SubscribeClinton Camp: Secret Service Doesn’t Vet Donors
From the ever-vigilant CNSNews:
Clinton Campaign Denies Secret Service Vetting of Fugitive Donor
By Fred Lucas
September 14, 2007
(CNSNews.com) - After pledging to return $850,000 raised by fugitive fundraiser Norman Hsu, Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign vowed this week to do more rigorous background checks of big donors.
But some law enforcement officials contend the former first lady — or someone close to her — should have known about Hsu’s fugitive status, given the routine background checks conducted by the U.S. Secret Service on protected persons…
“I would absolutely be shocked if the protective intelligence division of the Secret Service was not fully aware of Mr. Hsu’s status as a fugitive,” Carl Rowan, a federal agent with both the FBI and the U.S. Marshalls for a decade, said in an interview…
“It is standard operating procedure to run the names and Social Security numbers of anyone who will be close to the protectee,” Rowan continued. “Besides the safety concerns, the Secret Service works hard to avoid embarrassing situations for the protectee.”
The Clinton campaign dismissed this theory.
“Sorry, you are not correct. The Secret Service did not vet Mr. Hsu,” Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson told Cybercast News Service in a written statement.
Asked why the Secret Service didn’t vet Hsu, Wolfson said in a follow-up statement, “I don’t mean to state the obvious, but she’s not the first lady anymore.”
The U.S. Secret Service would not comment for this story.
However, according to the Secret Service Web site, Public Law 89-186, approved by Congress in 1965, requires the agency to “protect a former president and his/her spouse during their lifetime, unless they decline protection.”
The law was changed in 1997 to protect only former presidents for 10 years after leaving office. But that law applies only to presidents elected after that year, 1997. “Therefore, President Clinton will be the last president to receive lifetime protection,” the Secret Service Web site stated.
“There are all kinds of levels of background checks that would make law enforcement raise their eyebrows,” said Ted Deeds, chief operating officer of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America.
“I’m sure the Secret Service knew he was a wanted felon fugitive. What a scandal it would be if they didn’t warn a president or first lady they were standing next to a convicted felon,” he added.
It’s standard operating procedure to check the Social Security number and date of birth of anyone who is going to be in a room with the president or first lady, Deeds said.
“If the Secret Service did not do the basic due-diligence check, then the questions are even more pointed,” said Deeds. “Who ordered them not to do it and why? Was the Clinton campaign, and by extension the Democrat fundraising machine, so focused on money that they would violate basic security protocol?”
Hsu is not the only big Clinton donor facing legal problems that might be flagged in a background check.
Los Angeles businessman Abdul Rehman Jinah, a Pakistani immigrant, is wanted by federal authorities on charges he channeled $30,000 in illegal contributions to Clinton’s presidential campaign.
He reportedly disappeared after a federal grand jury indicted him for violating federal election laws, according to press reports.
Jinah has also appeared in pictures with Clinton in the media, apparently making it through any vetting or non-vetting conducted in regards to the former first lady. The Clinton campaign said it would give the money raised by Jinah to charity.
Sant S. Chatwal, an Indian-American businessman, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Clinton’s campaign, according to The Washington Post, even while he battles the IRS over $4 million in unpaid taxes, New York state over a $5 million tax lien, and the government of India over a bank fraud charge…
And of course a lot of these donors were raising money for Hillary when she was still merely the first lady.
Indeed, fundraising for Hillary’s Senate campaign was a top priority during Bill and Hillary’s last years in the White House.
So even in the unlikely event that the Secret Service is not expected to vet contributors now, they have no excuse for not vetting them then.
Unless they were ordered to turn a blind eye.
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September 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
You know, Rush Limbaugh comments now and then - that his show is prep for the media to learn what is ‘news’ and to have quotes to ‘take out of context’. I think that the Internet is part of that ’show prep’ too - to think that I asked that question here on one of the Hsu stories and now (ta da)[ sorry if I seem to be implying that it is my post, I have to believe that some vaulted conservative pundit also asked that question] - the Clinton campaign has a twisted distortion that lays the blame at the feet of the Secret Service (remember it is never Hills or Bills fault. EVER) - if anyone in the DNC or RNC wants to be POTUS in 2008 - all they need to do is start every answer with -
I am deeply concerned with the Hsu-Clinton campaign finance/donation scandal and it’s implication to campaign finance reform violations, national security and the future of America. -
Clinton would be forced to dig herself out of the single scandal (which actually is more like several scandals) instead of distorting and twisting any other issue.
September 14th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
It is really very simple to track this information down. There are logs and journals kept by NCIC and Californias’ WPS (wanted persons system) of who was run, when they did it, what terminal it came from, and the person logged onto it. These logs are beyond Clintons ability to “get rid of”. Let the investigative news agencies get their FOIA filed and lets really find out.
I think that the Clintons don’t want the Secret Service to run checks on people they do business with because lets face it, a lot of them are criminals or have very questionable ethics. I do think that the Secret Service did run the checks anaway (it is their job after all) but since the Clintons didn’t want to know, they weren’t told (or more likely Hillary probably told them “It’s none of your business”).
Hillary has done so many unethical things in her political carrer that it is difficult to beleive that people are actually taking her seriously.
September 14th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
First: Rush’s site is very clear that he uses a variety of media, including email for show prep. He gets more than a few of my emails & frankly couldn’t care less if I get credit for it. I’m too busy balancing managing clients/operations while tapping in from time to time. I know when my point is made anyway.
Second: I’ve lost count as to which number of instance this latest example of recklessness of Hillary “Milhouse” Clinton & Co. undermining the security of their campaign not to mention the nation that keeps them in power.
Books by Secret Service Agent Gary Aldrige’s book “Unlimited Access”, Robert Patterson’s Dereliction of Duty, Louis Freeh’s My FBI, all detail how often & to what extent the Clintonista’s would override their efforts to protect them (& the nation they served to use the term loosely) for the sake of their addiction to the access of cash.
From Bernie Nussbaum changing security clearance & access cards so “our people” could get in, to Agent Aldrige’s attempts to protect the President & First Lady from suspicious characters with more than questionable backgrounds & associations WITH FOREIGN MILITARIES, this is a just another example of ongoing bad behavior.
Remember, it wasn’t Clinton policies that endangered our national security. It was the reckless disregard for national security that has led to thousand of dead here & abroad. The machine continues under Hillary “Milhouse” Clinton.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SOMEWHERE THERE’S A SECRET SERVICE AGENT WHO WILL RETIRE WITH MILLIONS IN BOOK ROYALTIES.
God I love America.
Enjoy The Day!
September 14th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Saying the Secret Service doesn’t vet donors is incredible.
Even if they don’t audit the books, THEY ARE OBLIGATED BY LAW to perform background checks on attendees & visitors of the former first lady.
As there are more photos of Hsu & Hillary “Milhouse” Clinton together, she has been most certainly informed as to his criminal background.
Another obfuscation of the truth for the purposes of denying ongoing reckless behavior for her own personal gain & at the expense of the country’s best interests.
When will justice ever catch up with this woman?
September 14th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Man ya gotta love this pair. Blame the one with the REAL jobs and haircuts. Here we go again as President Ronald Reagan would have said.
September 14th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Famous Hildebeast criminal culpability denial quotes when previously under sworn deposition during yet another scandal investigation include “I do not remember”, “I have no recollection whatsoever”, “I do not recall”, “I do not believe that I had made any such statements because I believe I would remember such a discussion if it had occurred”. Dang, if she has been that oblivious of the obvious, this poster girl for Alzheimer’s Disease mental lapses has got to be kept out of our nation’s executive office, her spidery fingers barred from the nuclear launch buttons and the beast mercifully provided 24/7 nursing home care in a high-walled, guarded asylum.
Asked why the Secret Service didn’t vet Hsu, Wolfson said in a follow-up statement, “I don’t mean to state the obvious, but she’s not the first lady anymore.”
Uh, scuzee me Mr. honorable Wolfson, the ruthless Hildebeast was and is sleazo Bill Cinton’s wife, but the myriad illegal foreign donors cynically buying influence and mainstream Americans never viewed her as a pristine lady worthy of our nation’s trust. Nope. Hillary is another Bill-the-pimp Clinton whore out to take over and run his long-term business goal of subjecting the U.S.A. to U.N. rule.
September 14th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
And Clin Ton has the nerve to insinuate that Gen. David Petraeus is a liar.
What a scum bag she is.
September 15th, 2007 at 3:09 am
Sorry folks but I just couldn’t resist. The current “base” of Dhimmi voter’s have a post up over at YouTube;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....o%2Ecom%2F
Clinton voters, at their very best. And people wonder why the average life expectancy in the US has gone down…. ;o)
September 15th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Thanks a lot GM….just what this old man needed at 8 in the morning.
September 15th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Sorry WI, perhaps I should have posted a warning about keeping food and beverages at a safe distance prior to viewing…. ;o)
BTW, could you tell what “it” was? I still can’t figure out the gender, …..metrosexual?
September 15th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
“metrosexual?”
Being way too freaking old to pay attention to pop culture, I’m not sure what the hell that is? Just as I wasn’t sure what the hell that was in the video that GM foisted upon us poor, innocent, unsuspecting seniors…LOL.
But back to the topic of the thread, there is no way in hell the secret service didn’t know they had a fugitive in their midst. Let’s put it this way, either they knew and didn’t say anything or they didn’t and they are idiots. Either way, they lose. I choose to believe the former which makes me wonder what kind of hammer she has on her detail to keep them quiet.
September 15th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Here ya go WI;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosexual
The SS likely did their job, what Hillary did with the info they provided is anyone’s guess.
” Hey back off, Hsu’s OK, and don’t you dare give out info on him, to anybody, you frikkin storm troopers!!!” Sound about right?
September 15th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Yeah GM, that sounds about like I was thinking. I just think maybe they have pics of the S.S. screwing a pig or something. Oh wait, she is the pig.
As for your metrosexual…..I lied and really did know what “it” was….LOL.