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9. What Saddam Hussein Is To Bush, BCCI Scandal Could Be To Clinton

Democrats And Republicans Have High Expectations Of Scandal.

By ALEXANDER COCKBURN
The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 05, 1992

EXCERPT...

The election's "surprise" season has officially opened, with two July events, first Bush's chest-pounding over the U.N. inspectors and second in the July 29 indictment by the U.S. Justice Department of Clark Clifford and Robert Altman for their alleged concealment of BCCI's takeover of First American Bankshares, the financial institution of which they were officers. That second event impinges on Clinton.

Clifford is a man traditionally described as a senior statesman of the Democratic Party. More directly, Clinton's major financial backer in his drive for presidency has been the Little Rock-based Stephens family, notably billionaire Jackson Stephens.

Securities and Exchange Commission documents unearthed at the start of this year's primary season show that Stephens arranged the initial contacts between BCCI and First American, a fact which Republican appointees in the Justice Department will no doubt soon be reminding reporters.

The Clifford/Altman July surprise is one Republican antidote against unwelcome publicity about the financial conduct of Bush's sons, and against democratic "Iraq-gate" disclosures in the months to come. And we can already look forward to a brand-new October surprise now being organized by Secretary of State James Baker.

SNIP...

Imagine an exultant President Bush, flanked by Israelis and Palestinians, announcing on the White House lawn that at last, after a quarter of a century, thanks to his diplomacy, Israel would be able to live within secure borders, at peace with its neighbors, while simultaneously his Justice Department leaks flowcharts showing BCCI, its prime investor the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi, Stephens, Clifford and the Clinton campaign, all on the same piece of paper.

SOURCE: http://articles.philly.com/1992-08-05/news/25988752_1_karen-jansen-saddam-hussein-inspectors

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