Reply #62: Article: Clinton aides had hand in Dubai deal - 2006 [View All]

[Cogito ergo doleo]

Not the same thing, but provides some more background.

Clinton aides had hand in Dubai deal
Clinton advisers' outside lobbying work for firm to take over defense plants accents their awkward position

BY GLENN THRUSH | Newsday Washington Bureau
September 14, 2006


WASHINGTON - In the spring, when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was denouncing the Dubai Ports World deal, a consulting firm run by her top advisers was quietly lobbying for a Dubai takeover of two U.S. defense plants, Newsday has learned...

The contract was signed April 13, only a month after the ports deal went down in flames over concerns the emirate was a breeding ground for some of the Sept. 11 hijackers.

It also came on the heels of columnist Robert Novak's report that Bill Clinton unsuccessfully urged Dubai officials to hire Glover partner Lockhart as their spokesman. A Clinton spokesman didn't deny the account...

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usclin144890633sep14,0,4200190.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines