-Caveat Lector- <http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Top%20World%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad _topright_topworld&refer=topworld&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=blk&bt=ad _position1_topfin&middle=ad_frame2_topfin&s=AOp9DuxVXRG96b3Jl> 03/02 01:54 Dozoretz Was Liaison to Clinton in Rich Pardon Case (Update1) By William Roberts and Glen Justice Washington, March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Beth Dozoretz, the former head of finance for the Democratic National Committee, served as a liaison to President Bill Clinton in tax fugitive Marc Rich's bid for a presidential pardon, phone records show. Former White House Counsel Jack Quinn, hired by Rich to lobby for his pardon, said he asked Dozoretz to tell Clinton that a pardon application for Rich would be coming. Later, Quinn said he used Dozoretz to find out the status of his request because she spoke to Clinton more frequently than he did. Dozoretz helped raise $170 million for the Democratic Party in the 2000 election. ``We had a number of conversations,'' Quinn said. ``As I had requested early on in the process, she indicated to the president that I was going to be filing a pardon application.'' Rich, who was indicted in 1983 in New York on charges of fraud, racketeering, tax evasion and illegal trading with Iran, was one of 140 people pardoned in the final hours of Clinton's presidency. His pardon prompted investigations by three congressional committees and the U.S. Attorney in New York. Dozoretz, 50, a friend of both Clinton and Rich's ex-wife, Denise Rich, appeared under subpoena before the House committee yesterday and declined to testify, invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Testimony to the House Government Reform Committee and phone message records obtained and released by the committee yesterday show Dozoretz was more involved in the pardon effort than previously portrayed. Tax Fugitive Dozoretz' attorney Tom Green told the New York Times on Dec. 17, she was ``really on the periphery of this entire pardon transaction.'' Phone logs show that Dozoretz and Quinn exchanged phone calls from November, when she was helping press Rich's case, to February, when the controversy of the tax fugitive's pardon broke. Dozoretz pledged in May to raise $1 million for Clinton's library. Later in July and August, Denise Rich gave the foundation $450,000, according to testimony and documents released by the committee. Quinn's telephone and e-mail messages, obtained by the committee, provide a time-line of the pursuit of the pardon. Clinton Call Dozoretz's first message for Quinn was dated Dec. 8, according to photocopies of hand-written notes on pink message slips. The next from Dozoretz on Jan. 2 inquired, ``Any news on the matter?'' Dozoretz left another message on Jan. 8. On Jan. 10, Quinn e- mailed a White House official seeking to arrange a five-minute telephone call with Clinton the next week. That same day, Dozoretz spoke to Clinton by telephone from her vacation home in Aspen, Colorado. At her side sat Denise Rich, e-mails showed. Denise Rich left a message for Quinn on Jan. 12. Dozoretz left another message on Jan. 18. On Jan. 19, the day before the end of Clinton's term, she called and left a message that read Dozoretz was ``on plane. if you need her.'' The phone messages from Dozoretz to Quinn continued after Clinton granted Rich the pardon. She left messages on Jan 23 and 24. ``NYTimes was great today!'' Dozoretz said on Jan. 25. Pardon Decision The New York Times has published an article based on an interview with Quinn describing how Clinton made his decision to pardon Rich after a 20-minute conversation with Quinn on the evening of Jan. 19. Quinn was quoted having said: ``Every word I had with the president was about the legal merits. He was not focused on `Are they Democrats?' or `Is Denise for this?' '' On Jan. 29 and 31, Dozoretz left messages for Quinn saying he was ``the smartest lawyer in America,'' and ``Hearing lots of good things about you, especially hearing you are brilliant.'' The next day Quinn's secretary left him a message from Dozoretz, saying, ``Just had important conversation. She would like to share with you.'' Later that day, ``I need Jack, honey, it's Beth,'' she told Quinn's secretary. Representative Christopher Shays, Republican of Connecticut, asked Dozoretz whether she discussed the Marc Rich pardon with the president and whether she or the president mentioned Denise Rich's $450,000 contribution to his library foundation, or other cash contributions to the Democratic Party. ``Upon the advice of my counsel I respectfully decline to answer that question based on the protection afforded me under the United States Constitution,'' Dozoretz said. Political Contributions Government Reform Committee Chairman Dan Burton, Republican of Indiana, said the panel is trying to determine whether Clinton gave Rich a pardon in exchange for political contributions and donations to the foundation building Clinton's presidential library in Little Rock, Arkansas. Three senior Clinton advisers testified that they advised the President against pardoning Rich. Still, John Podesta, Clinton's chief of staff, Beth Nolan, the White House counsel, and Bruce Lindsey, a deputy White House counsel, said Clinton hadn't done anything improper. Dozoretz is married to Ronald Dozoretz, 65, who owns 80 percent of privately held FHC Health Systems, a managed care system of mental health and substance abuse care centers. He was appointed by Clinton to two six-year terms on the board of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. The couple moved to Washington from Norfolk, Va., in 1993. They entertained guests at their Georgetown townhouse overlooking the Potomac River before buying a $4.6 million mansion where Beth Dozoretz hosted fundraising parties. The couple became close friends with the Clintons, spending time with them at Camp David and vacationing together at Martha's Vineyard. Bill Clinton is godfather to their 2 1/2-year-old daughter. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <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! 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