTE CAMBRIDGE, MA (May 10, 1999) - Today, Citizens for Tolerance sent letters to the CEOs of MCI Worldcom Inc., AT&T and Lockheed Martin Corporation, urging them to reconsider their sponsorship of the proposed Trent Lott Leadership Institute at the University of Mississippi. "Over the course of the last six months, the national press has documented a long-term relationship between Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and a white supremacist group called the Council of Conservative Citizens," said Tom Cosgrove, chairman of Citizens for Tolerance. "In the wake of this story, it is not appropriate for major corporations to endorse, and institutionalize, Trent Lott’s model of leadership." Senator Lott’s name first surfaced in connection with the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) in December of 1998. At the time, Senator Lott said through a spokesman that he had "no firsthand knowledge" of the CCC’s beliefs. But The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times went on to document a long-term relationship between Lott and the CCC - a relationship that has included meetings in the Senator’s office, photo opportunities with CCC leaders, the appearance of Lott’s columns in CCC publications, and repeated speaking engagements before the Council. Citizens for Tolerance formed in the wake of the press reports, and filed a complaint with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics that charged Lott with conduct unbecoming a U.S. Senator. The group also launched a web site at www.TrentTellTheTruth.com which allows browsers to file their own complaints electronically. Thousands of Americans have filed complaints through the web site, and a national poll commissioned by Citizens for Tolerance revealed that 62% of Americans, including 57% of Republicans and 65% of Democrats, believe that the Select Committee on Ethics should pursue the matter. Tom Cosgrove cited this poll in his letter to executives at MCI, AT&T and Lockheed Martin. "These polling figures suggest that your donation to the Trent Lott Leadership Institute may be less than popular among the general public, your shareholders, your employees and your customers," wrote Cosgrove, "In light of these realities, and Senator Lott’s disturbing ties to white supremacists, we respectfully request that you reconsider your support for the Trent Lott Leadership Institute at the University of Mississippi." MCI, AT&T and Lockheed Martin first received attention for their donations to the Trent Lott Leadership Institute by way of a front-page article in the May 8, 1999 edition of The New York Times. The article cited political experts who suggested that corporate donations to the Institute represented an attempt to influence the Senator. Note: The Citizens for Tolerance survey was conducted by Lake Sosin Snell Perry on March 30, 1999, and has a margin of error of +/- 4%. REPUBLICANS SUPPORT ETHICS PROBE OF TRENT LOTT FOR TIES TO WHITE SUPREMACISTS CITIZENS FOR TOLERANCE URGES ETHICS COMMITTEE CHAIR SENATOR ROBERT SMITH (R-NH) AND VICE-CHAIR HARRY REID (D-NV) TO MOVE FORWARD WITH INVESTIGATION CAMBRIDGE, MA, March 31 - Today, Citizens for Tolerance released a nationwide public opinion survey showing that 62% of Americans support an investigation by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics into Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott’s ties to white supremacists. In addition, the poll found that 57% of Republicans, 65% of Democrats, 66% of women and 73% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 support the investigation. Tom Cosgrove, chairman of Citizens for Tolerance, said, "The American public, including a solid majority of both Democrats and Republicans, clearly supports a Senate investigation into the relationship between Senator Lott and a racist and anti-Semitic group called the Council of Conservative Citizens." Citizens for Tolerance formed in the wake of national press reports documenting a long-term relationship between Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC). On March 12, 1999, Citizens for Tolerance filed a complaint with the U.S. Senate’s Select Committee on Ethics, charging Senator Lott with "improper conduct which may reflect upon the Senate" in violation of Section 2(a)(1) of the rules of the Select Committee on Ethics. Citizens for Tolerance asserted that Senator Lott’s long-term association with a group that promotes hate, and his attempts to cover up that association when the press first reported it, constitute "improper conduct." Citizens for Tolerance posted their complaint, and information on the relationship between Lott and the CCC, at www.TrentTellTheTruth.com. The website provides the public with a chance to learn more about Lott’s ties to the CCC, and to file their own ethics complaints against the Senate Majority Leader. Since March 12th, browsers have sent thousands of complaints to the Select Committee’s Chairman, Senator Robert Smith (R-NH). Despite the overwhelming public support for an Ethics Committee investigation, Citizens for Tolerance recently received a letter from the chief counsel of the Select Committee on Ethics dismissing the group’s complaint against Senator Lott. Tom Cosgrove rejected the dismissal, "The chief counsel has decided to play procedural politics, and to dismiss our complaint without a proper review of the allegations - in violation of the Committee’s rules. I urge Senator Smith and Senator Reid, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee, to rescind this dismissal and to begin a proper review of our complaint against the Senate Majority Leader." Committee rules state, under Part II, Sections 3(c) and 3(d), that the Chairman and Vice-Chairman must take one of two actions upon receipt of a claim. The first option is to conduct a "preliminary inquiry." Under this provision, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman must commission a "full report" on the allegations. Once they receive the full report, they may do one of two things. They may refer the allegations to the full Committee, which must vote on whether to pursue an "initial review," or they may dismiss the complaint if it "is clearly not within the jurisdiction of the Committee" or if "there is no reason to believe that the alleged improper conduct or violation may have occurred." The second option for the Chairman and Vice-Chairman is to turn over the complaint to the full Committee at the outset, and to procure a recorded vote on whether to conduct an "initial review." The letter that Citizens for Tolerance received from the chief counsel of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics made no indication of any joint action by the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, made no reference to a "full report," made no mention of a "recorded vote" by the full Committee, and did not prove the allegations were unfounded or fell outside of the Committee’s jurisdiction. Furthermore, the letter was dated Tuesday, March 16, 1999, and the Committee received the ethics complaint on Friday, March 12, 1999, meaning that it only took two business days to dismiss the matter. It is unlikely that the Committee could have fulfilled its obligations in so short a period of time. Today, Citizens for Tolerance sent a letter to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics raising these issues. "We are writing to remind the Select Committee of the rules," said Cosgrove "and to focus the Committee on the central issues in this case – Senator Lott maintained a long relationship with a group that promotes hate, and then he tried to cover up that relationship, bringing shame upon the Senate." The national press first linked Lott to the CCC in December of 1998. The Senate Majority Leader, at the time, said that he had "no firsthand knowledge" of the group’s beliefs. But then The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times documented a long-term relationship between Lott and the CCC - a relationship that included meetings in Lott’s office, photo opportunities with CCC leaders, the appearance of Lott’s columns in CCC publications, and repeated speaking engagements before the Council. During one of those speaking engagements, Lott told members of the CCC that "the people in this room stand for the right principles and the right philosophy." The CCC philosophy is one of racism, anti-Semitism and homophobia. The organization has argued, among other things, that minorities are turning the U.S. population into "a slimy brown mass of glop," that Jews "have turned spite into welfare billions for themselves," and that gays join the military to prey on the young and to procure free healthcare for AIDS. Note: The Citizens for Tolerance survey was conducted by Lake Sosin Snell Perry on March 30, 1999, and has a margin of error of +/- 4%. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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