by Barry Chamish
25 Oct 2005
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Briefs/6774.htm
Rabin memorial postponed so Clinton can attend
gala event By: Associated Press
Published: October 6, 2005 A gathering marking the 10th anniversary
of the
assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will be
postponed a week
to allow former U.S. President Bill Clinton to attend, organizers
said Thursday.
At Clinton's request, the event, originally set for Nov. 5, will
take place on
Nov. 12, a day after Clinton arrives in Israel, said Moshe Debby,
spokesman for
the Rabin study center in Tel Aviv.
Rabin was gunned down after a peace rally in Tel Aviv on Nov.
4, 1995. Clinton
is expected to address a memorial at the site of the assassination
after
speaking at the a conference kickoff dinner sponsored by the Saban
Center for
Middle East Policy, both on Nov. 12.
Rabin's memorial rally was delayed to accommodate Clinton. That
pretty well
sums up how badly Rabin's memory has been corrupted. But on the
bright side, it
gives us more time to prepare to be there with the truth.
Rabin can save this nation from its enemies if anyone cares to
have it
saved anymore. The world media will be out in force to cover the
tenth
anniversary. And if we have any sense, we'll be joining them with
signs
reading:
Who Really Murdered Yitzhak Rabin?
Reinvestigate Now!
Arrest Peres
And so on...
Even if the Rabin issue isn't your priority, you've got Clinton
on the
podium. Yes, Mr. CFR Bill Clinton, the monster who gave us the
Oslo accords, is
coming to town. And everybody injured by his diplomacy should
be on hand to give
him a welcome he'll never forget.
Of course, the former residents of Gush Katif should unite in
force to
let Clinton know how much he means to them and how much they appreciate
what his
"peace" has brought them. But they'll be too busy sulking
and taking
charity to make the effort. And of course, all those protest leaders
who have
succeeded at nothing will keep their minions at home. Why show
up for a
demonstration that may actually change the course of Israel's
downfall?
That leaves us to do the job by ourselves. I will not recommend
any group
to help out. Last week, one group advertised that I would be sponsoring
a
meeting with a Shabak-connected lawyer. That's an example of what
happens when I
trust people too much.
On the other hand, I've received numerous letters and calls from
trusted
readers promising to join me at the two Rabin services, on Nov.
12 in Tel Aviv
and Nov. 14 at Rabin's grave on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
And that's how it will be for me. On Saturday night, Nov. 12,
8 PM, I'd
be honored if we met at Rabin Square, at the corner where the
Rabin murder was
staged. Come bearing signs. For the religious, there are only
two hours between
the end of Shabbat and the meeting, so plan accordingly. Please
write me if
you'd like to help me and the nation out.
Other readers are taking matters into their own hands. Three such
committed correspondents want to pitch in for other events. On
October 27, New
York will be holding its official Rabin memorial service:
Rabin Memorial - RSVP to: info@newyork.mfa.gov.il
Date: 20/10/2005 10:32:58 Eastern Standard Time
From: FrancineR@newyork.mfa.gov.il
To: FrancineR@newyork.mfa.gov.il
Yitzhak Rabin 1922 - 1995
Dear friend,
I am pleased to offer you the opportunity to attend the 10th Annual
Commemoration Ceremony in memory of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin.
The ceremony will take place in New York City on Thursday, October
27th, 2005 at
6:00pm, with the attendance of Rabin's daughter, Ms. Dalia Rabin,
and special
guest Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Please find attached an invitation for the ceremony. However,
there are limited
places available, and so seats will be reserved on a first come
first serve
basis. Please RSVP by email to info@newyork.mfa.gov.il and we
will send a
confirmation email.
Shalom,
Ambassador Arye Mekel
Consul General of Israel in New York
Please contact the following addresses if you'd like to hand
out flyers and
set this meeting straight.
Hurry, there is very little time:
ISTANBUL18@aol.com
alsteinkopf@yahoo.com
Now, back to Israel. On Nov. 15-16, look who is coming to Netanya
to
commemorate Rabin. Just look at the list of "people"
who have the
nerve to set foot on our land. There is Javier Solana, who worked
with Peres and
Beilin, to sell our heritage for Europe's bounty. There is the
CFR's James
Wolfensohn, who sold Gush Katif to the World Bank out of his own
pocket. And how
can we ever properly welcome Abu Mazen and Abu Alla to our humble
domicile?
Read the Israel Government's announcement. I'm keeping their
childish
spelling mistakes intact for effect:
ABU MAZEN AND ABU ALA WILL BE AMONG THE DIGNITORIES
WHO WILL ADDRESS THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT THE
NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE MARKING THE 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF YITHAK RABIN
Israel Government Press Office Sunday, 09 October, 2005
[IMRA: The third and most obvious alternative will, out of political
correctness, not be mentioned:
"Peace - Dream, Vision or Nightmare". It it close to
certain that Mr.
Rabin's opposition to a Palestinian state - as expressed in his
last address
to the Knesset - will remain safely buried in the national memory
hole.]
The Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mr. Abu Mazen and Prime
Minister
Abu Ala are expected to address the International Conference which
will be
held at the Strategic Dialogue Center, Netanya Academic College
to mark the
10th anniversary of the assassination of the late Yitzhak Rabin.
The International Conference will be held at the Netanya Academic
College on
November 15-16, 2005 in cooperation with the Yitzhak Rabin Center.The
Chairman of the Strategic Dialogue Center, Netanya Academic College,
M.K.
Gen. (res.) Danny Yatom personally invited Abu Mazen and Abu Ala
to attend
the conference. Both accepted the invitation and would be pleased
to
address the conference.
The address by Abu Mazen to the Netanya conference marking the
10th
anniversary of the Rabin assassination will be the first ever
by a Chairman
of the Palestinian Authority to an Israeli forum.
Among the other dignitaries attending the International Conference
in
Netanya are the following:
The Prime Minister of Jordan during the signing of the Peace Treaty
with
Jordan, Dr. Abdul Salam Al-Majali; President of of Andalusia,
Manuel Chevas;
Miguel Moratinos, Spanish Foreign minister; Javier Solana, European
Union
High Representative for the Common Foreign & Security Policy;
former
President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid; Senior Adviser to the
President
of Egypt, Dr.Osama El Baz; James Wolfenson, Special representative
of the
'Quartet' of International
mediators and former President of the World Bank. The United States
and
Great Britain has announced that a very senior representative
will
participate in the conference at the Netanya College. France is
expected to
send a senior representative.
Other dignitaries are waiting for confirmation of their participation.
The International Conference at the Netanya Academic College to
mark the
10th anniversary of the assassination of the late Yitzhak Rabin
is under the
theme "Peace - Dream or Vision".
A wonderful lady from Netanya called me to volunteer to make
this
conference an event for the ages. If you want to join her in ruining
the party,
write her at: grubin@bezeqint.net
The volunteers have asked what they can hand out at such short
notice.
Under separate cover I've sent you a picture that says it all.
You will see an
ambulance beside Rabin's limousine, the ambulance Rabin wasn't
put in. At the
front of the vehicle you will see Shimon Peres coordinating the
next move with
Rabin's driver, Menachem Damti.
As for a flyer, print lots of the following:
WE ACCUSE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OF LYING
ABOUT THE RABIN ASSASSINATION
- We charge Rabin's bodyguard Yoram Rubin with perjury in his
testimonies to the
Shamgar Commission and at Yigal Amir's trial. He testified that
Amir's bullet
entered and penetrated his arm at the elbow, exiting at the shoulder.
- We charge the pathologist Dr. Yehuda Hiss with medical malpractice
and
evidence tampering. While all other doctors including Gutman,
Sneh and Barabash
reported that Rabin's spine was shattered causing death, Hiss
removed the wound
from Rabin's autopsy.
- We charge Avishai Raviv with perjury at his recent trial. Raviv
testified that
Amir never informed him of his murderous intent.
- We charge Shimon Peres with gross misconduct and dereliction
of public
service. As prime minister, Peres approved the Shamgar Commission's
conclusions
that Rabin was shot twice in the back.
- We charge former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Meir Shamgar
with gross
judicial misconduct for changing the time of Rabin's murder from
9:30 PM to
9:50.
- We charge Eitan Haber of evidence destruction based on his own
testimony to
the Shamgar Commission that he absconded with Rabin's possessions
at Ichilov
Hospital, while later admitting to Kol Ha'ir that on the same
night he cleaned
out Rabin's filing cabinets at the Prime Minister's office.
- We charge Rabin's driver, Menachem Damti with perjury for testifying
to the
Shamgar Commission and at Amir's trial, that he drove to Ichilov
Hospital in
less than two minutes. The ride actually took 22 minutes.
- We charge Yoram Rubin with perjury for testifying to the Shamgar
Commission
that Rabin was shot at 9:50. Yigal Amir was arrested at 9:30.
- We charge Rubin, Damti and Shamgar with conspiracy to alter
evidence, by
coordinating a new, later time of murder.
- We charge Rubin and Damti of being accessories to the murder
of Yitzhak Rabin
by deliberately denying him medical treatment. Note the ambulance
beside Rabin's
limousine. Why wasn't Rabin offered the services of trained medical
professional
waiting ten feet away from him.
- We charge Yoram Rubin with perjury for testifying to the Shamgar
Commission
and Amir's judges that Rabin helped him get up after he was shot
and then jumped
head-first into the limousine. No such thing happened.
- We charge Menachem Damti with perjury for testifying to the
Shamgar Commission
that he was opening the door for Leah Rabin when he heard the
first shot, and
that he reacted by immediately jumping into the driver's seat,
as he was trained
to do. Leah Rabin was standing on the steps nowhere near her husband
when Amir
shot the blanks and Damti stayed outside after the shot.
- We charge the chief judge at Yigal Amir's trial, Edmund Levy,
with gross
judicial misconduct for dismissing the testimony of police forensics
expert,
Inspector Baruch Gladstein, who proved scientifically that Rabin
was shot at 0
range, about half a meter closer than Amir ever got to Rabin.
We charge that
Levy acted with full knowledge and intent in this dismissal of
evidence. All
previous evidence including Inspector Gladstein's testimony is
found at
www.barrychamish.com, as is the defence summation of attorney
Jonathan Goldberg.
Within the latter is more than enough proof that Judge Levy deliberately
ignored
and dismissed relevant evidence throughout the trial.
Please, someone, translate the relevant passages of this message
into
Hebrew and spread the invitation to the memorial services far
and wide.
As a reminder of the kind of ghastly felon who will be eulogizing
Rabin
and soiling our land, I leave you with the following.
The Clinton Legacy
The Progressive Review
Our Clinton Scandal Index
RECORDS SET
- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution
case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
* According to our best information, 40 government officials
were indicted or
convicted in the wake of Watergate. A reader computes that there
was a total of
31 Reagan era convictions, including 14 because of Iran-Contra
and 16 in the
Department of Housing & Urban Development scandal. 47 individuals
and businesses
associated with the Clinton machine were convicted of or pleaded
guilty to
crimes with 33 of these occurring during the Clinton administration
itself.
There were in addition 61 indictments or misdemeanor charges.
14 persons were
imprisoned. A key difference between the Clinton story and earlier
ones was the
number of criminals with whom he was associated before entering
the White
House.
Using a far looser standard that included resignations, David
R. Simon and D.
Stanley Eitzen in Elite Deviance, say that 138 appointees of the
Reagan
administration either resigned under an ethical cloud or were
criminally
indicted. Curiously Haynes Johnson uses the same figure but with
a different
standard in "Sleep-Walking Through History: America in the
Reagan Years:
"By the end of his term, 138 administration officials had
been convicted,
had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations
for
official misconduct and/or criminal violations. In terms of number
of officials
involved, the record of his administration was the worst ever."
STARR-RAY INVESTIGATION
- Number of Starr-Ray investigation convictions or guilty pleas
to date
(including one governor, one associate attorney general and two
Clinton business
partners): 14
- Number of Clinton Cabinet members who came under criminal investigation:
5
- Number of Reagan cabinet members who came under criminal investigation:
4
- Number of top officials jailed in the Teapot Dome Scandal: 3
CRIME STATS
- Number of individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton
machine who
have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes: 47
- Number of these convictions during Clinton's presidency: 33
- Number of indictments/misdemeanor charges: 61
- Number of congressional witnesses who have pleaded the Fifth
Amendment, fled
the country to avoid testifying, or (in the case of foreign witnesses)
refused
to be interviewed: 122
SMALTZ INVESTIGATION
- Guilty pleas and convictions obtained by Donald Smaltz in cases
involving
charges of bribery and fraud against former Agriculture Secretary
Mike Espy and
associated individuals and businesses: 15
- Acquitted or overturned cases (including Espy): 6
- Fines and penalties assessed: $11.5 million
- Amount Tyson Food paid in fines and court costs: $6 million
CLINTON MACHINE CRIMES
FOR WHICH CONVICTIONS
HAVE BEEN OBTAINED
Drug trafficking (3), racketeering, extortion, bribery (4), tax
evasion,
kickbacks, embezzlement (2), fraud (12), conspiracy (5), fraudulent
loans,
illegal gifts (1), illegal campaign contributions (5), money laundering
(6),
perjury, obstruction of justice.
OTHER MATTERS INVESTIGATED BY SPECIAL PROSECUTORS
AND CONGRESS, OR REPORTED IN THE MEDIA
Bank and mail fraud, violations of campaign finance laws, illegal
foreign
campaign funding, improper exports of sensitive technology, physical
violence
and threats of violence, solicitation of perjury, intimidation
of witnesses,
bribery of witnesses, attempted intimidation of prosecutors, perjury
before
congressional committees, lying in statements to federal investigators
and
regulatory officials, flight of witnesses, obstruction of justice,
bribery of
cabinet members, real estate fraud, tax fraud, drug trafficking,
failure to
investigate drug trafficking, bribery of state officials, use
of state police
for personal purposes, exchange of promotions or benefits for
sexual favors,
using state police to provide false court testimony, laundering
of drug money
through a state agency, false reports by medical examiners and
others
investigating suspicious deaths, the firing of the RTC and FBI
director when
these agencies were investigating Clinton and his associates,
failure to conduct
autopsies in suspicious deaths, providing jobs in return for silence
by
witnesses, drug abuse, improper acquisition and use of 900 FBI
files, improper
futures trading, murder, sexual abuse of employees, false testimony
before a
federal judge, shredding of documents, withholding and concealment
of subpoenaed
documents, fabricated charges against (and improper firing of)
White House
employees, inviting drug traffickers, foreign agents and participants
in
organized crime to the White House.
ARKANSAS ALZHEIMER'S
Number of times that Clinton figures who testified in court or
before Congress
said that they didn't remember, didn't know, or something similar.
Bill Kennedy 116
Harold Ickes 148
Ricki Seidman 160
Bruce Lindsey 161
Bill Burton 191
Mark Gearan 221
Mack McLarty 233
Neil Egglseston 250
Hillary Clinton 250
John Podesta 264
Jennifer O'Connor 343
Dwight Holton 348
Patsy Thomasson 420
Jeff Eller 697
THE CLINTON LEGACY:
LONELY HONOR
Here are some of the all too rare public officials, reporters,
and others who
spoke truth to the dismally corrupt power of Bill and Hill Clinton's
political
machine -- some at risk to their careers, others at risk to their
lives. A few
points to note:
- Those corporatist media reporters who attempted to report the
story often
found themselves muzzled; some even lost their jobs. The only
major dailies that
consistently handled the story well were the Wall Street Journal
and the
Washington Times.
- Nobody on this list has gotten rich and many you may not have
even heard of.
Taking on the Clintons typically has not been a happy or rewarding
experience.
At least ten reporters have been fired, transferred off their
beats, resigned,
or otherwise gotten into trouble because of their work on the
scandals.
Whistleblowing is even less appreciated within the government.
One study of
whistleblowers found that 232 out of 233 them reported suffering
retaliation;
another study found reprisals in about 95% of cases.
- Contrary to the popular impression, the politics of those listed
ranges from
the left to the right, and from the ideological to the independent.
- We have not included victims of the Clinton machine, some of
whom have acted
with considerable danger and at considerable risk to themselves.
They will be
included on a later list.
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ was a prosecutor on the staff of Kenneth Starr.
His attempts to
uncover the truth in the Vincent Foster death case were repeatedly
foiled and he
was the subject of planted stories undermining his credibility
and implying that
he was unstable. Rodriguez eventually resigned.
JEAN DUFFEY: Head of a joint federal-county drug task force in
Arkansas. Her
first instructions from her boss: "Jean, you are not to use
the drug task
force to investigate any public official." Duffey's work,
however, led deep
into the heart of the Dixie Mafia, including members of the Clinton
machine and
the investigation of the so-called "train deaths." Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard reports that when she produced a star witness
who could testify
to Clinton's involvement with cocaine, the local prosecuting attorney,
Dan
Harmon issued a subpoena for all the task force records, including
"the
incriminating files on his own activities. If Duffey had complied
it would have
exposed 30 witnesses and her confidential informants to violent
retributions.
She refused." Harmon issued a warrant for her arrest and
friendly cops told
her that there was a $50,000 price on her head. She eventually
fled to Texas.
The once-untouchable Harmon was later convicted of racketeering,
extortion and
drug dealing.
BILL DUNCAN: An IRS investigator in Arkansas who drafted some
30 federal
indictments of Arkansas figures on money laundering and other
charges. Clinton
biographer Roger Morris quotes a source who reviewed the evidence:
"Those
indictments were a real slam dunk if there ever was one."
The cases were
suppressed, many in the name of "national security."
Duncan was never
called to testify. Other IRS agents and state police disavowed
Duncan and turned
on him. Said one source, "Somebody outside ordered it shut
down and the
walls went up."
RUSSELL WELCH: An Arkansas state police detective working with
Duncan. Welch
developed a 35-volume, 3,000 page archive on drug and money laundering
operations at Mena. His investigation was so compromised that
a high state
police official even let one of the targets of the probe look
through the file.
At one point, Welch was sprayed in the face with poison, later
identified by the
Center for Disease Control as anthrax. He would write in his diary,
"I feel
like I live in Russia, waiting for the secret police to pounce
down. A
government has gotten out of control. Men find themselves in positions
of power
and suddenly crimes become legal." Welch is no longer with
the state
police.
DAN SMALTZ: Smaltz did an outstanding job investigating and prosecuting
charges
involving illegal payoffs to Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy,
yet was treated
with disparaging and highly inaccurate reporting by the likes
of the David
Broder and the NY Times. Espy was acquitted under a law that made
it necessary
to not only prove that he accepted gratuities but that he did
something specific
in return. On the other hand, Tyson Foods copped a plea in the
same case, paying
$6 million in fines and serving four years' probation. The charge:
that Tyson
had illegally offered Espy $12,000 in airplane rides, football
tickets and other
payoffs. In the Espy investigation, Smaltz obtained 15 convictions
and collected
over $11 million in fines and civil penalties. Offenses for which
convictions
were obtained included false statements, concealing money from
prohibited
sources, illegal gratuities, illegal contributions, falsifying
records,
interstate transportation of stolen property, money laundering,
and illegal
receipt of USDA subsidies. InciCheap Dental Insurancely, Janet Reno blocked Smaltz
from pursuing
leads aimed at allegations of major drug trafficking in Arkansas
and payoffs to
the then governor of the state, WJ Clinton. Espy had become Ag
secretary only
after being flown to Arkansas to get the approval of chicken king
Don Tyson.
DAVID SCHIPPERS, was House impeachment counsel and a Chicago
Democrat. He did a
highly creditable job but since he didn't fit the right-wing conspiracy
theory,
the Clintonista media downplayed his work. Thus most Americans
don't know that
he told NewsMax, "Let me tell you, if we had a chance to
put on a case, I
would have put live witnesses before the committee. But the House
leadership,
and I'm not talking about Henry Hyde, they just killed us as far
as time was
concerned. I begged them to let me take it into this year. Then
I screamed for
witnesses before the Senate. But there was nothing anybody could
do to get those
Senators to show any courage. They told us essentially, you're
not going to get
67 votes so why are you wasting our time." Schippers also
said that while a
number of representatives looked at additional evidence kept under
seal in a
nearby House building, not a single senator did.
JOHN CLARKE: When Patrick Knowlton stopped to relieve himself
in Ft. Marcy Park
70 minutes before the discovery of Vince Foster's body, he saw
things that got
him into deep trouble. His interview statements were falsified
and prior to
testifying he claims he was overtly harassed by more than a score
of men in a
classic witness intimidation technique. In some cases there were
witnesses. John
Clarke has been his dogged lawyer in the witness intimidation
case that has been
largely ignored by the media, even when the three-judge panel
overseeing the
Starr investigation permitted Knowlton to append a 20 page addendum
to the Starr
Report.
OTHER
THE ARKANSAS COMMITTEE: What would later be known as the Vast
Right Wing
Conspiracy actually began on the left - as a group of progressive
students at
the University of Arkansas formed the Arkansas Committee to look
into Mena,
drugs, money laundering, and Arkansas politics. This committee
was the source of
some of the important early Clinton stories.
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SCANDALS E-LIST: Moderated by Ray Heizer,
this list has
been subject to all the idiosyncrasies of Internet bulletin boards,
but it has
nonetheless proved invaluable to researchers and journalists.
JOURNALISTS
JERRY SEPER of the Washington Times was far and away the best
beat reporter of
the story, handling it week after week in the best tradition of
investigative
journalism. If other reporters had followed Seper's lead, the
history of the
Clintons machine might have been quite different.
AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD of the London Telegraph did a remarkable
job of digging
into some of the seamiest tales from Arkansas and the Clinton
past. Other early
arrivals on the scene were Alexander Cockburn and Jeff Gerth.
CHRISTOPHER RUDDY, among other fine reports on the Clinton scandals,
did the
best job laying out the facts in the Vince Foster death case.
ROGER MORRIS AND SALLY DENTON wrote a major expose of events
at Mena, but at the
last moment the Washington Post's brass ordered the story killed.
It was
published by Penthouse and later included in Morris' "Partners
in
Power," the best biography of the Clintons.
OTHERS who helped get parts of the story out included reporters
Philip Weiss,
Carl Limbacher, Wes Phelan, David Bresnahan, William Sammon, Liza
Myers, Mara
Leveritt, Matt Drudge, Jim Ridgeway, Nat Hentoff, Michael Isikoff,
Christopher
Hitchens, and Michael Kelly. Also independent investigator Hugh
Sprunt and
former White House FBI agent Gary Aldrich.
Sam Smith of the Progressive Review wrote the first book (Shadows
of Hope,
University of Indiana Press, 1994) deconstructing the Clinton
myth and the
Review developed a major database on the topic.
The Clintons, to adapt a line from Dr. Johnson, were not only
corrupt, they were
the cause of corruption in others. Seldom in America have so many
come to excuse
so much mendacity and malfeasance as during the Clinton years.
These rare
exceptions cited above, and others unmentioned, deserve our deep
thank
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