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"Harry Hope" |
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28 Nov 2003 10:19:14 AM |
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New scandal engulfs Bush's Prince of Darkness adviser |
More ominous for Perle than questions about his foreign policy
meddling are those regarding his business dealings, as he suddenly
finds himself at the center of a boardroom scandal that's likely to
claim Lord Conrad Black's $1 billion media empire.
Up until last week, Black served as CEO of Hollinger International,
whose key assets include the Chicago Sun-Times, the London Daily
Telegraph and the Jerusalem Post.
The company's implosion was sparked when an audit by outsiders, lead
by former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Richard Breeden,
discovered $32 million in questionable payments to key company
executives, including $7.2 million directly to Black and $16.55
million to Hollinger's Canadian parent company.
The generous payments were made while Hollinger's handpicked board of
directors apparently looked the other way as the CEO allegedly used
the public company as his private piggy bank.
Perle serves on Hollinger's board with Henry Kissinger and Black's
wife, conservative columnist Barbara Amiel, among others.
Drawing shareholder scrutiny, as well, are investments Hollinger made
in companies run by its board members.
Hollinger Digital, headed by Perle, invested $2.5 million in Trireme
Partners, the venture capital firm that invests in technology, goods
and services related to homeland security and defense.
Trireme Partners is co-managed by Perle.
According to the Financial Times:
"Also under review is a $14 million investment the company made under
Mr. Perle's direction through Hillman Capital, a venture capital group
controlled by Gerald Hillman -- who has since become a partner at
Trireme and, like Mr. Perle, is a member of the U.S. Defense Policy
Board."
From Salon, 11/26/03:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/11/26/perle/index.html
The gathering storm around Richard Perle
D.C.'s "Prince of Darkness" has prospered in the shadows between the
Beltway and big business -- but the latest scandal threatens to bring
him down.
By Eric Boehlert
Storm clouds are gathering around Washington's "Prince of Darkness,"
Richard Perle.
An influential über-hawk who enjoys close ties to the top of the
Pentagon's civilian leadership, Perle got his wish earlier this year
when the United States launched the preemptive war against Saddam
Hussein that he'd spent a decade lobbying for.
(The "Prince of Darkness" nickname stems from Perle's apparent dislike
of nuclear arms treaties and Middle East peace accords.)
A private businessman who once worked for an Israeli arms
manufacturer, Perle maintains a public platform through the Defense
Policy Board, a civilian advisory group stacked with hawks --
including James Woolsey, Newt Gingrich and Henry Kissinger -- who
supported a war with Iraq.
Though he was forced to give up the board's chairmanship when some of
his private defense-contracting clients were revealed, Perle maintains
a unique position as a shadowy Beltway operator who blurs the line
between private business and foreign policy.
He's been making lots of noise -- and news -- lately, and his critics
are asking questions about his intentions.
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He is the very model of a Bush White House adviser.
Harry
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| User: "Roedy Green" |
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| Title: Re: New scandal engulfs Bush's Prince of Darkness adviser |
28 Nov 2003 09:37:01 PM |
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:19:14 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote or quoted :
Hollinger Digital, headed by Perle, invested $2.5 million in Trireme
Partners, the venture capital firm that invests in technology, goods
and services related to homeland security and defense.
Trireme Partners is co-managed by Perle.
You'd think these guys would have their hands full looking after the
defense of America. It turns out they just got those jobs to make it
easier to scam the government.
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.
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| User: "Roedy Green" |
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| Title: Re: New scandal engulfs Bush's Prince of Darkness adviser |
28 Nov 2003 09:35:21 PM |
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:19:14 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote or quoted :
Lord Conrad Black's $1 billion media empire.
In Canada, Conrad Black is to newspapers what Bill Gates is to
software. Black has already confessed to making arrangements with the
competition to avoid competing in markets in return for consideration
-- in other words, a form of price fixing.
It is a funny thing how far these supposed capitalists will go to
thwart the natural competition of the capitalist system.
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
Coaching, problem solving, economical contract programming.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss.html for The Java Glossary.
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