RNC: Obama's Good Counsel?

piporiko Mer 19 Nov 2008 - 11:00

RNC: Obama's Good Counsel?
Obama Names Greg Craig As White House Counsel, A Man Who Has Represented
Numerous Controversial Clients
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20081117/pl_usnw/rnc__obama_s_good_counsel

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Ezili Danto/HLLN's Note: The source below should be well noted. But the excerpt
herein copied for the Network's information may be most relevant to our task to
free Haiti, end dependency, debt, foreign domination, institutionalize the rule
of law and support long term sustainable Haitianist development and capacity
building... For the full press release go to:
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SOURCE Republican National Committee
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20081117/pl_usnw/rnc__obama_s_good_counsel

RNC: Obama's Good Counsel?

To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Republican National Committee, +1-202-863-8614

Obama Names Greg Craig As White House Counsel, A Man Who Has Represented
Numerous Controversial Clients

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release was issued
today by the Republican National Committee:

"...Craig Represented Haiti's Rich Mevs Family Which "Rose To Great Wealth
During The Dictatorship Of Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier With A Monopoly On The
Country's Sugar Industry." "A well-connected Washington attorney hired by one
of Haiti's wealthiest families is quietly playing a major -- and controversial
-- role in brokering a political solution to Haiti's simmering crisis. Gregory
Craig is a former Yale classmate of the Clintons; his clients have ranged from
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to John Hinckley. For 15 months, Mr. Craig has used the
resources of Haiti's Mevs family in trying to forge a political onsensus [sic]
in that deeply divided country. At the same time, Mr. Craig and Sven Holmes,
one of his colleagues at the prestigious law firm of Williams & Connolly, have
served as intermediaries between senior State Department officials and the
Mevses, one of a handful of families who rose to great wealth during the
dictatorship of Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier with a monopoly on the country's
sugar industry." (Don Bohning and Christopher Marquis, "Attorney For Wealthy
Haitians Criticized For Role In US Talks," Journal Of Commerce, 3/4/93)

-- The Mevses Were Considered A Backer Of A Coup, Deposing A
Democratically Elected Government, Sparking Charges That Craig
Was Attempting To Steer The Outcome Of Peace Talks In Haiti To
Benefit The Mevses. "Many of those same families were believed
to have backed the September 1991 coup that ousted
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected
president. Despite signs of progress in Haiti, the link
established by Mr. Craig between U.S. officials and the Mevses
has drawn sharp criticism from all sides in Haiti's delicate
peace process. The critics -- who include other U.S. officials
-- question both the propriety of the contacts and the role
played by the Mevses -- with Mr. Craig serving as the
intermediary -- in attempting
to dictate the outcome in Haiti."

(Don Bohning and Christopher Marquis, "Attorney For Wealthy
Haitians Criticized For Role In US Talks," Journal Of Commerce,
3/4/93)

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