From: "John Frazer", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Clinton 'seeks British home'
>
> by Stewart Payne
> President Clinton is planning to set up a second home in Britain when he
> leaves the White House, according to security sources.
>
> The Evening Standard has discovered the US leader is looking at houses in
> the Oxfordshire countryside and British Special Branch officers are
> preparing feasibility reports on a number of properties.
>
> Mr Clinton hopes to become a visiting professor attached to Oxford
> University, where he studied as a Rhodes scholar in the Sixties.
>
> This would involve him spending many months of the year in the UK although
> he would keep homes in New York and Arkansas. His wife, Hillary, will not
> accompany him. Because of the considerable security implications he has
> asked the British government for assistance in assessing the risks. Tony
> Blair is understood to be supporting the move.
>
> The Standard has been told that Mr Clinton is house-hunting in the
> picturesque village of Glympton, 12 miles north of Oxford. He has been
> invited to look in the area by long-serving Saudi Arabian ambassador to
> Washington, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who in 1992 bought the Glympton Estate
> which includes 21 properties.
>
> It is understood one of these would be made available to the President on a
> three-year lease. The estate is heavily fortified and Glympton House,
> renovated and used by Prince Bandar, has been designed to withstand bombs,
> has bullet-proof glass and ramps in the driveway to frustrate car bombers.
>
> Mr Clinton leaves the White House in seven months and his plans are said to
> include embarking on the lecture circuit, a career successfully pursued by
> predecessors Ronald Reagan and George Bush.
>
> The Standard has been told he would like to make Oxford University his base.
> He has spoken fondly of his time at Oxford and the countryside around it and
> his close friendship with Mr Blair makes the move all the more likely.
>
> Well-placed sources have told the Standard that Thames Valley Special Branch
> officers have been detailed to examine the security implications. The
> President would bring his own security officers but they would need to
> liaise with local police, MI5 and the British government.
>
>
>
> Hillary Clinton will concentrate on her New York Mayoral bid
>
>
> Mrs Clinton will stay in the US to pursue a political career in the Senate.
> It is widely believed the couple are virtually estranged following the
> scandal of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky and other allegations.
>
> The couple are expected to lead separate lives when his presidency ends and
> a move to the UK would mean he would not overshadow his wife's political
> ambitions, although they have denied they plan to divorce.
>
> Not unsurprisingly in the circumstances, there was an instant denial in
> Washington last night despite evidence to the contrary.
>
> Deputy White House press secretary Jake Siewert said: "I put this directly
> to the President. He said quote: 'It's nonsense - a fabrication'. There has
> been no mention of Hillary", the Standard was told.
>
> Mr Clinton would require a very high level of security and there is an issue
> over whether his own bodyguards could be armed.
>
> The feasibility study will examine the suitability of a number of properties
> and officers will look at how well they can be protected, the proximity of
> neighbours, whether roads can be sealed off, whether helicopters can land
> nearby and the closeness of hospitals. No decisions have yet been made".
>
> Glympton is the obvious choice. Situated off the main A44 near Woodstock,
> the Glympton Estate is already subjected to intense security because the
> main Glympton Park house is the UK residence of Prince Bandar, a nephew of
> King Fahd.
>
> A spokeswoman for Oxford University could not confirm Mr Clinton will become
> a visiting professor but said: "It is a logical extension of his expressed
> interest."
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Let's see whether the Secret Service can get Section 5 authority! I doubt
it as Reagan's agents couldn't get it even while he was in office as I recall,
when he visited.
Steve.
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