| | Vince Foster was an attorney with a professional reputation for integrity, and in the early 1980s began cooperating with Israeli intelligence. But Foster began playing a dangerous game the mid 1980s when he became the link between Systematics and the [[NSA]], the main US government agency that was looking for fronts to market the stolen [[Inslaw]] [[software]]. Foster had a Swiss bank account and was making one-day trips to [[Switzerland]] every six to eight months. Foster was the bagman for the Arkansas political machine. When he was serving in the [[White House]], on July 1 1993, Foster purchased a round-trip ticket to Switzerland. This prompted [[surveillance]] by [[CIA]] [[counterintelligence]], [[NSA]], [[FBI]], and a four-person [[IRS]] team, putting a tremendous amount of [[psychological]] pressure on him. Foster became alerted and alarmed that he was under surveillance and investigation when he discovered the Swiss bank account had been drained of the $2.73 million deposited there. The account had been drained by ex-CIA hackers who placed the funds in an [[escrow]] account for the CIA.<ref>[http://www.constitution.org/quinnorm.htm Jim Quinn interview with James Norman,] WRRK Radio Pittsburgh, December 7, 1995.<br>Editor's note: James Norman of Media Bypass Magazine published ''Fosergate'', an article detailing the background and circumstances of Vince Foster's death. Norman, formally a Senior Editor of ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine, was terminated due to ''Fostergate's'' controversial and national security concerns regarding Foster being investigated for [[espionage]], and Foster's link to a foreign intelligence organization. ''Fostergate'' originally had been written for ''Forbes'' magazine. </ref> | | Vince Foster was an attorney with a professional reputation for integrity, and in the early 1980s began cooperating with Israeli intelligence. But Foster began playing a dangerous game the mid 1980s when he became the link between Systematics and the [[NSA]], the main US government agency that was looking for fronts to market the stolen [[Inslaw]] [[software]]. Foster had a Swiss bank account and was making one-day trips to [[Switzerland]] every six to eight months. Foster was the bagman for the Arkansas political machine. When he was serving in the [[White House]], on July 1 1993, Foster purchased a round-trip ticket to Switzerland. This prompted [[surveillance]] by [[CIA]] [[counterintelligence]], [[NSA]], [[FBI]], and a four-person [[IRS]] team, putting a tremendous amount of [[psychological]] pressure on him. Foster became alerted and alarmed that he was under surveillance and investigation when he discovered the Swiss bank account had been drained of the $2.73 million deposited there. The account had been drained by ex-CIA hackers who placed the funds in an [[escrow]] account for the CIA.<ref>[http://www.constitution.org/quinnorm.htm Jim Quinn interview with James Norman,] WRRK Radio Pittsburgh, December 7, 1995.<br>Editor's note: James Norman of Media Bypass Magazine published ''Fosergate'', an article detailing the background and circumstances of Vince Foster's death. Norman, formally a Senior Editor of ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine, was terminated due to ''Fostergate's'' controversial and national security concerns regarding Foster being investigated for [[espionage]], and Foster's link to a foreign intelligence organization. ''Fostergate'' originally had been written for ''Forbes'' magazine. </ref> |
| − | Foster hired James Hamilton, a high-powered Washington lawyer specialing in white-collar [[crime]] who handles cases before [[Congress]]ional [[committee]]s. A weekend meeting was held with Webster Hubbell and both their wives at the estate of Michael Cardoza who later headed the [[Hillary_Clinton_First_Lady#Legal_Defense_Fund_and_influence_peddling|Clinton Legal Defense fund]]. $286,000 was deposited into the account of Vince's wife, Lisa Foster, shortly before the meeting. | + | Foster hired James Hamilton, a high-powered Washington lawyer specializing in white-collar [[crime]] who handles cases before [[Congress]]ional [[committee]]s. A weekend meeting was held with Webster Hubbell and both their wives at the estate of Michael Cardoza who later headed the [[Hillary_Clinton_First_Lady#Legal_Defense_Fund_and_influence_peddling|Clinton Legal Defense fund]]. $286,000 was deposited into the account of Vince's wife, Lisa Foster, shortly before the meeting. |
| | Systematics also came to be represented by Beryl Anthony, a partner at the Washington law office of Winston and Strawn, former chairman of the [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]], and husband of Vince Foster's sister Sheila Foster Anthony. It was Sheila Anthony who, while Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the [[Justice Department]], effected a $286,000 transfer to Lisa Foster from a [[Democratic National Committee]] account held at Mellon Bank, just four days before Vince Foster met his death. Upon Foster's death, Hillary Clinton directed the removal of files from Foster's office. | | Systematics also came to be represented by Beryl Anthony, a partner at the Washington law office of Winston and Strawn, former chairman of the [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]], and husband of Vince Foster's sister Sheila Foster Anthony. It was Sheila Anthony who, while Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the [[Justice Department]], effected a $286,000 transfer to Lisa Foster from a [[Democratic National Committee]] account held at Mellon Bank, just four days before Vince Foster met his death. Upon Foster's death, Hillary Clinton directed the removal of files from Foster's office. |