Washington Weekly-June 19, 2000 White House Staffers Avoided Investigation by Taking Pay Cut New Allegation Made in Freeh Memorandum By MARVIN LEE Another level of criminal sophistication in the White House was revealed by the Freeh memorandum, penned years ago but kept from the public until recently. The White House appears to have planned ahead for the criminal activity of some of its key top-level staffers. "Most of the current officials have avoided coverage [of the Independent Counsel statute] simply by accepting a salary below level II," wrote FBI Director Freeh in the memorandum. "Although he is authorized by statute to appoint and pay twenty-five persons at level II, the President currently pays only six persons at that level." Those six persons exclude people like Harold Ickes, Bruce Lindsey, George Stephanopoulos, and Thomas McLarty, all credibly accused of engaging in specific criminal activity while working in the White House. Escaping coverage by the independent counsel statute means that corrupt White House staffers can only be prosecuted by the Justice Department, where Clinton has put the fix in as well. By appointing people like Lee Radek, Eric Holder, Webster Hubbell, and Janet Reno as goal-keepers, he has made certain that all investigations of corrupt staffers will lead nowhere and that no prosecution will take place. None of these DOJ officials have shown any regard for the law they have been appointed to uphold. FBI director Freeh directly suggested possible White House intent to circumvent the law: "As these numbers show, the White House has avoided mandatory coverage [of the Independent Counsel statute] for virtually all of its top level officials by simply paying them below level II. Whether or not this is an intentional effort by the White House to limit the number of "covered" senior officials, it certainly exposes a loophole in the independent counsel statute." John Huang should have had IC. Freeh did point out in the memo, however, that John Huang was covered by the Independent Counsel statute and should have had one appointed: "...it is almost nonsensical that the Independent Counsel Statute could be invoked for Peter Knight and Joan Pollit [chairman and treasurer of the Clinton-Gore Committee] but not for Don Fowler and John Huang. Had John Huang been prosecuted by an independent counsel instead of by the Justice Department, then maybe he would have been tried for espionage or treason. Freeh referred to Huang's close ties to Chinese intelligence as justification for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate Chinagate. Published in the Jun. 19, 2000 issue of The Washington Weekly. Copyright © 2000 The Washington Weekly. Now Free Access to All Stories at http://www.federal.com ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <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://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.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