NYTs: Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal
Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World.
The article, in January 2013, detailed how the Russian atomic energy agency, Rosatom, had taken over a Canadian company with uranium-mining stakes stretching from Central Asia to the American West. The deal made Rosatom one of the worlds largest uranium producers and brought Mr. Putin closer to his goal of controlling much of the global uranium supply chain.
But the untold story behind that story is one that involves not just the Russian president, but also a former American president and a woman who would like to be the next one.
At the heart of the tale are several men, leaders of the Canadian mining industry, who have been major donors to the charitable endeavors of former President Bill Clinton and his family. Members of that group built, financed and eventually sold off to the Russians a company that would become known as Uranium One.
Beyond mines in Kazakhstan that are among the most lucrative in the world, the sale gave the Russians control of one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the United States. Since uranium is considered a strategic asset, with implications for national security, the deal had to be approved by a committee composed of representatives from a number of United States government agencies. Among the agencies that eventually signed off was the State Department, then headed by Mr. Clintons wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium Ones chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.........................
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?_r=0
djean111
(14,255 posts)And massive donations from places like Russia will be defined as foreign policy experience.
zazen
(2,978 posts)Pul-eeze, can they just go away and manage their Foundation and stop feeling entitled to run the most powerful nation on Earth?
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)but it is ethically questionable and morally on the edge of a nuclear meltdown of what charity should be.
Never mind slavery was legal and the law of land of land at one time
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)That's all the Clinton family cares about. Money and power so they can make even more money.
I'm sure they have a redeeming quality, but I'm not sure what it might be.
Bernblu
(441 posts)1) A policy decision is made favoring a company
2) Money flows to the Clinton foundation
OR
1) Money flows to the Clinton Foundation
2) A policy decision is made favoring a company
No quid pro quo is proven but the appearance looks really bad.
Voters are not morons and they are very cynical about this crap.
The Republicans will have a field day with this stuff.
She's toast in the GE if she gets that far.
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bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Not Hillary