-Caveat Lector- <http://www.nypost.com/gossip/travis.htm> NEAL TRAVIS' NEW YORK Friday,February 23,2001 THE MILKEN PARDON THAT WASN'T THE question of whether it was confusion or criminality fueling Bill Clinton's last-minute pardons gets only harder to answer as the scandal spreads. For example, one of my most reliable sources reports that on the morning of Jan. 20, many of the influential people who had written in support of former Wall Street titan Michael Milken were called by White House staff and told his pardon had been approved by Clinton. My source isn't absolutely certain of one part of the story, which has Clinton himself delivering the good news to at least one of Milken's backers. Whatever, the Justice Department apparently heard of the calls being made, and hastily informed the White House that the pardon had been denied. It would appear that Clinton then backed off, at the very last moment. (As I wrote at the time, it seemed Clinton was willing to go to bat for only one financier - and he chose fugitive Marc Rich over Milken, a man who did his time, paid his fines and has engaged in charitable works for most of his life.) The scandal isn't going away and engulfs more people each day. At The New York Times, for example, editors are still trying to figure out how Clinton's error-studded "explanation" on Sunday's Op-Ed page got past the fact-checkers. Particularly galling to Timesmen is the fact that it was the White House itself that called in the late-edition changes to Clinton's screed. Until then, the Times' presses were running full steam ahead with the former president's false assertion that GOPer Len Garment, among others, had worked on the Rich pardon. Garment, in fact, had issued a statement denying this three days before the Times opened its columns to Clinton. Bill's 'family' concerns SEVERAL security guards at the Hilton party following the HBO "Sopranos" screening Wednesday night said they'd been alerted that big fan Bill Clinton would be attending. Perhaps the revelations that day about his brother-in-law caused him to cancel. Pity, because another big fan of the series, Mayor Rudy, was there. Giuliani, one of Bill's harshest critics, could have been moved to perform a citizen's arrest in the ballroom. ... Will Bill, Hill get silly grill? THE question exercising the City Hall press corps today is whether Bill and/or Hill will accept the invitation to attend the annual Inner Circle dinner at the Hilton a week from tomorrow. You'll recall that Hillary endeared herself to the media by attending last year's roast and putting up with a lot of gibes about her husband's extramarital deeds. Bill might be wise to follow her course and enter the lion's den. But he could find himself playing second fiddle to Rudy Giuliani, who'll be making his last starring Inner Circle appearance. Rudy in the past has ridden a motorcycle and worn a dress and is said to be pulling out all stops to make this night truly memorable - but thoroughly decent, of course. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions 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, CTRLgives 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://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== 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
