| | In the early takeover maneuvers Financial General Bankshares, First American's predecessor company, brought a 1978 lawsuit naming 'Bert Lance, Bank of Credit & Commerce International, Agha Hasan Abedhi, Eugene J. Metzger, Jackson Stephens, Stephens Inc., Systematics Inc. and John Does numbers 1 through 25.' The suit was ultimately settled, but intriguingly, briefs for Systematics, a Stephens property, were submitted by a trio of lawyers including C.J. Giroir and Webster L. Hubbell and signed by Hillary Rodham.<ref>Who is Jack Ryan? ''Wall Street Journal'', August 1, 1994 </ref> | | In the early takeover maneuvers Financial General Bankshares, First American's predecessor company, brought a 1978 lawsuit naming 'Bert Lance, Bank of Credit & Commerce International, Agha Hasan Abedhi, Eugene J. Metzger, Jackson Stephens, Stephens Inc., Systematics Inc. and John Does numbers 1 through 25.' The suit was ultimately settled, but intriguingly, briefs for Systematics, a Stephens property, were submitted by a trio of lawyers including C.J. Giroir and Webster L. Hubbell and signed by Hillary Rodham.<ref>Who is Jack Ryan? ''Wall Street Journal'', August 1, 1994 </ref> |
| − | Hillary Clinton was the intellectual property lawyer for Systematics,<ref>According to The ''American Lawyer'', July 1992: "[Hillary] Clinton also was attracted to intellectual property litigation. 'We did not have any intellectual property expertise when she joined us,' says [Vince] Foster, who adds that Clinton got involved in this area through her work for the firm client, Systematics Inc., a company based in Little Rock that provided computer systems for financial institutions. 'She became sort of self-taught in all of this,' explains Foster. 'And you don't find a lot of intellectual property subspecialists in Arkansas. Quite frankly, the rest of us here thought of it as a foreign language.'"</ref> and obtained access to important materials from Systematics clients, such as the operating system for a new national security computer at E-Systems of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. | + | Hillary Clinton was the intellectual property lawyer for Systematics.<ref>According to The ''American Lawyer'', July 1992: "[Hillary] Clinton also was attracted to intellectual property litigation. 'We did not have any intellectual property expertise when she joined us,' says [Vince] Foster, who adds that Clinton got involved in this area through her work for the firm client, Systematics Inc., a company based in Little Rock that provided computer systems for financial institutions. 'She became sort of self-taught in all of this,' explains Foster. 'And you don't find a lot of intellectual property subspecialists in Arkansas. Quite frankly, the rest of us here thought of it as a foreign language.'"</ref> Part of this "intellectual property" would involve a banking transaction software system based on the stolen PROMIS software. Hhillary obtained access to important materials from Systematics clients, such as the operating system for a new national security computer at E-Systems of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. |
| | [[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 in the mid 1980s when he became the link between Systematics and the [[NSA]],<ref>[https://ia600203.us.archive.org/7/items/VinceFoster-NSA-Banking-Transactions-Spying/Allegations%20Regarding%20Vince%20Foster%2C%20the%20NSA%2C%20and%20Banking%20Transactions%20Spying/01%20Jim%20Norman%20sends%20a%20memo%20to%20the%20White%20House%2c%20which%20leaks%20it%20to%20a%20Starr%20assistant.txt Allegations Regarding Vince Foster, the NSA, and Banking Transactions Spying], by Orlin Grabbe </ref> 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.<ref>An FBI interview report by agent Russell Bransford and a handwritten note from the Office of Independent Counsel found at the National Archives refer to Vincent Foster's Swiss bank account. [http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/VWF%20Swiss%20Account.pdf FBI Agent Bransford interview report] April 21, 1994 and Independent Counsel notes November 13, 1995. The account was at the Banca Della Svizzera Italiana in Chiasso, Switzerland.</ref> 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 alarmed that he was under investigation when he phoned ahead of time and 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><ref>[http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/James%20Norman%20Media%20Bypass.pdf ''Fostergate''], Media ByPass, October, 1995</ref> Foster hired James Hamilton, a high-powered Washington lawyer specializing in white-collar [[crime]] who handles cases before [[Congress]]ional [[committee]]s. | | [[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 in the mid 1980s when he became the link between Systematics and the [[NSA]],<ref>[https://ia600203.us.archive.org/7/items/VinceFoster-NSA-Banking-Transactions-Spying/Allegations%20Regarding%20Vince%20Foster%2C%20the%20NSA%2C%20and%20Banking%20Transactions%20Spying/01%20Jim%20Norman%20sends%20a%20memo%20to%20the%20White%20House%2c%20which%20leaks%20it%20to%20a%20Starr%20assistant.txt Allegations Regarding Vince Foster, the NSA, and Banking Transactions Spying], by Orlin Grabbe </ref> 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.<ref>An FBI interview report by agent Russell Bransford and a handwritten note from the Office of Independent Counsel found at the National Archives refer to Vincent Foster's Swiss bank account. [http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/VWF%20Swiss%20Account.pdf FBI Agent Bransford interview report] April 21, 1994 and Independent Counsel notes November 13, 1995. The account was at the Banca Della Svizzera Italiana in Chiasso, Switzerland.</ref> 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 alarmed that he was under investigation when he phoned ahead of time and 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><ref>[http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/James%20Norman%20Media%20Bypass.pdf ''Fostergate''], Media ByPass, October, 1995</ref> Foster hired James Hamilton, a high-powered Washington lawyer specializing in white-collar [[crime]] who handles cases before [[Congress]]ional [[committee]]s. |