Vince: We Hardly Knew Ye
Part 10
Being a recap of the death, and various ongoing investigations into same, of White House aide Vincent Foster, jr.
(With apologies to his family, who prefer to "let sleeping Fosters lie.")
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With the U.S. about to invade Bosnia in order to promote peace ("War is peace"); with things getting a little hot in Washington (and not just the weather) for that big, lovable clown from Arkansas; with investigations heating up; with the "special people" beginning to panic -- how convenient for the comfortable classes that the situation in Bosnia should heat up just about now.
So that the commissar class doesn't get too comfortable, I thought I'd offer a bit of a history lesson on the death, as well as the on-and-off investigations into same, of Vincent Foster, jr.
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Appendix I of "Slick Willie" II by Deborah J. Stone & Christopher Manion (Annapolis: Annapolis-Washington Book Publishers, Inc., 1994) offers comments on, and then the actual text of, Vince Foster's alleged "suicide note".
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What appears below is the publicly released transcript of the note allegedly found in 27 bits in Vincent Foster's briefcase by Associate White House Counsel Stephen Neuwirth four days after Foster's death.
In light of information related by the inside White House source Deepwater, it is interesting to note that the phrases appearing at the beginning and the end of the note (which appear in bold [here capitalized]) seem incongruous with the phrases of the middle segment (which appear in italics [here normal lettering]) in tone and construction.
The [capitalized] phrases all begin with "I". They seem to reflect Vincent Foster's personal concerns at the time of his death. Foster was burdened by several on-going White House controversies, including questions about the Clintons' Whitewater investment and the Travelgate controversy.
The phrases in the middle segment of the note, however, are written mostly in the third person, and have an impersonal and legalistic tone.
An FBI fingerprint analysis of the 27 bits of paper found no prints.
I MADE MISTAKES FROM IGNORANCE, INEXPERIENCE AND OVERWORK
I DID NOT KNOWINGLY VIOLATE ANY LAW OR STANDARD OF CONDUCT
No one in the White House, to
my knowledge, violated any law
or standard of conduct, including
any action in the travel office.
There was no intent to benefit
any individual or specific group
The FBI lied in their report to the AG [Attorney General Janet Reno]
The press is covering up the
illegal benefits they received
from the travel staff
The GOP has lied and
misrepresented its knowledge
and role and covered up a prior
investigation
The Ushers Office plotted to
have excessive costs incurred,
taking advantage of Kaki and
HRC [Little Rock interior
designer Kaki Hockersmith and
Hillary Rodham Clinton]
The public will never believe
the innocence of the Clintons
and their loyal staff
The WSJ [Wall Street Journal]
editors lie without consequence
I WAS NOT MEANT FOR THE JOB OR
THE SPOTLIGHT OF PUBLIC LIFE IN
WASHINGTON. HERE RUINING PEOPLE
IS CONSIDERED SPORT.
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