-Caveat Lector- XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1999 21:02:49 ET XXXXX WDNC: PBS SCANDAL ROCKS CLINTON INNER CIRCLE **World Exclusive** Just as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is trying to determine how many public television stations had swapped donor lists with the Democratic National Committee, after reports that stations in Washington, New York and Boston had done so, congressional investigators have started to point suspicious fingers at the White House! The DRUDGE REPORT has learned that congressional investigators late on Friday began considering a possible White House connection in the latest fund-raising scandal. The White House is now working to limit any damage that could come from the developing situation -- damage that could hit Hillary's oldest friends in Arkansas! On June 28, 1993, President Clinton nominated Diane Blair to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Blair, who was 'best person' at the Clintons' wedding and has been one of Hillary's closest friends, was later nominated by the president, in 1998 to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors of the corporation. Blair was later elected vice chair of its board of directors. Blair is very close to the Clintons and is said to have spent more nights at the White House than just about anyone except the first family. Before joining the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Blair had a key role in Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, working with Betsy Wright. Her husband, Jim, was chief counsel for TYSON FOOD INC. and was the man that advised Hillary Clinton on her remarkably successful cattle-futures investments. "We would like to know if Mrs. Blair was at anytime aware that her affiliates were sharing donor lists with the Democratic National Committee?" a congressional source told the DRUDGE REPORT late Friday from Washington. "And when did she learn they were? ... We may call her up to The Hill to ask her a few questions about all of this." Diane Blair was not immediately available for comment. Republicans in Congress on Friday increased their calls for a formal investigative hearing, and Representative W.J. "Billy" Tauzin [R-LA], chairman of the subcommittee that oversees funding for public broadcasting, is leaning towards granting their request, according to sources. A preliminary hearing will be held on Tuesday to question various officials. Blair was not on the witness list that was being developed late week. PBS station KQED-TV in San Francisco on Friday admitted to list-swapping not only the Democratic National Committee but also Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, whose daughter, Nicole, married Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother, Anthony Rodham, in the White House Rose Garden in 1994. A spokesman for Boxer declined to comment. GOP scandal lust cooled slightly late Friday -- after one PBS station said it had also exchanged donor lists with Republican groups. Developing... ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed by Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereport.com for breaks and updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 1999 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. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
