"The Obama administration now needs to show they are not sitting on their thumbs when it comes to national security."
The WH is saying they were not cooridinated with the seizures. Just like sending Bill to NK, they are distancing themselves. Although it is telling Hillary and Bill seem to have a problem accepting money from The Alavi Foundation last year, amongst other Islamic Groups...
the Clinton foundation has also received money from the Iran-supporting Alavi Foundation. The last paragraph can be summed up in two names... Joe Biden and Barrack Obama. Chair and Sub Committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
www.americanthinker.com
On Dec. 19, 2008, at 2 p.m., the New York-based Alavi Foundation, which supports Iranian causes, contributed between $25,000 and $50,000 to the William J. Clinton Foundation. This can be best described as the ultimate chutzpah, for on the very same day, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York indicted the president of the Alavi Foundation, Farshid Jahedi, "on a charge of obstruction of justice for allegedly destroying documents required to be produced under a grand jury subpoena concerning the Alavi Foundation's relationship with Bank Melli Iran and the ownership of a Manhattan office building."
Alavi's contribution to Clinton came just two days after the Treasury Department also designated Alavi's partner, the New York-based ASSA Corp., as a terrorist entity, and the New York Southern District's attorney seized and forfeited its assets. According to the Treasury Department, "Assa ... continued to provide services to Bank Melli by maintaining Melli's interest in 650 Fifth Avenue Co. and transferring income from 650 Fifth Avenue Co. to Bank Melli." ASSA owned 650 Fifth Avenue Co. together with the Alavi Foundation. Incredibly, the government seized only 40% of the 36-story building controlled by ASSA, leaving the Alavi Foundation in charge of the remaining 60%.
As early as 1979, the foundation and its partner Bank Melli were recognized as procurement fronts for Iran's nuclear weapons program. Twenty years later, the U.S. government recognized Bank Melli as a vehicle controlled by the Iranian Government. [emphasis added] Source: Forbes Magazine:Clinton's Iranian Connection
Why hasn't the Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked Ms Clinton specific questions about these donations ? Not only is this an abrogation of their responsibilities but it may be placing the United States in danger.
