Clintons Will Only the Release Names of Library Donors Who Contribute AFTER She's President

[Stephanie]

They plan on NEVER releasing the current and past donor lists, as per Lisa Myers' story on MSNBC today. So we're not going to know how much Dubai, Saudi Arabia, et al. have given to Bill's library, and what sort of favors they might expect in return from Bill and/or Hill. We do know a little about some of the donors - see the NY Sun article below.

Secrets and lies - I've had enough of both, haven't you?

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/11/877489.aspx

*** Conflicts of interest: Bill resurrecting the Bosnia sniper story isn’t the only Bill story today that might be giving the Clinton campaign headaches. On TODAY this morning, NBC’s Lisa Myers looked at the money that Bill, his foundation, and his library have received -- from Frank Giustra, Vinod Gupta, the Saudi Royal Family, and others -- that might be potential conflicts of interest if Hillary ends up winning the White House. “Over the last seven years,” Myers said, “the Clintons have brought in huge amounts of money, earning more than $100 million to build their personal fortune and raising $500 million for the Clinton foundation and library. Critics complain there are many unanswered questions about who gave the money, and why.” More from Myers: “Sen. Clinton's campaign maintains she has provided more information than any other candidate. And the Clintons say IF she becomes president, they will reveal any foundation donors from that point on.”

Here is video of Lisa Myers' Today show story, just rerun on MSNBC this afternoon. Go to the link and scroll down to the box marked "Today show video - this week's videos."

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/

TODAY show video This week's videos

April 11: The Clintons released their tax returns this week, revealing that they earned more than $100 million between them. NBC’s Lisa Meyers reports on their income and its sources.

Here's a NY Times article from January on Bill's relationship with Giustra >

After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton


DONATING MILLIONS Former President Bill Clinton with Sir Tom Hunter, left, and Frank Giustra, major donors to Mr. Clinton’s charitable foundation

Here's an example of how that conflict of interest could manifest >

Is Hillary pro-Mountaintop Removal, Because the Clinton Fund Got $131 Mil and More From Mining??


Here are a few of the donors we DO know about, although we don't know how much they actually gave. Awfully generous of them, though.

http://www2.nysun.com/article/5137

Saudis, Arabs Funneled Millions to President Clinton's Library
By JOSH GERSTEIN
Staff Reporter of the Sun
November 22, 2004

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — President Clinton's new $165 million library here was funded in part by gifts of $1 million or more each from the Saudi royal family and three Saudi businessmen.

The governments of Dubai, Kuwait, and Qatar and the deputy prime minister of Lebanon all also appear to have donated $1 million or more for the archive and museum that opened last week.

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Information about the donors is available to the public on a single touch-screen computer mounted on a wall on the third floor of the recently opened library. Eventually, most who have contributed $100,000 or more will be listed on a wall in the museum's lobby, Mr. Kessel said.

However, some donors have asked that their names not be released. "We don't have many," Mr. Kessel said, adding, "It doesn't involve anyone controversial."

The computer lists donors by categories that correspond to the size of the gift. But there are no dollar figures provided for each of the funding levels.

Asked why the donor categories were not publicly defined, Mr. Kessel said,"It was a decision we made. We really don't need to at this point."

As a charitable organization, the Clinton Foundation is not required to make the names of its donors or the amounts of their gifts public. However, some of the other foundations that contributed to the library have disclosed their gifts on financial reports that are available from the Internal Revenue Service. By comparing those reports with the donor categories on the third-floor computer screen in the library, The New York Sun was able to match donor categories with approximate dollar amounts.

What The Sun was able to discern by comparing the lists >

http://www2.nysun.com/article/5152

Top Donors to the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation
November 22, 2004

TRUSTEE LEVEL (INDIVIDUALS)

Sheik Abdullah S. Abdullah
Ewa & Daniel Abraham
Nasser Al-Rashid
Abdullah Al Dabbagh
Jay Alix
Malini Alles
Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and Smith Bagley
Stephen Bing
Richard Blum
Jeff Cooper
Dr. Issam Fares
James Ferraro
Wallace & Jama Fowler Foundation
Vin Gupta
Patricia Hotung
Walid Juffali
Robert L. Johnson
Michael Lee Chin
Howard & Michele Kessler
Peter Lewis
Joe Morita
Viktor & Olena Pinchuk
Michael Rienzi
Bill Rollnick & Nancy Ellison
Dr. Cheryl and Haim Saban
Donald L. Saunders
Walter Shorenstein
Bren & Melvin Simon
Arnold Simon Family Foundation
Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw
Joseph Stroud
Martin Varsavsky
Ted & Joan Waitt
Mark Walsh
Alice Walton
Gary and Karen Winnick

TRUSTEE LEVEL (ORGANIZATIONS)

ALLTEL
Alphawood Foundation
Annenberg Foundation
Avalon Capital Group
Dubai Foundation
Embassy of the State of Qatar
Entergy Corporation
Government of Brunei
Magna International Inc.
Satoshi Iue (Chmn. Sanyo Electric)
Soros Foundation
State of Kuwait
Taiwan Economic & Cultural Office
Anheuser-Busch Foundation
David Geffen Foundation
Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation
Roy & Christine Sturgis Foundation
Royal Saudi Family
Wal-Mart/Sam's Club Foundation
Walton Family Foundation
Wasserman Foundation

PHILANTHROPIST LEVEL

Victor Dahdaleh
JB Fuqua
Carlos Bremer Gutierre
Gilbert & Rose Mary Chagoury
Dorothy & Lewis Cullman
Myra & Brian Greenspun
Elaine & Gerald Schuster
C. S. Westbrook & Hugh Westbrook
Sydney & Stanley Shuman
Carlos Slim
Katsuhiko Yoshida
Ruettgers Family Foundation
Global Artists
NY HHS Union, Local 1199
Bank of America
Sainsbury Family Charitable Trust

All of this is not even to mention the hundreds of thousands of dollars Bill charges personally for delivering a speech in Dubai, or the millions he collects for lending his influence to pals like Ron Burkle. Watch the Today Show video for more info. It's damaging as hell. They need to come clean on this. Saying they will come clean AFTER she's in the WH is outrageous.

[DJ13]

1. This illustrates that experience means no transparency

:puke:

[PoliticalAmazon]

18. I've never been so embarassed to have given to a library in my life....

...And the Hillary supporters assume I've always hated the Clintons.

[Stephanie]

20. They'll make a big show of displaying YOUR name, and the rest of the small donors

Meanwhile the multi-million dollar donors remain hidden - in the Lincoln bedroom if HRC has her way.

[madaboutharry]

2. What bugs me is that they are acting like

the Bush family. Power and money corrupts.

[OhioChick]

5. Yep. n/t

[papau]

13. Say what? - if I give to the Library under agreement my name will not be given out - if you give it

out I will sue you.

Does anyone on DU ever fact check this crap? Lisa is just redoing an Obama handout as always so I do not fault her not checking anything - but on DU I expect folks to find out the facts.

After you learn about the anonymity agreement for all donors except those that wave it, get back to me.

[Stephanie]

14. It's a conflict of interest regardless.

Bill and Hill do favors, the libary gets donations. It's unethical. As you well know. Especially when we are talking about foreign governments and a potential U.S. president.

[tbyg52]

30. Well, if they *would* "wave" the agreement

then we could read their names as it was waived under our noses.... ;)

[Huge Ego Sorry]

3. Damn...

I guess that means we'll never know...

[Stephanie]

6. It should be illegal.

When foreign governments have the ability to buy influence this way it should not be tolerated.

[TexasObserver]

4. More Shell and Pea games from the First Family of Grifters.

If I never see another Clinton or Bush on the ballot, it will be too soon.

These people think the government is there personal hand maiden.

[Stephanie]

16. It's obscene.

The amounts of money they are raking in, the fact that they are funneling it DIRECTLY into her campaign! I just can't believe that this isn't an issue.

[TexasObserver]

24. and she tries to laugh off the $800,000 Bill got for being cozy with Colombia

The chutzpah of those two!!

[Stephanie]

25. Heck, doesn't YOUR husband take home $800,000 when he gives a little talk?

Money that you can spend directly on your campaign when you're low on cash?

[TexasObserver]

26. Done! If there's a sleazy dictator somewhere, they're funding the Clinton library!

I cannot believe Bill has become such a remorseless whore dog in retirement. He's literally trying to become the next George HW Bush.

[Stephanie]

27. Well they've got enough now to buy a family compound in Paraguay.

Who will they take with them besides Chelsea - the Rodham brothers?

[kdpeters]

19. They're just pawns. The real players are probably

on those donor lists.

[BuyingThyme]

7. Fuck that.

I've decided not to support her.

[roguevalley]

9. its tough changing your mind and finding someone new. I loved

John. I loved Al. Welcome to another crossroads, Buying Time. I hope you find someone you can support. I did. :)

[Stephanie]

10. Welcome aboard.

I've had enough of lies and deceipt and government for the wealthy by the wealthy.

[billyoc]

8. Wouldn't you really be more surprised if she DID release them?

When has the DLC ever told anyone anything about anything? :shrug:

[Stephanie]

15. You're right, of course.

But it's still outrageous. And look how much attention it's getting...

[Barack_America]

11. This was shown today?

On the day that Clinton supporters watched the Today Show to see the "protest"?

Awesome.

[Stephanie]

12. Apparently. I saw it this afternoon on MSNBC.

But I don't know if I actually saw the whole thing. Will take another look later. But what I did see was excellent reporting and I was shocked to see this story finally on major media.

[Stephanie]

17. So anyway, as I was saying before I was so BITTERLY interrupted.

[Bigleaf]

21. I guess we'll never know then because she's winning sweet fuck all.

I don't give a flying fuck as long as I don't have to see her sorry ass anymore.

[Stephanie]

23. Yep. Then it will be up to us in New York to make her come clean on this

Or ship her back home to Arkansas or Illinois or Pennsylvania or wherever the heck she's from. All I know is it ain't here.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

22. recommending. More to hide, Hillary?

these Presidential libraries seem to be a great way to funnel
money to presidents for favors.

Doesn't even illiterate GW get to have one?
Mr secretive?

[Frank Booth]

28. Yeah, she'll get right on that.

Soon as she ships thousands of jobs overseas as thanks for the generous donations.

[Stephanie]

29. You got it.

[MonkeyFunk]

31. You don't have a right to know

the private, charitable donations of other ordinary citizens.

[Stephanie]

33. Last I looked, the Saudi Royal family were not U.S. citizens.

[Stephanie]

32. It's curious that we were all so BITTERLY distracted the day Lisa Myers' report came out

Go figure. :shrug: