Time: Sun Oct 19 19:18:43 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA24828; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 18:58:31 -0700 (MST) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA02832; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 18:51:03 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 18:52:03 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: WOODWARD OUT TO GET GORE (fwd) <snip> > > WOODWARD OUT TO GET GORE > > Editorial > > On March 2, 1997 the Washington Post led with a banner >headline that read "Gore Was Solicitor-In-Chief In '96 Reelection >Campaign." The story by Bob Woodward was a declaration of war >against the unsuspecting Vice President, an effort to paint him >as the master crook of the White House fundraising scandal. Lest >anyone think that role was reserved for the President, Woodward >emphasized that "Clinton adamantly refused to make direct >requests for contributions, according to two senior Democratic >officials." Clinton call sheets surfacing since then have proven >otherwise. > > With his jaws locked in a firm grip around the ankle of Al >Gore, Bob Woodward has not let go since. When Reno rejected an >Independent Counsel on grounds that Gore solicited only soft >money, Woodward forced her to reconsider by revealing that some >of the money raised by Gore had been diverted to "hard money" >accounts. > > Woodward also rebutted Gore's contention that the Hsi Lai >Temple event was not a fund-raiser, by referring to DNC memos >that show otherwise. > > Now that Reno has triggered the 60-day review of Al Gore >before deciding whether to give him his own Independent Counsel, >Woodward is keeping up the pressure. Last Friday, he led the >front page with a large expose of a quid pro quo between Gore and >a hazardous waste disposal firm. > > It is interesting that Woodward should choose to focus so >much on the Vice President while ignoring many aspects of the >corruption of the First Couple. > > There is no longer any doubt that Woodward is out to get >Gore, the only question is why. Knowing that Woodward does little >investigative reporting and has revealed himself that he just >waits for the telephone to call and someone to give him the >inside story, the question of why becomes a question of who that >person at the other end of the telephone line is. Who is Bob >Woodward's Deep Throat, who knows details about Gore's >fundraising that even the Justice Department doesn't know, and >why does that person want to destroy Gore? > > Independent White House correspondent Sarah McClendon has >information that may be relevant in answering that question. Her >sources talk of a "rift" that is "escalating between President >and Mrs. Clinton and Vice President Albert Gore." In a recent >report, McClendon wrote that, "This has proceeded to the point >where the Clintons are talking about who should succeed Gore if >the Vice President should be scandalized extensively enough to >cause him to resign." > > Then Sarah McClendon adds an interesting twist to the plot by >speculating that "Gore is the object of distrust because it is >believed he would be too independent if he became President and >would initiate certain reforms especially in connection with the >Central Intelligence Agency, whose officials wish to avoid any >change in their covert operations." > > A CIA connection behind the effort to destroy Gore? That >would certainly explain the involvement of Bob Woodward, whose >intelligence ties are well-known. Woodward's other revelations >in the campaign finance scandal have been based on intelligence >leaks: he revealed the NSA intercepts of the Chinese Embassy that >proved a plot to influence the U.S. election, and he revealed >intelligence gathered on White House visitor and indirect DNC >contributor Grigori Loutchansky, whose telephone calls have also >been intercepted by the National Security Agency. Loutchansky is >believed by the intelligence community to be smuggling nuclear >arms. > > Still, the reason the First Couple appears to be dumping Gore >could be much more prosaic than that. The First Couple could be >trying to throw Gore to the wolves in an attempt to save their >own skin. "It wasn't me, it was Al Gore," is an almost >instinctive excuse for Bill Clinton. If this is the strategy, >polls over recent months have shown it to be working. While >Clinton's approval ratings have reached new highs (at least until >his home videos started showing up on the nightly news), the >earlier high approval rating of Gore has plummeted. His image of >a "clean" guy in an otherwise wholly corrupt White House has been >destroyed, and he may soon get his own independent counsel thanks >to the incriminating information leaked through Bob Woodward. > > > > > Published in the Oct. 20, 1997 issue of The Washington Weekly > Copyright 1997 The Washington Weekly (http://www.federal.com) > Reposting permitted with this message intact > <snip> =========================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris : Counselor at Law, federal witness 01 B.A.: Political Science, UCLA; M.S.: Public Administration, U.C.Irvine 02 tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night 03 email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU 04 website: http://supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now 05 ship to: c/o 2509 N. 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