Is Our President for Sale?

by Frank Gougher (Pennsylvania)

Years of Access to the Weasels by the Rats

Can we help wondering where our country is heading when we read an expose by an FBI special envoy to the White House, a seasoned veteran of several administrations. Or when we read several books and various newspaper accounts of alleged bribery and treason in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Institutional Investor, Washington Post, Jakarta Republika, Agence France Press, International Herald Tribune, The Economist, Forbes, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, American Spectator, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, Buffalo News, and others. Then there's the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee -Thompson Hearings, and the Reform Party - Perot 96 and Judicial Watch lawsuits to consider, a long with a special on MSNBC. Whether it be the fault of the media, the Congress, or the Administration, there certainly seems to be something wrong in the States of United, and its far past time we found what is going on.

During the 96 Presidential Campaign I was working as a volunteer in the Philadelphia Office of Perot 96. A fellow stopped in and gave me a copy of the book, Unlimited Access, by retired Special Agent, Gary Aldrich, previously one of two FBI special envoys to the White House. Evidently it was Gary's job to perform background security checks on the people who would be given access to the White House, and therefore, the President. Although not well documented, and the account of only one man, it describes his frustration in quitting his job, rather than be prevented from doing it.

Gary relates an ongoing account of his security procedures being circumnavigated by people close to the president (including Mrs. Clinton) where the subjects integrity and credibility was in question. According to Gary, if the president and his people wanted their friends to have security clearances they were to have them, regardless of the risk to White House Security, the presidency or the president. He goes on to name people with connections to foreign governments (especially the Peoples Republic of China), and people with connections to organized crime and drug syndicates, all being given unchecked access to the White House. He also alludes to the president's sexual escapades, for which he has been heavily criticized as a whistle blower.

However, he continually mentions throughout the book that he was just as concerned about negative political exposure to the president as he was about our national security.

To be honest, the books not the greatest read, and is often boring and redundant, but it does make one stop and think. I can remember putting it down with a whistle and the thought boy! If this is true, it certainly will all come out, sooner or later, and it certainly won't be pretty. However, we were all working hard to get our guy elected, so I soon put it out of my mind.

A few years later, while reading a review of Year of the Rat, what grabbed my attention were the names from Unlimited Access popping right out at me. Oh well, what's twenty four dollars? So I bought myself a copy. Quite unlike Unlimited Access it's a great read that moves right along. In fact,it would give most spy novels a run for their money. Also, this book is well documented. The pages are crammed with footnotes referring to very credible sources. Its an ongoing account of the trading of influence and military technology to agents of a foreign and once hostile government, its associates, and its intelligence agencies. Namely: The PRD (Peoples Republic of China), PLA (Peoples Liberation Army), PAP (Peoples Armed Police). All this in exchange for the money to get elected.

The book goes on to show ties to Chinese Organized Crime, and payment in return. It describes how people like John Huang, Johnny Trie, and Johnny Chung, all of questionable backgrounds, and all involved in Clinton - Gore fundraising, won access to American intelligence. It even shows how the information was smuggled out of the country. These financial ties are followed back to the early political careers of Clinton and Gore. The authors follow the money trail through the Lippo Bank, its subsidiaries and associates, right into the Clinton and Gore Campaigns. Then there's the mystery of how all of the many possible witness to much of this have either departed, fled the country, or are taking the fifth.

Who says all of this is true? Well, of course, the authors, the FBI, the CIA, the Thompson Senate Committee, and numerous journalists around our nation and the world, most with far from conservative backgrounds. It does make one wonder what were doing with sex in the While House while our national security is allegedly at stake. As one woman wrote in to barnesandnoble.com, If even ten percent of this is true, Clinton and Gore belong in Leavenworth. Well, I don't know about Leavenworth, but certainly not in the White House. Maybe it's not all true, but I certainly would like to know. Wouldn't you?

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About the Authors: - Edward Timberlake serves on the staff of the House Committee on Rules dealing with national security. He graduated from the Naval Academy, was a Marine fighter pilot, along with a career in national security service.

William C. Triplett II was the chief Republican counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and has spent thirty years working on China and national security.