Thursday, May 08, 2003

 

Heh heh. This story's got LEGS, folks:

Question: Why is Leung like Watergate?

I've been following the leung story very closely. This is a cautious summary of what is known publicly, although no mainstreamer has connected the dots or raised the suppositions in a clear way:

Katrina Leung, a GOP fundraiser/contributor, appears also to have been a conduit for illegal campaign donations from the Chinese government and others to Republican candidates, according to reputable reports, during the time she was also an important FBI asset. Her handler and lover JJ Smith was heavily involved in the investigation of similar activities involving the Democrats and the Chinese. These investigations have recently been called into question by people closely involved with them.

If Leung was illegally funneling money to Republicans, it seems more than likely that Smith, an important FBI official, knew about it. It raises the question of whether he was actively involved in it himself and whether he was encouraged to do so by others, perhaps at the FBI.

As much of the information regarding the scandals came from Leung herself, the case also raises concerns that the investigations into alleged Democratic/Chinese illegalities were a diversion, to deflect attention away from the flow of some $2.5 million into Republican war chests from the Chinese.

This is similar to what Watergate looked like early on, a lot of impossible to believe weird facts that sort of, but didn't quite fit.


tristero

Something tells me the idea of the GOP as the REAL ChiCom-cash-cow will not go over well in the American heartland . . .

posted by Michael 10:50 PM