PIML 96061803 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: [Too many leaks in Clinton's ship including one called Huckabee. Look for the rats to begin abandoning ship real soon.] PIML ================================================================== Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:43:58 -0700 To: Liberty-and-Justice From: Joe Horn <6mysmesa@1eagle1.com> Subject: L&J: Business as usual in Little Rock New York Post - 06-17-96 "Gov. Bill sought dirt on enemies" by John Crudele Bill Clinton hated it when people said anything bad about him. And he'd often ask his staff if there was any dirt on anyone in Arkansas who he considered an opponent. So when people in Arkansas heard about the mysterious list of more than 300 Republicans whose FBI dossiers were pulled by an Army aide assigned to the White House, they figured it was just business as usual. Clinton never kept a written list of enemies while he was governor, but everyone around him knew they could curry favor with the boss if something bad could be acquired on an enemy. "If something came out in the paper with someone saying something bad about him, he would ask, Do we have anything against [him]?' " says Larry Patterson, a veteran Arkansas state trooper who guarded the Clinton family. Patterson is also one of the guys who revealed details of the underside of Clinton's personal life, so some folks may believe he's tainted goods as an informant. But Whitewater independent counsel Ken Starr's staffers in Little Rock have questioned Patterson and seem to be taking him seriously. Was the FBI list requested by the White House a clumsy attempt to get dirt on people who might someday give the president a hard time? And why was the White House so concerned about its enemies in the Republican Party? Maybe the answer is the Clintons didn't feel comfortable with the way they ran Arkansas and felt they needed some insurance. There's another trial set to start in Arkansas today. And this one could be even more crucial to the White House than the last one. Herby Branscum Jr. and Robert Hill, owners of the Perry County Bank, are charged with illegally funneling bank funds to Arkansas campaigns include the 1990 re-election bid of then-Gov. Bill Clinton. They are also accused of trying to trick bank regulators about contributions and large cash withdrawals. The money involved seems to be peanuts - "at least" $7,000. But like all of Starr's prosecutions, the importance of this case outweighs the numbers. "It's real important, " says an Arkansas source familiar with the Starr strategy. "If there is a conviction it's tied directly to Clinton. You are up to the next highest level." Every case and every investigation in Arkansas is ultimately aimed at the White House. And Starr's people have been finding a huge pattern of financial corruption in Arkansas. Neal Ainley, the former president of Perry County Bank, has snitched on his bosses. Starr would prefer that Branscum and Hill rat on Clinton campaign managers, like White House aide Bruce Lindsey, and the president. If that doesn't happen by today, expect a long, detail-rich trial. Starr has witnesses who say Clinton was given envelopes full of campaign money even in years when he wasn't running for anything. Also, you can expect accusations to come out in the trial that the governor's office was regularly selling state positions to the highest bidder. Branscum is former head of the Arkansas Highway Department. Hill was on the state Banking Board. And if this sort of stuff doesn't come out in this trial, you can expect to see plenty of it when Lt. Gov. Mike Huckabee - who replaces the convicted Jim Guy Tucker - takes over in mid-July. Sources say the Republican Huckabee is getting ready to do an all-out investigation of everything from drug dealing and the buying of public offices to suspicious murders. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Unsub info - send to majordomo@pobox.com with "unsubscribe liberty-and-justice" in the body (not the subj) of the msg. Listowner: Mike Goldman ================================================================== * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.