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retired 2012
flanked?! IFF vaccine
monica lewinsky vince foster
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So Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) is finally retiring, after two decades in Congress. He's got a notable record of craziness, having doggedly pursued President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal while knowing full well he'd had an affair himself andeven fathered a child out of wedlock. He famously claimed to have shot up a "head-like object" (likely a melon or a pumpkin) to try to re-create the alleged "murder" of former Clinton deputy White House counsel Vince Foster,who committed suicide. But Burton doesn't get enough credit for what may be his lasting legacy: helping turn Americans away from life-saving childhoodvaccines.....
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Reich contracted Vazquez Ger in 2011 to help him oversee a portfolio of corporate clients [24] that included Lockheed Martin, Exxon Mobil, and Bacardi International, the rum company whose lawyers drafted much of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act tightening the US embargo of Cuba. Before he partnered with Reich, Vazquez Ger served as a Latin American fellow at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, [25] a corporate funded think tank that promotes climate change denialism and sweeping deregulation policies.
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The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996(Helms–Burton Act, Pub.L. 104–114, 110 Stat. 785, 22 U.S.C. §§ 6021–6091) is a United States federal law which strengthens and continues the United States embargo against Cuba. The act extended the territorial application of the initial embargo to apply to foreign companies trading with Cuba, and penalized foreign companies allegedly "trafficking" in property formerly owned by U.S. citizens but confiscated by Cuba after the Cuban revolution. The act also covers property formerly owned by Cubans who have since become U.S. citizens.[1]
The Act is named for its original sponsors, Senator Jesse Helms,Republican of North Carolina, and Representative Dan Burton, Republican of Indiana.
The law was passed by the 104th United States Congress on March 6, 1996 and enacted into law by the 42nd President of the United StatesBill Clintonon March 12, 1996.[2] The bill, which had been tabled in late 1995 after Senator Helms was unable to overcome several Democratic filibusters, was reintroduced prompted by an episode that happened a month earlier. On February 24, 1996, Cuban fighter jets shot down two private planes operated by a Miami-based anti-Castro Cuban refugee support group called Brothers to the Rescue (Spanish: Hermanos al Rescate), which had been dropping propaganda leaflets over Cuban territory. Whether they were shot down over Cuban territory or international airspace is a matter of debate.[3][4]
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Divided Loyalties Divide House Republicans
House Republican critics of Brian Bosma in the past have complained that he has wielded the power of his leadership position to enrich his own law firm. They point to the tens of thousands of dollars he paid to his own law firm, Kroger, Gardis and Regas, out of taxpayer funds to fight the House prayer case in the courts. They also complain that Bosma paid his law firm over $26,000 last year to provide legal work for the House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) over which he is the titular head as the caucus' leader. Now, the critics are concerned that Bosma has given his blessing to staff workers for HRCC to pursue other political consulting clients at the expense of the HRCC's efforts next year to recapture the House.
At issue isMaverick Strategies, a Franklin-basedpolitical consulting firm founded by HRCC staffers of past campaigns. The firm represented a number of mayoral campaigns this year and has been retained by U.S. Rep. Dan Burton's re-election effort against astrong primary challenge from Dr. John McGoff, a former Marion County Coroner and emergency room physician. FEC campaign disclosure statements show Burton's campaign has paid Maverick Strategies $54,452 during the past year. A source tells Advance Indiana that the HRCC staffers have been doing opposition research on McGoff, which has included searching his medical license recordswith the State of Indiana and a couple of old medical malpractice claims against his practice group. No pay dirt there I'm told.
At least one action taken by the staffers on Burton's behalf has drawn criticism from within the state party. That involved a letter sent out by the Burton campaign portraying McGoff as pro-abortion because of the support he has received from a long-time Republican Party activist and president of Harcourt Industries, Jean Ann Harcourt, whose political views are too moderate for the intolerant religious right. In light of Harcourt's past leadership roles in the Indiana Republican Party, the attack concerned the state GOP because the HRCC staff use office space in the state party headquarters.
More recently, the staffers' work has drawn criticism from within the House Republican caucus because of their role in convincing Rep. Jon Elrod to give up his Indianapolis House seat after one term to seek the 7th District congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Julia Carson. Due to a large number of retirements, there is a prospect for a larger number of competitive House races next year than in recent elections.The loss of Elrod as a candidate is a blow to HRCC's efforts to win back Republican control of the House. Coupled with Rep. Larry Buell's decision to retire, the HRCC now faces a real prospect of losing not one but two GOP seats in Marion County alone next year. That's how many seats the GOP needs to win back just to draw even with the Democrats. Critics say the staffers are more concerned about lining up paying clients for their consulting firm than winning House seats for the GOP.
The concern of some within the House Republican caucus is reportedly shared by some political advisors of Gov. Mitch Daniels. Daniels badly wants the GOP to regain control of the House for the beginning of what he hopes will be his second term as governor. A Republican-controlled legislature will make it much easier for him to achieve legislative and budget victories. Any hint that the HRCC is less than one hundred percent committed to recapturing the House by fielding a team of first-string candidates in as many legislative districts as possible next year gives pause to his re-election campaign.
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Per part 2 and part 3 of the lobbyist series, this article finishes up how Azerbaijan is working to influence American foreign policy. We have covered how the founder of the America Azerbaijan Alliance is of a questionable character. In this, we will cover the chairman of the board, former Republican US Representative from Indiana Dan Burton,a politician known for choosing interesting sides in international politics.
Burton’s early life
Dan Burton grew up in anabusive situation, with his father, a former cop beating his mother regularly, even kidnapping her after she had filed a restraining order. Burton and his sister were in a guardian house during that ordeal. He was a strong champion for protecting women dealing with abuse during his Congressional career. His teenage years were happier, as his wife married a second time to a good man. After that, he went to college and the army. When he was done with college, he got into real estate and insurance. During those years, he served in both chambers of the Indiana Congress.
US Representative
Dan Burton was elected to Congress in 1983 and served until 2013. In his 30 years, he was in the spotlight for many issues that people talk about all the time. When his granddaughter developedautism, he blamed mercury and got Congressional hearings on this. One of the upsides is that mercury has been removed as a preservative, though the industry is saying it had no effect. He was also known for being very conservative, scoring highly on pro-life and pro-second amendment report cards.
Dan Burton was also known for his interesting stances on foreign policy. He was one of the writers of theHelms-Burton Act. This bill was aimed at getting back American property that was taken when Castro took over Cuba.In it, foreign companies could be taken to court if they had business with the island nation and got any of the property.
Another stance he took was to be anti-India, working to block aide to that nation, while being pro-Pakistan, even being a founding member of the informal Pakistan caucus. This was also one of the scandals he was known for, as he allegedly took money from one of the pro-Pakistan group that did things illegally and shook down another group, all to gain money for his campaign. Another instance where there is air of impropriety is when he took a trip to meet with the rulers of Bahrain that waspaid for by a lobbyist firm.
Azerbaijan America Alliance
As can be seen by the proof provided, the people connected to the Alliance are no stranger to either using money to get their way or acting in a manner that is questionable. They are willing to make news, such as the recent donation to the crash site of the plane that went down in Pennsylvania on 9/11. The Alliance has gotten the ear of many politicians, which probably doesn’t hurt to have a 30 year veteran of Congress like Dan Burton. These are just one group of people trying to influence our government.
LCV 7%
2012603Broad Environmental AssaultAir, Climate Change, Dirty Energy, Lands/Forests, Toxics/Public Right to Know, Water
2012600Regional Haze Air PollutionAir, Dirty Energy, Lands/Forests
2012597Clean Water SafeguardsWater, Wildlife
2012593Carbon Pollution Endangerment FindingClimate Change
2012568Minnesota Boundary Waters Land ExchangeLands/Forests, Water
2012554Land Conservation CutsLands/Forests
2012536Safeguards ShutdownOther
2012514Drinking Water ProtectionsWater
2012506Offshore Drilling Safety ReformsDrilling, Dirty Energy
2012468Hardrock MiningLands/Forests
2012447Migratory Bird Treaty ActWildlife
2012411Coal Ash PollutionDirty Energy, Water
2012410"Oil Above All" Energy StrategyAir, Lands/Forests, Drilling, Dirty Energy
2012395Public Health Basis of the Clean Air ActAir
2012387Broad Assault on Lands & WildlifeLands/Forests, Wildlife
2012385Public Land Grab by Federal Police AgentsLands/Forests
2012329Nuclear Energy SubsidyDirty Energy
2012317Fossil Fuel FundingDirty Energy
2012311Clean Energy FundingClean Energy
2012308Clean Water ProtectionsWater
2012292Keystone XL Tar Sands PipelineClimate Change, Dirty Energy, Water
2012262Flood Insurance ReformLands/Forests, Water, Other
2012241Climate Change EducationClimate Change
2012236Sea Turtle ProtectionsOceans, Wildlife
2012234National Ocean PolicyOceans
2012233Restriction on Dirty FuelsDirty Energy
2012170Environmental Assault in the Transportation BillClimate Change, Dirty Energy, Other, Transportation, Water
2012168National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in TransportationOther, Transportation
2012164Public Lands AssaultLands/Forests, Toxics/Public Right to Know, Wildlife
2012162National MonumentsLands/Forests
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2012
In 2012, Burton was due to face a number of challengers in the Republican primary including McGoff,formerU.S. Attorney Susan Brooks, former U.S. Congressman David McIntosh, and attorney Jack Lugar. On the Democratic side, State Representative Scott Reske and labor activist Tony Long entered the race. While the reconfigured 5th is still a Republican stronghold, it is said to be slightly more Democratic than its predecessor.[13] In January 2012,he decided to retiresaying "I don't want to get into it, it's about personal problems with family health."[14] Brooks won the election.
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So Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) is finally retiring, after two decades in Congress. He's got a notable record of craziness, having doggedly pursued President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal while knowing full well he'd had an affair himself and:{**even fathered a child out of wedlock**:(style="background-color:#fff200"):}:. He famously claimed to have shot up a "head-like object" (likely a melon or a pumpkin) to try to re-create the alleged "murder" of former Clinton deputy White House counsel Vince Foster,who committed suicide. But Burton doesn't get enough credit for what may be his lasting legacy: helping turn Americans away from life-saving childhoodvaccines.
Burton has said he believes one of his grandchildren became autistic after receiving a childhood vaccination. As a result, he spent many years and lots of congressional resources trying to investigate the alleged link between the two. In 2000, he held a circus-like hearing in which :{he:(style="background-color:#ffffff;"):}::{ provided a very high profile platform for the now entirely disgraced British doctor Andrew Wakefield:(style="background-color:#ffff66;"):}:, who helped spawn the myth that vaccines cause autism. Wakefield has since lost his medical license for allegedly falsifying the medical histories of the children he claimed had gotten autism from vaccines, among other issues.
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Danny Lee Burton has been a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's newly configured 5th Congressional district since January of1983. (map)
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Record and controversies
General information about important bills and votes for can be found in Congresspedia's articles on legislation. You can add information you find on how Danny Burton voted by clicking the "[edit]" link to the right and typing it in. Remember to cite your sources!
Iraq War
Burton voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 that started the Iraq War.[1]
For more information see the chart of U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War.
Environmental record
For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal
Lobbying Contributions
In 1997, Burton was accused of demanding a $5,000 contribution from a Pakistani lobbyist. [1] When the lobbyist was unable to raise the funds, the congressman complained to the ambassador for the Bhutto government and later threatened to make sure "none of his friends or colleagues" would meet with the lobbyist or his associates.
Illegitimate Child
In 1998, Burton admitted to fathering a child outside of his marriage.[2]
Doctored Web Hubbell transcripts BOSSIE
In 1998, his investigation of campaign fundraising during the 1996 presidential campaign ground to a halt when it was revealed that his staff had doctored transcripts of prison phone calls made by former Clinton Administration official Webster Hubbell. [3]
Missed votes to play golf
In January 2007, Burton was revealed to have missed 19 votes to play in a charity golfing tournament. Burton was playing in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. A review of Burton's voting record shows that he has missed votes every year at the same time the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic takes place. In 2006 Burton ranked last in voting among Indiana congressmen making 89 percent of all votes. [2]
Golfing conflicts of interests
Burton has previously been involved in other controversies regarding golf tournaments. In 1997, Burton played with the chairman of AT&T in the AT&T-sponsored Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Burton was then the chairman of a committee overseeing the award of a federal telecommunications contract. AT&T hosted a fundraiser for Burton at the tournament.[3]
In 1995, Burton attempted to block an effort to tighten House rules regarding the attendance of Members at charity golf tournaments. Burton said, "Members of Congress who like to play golf -- when they're not in session and there's no business in the district -- can help charity and have fun."[4] In January 2007, Burton cast the lone "nay" vote against the new ethics rules in the House rules package (H.Res.6).[5]
DC voting rights bill
In 2006, when the House was considering a bill to give the District of Columbia a voting seat in the House, Burton argued in favor of the bill, stating “I'd like to say we should support this as a civil rights step.”
Main article: District of Columbia Fair and Equal Voting Rights Act of 2007
On January 24, 2007, after Democrats took control of the House following the 2006 congressional elections, a rule change was again passed providing delegates and the resident commissioner with limited voting rights. The change allowed delegates and the resident commissioner (4 of 5 of whom were Democrats) to vote on the House floor in the "Committee of the Whole," whereby bills are debated and amendments are added. The rule, however, stipulated that if a delegate's vote was decisive, the committee would disband and a new vote would be taken without the non-voting members.[6] Rep. Burton was the only Republican to vote in favor of the measure.
Main article: Voting rights in the District of Columbia
Bio
Burton was born June 21, 1938 in Indianapolis, was educated at Indiana University and the Cincinnati Bible Seminaryand served in the United States Army. Before his election to Congress, Burton was a member of the Indiana State Senate (1969-1970 and 1981-1982), and the Indiana House of Representatives (1967-1968 and 1977-1980).
Congressional career
Burton has been an outspoken critic of the failure of government agencies to find answers to the question of what is causing the evident autism epidemic. Burton has a personal stake in the growing controversies in autism, and has said his grandson became autistic a few days after receiving nine innoculations. "My only grandson became autistic right before my eyes – shortly after receiving his federally recommended and state-mandated vaccines."
In an October 25, 2000, letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, acting in his role as Chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform, Burton asked the agency's director to get the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recall all vaccines containing the neurotoxin thimerosal. "We all know and accept that mercury is a neurotoxin, and yet the FDA has failed to recall the 50 vaccines that contain Thimerosal," Burton wrote, adding "Every day that mercury-containing vaccines remain on the market is another day HHS is putting 8,000 children at risk." Burton's committee later discovered regulatory agencies have never required drug companies to conduct studies on the use of the widely used neurotoxin, which is still used today in many flu shots.
2006 elections
In 2006, the Democrats nominated Katherine Fox Carr, and the Libertarian Party nominated Sheri Conover Sharlow to face Burton in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [4] Burton retained his seat.
2008 elections
In 2008, Burton faced the most serious challenge of his 25 year Congressional career.[7] He was challenged by Republican John McGoff, and retained his seat by winning the election by 6 percentage points.[8]
Money in politics
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- Revolving door profile for Danny Burton from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
- 2006 privately funded travel profile for Danny Burton from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
- Personal finance profile for Danny Burton from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
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Committees and Affiliations
Committees
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
- Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Ranking Member
- House Committee on :{Oversight :(style="background-color:#ffff66;"):}:and Government Reform
- Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
- Subcommittee on National Security and International Relations
Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)
- House Committee on Government Reform
- Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Drug Policy and Human Resources
- Subcommittee on National Security Emerging Threats and International Relations
- House Committee on International Relations
- Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
- Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere - Chair
- On the Board of Governors for the Partnership for Public Service
More Background Data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Burton
Rep. Burton's Long History Of Questionable Fundraising
July 20, 2011 10:14 am ET — Jamison Foser
So, it seems Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) has taken thousands of dollars from an alleged Pakistani agent. That kind of revelation is usually shocking, but nobody who has followed Burton's career can be surprised. This is just the latest in a long line of fascinating Burton fundraising stories, a recurring theme of which is Burton's penchant for taking (generally legal) contributions from people with highly questionable foreign policy goals — then acting in highly questionable ways on their behalf.
In the late 1980s, Burton participated in programs held by the International Freedom Foundation, for which at least two of his donors worked; IFF was funded bySouth Africa'sapartheid government, whichused the group to increase support for apartheid and discredit Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Burton opposed sanctions against South Africa and criticized the ANC. Newsday reported in 1995:
The International Freedom Foundation, founded in 1986 seemingly as a conservative think tank, was in fact part of an elaborate intelligence gathering operation, and was designed to be an instrument for "political warfare" against apartheid's foes, according to former senior South African spy Craig Williamson. The South Africans spent up to $ 1.5 million a year through 1992 to underwrite "Operation Babushka," as the IFF project was known. [...]
Rep. Dan Burton, who was the ranking Republican on the House subcommittee on Africa, and Rep. Robert Dornan were active in IFF projects, frequently serving on its delegations to international forums. Alan Keyes, currently a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, also served as adviser. (He did not return a call seeking comment.) The Washington lobbyist and former movie producer Jack Abramoff, and rising conservative stars like Duncan Sellars, helped run the foundation. [...]
Burton was nearly hysterical in arguing against sanctions that a large bipartisan majority passed in 1986 over President Ronald Reagan's veto, at one point warning that "there will be blood running in the streets" as a result.
In the mid-1990s,Burton tried to help Zaire dictator Mobutu Sese Seko get a visa after taking thousands of dollars from Mobutu's lobbyist. By that time, Mobutu's thuggish rule had included ordering a **massacre of college students**in an effort to quash a pro-democracy movement. Burton's advocacy for Mobutu came after he had been "entertained at the dictator's palace in 1989," according to a May 14, 1997, article published in The Hill, which added:
The key figure in Burton's links to the Mobutu regime is Edward J. van Kloberg III, a controversial Washington lobbyist and longtime associate of Burton. Van Kloberg was once described by the the New Republic as the "lobbyist for the damned." His client list has included some of the world's most notorious dictators, including Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Liberia's Samuel Doe, Romania's Nicolae Ceaucescu and, more recently, President Mobutu.
In the 1989-90 election cycle, van Kloberg paid $2,500 in three installments to Burton's campaign, according to Federal Election Commission records. The legal limit is $2,000. In response to inquiries from The Hill, Burton announced late Tuesday that he would return $500.
Also, van Kloberg paid Burton honoraria totaling $4,000 in 1990. [...]
Burton has long been a favorite of Mobutu, judging by the contributions from Mobutu's associates in this country. Van Kloberg gave $4,500 to Burton's campaign from 1989 to 1994, and Mobutu's close friend Mamadi Diane, the head of a company that won lucrative contracts withZaire's state-run mining operations, and his relatives have given $8,000 to Burton since 1991.
Another way in which Burton helped Mobutu: His foreign policy aide helped draft a speech for Mobutu, in consultation with Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Burton then cited the speech in his request that the State Department give Mobutu a visa.
Also in the 1990s, Burton took thousands of dollars from donors with business interests in Turkey, then defended Turkey against allegations of human rights violations against the Kurds — using language borrowed from a Turkish government official.
In 1996, Burton accused the Indian government of recruiting a candidate to run against him, according to a April 23, 1997, report in The Hill,and used that allegation to raise money from anti-India donors:
The fundraising letter from Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) to Kashmiri- Americans during his 1996 reelection campaign carried a sense of profound urgency.
The Indian government was "pulling out all the stops to cover up their crimes against the Kashmiri people and keep U.S. aid to India flowing. ... They even recruited an Indian-American to run against me in my district."
The truth of the letter was disputed, Burton's Indian-American opponent, Nag Nagarajan, later considered a libel suit , but its effectiveness was not. Contributions poured in from Kashmiri Americans to Burton's reelection campaign as more than $51,000 in donations filled his coffers from Kashmiris, Sikhs and Pakistanis who supported his anti-India positions. [...]
The contributions from these communities highlight Burton's high-risk strategy in recent years to concentrate on raising funds from Americans who boost narrow foreign policy interests, including several militant causes.
The majority of his money in the last election cycle came from appealing to American citizens or legal residents who supported his hardline views on Cuba, Serbia, India, Turkey, Nicaragua, Taiwan or, closer to home, Puerto Rico. Several contributors are current or former officials of foreign governments, and many more represent foreign business interests. [...]
The foreign complexion of Burton's contributions is of no legal consequence. Except for two improper contributions he received from Sikh temples and possibly a few more that he raised through a Sikh religious charitable institution, the donations appear perfectly legal because they come from citizens or green-card holders. [...]
Many of Burton's foreign policy positions fit an underdog theme. "The one thing he has always said is he had no tolerance for bullies and no tolerance for men who pick on women and children," said Williams, his spokesman. "And that has driven him since he was in the state house in Indiana."
An exception to that might be Turkey. In contrast to his support of minority populations in India, he has sided with the government in its brutal crackdown against insurgent Kurds. "When you have military conflicts you're bound to have unfortunate things happen," he was quoted by the Turkish Daily News. "People get killed, they're bombed and shot. These things happen."
And in 1998, Burton took $1,000 from a donor The Hill described as "an Iranian swindler, felon, arms dealer and one-time coup plotter."
Oh, yeah, the punchline: This is the guy Republicans put in charge of conducting a campaign finance investigation of Bill Clinton in the late-1990s.
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TheKashmiri American Foundation was started in 1990 by Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai. Fai was born in 1949 in Kashmir, a year after India and Pakistan began fighting over the disputed territory. He became involved with the Jamaat-e-Islami, a local fundamentalist Islamic group before leaving Kashmir for the United States, never to return, his education paid for by the King Faisal Foundation. The criminal complaint against Fai states what took place next, according to a confidential informant, CW-2. “CW-2 told FBI agents that, in approximately 1989, CW-2 was aware of the candidates under consideration to operate the KAC,” where the KAC is the Kashmiri American Foundation, “and that the ISI selected Fai to do so because he had no overt ties to Pakistan.” The ISI is the acronym for the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency, Pakistan’s military intelligence service, their equivalent to the CIA. The complaint continues: “CW-2 said that the ISI created the KAC to propagandize on behalf of the Government of Pakistan with the goal of uniting Kashmir.” Kashmir, as said, is a disputed territory over which India and Pakistan have gone to war. The goal of “uniting Kashmir,” is the goal of unifying Pakistan with Kashmir. The complaint would describe the nature of the message of the KAC: “CW-2 estimated that, of the statements Fai makes, 80 percent are provided by the ISI for Fai to repeat and disseminate verbatim.” Only a fraction of the KAC’s message was Fai’s own: “The other 20 percent of the KAC’s messaging consists of Fai’s own ideas, which have been pre-approved by the ISI but not provided by them.”56(http://italkyoubored.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/roger-stone-pretty-reckless-is-going-straight-to-hell-part-three/#ftnote56) Finally, KAC was a very long-term project; from the criminal complaint “Case No. 1:11MJ558″ (page 7):
CW-2 further said that the ISI’s sponsorship and control of the KAC was secret, and that the ISI has been operating Fai for at least the past 25 years. CW-2 identified Fai’s primary supervisor within the ISI as Brigadier Javeed Aziz, who also goes by the nicknames “Rathore” and “Abdullah.” CW-2 also identified a photograph of Javeed Aziz Khan, a retired Brigadier General in the Pakistani Army, as Javeed Aziz, also known as (“aka”) “Rathore.”
ISI influence was not just an allegation of a confidential informant, but the overwhelming conclusion reached by the agent filing the complaint:
Contrary to Fai’s repeated representations to the DOJ and the FBI, the investigation has led me to conclude that Fai has acted at the direction and with the financial support of the Government of Pakistan for more than 20 years. Voluminous evidence independently establishes the essence of what the confidential witnesses told the FBI: that although Fai has some latitude to decide his day-to-day activities, the Government of Pakistan long has directed and funded his lobbying and public relations efforts in the United States.
Fai, in part thanks to the support of BMS&K, would gain access to the highest levels of political power. He was a bipartisan donor, though he gave far more heavily to the Republicans than the Democrats, donating thousands to the Republican National Committee andDan Burton, the Representative of Indiana who gained greatest prominence through his investigations of the Clinton administration. Burton would speak at KCA events, and in 2007, Fai was given the American Spirit Medal, the highest award from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, for being committed to conservative principles. The money donated by the KCA to Burton and the RNC came via straw donors, who were a front for the actual donor, the Pakistani intelligence service, the ISI57(http://italkyoubored.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/roger-stone-pretty-reckless-is-going-straight-to-hell-part-three/#ftnote57). Another confidential informant, CW-1, relates in the complaint how money was transferred to Fai from the ISI, with the assistance of an accomplice of Fai, Zaheer Ahmad:
CW-1 said Ahmad told him he needed to get money to Fai in the United States, and that Fai would use it for the Kashmir cause and for lobbying. CW-1 said that he was present for a conversation between Ahmad and Ahmad’s accountant in which Ahmad’s accountant told Ahmad that he had received $50,000 from the ISI for Fai. CW-1 said that CW-1 agreed to help Ahmad deliver money to Fai. CW-1 said that, from his initial meeting with Fai until approximately 1998, he helped Ahmad transfer approximately $500,000 to Fai.
CW-l explained that, on two occasions, Ahmad told him how much money Ahmad needed to transfer to Fai. CW-1 then set aside that much cash from his own business in $50 and $100 bills in a brown paper bag, and notified Fai that the money was ready for pickup. Fai then picked up the cash at CW-1 ‘s office. At about the same time, Ahmad generally would wire transfer funds to CW-1 to cover the cash that CW-1 gave to Fai. Occasionally, Ahmad would hold cash or checks to give to CW-1 in Pakistan.
After the second of these transactions, Fai told CW-l that Fai preferred checks to cash because checks appeared more “legitimate” and “safe.” CW-1 then began to send money to Fai via a business acquaintance – - to whom I will refer as “Straw Donor A” – - who agreed to provide checks to Fai in return for CW-1′s cash. My investigation has revealed that Straw Donor A was operating numerous businesses and charities at this time, including a foundation.
CW-l showed me three entries from his personal digital assistant (“PDA”) which identified transactions in which he sent Straw Donor A money which had originated from Ahmad and was to be passed onto Fai. The first two transactions took place on or about May 8, 1997, and represented a sum of$250,000 sent from Ahmad to CW-1, who in tum passed $225,000 on to Straw Donor A for transmission to Fai. The third transaction took place on February 3, 1998, and was a $100,000 transfer to a Swiss bank account belonging to the aforementioned foundation, which Straw Donor A was to pass onto Fai.
In 2005, confidential informant CW-1 began providing information to the FBI about Fai. In 2007, the FBI questioned Fai. In 2010, the New York police pulled Fai over and found $35 000 dollars, all cash, in his car. On 2011, July 19, Fai was arrested for acting as an agent of a foreign principal without registering with the Attorney General. He would plead guilty to conspiracy and tax violations in connection with attempts to conceal the transfer of at least three and a half million dollars from the government of Pakistan to further his lobbying efforts. “Syed Fai today admitted his role in a decades-long scheme to conceal the fact that the government of Pakistan was secretly funding his efforts to influence U.S. policy on Kashmir,” said Assistant Attorney General Monaco. “For the last 20 years, Mr. Fai secretly took millions of dollars from Pakistani intelligence and lied about it to the U.S. government,” said U.S. Attorney MacBride. “As a paid operative of ISI, he did the bidding of his handlers in Pakistan while he met with U.S. elected officials, funded high-profile conferences and promoted the Kashmiri cause to decision-makers in Washington.”58(http://italkyoubored.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/roger-stone-pretty-reckless-is-going-straight-to-hell-part-three/#ftnote58)
There is no indication that Fai ever revealed to anyone at BMS&K that ISI was funding his activities.
SAVIMBI'S ELUSIVE VICTORY IN ANGOLA -- HON. DAN BURTON (Extension of Remarks - October 26, 1989)
[Page: E3581]HON. DAN BURTON
in the House of Representatives
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1989
- Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, in view of recent developments in Angola and the vicious smear campaign being waged against Jonas Savimbi and UNITA, I commend to my colleagues this excellent article by Michael Johns of the Heritage Foundation, recently published in `Human Events.'
In resistance terms, we have won the war. Their aim was to destroy UNITA. They did not succeed,' Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi declared last week in Washington.
Fourteen years after Angola's Marxist government took power with the assistance of Cuban troops and Soviet aid, Savimbi's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) has, indeed, overcome remarkable military odds. Despite promises of departure, some40,000 Cuban troops remain in Angola to fight Savimbi.
And despite Gorbachev's rhetoric, the Soviets remain deeply committed to a military victory. Over the past 12 months, an estimated $1.5 billion in Soviet military assistance has arrived in Angola with the sole intention of driving the Angolan freedom fighters into the ground.
But Jonas Savimbi is still standing. His forces operate in every Angolan province, and over one-third of the country is firmly in their control. All this from a movement whose every survival remains nothing short of miraculous.
In resistance terms, Savimbi is clearly correct. UNITA has won the war. In political terms, however, the struggle for Angolan freedom remains even elusive. The Angolan regime shows little sign of agreeing to the free and fair elections it promised in 1975, leaving Savimbi with little alternative but to continue his battle for freedom.
Diplomatically, events have been transpiring quickly in Angola. Last December, the United States mediated a series of multinational negotiations that resulted in an agreement signed by Angola, Cuba, and South Africa. Under the agreement, Cuban troops are to depart Angola by July 1991 and Namibia, occupied for over 70 years by South Africa, is to achieve independence.
But like most international agreements, the rub of the Angola/Namibia agreement is in the details, not the stated objectives. In this regard, the Angola/Namibia agreements leaves much to be desired for American interests and the Angolan freedom fighters.
Savimbi told conservative leader Howard Phillips and me last March during a visit to Savimbi's headquarters in the Angolan bush, [palace?]`there are a lot of loopholes in that agreement. The agreement is not good at all.'
As a result of the Angola/Namibia agreement, South African assistance to UNITA, estimated to have been in the neighborhood of $80 million annually, has been terminated.
Furthermore, while the agreement provides for elections next month in Namibia, there is no provision for free and for elections in Angola. Consequently, the Angolan government is scoffing at Savimbi's demands for these elections. And with the Angolan regime generating significant foreign revenues from American oil companies operating in Angola and military support flowing liberally from Moscow and Havana, there remains little economic or military incentive for Luanda to hold such elections.
The final concern with the Angola/Namibia agreement is that it by no means guarantees the departure of Cuban troops. During the negotiations leading up to last December's agreement, Fidel Castro and Angola's dictator, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, demanded the right to renegotiate the departure of Cuban troops up until July 1991.
Should Castro or dos Santos decide to keep Cuban troops in Angola, they will be able to cancel their end of the deal. In all likelihood, this would be done after the Angola/Namibia agreement gives the Soviet-backed South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) its opportunity to take control in next month's Namibian elections.
Consequently, one possible outcome of the Angola/Namibia agreement is the consolidation of the Angolan dictatorship and the rise of a newMarxist-Leninist state in neighboring Namibia.
Because the Angola/Namibia agreement made no provision for a settlement to the internal conflict in Angola, the Angolan freedom fighters, who were excluded from the American-mediated talks leading to the agreement, have pushed assertively for direct talks with the Angolan government to discuss their differences.
Last June, in the presence of 18 African heads of state, including the chairman of the Organization of African Unity, Mali`s Moussa Traore, Savimbi and dos Santos met in Gbadolite, Zaire. The two leaders agreed to set up a commission to monitor details of a cease-fire and to begin talks toward national reconciliation. But 60 days later, in an apparent reversal of its position at Gbadolite, the Angolan regime launched a military offensive against UNITA.
When a subsequent summit was called in Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 23, UNITA found the Angolan regime backpedaling on provisions it had accepted earlier at Gbadolite. As prerequisites to peace, the Angolan regime demanded Savimbi's exile from Angola, the dissolution of UNITA's army, and UNITA's acceptance of a one-party state. Appropriately, these terms were rejected by UNITA, and there has been little progress toward reconciliation since.
In the meantime, the freedom fighters are reportedly facing difficulties with their supply line from Zaire.
Last week, the Washington Post reported that Zaire's president, Mobutu Sese Seko, had terminated U.S. arms shipments to the Angolan resistance through Zaire, though the reason for Mobutu's change of policy is not readily apparent.
In Washington, the picture is no prettier. The Angolan government had launched a propaganda campaign intended to discredit the Angolan freedom fighters among its Washington supporters.
Last week, the Angolan government purchased advertising space in the Washington Post and the New York Times in which it quoted from an August National Review article that described Savimbi's intentions as fighting to extend his autocratic grip on the people within his domain.' Despite Savimbi's consistent support for democratic values, the author described UNITA as a highly centralized, Leninist organization.'
The radical organization TransAfrica, which has received donations from the governments of Cuba and Angola, is also weighing in against the freedom fighters. Last week TransAfrica director Randall Robinson held two press conferences in one week to denounce UNITA, and in an apparent effort to overturn any diplomatic gains made by Savimbi's Washington visit, his organization invited Angolan dictator dos Santos to visit Washington to press his case for a termination of UNITA aid.
Meanwhile, continued Soviet involvement in Angola seems almost the least important point of discussion. The Russians, they are not giving up their clients,' Savimbi warned last week. Najibullah is still in Kabul. They are still supporting the MPLA [in Angola].' In other words, declarations that we have reached the end of history' with an unabashed victory of economic and political liberalism' appear quite incredible from the Angolan battle lines. Here, as elsewhere, the Cold War rages. And the enemy is playing to win.
| Insurance | $356,299 |
|---|---|
| Real Estate | $281,759 |
| Health Professionals | $277,739 |
| Retired | $216,945 |
| Telephone Utilities | $203,702 |
| Pro-Israel | $202,178 |
| Public Sector Unions | $196,299 |
| Air Transport | $181,769 |
| Automotive | $154,430 |
| Lawyers/Law Firms | $154,005 |
| Lobbyists | $153,415 |
| General Contractors | $149,100 |
| Misc Finance | $148,285 |
| Business Services | $135,420 |
| Leadership PACs | $129,151 |
| Securities & Investment | $106,100 |
| Pharmaceuticals/Health Products | $97,630 |
| Commercial Banks | $97,010 |
| Republican/Conservative | $95,793 |
| Misc Manufacturing & Distributing | $90,268 |
Sector Totals
| Sector | Total | PACs | Indivs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agribusiness | $276,615 | $181,925 | $94,690 |
| Communications/Electronics | $397,453 | $213,252 | $184,201 |
| Construction | $316,362 | $132,415 | $183,947 |
| Defense | $106,200 | $78,650 | $27,550 |
| Energy & Natural Resources | $150,831 | $97,230 | $53,601 |
| Finance, Insurance & Real Estate | $1,187,188 | $577,129 | $610,059 |
| Health | $461,435 | $112,472 | $348,963 |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $307,420 | $59,651 | $247,769 |
| Transportation | $370,099 | $301,419 | $68,680 |
| Misc Business | $706,838 | $210,462 | $496,376 |
| Labor | $205,049 | $205,049 | $0 |
| Ideological/Single-Issue | $683,741 | $489,098 | $194,643 |
| Other | $309,653 | $10,500 | $299,153 |
Career Fundraising
| 1989 - 2014 Total Receipts: |  $9,083,748 |
|---|---|
| 1989 - 2014 Total Spent: |  $8,891,936 |
| Debts: |  $0 |
| Last Report: | Sunday, June 30, 2013 |
Top 5 Contributors, 1989 - 2014
| Contributor | Total | Indivs | PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Auto Dealers Assn | $80,150 | $0 | $80,150 |
| National Assn of Realtors | $71,500 | $0 | $71,500 |
| IDT Corp | $71,450 | $58,450 | $13,000 |
| National Rifle Assn | $69,850 | $0 | $69,850 |
| Credit Union National Assn | $69,800 | $3,000 | $66,800...view more data |
Top 5 Industries, 1989 - 2014
| Industry | Total | Indivs | PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance | $356,299 | $62,055 | $294,244 |
| Real Estate | $281,759 | $202,709 | $79,050 |
| Health Professionals | $277,739 | $238,489 | $39,250 |
| Retired | $216,945 | $216,945 | $0 |
| Telephone Utilities | $203,702 | $48,650 | $155,052...view more data |
| National Auto Dealers Assn | $80,150 | $0 | $80,150 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Assn of Realtors | $71,500 | $0 | $71,500 |
| IDT Corp | $71,450 | $58,450 | $13,000 |
| National Rifle Assn | $69,850 | $0 | $69,850 |
| Credit Union National Assn | $69,800 | $3,000 | $66,800 |
| Federal Express Corp | $68,500 | $0 | $68,500 |
| National Assn of Letter Carriers | $67,000 | $0 | $67,000 |
| Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America | $58,475 | $0 | $58,475 |
| National Assn of Insurance & Financial Advisors | $54,300 | $0 | $54,300 |
| AT&T Inc | $53,750 | $0 | $53,750 |
| Conseco Inc | $46,985 | $2,700 | $44,285 |
| S&B Technical Products | $45,900 | $45,900 | $0 |
| National Assn of Postmasters | $44,899 | $0 | $44,899 |
| Mortgage Investors Corp | $44,000 | $44,000 | $0 |
| Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn | $39,500 | $0 | $39,500 |
| United Parcel Service | $38,862 | $250 | $38,612 |
| NJK Holdings | $38,400 | $38,400 | $0 |
| National Assn of Home Builders | $37,550 | $0 | $37,550 |
| American Institute of CPAs | $37,000 | $0 | $37,000 |
| National Beer Wholesalers Assn | $33,500 | $0 | $33,500 |