from:http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ <A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/";>The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe - ------ VP Gore Strong-Arms Crypto Company, then Demands Donation
Between 1995 and 1996 Al Gore called 44 people from the White house to solicit money for his re-election. Those calls netted the DNC over $2 million dollars. The Vice President placed these calls from the White House on his DNC credit card. One person Mr. Gore called was Sandford Robertson, part owner of the San Francisco investment banking firm Robertson, Stephens and Co. The Vice President's call obtained $142,000 from "Sandy" Robertson for the DNC. Yet, Sandy was already well known in the DNC camp. Between 1993 and 1997, Sandy Robertson or his wife donated over $700,000 to various campaigns, including $100,000 for Clinton's 1993 inauguration. Robertson, Stephens and Co. are also major financial backers of Security Dynamics, the present owners of RSA Inc. It was Robertson, Stephens and Co. that filed the agreement documents with the SEC (Security and Exchange Commission) for the merger of RSA and Security Dynamics in April of 1996. Of course, Robertson, Stephens and Co. were well paid to sponsor the RSA/SDI merger deal. Robertson and Stephens not only wrote the merger agreement between RSA and SDI they also underwrote the first two public offerings of SDI stock. "Robertson, Stephens & Company has provided certain investment banking services to Security Dynamics from time to time, including acting as an underwriter for each of the two public offerings of shares of the common stock of Security Dynamics. In addition, Robertson, Stephens & Company maintains a market in shares of the common stock of Security Dynamics. Furthermore, Robertson, Stephens & Company has acted as financial advisor to Security Dynamics in connection with the Merger for which a portion of our fees is due and payable upon delivery of this opinion and the remaining portion of our fees is due and payable contingent upon the closing of the Merger." SEC Merger Document April, 1996 ROBERTSON, STEPHENS & COMPANY LLC Edwin David Hertz Jim Bidzos, RSA chairman, stated that Al Gore personally lobbied him to sell the RSA crypto patents to the US Government. It is reported that Al failed and Bidzos walked out. Al Gore has never denied nor confirmed Mr. Bidzos's remarks about his effort on behalf of the US government. Yet, Jim Bidzos also took a trip to Beijing in late 1995. The result of that trip was second trip to Beijing in February of 1996 and a deal with the Academy of Science to sell encryption technology directly to the PRC government. The Clinton administration, quick to prosecute anyone who sold encryption outside the US, did nothing to stop the RSA deal with China. Al Gore tried to buy the rights to encryption technology from RSA for the US government. That was an official act performed by the Vice President. Al Gore has also played a major role in the Clinton Administration's Crypto policy. He was fully briefed early on about Clipper and later would lobby hard to push the draconian controls sought by the government. Yet, despite the obvious conflict of interest, Al Gore did not hesitate to solicit donations from the very same company he had just tried to strong-arm. Al dialed for money from the same company that needed the administration's approval for export. In the end... Money was exchanged and services were rendered. China now has the RSA crypto technology, Al Gore got the donation money and "Sandy" Robertson stands to become even richer. 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775
