-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- So what is a bribe....this story pulled up which I thought rather odd....some big money floating around with that Delta Force....they sure want their training and they sure got some at WACO did they not? Giving money to favorite charity? That was first step to saying......who is your favorite charity, and what a nice way to accept a bribe in the name of God or one's self without the guilt trip. The most insulting statement I had ever heard when I moved into our small town, was this big developer who said "the only difference between a Republican and a Democrat is it costs a little more to buy the Republican"........at the time I thought he was just talking, but a gift does blind he eyes of a judge. Updated: Sunday, Mar. 21, 1999 at 23:22 CST Delta Force reportedly offered donation for training support By The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO -- The U.S. Army's elite Delta Force offered to donate $20,000 to the favorite charity of a city councilman in order to win his support so anti-terrorist operations could take place in his district, several city officials say. Councilman Mario Salas turned down the donation. The San Antonio Express- News reported in yesterday's editions that the offer was made in early 1998 before city officials refused the unit's request to train in the city. Details came out when the anti- terrorist team returned to San Antonio for a training exercise last month at Fort Sam Houston. Walt Sokalski, a spokesman for the U.S. Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, N.C., where Delta Force is based, neither would confirm nor deny that an offer was made to Salas. "I'm saying they don't carry that kind of money," Sokalski said. Salas said Delta Force offered to donate $20,000 to his favorite charity in exchange for his help because Mayor Howard Peak and Police Chief Al Philippus opposed the unit's plan. Salas said he selected no charity and did not support the training proposal, and the military made no donation as a result. But Peak, who opposed Delta Force's nighttime war games over the city about a year ago, took offense at the overture. "That's a bribe, that's what it is," the mayor said. "That's what it is, no matter who the money was given to." Salas said Special Operations Command officials told him they'd made similar donations in other cities, but didn't tell him where. Information about the 1998 offer came out in mid-February when Philippus spoke to the Express-News editorial board before the latest Delta Force visit. "They approached people within the city government at various levels," Philippus said. "They went around shotgunning without getting the key players at the table before they even got to us." Though Salas said he initially liked the idea of helping the military and a local charity, he said he withdrew support for the proposal after talking with Philippus, who feared that Delta Force operatives might alarm or hurt residents in the area of the operation. "At the time I didn't consider that angle," said Salas, who now wonders whether Delta Force should have offered the donation. "In retrospect, it does seem strange." This is Me, here: Now I say this, this was a bribe; but what I think is funny, did only one councilman report the bribe? Bet a few more had been offered a "gift" to their favorite "charity".....you see, that is how it is done.......they then receive a cash award, to do with as they please.....this old double talk is how it is done. But Delta? And they were at WACO.....do we have government bribing government officials now? colleenI NFOWARS HOME <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! 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 credence 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
