ok I already posted this on Glenn's page... but I think it is rather apt to put it here as well...

Clinton and NAFTA-GATE memo release

Remember this name… Frank Giustra.

From The Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/politics/20clinton.html?scp=2&sq=Frank+Giustra&st=nyt

“The $31.3 million donation, which was previously undisclosed, came from the Radcliffe Foundation run by Frank Giustra, a Canadian who has made millions financing mining deals around the world. Mr. Giustra has become a member of Mr. Clinton’s inner circle, joining him on global trips and lending him the use of his private MD-87 jet.

For weeks, Clinton Foundation officials had suggested that the $31.3 million contribution listed on its tax return did not come from a single donor. They then said it came from a single source, but declined to identify it. Wednesday afternoon, a representative of Mr. Giustra contacted The Times and acknowledged the Radcliffe contribution.”

And this also from The Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/us/politics/31donor.html?pagewanted=1&sq=Frank%20Giustra&st=nyt&scp=1

“But what his fledgling company lacked in experience, it made up for in connections. Accompanying Mr. Giustra on his luxuriously appointed MD-87 jet that day was a former president of the United States, Bill Clinton.”

“Within two days, corporate records show that Mr. Giustra also came up a winner when his company signed preliminary agreements giving it the right to buy into three uranium projects controlled by Kazakhstan’s state-owned uranium agency, Kazatomprom.

The monster deal stunned the mining industry, turning an unknown shell company into one of the world’s largest uranium producers in a transaction ultimately worth tens of millions of dollars to Mr. Giustra, analysts said.

Just months after the Kazakh pact was finalized, Mr. Clinton’s charitable foundation received its own windfall: a $31.3 million donation from Mr. Giustra that had remained a secret until he acknowledged it last month. The gift, combined with Mr. Giustra’s more recent and public pledge to give the William J. Clinton Foundation an additional $100 million, secured Mr. Giustra a place in Mr. Clinton’s inner circle, an exclusive club of wealthy entrepreneurs in which friendship with the former president has its privileges.”

So the Clinton’s are deeply involved with an extremely wealthy and influential Canadian businessman. Deals have been made. Huge amounts of money are involved. Now what country is deeply involved in the whole NAFTA flap and the illegal release of a memo of a meeting between Obama’s economic adviser Austan Goolsbee and embassy officials? That’s right… Canada. The memo was written by consulate employee Joseph DeMora and Goolsbee claims he mischaracterized the tone and content of the meeting.

http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/229480

“Goolsbee disputed the characterization, saying those weren't his words.

"That's this guy's language," Goolsbee said. "He's not quoting me. I certainly did not use that phrase in any way." “

From the same article:

“In Ottawa, Opposition parties have accused the Conservative government of leaking word of the meeting last week to CTV News in order to hurt Democrats and help Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential election this fall.

On Monday, NDP Leader Jack Layton demanded Harper fire the source of the leak, identified by an unnamed ABC source as his chief of staff Ian Brodie. “

Now here is where dates and coincidences get interesting:

http://www.looktothestars.org/news/525-clinton-asks-miners-to-dig-deep

“Invitations have been sent out for a March 1 event to be held in Toronto, where comedian Robin Williams and musicians Elton John, Shakira, and Burton Cummings are expected to perform. The cost will range between $25,000 and $300,000 per table, and proceeds will help CGSGI assist mining communities long after the industry leaves.

“When Frank Giustra brought forward the idea of having the world’s mining sector pull together in support of alleviating poverty and building sustainable local economies in developing countries, I knew it would only succeed if the industry was serious about being actively involved,” said Mr Clinton.”

“Donations to CGSGI from mining sector companies have amounted to nearly $350 million”

Hey we’re talking REAL money here. So there’s a big meeting of Clinton mining cronies just a few days before a memo is leaked mischaracterizing a meeting between a top Oboma adviser and a Canadian government official. The release of this memo is directly responsible for the rebirth of Hillary’s campaign for President. The question that must be asked is this: did the Clinton contacts with Frank Giustra influence the Canadian government officials to leak the memo? Was there direct involvement? The way the Clinton campaign jumped all over this was too obvious to be mere coincidence.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080302/nafta_memo_080303/20080303

The Canadian government claims there will be an investigation:

http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=7709766

But it seems the whole mess involves the Prime Mister’s office!

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080302/nafta_memo_080303/20080303

There is so much smoke here I can HARDLY BREATHE! Can some real investigative journalists get on this? Joe? Seems like it's right up your ally...