-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ <A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/">The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe</A> ----- Many embedded links at site. Om k ----- Impeached POTUS Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's Articles on Clinton The White House whips out its hackneyed "conspiracy theory" smear Profile: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The Monica Lewinsky scandal/The impeachment crisis Hillary Clinton The death of Vince Foster The Oklahoma bombing Whitewater Other issues of interest ET letters Starr lists all the president's lies [includes the full Starr report, the White House rebuttal and detailed Telegraph reporting and analysis] E-mail Electronic Telegraph THIS page is designed to give readers easy access to ET's archive of material written by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the Sunday Telegraph's ex-Washington correspondent, from 1994 - 97. His articles on the Clinton administration have created enormous interest in Britain and the US and have been widely quoted on the Internet. Last year, Mr Evans-Pritchard's notoriety with the White House reached a peak when he was accused of delving into the murky realms of conspiracy theorism. In a 331-page report, its legal office attacked journalists whose unflinching focus on scandal was wrecking President Clinton's reputation. According to the report, "right-wing" think tanks and British newspapers fed "conspiracy theories and innuendo" to scandal-hungry UK journalists in America. The resulting articles were then picked up on by US mainstream press, and fed to the public as "real" stories. Mr Evans-Pritchard was singled out as a trouble maker who was part of a well-organised "media food chain" of events. His response was swift. He responded to the "shameless propaganda", which accused him of working for a London "tabloid", with: Why is Clinton persecuting me? written on Jan 12 1997. He wrote: "Once again, it seems that the White House is willing deliberately to propagate outright lies. . . "They have been caught using the office of the presidency to run a smear campaign against journalists and political opponents, turning the White House into an adjunct of the Democratic National Committee. "Even Richard Nixon, at the height of Watergate, was cautious not to venture so far out into these perilous waters." But the White House was not the first to publicly question Mr Evans-Pritchard's journalistic credibility. In 1995, the Washington Post, in a front page article on the "Foster conspiracy theorists", attacked the Sunday Telegraph and its outspoken correspondent. In response, he turned the tables on the US newspaper with the article: America's top newspaper has pointed the finger at our man in Washington. Now it's his turn, written on July 10. Candid as ever, he wrote: "My straitjacket is buckled tight. The foam is wiped off my mouth. A bottle of sedatives sits at hand. I am cool, calm and ready to answer on behalf of all "conspiracy theorists". And I say to the powers of the Washington Post: 'J'accuse.'" It is not just the political manoeuvrings of Bill Clinton that have been subjected to Mr Evans-Pritchard's steely gaze, however. He has also written on the alleged drug use of the president, America's partial birth abortion industry, which he describes as "essentially infanticide", and on the controversial issue of "child abuse witch-hunts". These are to name but a few. On his departure from his position as Washington correspondent in April 1997, the White House breathed a collective sigh of relief. It was quoted as saying in George magazine: "That's another British invasion we're glad is over. The guy was nothing but a pain in the ass". But with this statement barely hot off the press, Mr Evans-Pritchard took up the gauntlet with the article: Goodbye, good riddance on April 20 1997: "Critics tell me that I have invested too much emotion in my quarrel with the Clintons. To that I plead guilty. It comes from befriending so many of their victims. "I am content to be blacklisted as the "mad scribbler" - as the Washington Post called me this week - for I am confident that one day historians are going to view Clinton as a the last great cad of the 20th century, or worse." Ambrose Evans-Pritchard continues to comment on the Clinton saga, as our wealth of links will testify. The London Telegraph, Dec. 22, 1998 Chinese Politics China Defends Arrests, Lashes out at U.S. Dissidents are traitors BEIJING - China mounted a rigorous defense Tuesday of the harsh sentences it imposed on three opposition activists this week, singling out ''the media and figures'' in the United States for ''whipping up opinion against'' China. In editorials, public statements and a lengthy tirade published by its state-run press service, China sought to equate its crackdown on the first attempt to establish an opposition party in China with American laws against treason. On Monday and Tuesday, Chinese courts sentenced three men to prison for ''plotting to overthrow state power'' and ''endangering state security.'' Xu Wenli, a dissident, received 13 years. A comrade-in-arms, Qin Yongmin, got 12 years, and Wang Youcai, a former student organizer of the protests around Tiananmen Square in 1989, was sentenced to 11 years. The tactics employed by the Chinese government in defending itself reflect the belief here that Western governments, which have expressed outrage at the verdicts, do not understand China. ''China cannot accept these criticisms,'' said Zhu Bangzao, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, of the outpouring of Western condemnation of China. The Western outcry has focused on China's violations of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that it signed in October. ''This is the normal judicial activity of a country with the rule of law and purely the internal matter of a sovereign state,'' Mr. Zhu said. China's reaction also underscores the concern felt by the Communist Party about social stability and its own position. Strikes and other forms of labor unrest are occurring throughout the country; in attempting to form the China Democracy Party, Mr. Xu, Mr. Wang and Mr. Qin tried to enlist the support of unemployed workers. Finally China's reaction illustrates that when it comes to dealing with organized dissent the party appears to remain united: the best way to handle dissent is to ''nip it in the bud,'' President Jiang Zemin said last week. Reports on Tuesday and Monday in China's state-run press on the crackdown gave the strong impression that the party plans to increase its vigilance against the possibility of organized dissent. Several party members in recent weeks have predicted that a political tightening would occur in the next year when China will commemorate three important anniversaries: the 10th anniversary of the crackdown around Tiananmen Square, the 50th anniversary of Communist China's founding and the 80th anniversary of the May 4th Movement, which established the tradition of Chinese student activism. Chinese set great stock in anniversary celebrations and the Communist Party is said to be afraid that activists will start protests. For example, Luo Gan, the secretary of the party's Central Political Science and Law Committee and a key security official, said that China ''is determined to maintain its high profile campaign of safeguarding social and political stability through 1999.'' ''We must crack down on crimes that threaten national security,'' he said Monday at a conference planning public security tasks for 1999, ''and do everything to maintain stability in rural areas.'' Also in recent months, China has moved to make it harder to form nongovernmental organizations outside the control of the Communist Party, and it has tightened labor regulations, rendering almost impossible the creation of an independent labor union. On Tuesday, the state-run New China News Agency issued a article by Ren Yanshi on the verdicts. Mr. Ren has made a name for himself writing reports criticizing human rights in America. Mr. Ren said the use of word ''crackdown'' by Western media was a distortion. The truth, he said, was that Mr. Xu, and other dissidents, had violated Chinese law. He added that it was wrong to term the verdicts against the three dissidents a violation of human rights because it was merely ''a normal judicial action.'' International Herald Tribune, Dec. 22, 1998 Israeli Politics Netanyahu Faces Likud Rebellion Peace deal aftermath Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, was facing rebellion within his Likud party yesterday as a former minister said he was quitting to run against him for the premiership and other possible challenges to his leadership emerged. Likud loyalists were surprised by the speed of the revolt, a day after the Knesset overwhelmingly rejected Mr Netanyahu's handling of the peace process with the Palestinians and voted to hold early elections. The dissolution of parliament was expected to freeze the peace process, already suspended by the Israeli cabinet last Sunday after Mr Netanyahu set the Palestinians five new conditions. The government yesterday denied the peace accords would be put on ice during an election campaign that could last several months. A statement from the prime minister's office said: "If the Palestinian Authority lives up to all of its commitments, Israel will carry out its part of the agreement." But Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator, said Mr Netanyahu would set more conditions before implementing the Wye accord. Mr Netanyahu brushed aside fears of challenges to his leadership in Likud, warning members he was the only one who could return the party to victory. The party heads a government coalition of nationalist and ultra-Orthodox religious parties which hold the balance of power. Dan Meridor, former finance minister, said he was leaving Likud to run against Mr Netanyahu, a move that could lead others to join a new centre party. The Financial Times, Dec. 22, 1998 Japanese Markets Markets Plunge as Japanese Trust Fund Bureau Stops Bond Purchases Questions also raised on central bank bond holdings Japanese markets suffered a triple blow yesterday, with government bonds, stocks and the yen all down after ministers said the Trust Fund Bureau, a state institution, would halt outright purchases of domestic government bonds. The announcement came as the market was already concerned about record issuance of bonds next year to finance the �81,860bn ($707bn) budget announced this week. Futures on the benchmark 10-year government bond fell two points, the maximum permitted, to 130.52. The yield jumped 0.395 per cent to 1.895 per cent - its highest level for almost 15 months. It has doubled since October when it hit an all-time low of 0.695 per cent. Masaru Hayami, Bank of Japan governor, said that government bonds should be traded among private institutions or the market. He did not think it was "very natural" for the central bank to hold �50,000bn in government bonds. The Trust Fund Bureau, which receives money from the state-owned postal savings system, is facing a funding crisis over the next two years as high-yielding 10-year accounts mature. These make up about 45 per cent of the post office's funds. The fall in bond prices continued to unsettle banking shares, and sent the benchmark Nikkei 225 average tumbling 373.5 points, or 2.64 per cent, to end the day at 13,779.45. It was the first time in more than two months that the Nikkei has fallen below 14,000. The sharp rise in bond yields is expected to inflict considerable damage on banks, which hold an estimated �15,000bn of Japanese government bonds. Bond profits accounted for more than a quarter of the banks' operating profits in the first half of the financial year. A sharp rise in real interest rates - prices in Japan are falling - will also be unwelcome for Japanese consumers and corporations. The Japanese currency also fell on fears that the government will have no option to deal with the recession other than printing money. During the day, the yen fell as low as �117.45 to the dollar, after trading at �115.95-�116.05 in New York on Monday. The Financial Times, Dec. 22, 1998 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. 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