Posted by Eugene Volokh:
More on Soros, Hastert, and drugs:
I mentioned this controversy in [1]an earlier post; for where things
stand now, I quote Jack Shafer ([2]Slate's Pressbox; see the column
for link):
Soros denies the charge that he is in the pay of drug cartels in
this Aug. 31 letter he sent to Speaker Hastert, demanding an
apology. . . . Hastert states in a Sept. 1 letter to Soros that he
never referred to drug cartels on Fox News Sunday, that Chris
Wallace did. The "drug groups" Hastert claims to have had in mind
were the "Drug Policy Foundation, The Open Society, The Lendesmith
[sic] Center, the Andean Council of Coca Leaf Producers, and
several ballot initiatives across the country to decriminalize
illegal drug use." On this score, Hastert's letter is completely
disingenuous. These groups are beneficiaries of Soros wealth: He's
given them money. In the program transcript, Hastert is clearly
asking about the source of Soros' money for his political and
social campaigns, and then he asks the leading question, is it from
"overseas or from drug groups"?
References
1. http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2004_08_28.shtml#1093943372
2. http://slate.com/id/2106077/
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