Posted by
Tzimisce on Thursday, August 02, 2007 3:17:14 AM
The most important news about Hillary Clinton's run for President is also the one that seems to get the least attention. It seems that good lady has been pressing for detailed plans about a possible US pullout of Iraq. Just this week, she went so far as to send a letter to her supporters.
"More than 150,000 of our brave men and women are in a war zone, and Dick Cheney doesn't think Congress should know about how we are planning to bring them home." Her mass email shouts.
This is a very interesting reaction coming from a woman who is very guarded about her privacy, especially when it comes to her work in the Government.
Forteen years ago, Hillary Clinton put together a "task force" of over 500 people. This body was defined as an "advisory council" to the President - who was of course her husband. Not surprisingly, she saw no ethics problems with working on political agendas while sleeping with one of the people in charge. But more disturbing than this, she saw no need to tell the American people the details of what her and her gang were doing.
Her "task force" met in secret. Three groups of doctors and concerned citizens requested to be allowed in to the meetings citing the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 which states that anyone who advises the President regardless of their definition in American law is to fall under open public scrutiny. Not surprisingly, the administration refused stating that FACA was never meant to apply to the first Lady even though the law specifically states that it applies to people acting in pretty much any capacity.
Insulted the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the American Council for Health Care Reform, and the National Legal and Policy Center all sued. The White House response amounted to the usual self righteous indignation - claiming FACA was unconstitutional. And liberal pundits came out in force as well.
Susan Trausch of the Boston Globe stated, "Very few of us give a fat rat about the technicalities of a 1972 law regulating task force meetings. We do not care is she is operating as a federal employee, a private citizen, the president's wife, or all three. We just want a break on our health insurance."
Imagine *any* Conservative pundit (outside of radio and a few blogs) saying this today about the war on terror?
But I digress. Judge Lamberth eventually ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. On March 26, 1993 the White House finally released the list of all 511 people on the task force. All 511 were said to be government employees. Furthermore, the meetings would have to be opened up. A little over 20 days later, the task force was disbanded. Two weeks later, the Washington Post received a leak that the White House was shredding the records of the Task Force. Understandably the angry Judge Lamberth ordered that the documents be preserved, but by that time it was too late. Most of the important information had already been lost.
The point of all that everyone should keep this in mind as they watch the Democrats go out and reiterate their talking points - especially when it comes to Hillary Clinton. Anyone who pays attention to left wing hypocracy knows that they don't follow their own rules. Look at the number of investigations brought against the current administration by left wing groups. Look at all the national secrets cheerfully reported on the front page by left wing media outlets. These are the exact same people who yawn at all the cover ups and shifty dealings of Clinton and her husband. The task force is just one of a thousand examples of the truth being buried. Hillary Clinton even locked her Wellesley senior thesis placed under “lock and key.” (Washington Times 7/13/1999)
So one can't help but wonder what she's hiding. What is it that the press *won't* tell us? Are we really supposed to believe that any potentially embarrassing information is out there because some reporter actually dug up the truth as opposed to having it spoon fed to them by Clinton Inc?
http://www.nlpc.org/hctf/tfl-09.htm