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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 7 Num. 60
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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JURY TAMPERING
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In CN 7.58, an article by Sherman H. Skolnick ("Sabotage? The
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Crash of Ron Brown's Plane") mentions "jury tampering".
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Specifically, we have as follows:
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ITEM: A couple of years prior to the crash, a Vietnamese
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official accused Ron Brown of soliciting a huge bribe -- like
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$700,000 -- to get Clinton to open up Viet Nam to American big
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business. A federal grand jury began hearing evidence for a
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possible criminal indictment. There was jury tampering by
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President Clinton and his Justice Department. The grand jury
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proceedings were supposed to be secret, yet Brown and his
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confederates were day by day, illegally kept informed, so they
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could obstruct justice by bribing or terrorizing grand jury
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witnesses. Brown was not indicted.
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I received a long response from a CN reader, punctuated
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throughout with that sophisticated rejoinder "Sources?
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References?"
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I pointed out to that reader and I point out to any others that
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my name is not Sherman H. Skolnick. Since I also disclaim any
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necessary agreement with Skolnick's material, I am not the best
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person to go to with your questions, arguments, etc. True, I do,
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at loss of time and money to myself, type in and post Skolnick's
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always intriguing articles. But it does not therefore follow
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that I am supposed to be Skolnick's personal secretary and handle
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his correspondence.
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But still, I have in the past made efforts in that direction. I
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did several interviews with Mr. Skolnick in which he answered
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several questions from readers. These interviews were posted and
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are available as back issues. (Write to me on how to get back
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issues.) So the answer(s) to your question(s) *may* have already
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been answered.
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The "highly original" reader response in which "Sources?
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References?" are demanded *has* been answered *ad nauseum* in
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previous interviews, available as back issues. And as noted, my
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name is not Skolnick; I don't write his articles; I neither
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necessarily agree nor disagree with all/some of what he says.
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So if you want to argue, if you want "Sources? References?", why
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not call information, ask for the phone number of Sherman
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Skolnick in Chicago, and then politely call him with your
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question(s). I suggest you check that he's not busy and offer to
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call back if he is busy. But I personally have found that Mr.
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Skolnick is friendly and talkative and if you catch him at a good
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time he'll be happy to answer your question(s).
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With that said, I will however venture out on a limb and give my
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own corroboration for the allegation of jury tampering connected
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with the grand jury investigation, mentioned above. Note again
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that I am just speaking on my own here, not representing anyone.
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Taking considerable time from my busy day, I look through my
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archives. Under the old "Conspiracy for the Day" series, I find
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the following:
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Conspiracy for the Day -- November 17, 1993
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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[From "The 700 Club", November 12, 1993]
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DEMONSTRATORS: We want the truth! We want the truth! We want the
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truth!
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BOYD [Janet Boyd, CBN News]: Vietnam veterans and POW/MIA family
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members gathered across the street from the White House Thursday
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to demand the resignation of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. They
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said Brown and the White House have not responded truthfully to
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allegations that Brown accepted a $700,000 bribe from a
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representative of the Vietnamese government. Brown allegedly took
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the money in exchange for lifting the economic trade embargo
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against Hanoi. He is under investigation by a federal grand jury
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in Miami.
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Brown has denied the charges against him, calling them
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"preposterous." But sources say arguments from Brown and Treasury
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Secretary Lloyd Bentsen convinced the President to ease
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restrictions against Vietnam this summer.
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Brown denied discussing the Vietnamese embargo with anyone in the
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administration. But secretary Bentsen told Congress Brown *did*
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attend administration meetings where Vietnam was discussed.
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Secretary of State Christopher said Brown *may* have been at
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meetings concerning Vietnam.
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Though he passed an FBI polygraph test, Brown's chief accuser,
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Ben Ly, has not been called by the federal grand jury.
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But evidence suggests someone, perhaps at the Justice Department,
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is leaking details of the Grand Jury investigation. *That* is a
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violation of federal law. In its October 11th issue, a source
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close to Brown detailed for *Time* magazine some of the testimony
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taken by the Federal Grand Jury. And officials at the White House
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reportedly told *Time* in a later issue that the Grand Jury
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investigation "is virtually complete and they are confident Brown
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will be pleased with the results."
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BURTON [Congressman Dan Burton of Indiana]: I don't know how the
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White House, or Mr. Brown or anybody else would know what is
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going on in any Grand Jury room. And I don't understand why Mr.
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Ly is not being called. He should be called. The Grand Jury
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should get all of the information possible so they can make an
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informed decision on whether or not to indict Mr. Brown.
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BOYD: Burton and other critics of the Commerce Secretary say many
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questions need to be answered by Brown and the administration.
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Like what role did the woman living in this Washington townhouse
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play? The house is owned by Brown but occupied by Haitian ethnic
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Lillian Madsen [sp?], long-time friend of Brown. Brown allegedly
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was going to use Madsen to acquire secret business equity in
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Vietnam.
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Some Vietnam veterans and POW/MIA families say they will not rest
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until Ron Brown and Bill Clinton come clean.
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DEMONSTRATOR: We will demonstrate, and keep demonstrating. We've
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got to have the truth! You understand? We've got to have the
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truth!
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BOYD: Janet Boyd, CBN News, Washington.
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KINCHLOW [Ben Kinchlow]: Not to worry... We know that the
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Democrats are absolutely bound and determined to get justice as
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they are trying to do with [unclear]. You *know* that they're
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going to...
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MEEUWSEN [Terry Meeuwsen]: This gives new meaning to the word
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"vigilance," doesn't it? I mean the hearings are almost concluded
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and they have not yet called before the group the man who is the,
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the number one accuser.
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KINCHLOW: It's not only that but we've also, we've already got
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the verdict. We already know that Mr. Brown is going to be
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"pleased with the results!"
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So the above *does* indeed suggest jury tampering.
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^^^^^^^
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What I find is that, over the years, much of the stuff I've
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looked into is filed away "somewhere". So when, for example,
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Skolnick makes allegations of jury tampering in the Ron Brown
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mess, I at least have some frame of reference wherein I *know*
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I've seen that "somewhere". In this instance I was able to track
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down some corroboration. In other instances I just don't have
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the time. Like I say, it's not up to me to defend what Skolnick
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says. If we had an honest press in this country, Skolnick would
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have been given a public venue (like for example CBS' "60
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Minutes") in which he could be interrogated. We ought to be
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seeing by now Mike Wallace, that fearless knight errant battling
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for the truth, quizzing Skolnick on national television. Why
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not? Or if not "60 Minutes", then maybe a PBS station could do
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an in-depth investigation. That way, both sides could be heard
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and the thinking public could make up their own minds. As it is,
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Skolnick is like the "invisible man" or something: he's there,
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but most of us aren't able to see him. What's the matter,
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"journalists"? Is Skolnick just too, too working class for your
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oh-so-refined lifestyles? If you want, maybe he'd wear a
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smiley-boy mask so he'd fit in better with you all.
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