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Excerpts from an article by Jerry Seper, for the entire report see Washington Times

11/5/00

Illegal Donations Accepted by Clinton & Gore

Communist China has donated $734,500 to Democrats for the 2000 campaign.

Bernard L. Schwartz, Chairman & CEO of Loral Space & Communications Ltd. Was the focus of an independent counsel investigation to determine if questionable technology transfers his firm made with the White House's assistance were related to the $ l.5 million in donations he gave Democrats.

Federal Election Commission records show that between Feb. 1999 and June 2000 Mr. Schwartz gave Democrats an average of about $40,000 a month almost exclusively in unrestricted, soft-money donations. The soft-money donations went to the Democratic National Committee ($245,000), the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ($235,000) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Coordination Committee ($177,500). Another $77,000 went to individual candidates, including $45,000 to the New York senatorial race of first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. In addition, Loral employees have given more than $61,000 to Democrats, records show. The FEC records, which reflect contributions only through June 2000, show no donations by Mr. Schwartz to the Republican Party, which vigorously questioned Loral's role in the transfer of missile technology to the Chinese. Last year a House Committee chaired by Rep. Christopher Cox, said key missile-related expertise supplied by Loral to China had damaged U.S. national security and that the firm had assisted the Chinese government in improving the reliability of its long-range missiles - 20 of which are now aimed at the United States.

Task force chief Charles G. LaBella, (who was removed from office) had questioned Schwartz's White House ties in a memo to Attorney General Janet Reno; he wanted outside counsel to investigate Clinton's ties to Schwartz and his firm.

In his memo LaBella said Mr. Clinton and Vice President Al Gore were key players in a 1996 fund-raising plan designed to "raise money by whatever means and from whoever would give it, without meaningful attention to the lawfulness of the contributions". He said abuse was "rampant"

White House chief of Staff Harold Ickes played a key role in 1996 as coordinator of the DNC's fund-raising efforts. He said Mr. Ickes urged Mr. Clinton in two memos to pressure officials at Loral to help raise $3 million in soft-money donations to the Democratic Party.

Loral was looking for the White House to switch licensing authority for satellite exports, which were included on a State Department banned "munitions list".

Mr. Clinton later authorized the switch by executive order.

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*Sir Peter is an American Knighted for an "outstanding fight against world communism". He was promoted to Commander & Brig. Gen. In 1978, served as Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of St. John 1978-1980, appointed as Chairman of the Ohio Governor's Export Council to Central America in 1982. His political writings are sent to news services in the U.S. and other countries.