| | Five monthes into Clinton's first term the body of White House Counsel [[Vince Foster]] was found shot to death one day after Bill Clinton took the unprecedented step of firing the head of the [[FBI]]. Under the law, the FBI should have been the lead agency investigating the death of a high ranking Executive Branch official. Foster was the highest-ranking Executive Branch official killed since John F Kennedy. It was led by the relatively inexperienced US Park Service in the Department of the Interior. | | Five monthes into Clinton's first term the body of White House Counsel [[Vince Foster]] was found shot to death one day after Bill Clinton took the unprecedented step of firing the head of the [[FBI]]. Under the law, the FBI should have been the lead agency investigating the death of a high ranking Executive Branch official. Foster was the highest-ranking Executive Branch official killed since John F Kennedy. It was led by the relatively inexperienced US Park Service in the Department of the Interior. |
| − | ''Forbes'' magazine Senior Editor James Norman uncovered evidence that Foster had a Swiss bank account and was under investigation by the US government for [[espionage]] at the time of his death.<ref>[http://www.fbicover-up.com/jim-norman.html WRRK radio interview] December 7, 1995</ref><ref>[http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/James%20Norman%20Media%20Bypass.pdf Media ByPass article] October, 1995</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 Vince Foster's Swiss bank account.<ref>[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</ref> Norman wrote to the White House press office to inquire about these allegations.<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 </ref> White House chief of staff Abner Mikva leaked a copy of Norman's inquiry to Mark Tuohey, deputy Independent Counsel investigating Foster's death.<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/26%20Abner%20Mikva%20resigns.%20Did%20Foster%20have%20knowledge%20of%20too%20many%20felonies%3f.txt Abner Mikva resigns. Did Foster have knowledge of too many felonies?] by Orlin Grabbe</ref> Both Mikva and Touhey resigned because of the apparent collusion in an independent investigation.<ref>[http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-09-21/news/9509210485_1_house-counsel-mikva-bernard-nussbaum] Mikva resigned to "spend more time with his family." Contemporaneous news reports say nothing about resigning to accept a federal judgeship.</ref> Tuohey, who has been accused by US Attorney Miguel Rodriguez on the staff of the Independent Counsel of sabotaging the investigation,<ref>https://youtu.be/V34XC56LFFY </ref> then went to work representing the Rose Law Firm - the firm Vince Foster, Hillary Clinton, and Webster Hubbell all we're employed in to represent clients of the Independent Counsel's Whitewater investigation.<ref> | + | ''Forbes'' magazine Senior Editor James Norman uncovered evidence that Foster had a Swiss bank account and was under investigation by the US government for [[espionage]] at the time of his death.<ref>[http://www.fbicover-up.com/jim-norman.html WRRK radio interview] December 7, 1995</ref><ref>[http://www.fbicover-up.com/ewExternalFiles/James%20Norman%20Media%20Bypass.pdf Media ByPass article] October, 1995</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 Vince Foster's Swiss bank account.<ref>[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</ref> Norman wrote to the White House press office to inquire about these allegations.<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 </ref> White House chief of staff Abner Mikva leaked a copy of Norman's inquiry to Mark Tuohey, deputy Independent Counsel investigating Foster's death.<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/26%20Abner%20Mikva%20resigns.%20Did%20Foster%20have%20knowledge%20of%20too%20many%20felonies%3f.txt Abner Mikva resigns. Did Foster have knowledge of too many felonies?] by Orlin Grabbe</ref> Both Mikva and Touhey resigned because of the apparent collusion in an independent investigation.<ref>[http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-09-21/news/9509210485_1_house-counsel-mikva-bernard-nussbaum] Mikva resigned to "spend more time with his family." Contemporaneous news reports say nothing about resigning to accept a federal judgeship.</ref> Tuohey, who has been accused by US Attorney Miguel Rodriguez on the staff of the Independent Counsel of sabotaging the investigation,<ref>https://youtu.be/V34XC56LFFY </ref> then went to work representing the Rose Law Firm - the firm Vince Foster, Hillary Clinton, and Webster Hubbell all we're employed to represent clients of the Independent Counsel's Whitewater investigation.<ref> |
| | http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/09/us/courier-at-little-rock-firm-recalls-shredding-after-the-inquiry-began.html </ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/06/magazine/ken-starr-would-not-be-denied.html </ref> | | http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/09/us/courier-at-little-rock-firm-recalls-shredding-after-the-inquiry-began.html </ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/06/magazine/ken-starr-would-not-be-denied.html </ref> |