Armenian publication asks Hastert to come clean... (Sibel Edmonds)

[cascadiance]

... on his campaign contributions to determine if his voting was in effect a result of a bribe from Turks who were looking to stop the vote on the Armenian Genocide... A lot of this is already known from Sibel Edmonds' Vanity Fair article, but there are a few other added points that Harut Sassounian of The California Courier makes that should be checked out and corroborated by others. He notes at the end that this is not a Turkish/Armenian thing, but a question of American government corruption. I might disagree with him on other issues, but I agree here. And the Armenian community probably has a lot of detailed records of what happened for this vote that we should leverage to help arrive at what happened then, to determine if Hastert is "for sale", and whether something should be done about it.

From: http://www.azg.am/?lang=EN&num=2005090601

SPEAKER HASTERT SHOULD COME CLEAN BY DISCLOSING ALL CONTRIBUTIONS

Several important developments have taken place since Vanity Fair magazine reported that a Turkish diplomat had talked about arranging for $500,000 in small, un-itemized contributions of less than $200 each to House Speaker Dennis Hastert in order to block a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide in Fall 2000.

A watchdog Group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Government, filed a complaint on August 16 urging federal officials to investigate whether Speaker Hastert's campaign did indeed illegally accept campaign contributions from foreign nationals.

According to Vanity Fair, the FBI had wiretapped several Turkish subjects in the United States who had discussed arranging for tens of thousands of dollars to be paid to Hastert's campaign funds in small checks.

Sibel Edmonds, a Turkish translator working for the FBI, was asked by her superiors to review more than 40 recorded conversations of a senior official at the Turkish Consulate in Chicago as well as members of the American-Turkish Council (ATC) and the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) in Washington, D.C., according to Vanity Fair.

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[mogster]

1. Good post! Thanks!

Vote and kick!

[liberaliraqvet26]

2. Hastert needs to be SMEARED...

him and DeLay are symbols of CORRUPTION. Plus his comments about NO need to stay in the news.

[MadeinOhio]

4. Not just smeared, put in front of GJ. Both he and Delay resign/recuse.n/t

[MadeinOhio]

3. Yes to all of the above-

Grand Jury get directly on Hastert's ass, that would force him to resign or recuse himself from House proceedings. Then the impeachment trials can go on un-abaited.....

The people will have to force their hand.:mad:

[rosesaylavee]

5. We need to keep this up front and center!

Tried to get a copy of VF but was always sold out.

[WiseButAngrySara]

6. Thanks, kick, and just one more reason for my extreme depression

right now.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Sibel is a real patriot!

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[MadeinOhio]

8. kick

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

9. O M G ... if you've been following the Edmonds Story, this is quite a gem!

[Gregorian]

10. I'm proud to be Armenian!

This is great. Thank you AZQ. I cannot imagine the Armenian General Benevolent Union being so vigilant and pressing. They seem to be much more conservative. Good for you!

And on top of this whole mess, people are still stifling the fact that there was an Armenian genocide! Unbelievable.

[burythehatchet]

11. some genocides aren't as compelling as others n/t

[Wilms]

13. Harut is a "shoot from the hip" kind of guy.

Probably angers a few with his razor sharp analysis.

And yeah, the AGBU'ers probably squirm.

Parev, Greg. :hi:

[bribri16]

12. Saw the "Constant Gardner" today. "Aint' nuttin changed."

kicked and recommended.