-Caveat Lector- <http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/3/9/135916> Friday March 9, 2001; 2:59 p.m. EST Lasater Pal Fingered in Fed's Roger Clinton Pardon Probe A former business partner of Clinton pal, convicted cocaine distributor Dan Lasater, is at the center of new allegations that are currently the focus of an FBI probe into whether first brother Roger Clinton sold presidential pardons. George E. "Butch" Locke, a former Arkansas state senator and Lasater investment banking partner, was allegedly part of a scheme to shakedown the families of imprisoned Arkansans using Roger Clinton's name. At least one victim of the pardons-for-cash scam has produced cancelled checks totalling $200,000 made out to a now-defunct Arkansas firm, CLM LLC, founded by Dickie Morton, according to Arkansas state records. Morton's connection to Roger Clinton, if any, is so far unclear. But Butch Locke, CLM's other partner, has a long history with the first brother -- and may be the connection that ties him into burgeoning pardons-for-cash scandal. Journalist Paul Alexander and commentator John Batchelor detailed the new Pardongate wrinkle to WABC Radio's Sean Hannity last week, before the FBI entered the case. "The family members almost always dealt with, well mostly with Dickie Morton, but also with (former) State Senator Locke," Alexander told Hannity. "The allegation that the family is making is that the partners in the Clinton company represented to him that because of Roger Clinton's involvement this company he, of course, would be able to facilitate the pardons." "Roger Clinton is always a fuzzy character in the background," Alexander added, "as in, one family member would be talking to a partner in the company and they would say, 'Hold on, Roger's on the phone. I got to talk to him.'" Batchelor and Alexander said Guy Lincecum and his family paid more than $200,000 to CLM, an apparent acronym for Clinton, Locke and Morton, to purchase freedom for his brother Garland, who's currently in an Oklahoma federal prison. Though no one has yet claimed that Clinton himself pitched pardon deals, there's no question that Roger knows CLM partner George Locke well and may have in fact recommeded him for his own presidential pardon. Clinton and Locke go back together to their involvment in a 1980's Arkansas cocaine ring; an involvement that would send them both to jail, along with a major backer of Roger's brother, Dan Lasater. Locke was charged on drug conspiracy charges in 1985 in an indictment that named Roger Clinton as an unidicted co-conspirator. At the time Roger had already been convicted twice on cocaine related offenses. Prior to his indictment, Locke had been partners with Lasater in Collins, Locke and Lasater, Inc., a Little Rock bond house. Lasater was convicted on cocaine distribution charges himself in 1986, based in part on Roger Clinton's testimony. In 1990, then-Gov. Bill Clinton pardoned Lasater on state drug charges. But Lasater told the Washington Post last month that his request for a federal pardon from President Clinton was denied in January. Locke had also hoped to win a pardon through his connection to Roger, who did get a pardon from his brother. But like Lasater, Locke's application was denied. "I thought when Roger got his, I'd probably get mine," Locke told the Wall Street Journal in early February. Two weeks ago Roger Clinton said he was "miffed" at his brother for failing to grant pardons he personally requested for six of his friends. He declined to identify those friends, but they apparently included Lasater and Locke. The New York Post reported Friday that the FBI has opened a formal investigation into Lincecum's claim that he paid money for pardons promised in Roger Clinton's name. ================================================================= 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. 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