I think he prefers Hershey's Kisses. On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:21 AM, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I thought barry was all about change. seems like all he is doing is > recycling the clinton folk. no change there. wonder if monica will > be an intern for him. > > On Nov 13, 6:01 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Reno would be much better than gorelick. Holly would be better than > > gorelick > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 4:56 AM, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > *Can Janet Reno be far behind??? LOL* > > > ** > > > *CW* > > > ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > *To:* Political forum <[email protected]> > > > *Sent:* Thursday, November 13, 2008 05:52 > > > *Subject:* She's b-a-a-a-c-k!! Jamie Gorelick as possible Obama AG > > > > > This would make albore as sec'y of state look like a gift from heaven. > > > > > From: *Travis* > > > Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008 > > > Subject: She's b-a-a-a-c-k!! Jamie Gorelick as possible Obama AG > > > > > Israpundit November 11, 2008 She's b-a-a-a-c-k!! Jamie Gorelick as > > > possible Obama AG > > > > > *Another Brick In 'The Wall'?* > > > > > IBD Editorial< > http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=311299438774571> > > > [image: Jamie Gorelick at 9/11 Commission hearings]< > http://www.israpundit.com/2008/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/smlissues03...> > > > > > Jamie Gorelick at 9/11 Commission hearings > > > , November 11, 2008 > > > > > *Transition: Jamie Gorelick may be back, this time as attorney general. > It > > > was her "wall of separation" that that left us blind pre-9/11. And > let's not > > > forget her admirable service at Fannie Mae.* > > > > > Not many people can claim to have been at the center of arguably the > > > greatest financial disaster and greatest national security disaster in > > > American history. But Gorelick, said to be on the short list for > attorney > > > general by the New York Times, can. Surely that qualifies her for > further > > > government service. > > > > > *Gorelick earned an estimated $26 million serving as vice chair of > Fannie > > > Mae from 1998 to 2003. In 1998, according to the Washington Post , > Gorelick > > > received a bonus of $779,625, despite a scandal in which employees > falsified > > > signatures on accounting transactions to manipulate books to meet 1998 > > > earning targets.* > > > > > ** > > > > > In 2003, she got a "Friends of Angelo" sweetheart mortgage deal from > > > Countrywide Financial for almost $1 million. Her $960,000 mortgage > > > refinancing in 2003 was handled through a program reserved for > influential > > > figures and friends of Countrywide's chief executive at the time, > Angelo > > > Mozilo. > > > > > Countrywide's loans on preferential terms to influential figures are > the > > > subject of a federal grand jury investigation in Los Angeles, according > to > > > people involved in the inquiry. So Gorelick is in fact under > investigation > > > by the department she might soon be running. > > > > > *On March 25, 2002, BusinessWeek quoted Gorelick as saying: "We believe > we > > > are managed safely. Fannie Mae is among the handful of top-quality > > > institutions." One year later, government regulators accused Fannie Mae > of > > > improper accounting to the tune of $9 billion in unrecorded losses. > This > > > keen financial oversight set the stage for the financial meltdown to > follow. > > > * > > > > > * > > > * > > > > > Before Fannie Mae, Gorelick was deputy attorney general in the Clinton > > > Justice Department and architect of the policy that established a wall > > > between intelligence and law enforcement, making "connecting the dots" > > > before 9/11 a virtual impossibility. > > > > > *Gorelick was the author of a 1995 memo that helped establish what > former > > > Attorney General John Ashcroft testified was the "single greatest > structural > > > cause" for Sept. 11, which was "the wall that segregated criminal > > > investigators and intelligence agents."* > > > > > *"Government erected this wall," Ashcroft said. "Government buttressed > > > this wall. And before Sept. 11, government was blinded by this wall." > > > * > > > > > * > > > * > > > > > Gorelick later was a member of the 9/11 Commission, a participant in > the > > > very events being investigated. At the commission hearings, she > pummeled > > > Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, not with questions but with > accusations > > > of malfeasance, asking Rice why her office failed to "connect the > dots." > > > > > Gorelick made the accusations knowing that she herself issued the memo > > > ordering the FBI to erect a legal wall between itself and the CIA, > > > preventing them from sharing information, making it impossible to > collect > > > the dots, much less connect them. She should have been a witness, not a > > > panel member. > > > > > Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White, who in 1998 brought an > indictment > > > against bin Laden and a deputy, Mohammed Atef, for the bombings of the > U.S. > > > embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, wrote two scathing memos to Attorney > > > General Janet Reno on the wall Gorelick built with Reno's approval. > > > > > On June 13, 1995, White wrote Reno: "The most effective way to combat > > > terrorism is with as few labels and walls as possible so that whenever > > > permissible, the right and left hands are communicating." > > > > > According to a New York Post report, White was so upset after Reno and > > > Gorelick refused to tear down Gorelick's wall barring > information-sharing > > > between intelligence and law enforcement that she wrote a second, > > > still-secret memo, saying their wall hindered law enforcement and could > cost > > > lives. > > > > > In this time of financial crisis and war on terror, it would be more > than a > > > little ironic if an old Clinton crony, someone who played a detrimental > role > > > in both, would be rewarded again with a key role in government. 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