From: alex@umbc5.umbc.edu (Alex S. Crain)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Carter & BCCI (was EQUITY and Barbara Jordon)
Date: 27 Jul 92 20:29:37 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Academic Computing Services

In article <1992Jul27.191912.22680@inel.gov> dpe@inel.gov (Don Palmrose) writes:

>To me it is unethical to accept such a large sum of money from an organization
>without checking on the source of those funds.  BCCI was known to have 
>problems back then.

	This seems fair enough. You should probably consider, though, that
while $8M seems like a whole bunch of money, it's not that much on the scale
of BCCI or the charity in question. BCCI may have appeared shaky in 1981,
but it was 10 years before any serious questions were asked, so its not
unreasonable that BCCI appeared to be completely on the level. It is not
uncommon for large corperations to make sizeable donations to established
charities, expecting nothing but good publicity and a tax writeoff in return.
In any case, Carters relationship to the charity would not make him 
responsible for investigating the donors - that would be up to the active
board of directors.

	If your concerned about this, then you must be appalled at the
behavior of the Reagan administration, given the large number of Reagan
staffers that have been convicted of actual crimes. You must also be
appaled at the number of Reagan appointees who quit to become influence
peddelers (lobbyists), many in clear violation of the law.

>What I find especially ironic in this whole line of talk, Carter is O.K. 
>because the Justice Dept. says he did not violate any laws.  But, when the
>Justice Dept. nor the Congress can not find anything on Bush concerning 
>Iran-Contra or the "October Surprise", the Democrats will not accept it and 
>they just have to investigate because "we don't have any proof, but we know
>he did something!" 

	I think that the big complaint about October Surprise was that
no investagation was ever made. Various witnesses have appeared (with
varying amounts of credability) and made accusations, most of which
were only ivestigated superficially. It has been argued, more or less 
sucessfully, that an investigation into October Surprise would be a waste
of time and a political circus, so the whole thing looks DOA.

	Iran-Contra, on the other hand, has resulted in several convictions, 
and may result in more - it seem clear that laws were broken there. 
Regardless of how one feels about the high cost of the investigation,
several people have been convicted and jailed by juries, this isn't a
question of proof.

	Carter and BCCI have been investigated quite throughly, and the
probe continues, although Carter appears to be pronounced clean at this
point. Unless dramatic new evidance appears, there is little reason to
suspect that Carter did anything illegal, and even the ethics of the 
situation are only vaguely suspect. There is no basis to claim that
the Carter/BCCI connection has been ignored or covered up, as there 
isn't anything left to sift through.









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					Alex Crain
					UMBC Academic Computing Services
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