Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich

by Peter Schweizer

  6. Allen, Jonathan, and Amie Parnes, HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton (New York: Crown Publishing Group, Random House, 2014), 128.

  7. Ibid., 9.

  8. Ibid., 128.

  9. Diplomacy in a Time of Scarcity (Washington, DC: American Academy of Diplomacy, 2012), http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/publications/Diplomacy_in_a_Time_of_Scarcity.pdf.

  10. Confessore, Nicholas, and Amy Chozick, “Unease at Clinton Foundation over Finances and Ambitions,” New York Times, August 13, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/us/politics/unease-at-clinton-foundation-over-finances-and-ambitions.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.

  11. Hernandez, Raymond, “Weiner’s Wife Didn’t Disclose Consulting Work She Did While Serving in State Dept.,” New York Times, May 16, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/nyregion/weiners-wife-huma-abedin-failed-to-disclose-consulting-work-done-while-a-state-dept-aide.html.

  12. US Department of Commerce, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Administration, “Ethics Rules–Balancing Responsibilities to the Government and Personal Interests,” February 1, 2013, 4, http://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2013/february/sge_summary_of_ethics_rules-2013-e.pdf.

  13. Ibid., 6.

  14. “Top Govt. Aides Shouldn’t Also Serve as Outside Consultants,” editorial, Boston Globe, July 29, 2013, http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2013/07/28/top-aides-like-huma-abedin-shouldn-serve-outside-consultants/B9zQtY7mNv0U4LxgqwXxuL/story.html.

  15. Allen and Parnes, HRC.

  16. McKelvey, Tara, “Hillary’s Power Grab,” Daily Beast, January 14, 2011, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/01/14/hillary-clintons-power-grab-for-usaid.html.Rieff, David, “If Disaster Aid Is Key to the War on Terrorism, Then Why Won’t Obama Appoint Someone to Coordinate Disaster Aid?” New Republic, September 17, 2010, http://www.newrepublic.com/blog/foreign-policy/77740/if-disaster-aid-key-the-war-terrorism-then-why-wont-obama-appoint-someone-hillary-clinton-david-rieff.

  17. Kimes, Mina, and Michael Smith, “Laureate, a For-profit Education Firm, Finds International Success (with a Clinton’s Help),” Washington Post, January 18, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/laureate-a-for-profit-education-firm-finds-international-success-with-a-clintons-help/2014/01/16/13f8adde-7ca6-11e3-9556-4a4bf7bcbd84_story.html.

  18. “Laureate Vai Abrir um Novo Campus No Sul,” ProfessorNews (Brazil), October 20, 2011, http://www.professornews.com.br/index.php/pos-graduacao/stricto-sensu/1027-laureate-vai-abrir-um-novo-campus-no-sul.

  19. Kimes and Smith, “Laureate, a For-profit Education Firm, Finds International Success.”

  20. Laureate International Universities, “President Bill Clinton Inspires Leadership Commitment among Students during Visits to Laureate International Universities Member Institutions in Mexico and Honduras,” news release, May 5, 2012, http://www.laureate.net/NewsRoom/PressReleases/2012/05/PresidentBillClintoninspiresleadershipcommitmentamongstudentsduringvisitstoLIUmemberinstitutions.

  21. Kimes and Smith, “Laureate, a For-profit Education Firm, Finds International Success.”

  22. Bill Clinton stated, “Last year I had the opportunity to visit Laureate’s universities in Spain, Brazil, and Peru to speak to students, faculty, and the communities that they serve.” Dorgan, Julie, “Laureate Education Inc.,” Docstoc.com, April 3, 2012, http://www.docstoc.com/docs/117852713/13/Laureate-Education-Inc.

  23. National Hispanic University, “Henry Cisneros, Former Secretary of HUD, Delivers NHU Commencement Address,” news release, PR Newswire, May 15, 2013, http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/henry-cisneros-former-secretary-of-hud-delivers-nhu-commencement-address-207594091.html. Rodriguez, Joe, “San Jose’s National Hispanic University Will Close by 2015,” San Jose Mercury News, March 19, 2014, http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25379797/san-joses-national-hispanic-university-will-no-longer.

  24. Melo, Fabiola, “Comisión de diputados detecta siete universidades con irregularidades,” La Tercera (Santiago, Chile), June 19, 2012, http://www.latercera.com/noticia/educacion/2012/06/657-467415-9-comision-de-diputados-detecta-siete-universidades-con-irregularidades.shtml.

  25. “El reporte de Laureate que explica como extrae ganancias de sus universidades en Chile,” el monstrador.pais, April 10, 2014, http://www.elmostrador.cl/pais/2014/04/10/el-reporte-de-laureate-que-explica-como-extrae-ganancias-de-sus-universidades-en-chile/. And http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ULzk8tbeAgMJ:sec.edgar-online.com/laureate-education-inc/10-k-annual-report/2006/03/16/section2.aspx+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a.

  26. “Youth Leaders in Turkey to Benefit from Expansion of IYF’s YouthActionNet® Program,” news release, International Youth Foundation, https://web.archive.org/web/20110113131729/http://www.iyfnet.org/news/1432 (accessed 2014).

  27. Laureate International Universities, “Laureate Education and International Youth Foundation Announce YouthActionNet® Program Commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting,” news release, September 21, 2010, http://www.laureate.net/NewsRoom/PressReleases/2010/09/InternationalYouthFoundation.

  28. Otero, Maria, “Remarks to the International Youth Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Reception,” speech, International Youth Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Reception, Washington, DC, October 7, 2010, http://www.state.gov/j/149203.htm.

  29. “USAID Awards International Youth Foundation with ‘Alliance of the Year’ for 2006,” news release, USAID, The Free Library, February 21, 2007, http://www.thefreelibrary.com/USAID+Awards+International+Youth+Foundation+With+%27Alliance+of+the . . . -a0159607696.

  30. “International Youth Foundation 990 Tax Forms,” Foundation Center, http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=&st=&zp=&ei=382935397&fy=&action=Find (accessed 2014).

  31. Inter-American Development Bank, “Conference Tackles Youth Unemployment in Latin America,” June 24, 2011, http://www.iadb.org/en/news/announcements/2011-06-24/conference-on-youth-employment-mif,9438.html.

  CHAPTER 7: PODIUM ECONOMICS

  1. Mcintire, Mike, “Clintons Made $109 Million in Last 8 Years,” New York Times, April 4, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/us/politics/05clintons.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0. Sullivan, Sean. “Hillary Clinton on ‘Dead Broke’ Comment: ‘I Regret It,’” Washington Post, July 29, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/07/29/hillary-clinton-on-dead-broke-comment-i-regret-it/.

  2. “The Keystone XL Pipeline Timeline,” Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2014, http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/04/24/the-keystone-xl-pipeline-timeline/. Priaro, Mike, “A ‘Canada-first’ Canadian Energy Strategy,” Mining.com, October 26, 2012, http://www.mining.com/web/a-canada-first-canadian-energy-strategy/.

  3. US Department of State, “Application of Transcanada Keystone Pipeline,” May 4, 2012, http://keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/documents/organization/189504.pdf.

  4. Louvel, Yann, “Dodgy Deal: Keystone XL Pipeline,” Banktrack.org, March 5, 2014, http://www.banktrack.org/manage/ajax/ems_dodgydeals/createPDF/keystone_xl_pipeline.

  5. Volcovici, Valerie, “Opponents Seek to Debunk U.S. Keystone Claims; Joint Green Report,” Financial Post (Canada), August 30, 2013.

  6. Baker, Peter, and Helene Cooper, “Clinton Is Said to Accept Secretary of State Position,” New York Times, November 21, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/us/politics/22obama.html.

  7. “Hillary Clinton 2008 Personal Financial Disclosure,” OpenSecrets.org, January 5, 2009, http://pfds.opensecrets.org/N00000019_2008_Nom.pdf.

  8. “Hillary Clinton 2009 Personal Financial Disclosure,” OpenSecrets.org, June 24, 2010, http://pfds.opensecrets.org/N00000019_2009.pdf.

  9. “Hillary Clinton 2010 Personal Financial Disclosure,” OpenSecrets.org. July 11, 2011, http://pfds.opensecrets.org/N00000019_2010.pdf.

  10. Shecter, Barbara, “How TD Bank Is Linking Up with Bill Clinton to Win over the U.S. Market,” Financial Post (Canada), July 23, 2014, http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/23/how-td-bank-is-
linking-up-with-bill-clinton-to-win-over-the-u-s-market/?__federated=1.

  11. “Centre to Honour Frank McKenna; Former U.S. President Bill Clinton Will Be on Hand in Antigonish for Launch,” News and Transcript (New Brunswick), April 8, 2011. “Executive Biographies: Frank McKenna,” TD Bank Financial Group, 2014, http://www.td.com/about-tdbfg/corporate-information/executive-profiles/mckenna.jsp.

  12. Harder, Amy, “U.S. Oil Giants Poised to Gain on Keystone Pipeline,” National Journal, August 4, 2011, http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/u-s-oil-giants-poised-to-gain-on-keystone-pipeline-20110804. “Board of Directors,” Canadian Natural, 2014, http://www.cnrl.com/about-cnq/board-of-directors.

  13. Pasternak, Sean B., “Goolsbee Says U.S. Opponents of TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline Are Naive,” Bloomberg.com, November 8, 2011, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-28/goolsbee-says-those-in-u-s-opposing-keystone-xl-are-na-ve-.html.

  14. Eilperin, Juliet, and Steven Mufson, “Keystone Pipeline Lobbyist Works All the Angles with Former Colleagues,” Washington Post, September 22, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/transcanada-pipeline-lobbyist-works-all-the-angles-with-former-colleagues/2011/09/16/gIQAYq3BnK_story.html.

  15. Alberts, Sheldon, “State Department Denies Bias on Keystone Pipeline,” Calgary Herald, October 4, 2011, D1 sec.

  16. De Souza, Mike, “Alberta Hired Ex-Clinton Aide to ‘Blunt’ Keystone Criticism,” Toronto Star, August 14, 2014, A2 sec.

  17. Kroll, Andy, “Exclusive: State Dept. Hid Contractor’s Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company,” Mother Jones, March 21, 2013, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/keystone-xl-contractor-ties-transcanada-state-department.

  18. “Hillary Clinton 2011 Personal Financial Disclosure,” OpenSecrets.org, June 29, 2012, http://pfds.opensecrets.org/N00000019_2011.pdf.

  19. McCarthy, Shawn, “State Department E-mails Trigger Allegations of Bias in Keystone Review,” Globe and Mail (Toronto), September 22, 2011, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/state-department-e-mails-trigger-allegations-of-bias-in-keystone-review/article595214/.

  20. US House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Committee, “Keystone XL: #TimeToBuild,” http://energycommerce.house.gov/content/keystone-xl (accessed January 2015).

  21. VanderKlippe, Nathan, “How a Pipeline Was Defeated: Actors, Activists and One Key Conversation,” Globe and Mail (Toronto), November 11, 2011, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/how-a-pipeline-was-defeated-actors-activists-and-one-key-conversation/article4200493/.

  22. Sheppard, Kate, “Clinton Tips Hand in Favor of TransCanada’s Massive Pipeline?” Mother Jones, October 20, 2010, http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/10/clinton-tips-hand-favor-transcanadas-massive-pipeline.

  23. VanderKlippe, “How a Pipeline Was Defeated.”

  24. McCarthy, Shawn, “U.S. Values Canada as Energy Supplier,” Globe Advisor, May 11, 2012, https://secure.globeadvisor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/print/gam/20120511/RBSTATEENERGYMCCARTHYATL. US House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Committee, “Keystone XL: #TimeToBuild.”

  25. Dixon, Darius, and Dan Berman, “Bill Clinton on Keystone XL Pipeline: ‘Embrace’ It,” Politico, February 29, 2012, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73445.html.

  26. Goodman, Lee-Anne, “Bill Clinton Goes to Bat for Keystone XL Even as His Wife Decides Its Fate,” Canadian Press, February 29, 2012, http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/GB/20120229/CP02/302299787/-1/SAG08/bill-clinton-puts-in-good-word-for-keystone-xl-wife-to-decide-its&template=cpArt.

  27. “TD Bank (TD) to Start Selling Shares of Keystone XL Pipeline after Obama Speech Hints the Project May Not Be Approved,” The Free Library, June 28, 2013, http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TD+Bank+(TD)+To+Start+Selling+Shares+Of+Keystone+XL+Pipeline+After . . . -a0335294529.

  28. Ibid.

  29. “Clinton: I’ve Traveled Around Canada Avoiding Answering Questions About the Keystone Pipeline,” online video clip, Rising ICYMI, Youtube, January 21, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui3qagfMIJI

  30. Shecter, Barbara, “How TD Bank is linking up with Bill Clinton to win over the U.S. market,” Financial Post, July 23, 2014, http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/23/how-td-bank-is-linking-up-with-bill-clinton-to-win-over-the-u-s-market/.

  31. Jackson, David, “Bill Clinton Made $13.4M in 2011 Speech Fees,” USA Today, July 5, 2012, http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/07/bill-clinton-made-134m-in-2011-speech-fees/1#.U_suCP3DdBM.

  32. Spirgel, Larry, “Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009,” report, September 29, 2010, http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717826/000119312510219206/filename1.htm.

  33. Ibid.

  34. US Department of State, Embassy in Stockholm, “Swedish-Iranian Economic Relations: Business as Usual, Resistance to Financial Sanctions,” WikiLeaks, December 15, 2009, http://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09STOCKHOLM778_a.html.

  35. US Department of State, “2010 Human Rights Report: Belarus,” report, April 8, 2011, http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/eur/154414.htm.

  36. Elgin, Ben, “House Bill May Ban U.S. Surveillance Gear Sales,” Bloomberg.com, December 9, 2011, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-09/house-bill-would-ban-surveillance-gear-sales-by-american-firms.html.

  37. “Escalating Sanctions on Iran,” Frontline, PBS, June 3, 2011, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/06/-qa-w-patrick.html.

  38. US Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, “New Sanctions on Iran,” news release, November 21, 2011, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/11/177609.htm.

  39. “House Bill May Ban U.S. Surveillance Gear Sales,” Bloomberg.com, December 9, 2011, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-09/house-bill-would-ban-surveillance-gear-sales-by-american-firms.html. President of the United States, Executive Order no. 13590, 3 C.F.R. (2011).

  40. Puzzanghera, Jim, “U.S. puts sanctions on telecom firms in Syria, Iran, Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2012, http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/23/business/la-fi-obama-tech-sanctions-20120424; Stecklow, Steve, “Exclusive: Ericsson helps Iran telecoms, letter reveals long-term deal,” Reuters, November 20, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/20/us-iran-ericsson-idUSBRE8AJ0IY20121120.

  41. Chrisafis, Angelique, “Tunisia: Gang Violence Mars Celebration of Popular Uprising,” The Guardian, January 15, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/15/tunisia-protests-zine-al-abidine-ben-ali. Batty, David, “Egypt Bomb Kills New Year Churchgoers,” The Guardian, January 1, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/01/egypt-bomb-kills-new-year-churchgoers.

  42. Finn, Tom, “Yemeni Protesters Shot Dead at Sana’a University,” The Guardian, February 23, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/23/yemen-protesters-shot-dead-university. Black, Ian, “Arrests and Deaths as Egypt Protest Spreads across Middle East,” The Guardian, February 14, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/middle-east-iran-bahrain-yemen.

  43. “US Sanctions Foreign Firms Trading with Iran,” BBC News, May 24, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13528637. US Department of State, “Seven Companies Sanctioned under the Amended Iran Sanctions Act,” May 2011, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/05/164132.htm.

  44. “US Hits Iranian Shipping with Sanctions,” Agence France-Presse, June 20, 2011, http://www.mojahedin.org/newsen/13104/US-hits-Iranian-shipping-with-sanctions.

  45. Ibid.

  46. US Department of State, Embassy in Abu Dhabi, “Codel to Lowey with UAE Foreign Minister on Iran,” WikiLeaks, February 22, 2010, http://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/10ABUDHABI97_a.html.

  47. “Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI),” BlueCarbonPortal.org, http://bluecarbonportal.org/?dt_portfolio=abu-dhabi-global-environmental-data-initiative-agedi (accessed January 2015). “Hillary Clinton 2011 Personal Financial Disclosure,” OpenSecrets.org, June 29, 2012, http://pfds.opensecrets.org/N00000019_2011.pdf.

  48. Smith, Mark, “On UAE National Day, We Honor Dub
ai’s Eye-Popping Milestones,” Condé Nast Traveler, December 2, 2011, http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2011-12-02/uae-national-day.

  49. “Global Eye on Earth Summit Launched in Abu Dhabi,” International Diplomat, http://thediplomatmagazine.com/events-gallery/global-eye-on-earth-summit-launched-in-abu-dhabi/.

  50. “UAE Foreign Minister Meets with US Secretary of State,” UAEinteract, December 15, 2011, http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/UAE_Foreign_Minister_meets_with_US_Secretary_of_State/47685.htm. Aside: Tracing the funding for the speeches can be difficult. Based on the Clinton’s personal financial disclosure forms, apart from this speech, there were no speeches sponsored by companies officially owned by the royal family.

  51. Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State, Case No. F-2011-03401, Doc No. C05459127 (2014), 419.

  52. “E-Commerce Association Welcomed,” People’s Daily (China), June 22, 2000, http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200006/22/eng20000622_43679.html.

  53. Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State, 213.

  54. Cendrowski, Scott, “China’s Baddest Billionaire Builder,” Fortune, July 7, 2014, http://fortune.com/2014/07/07/yah-jiehe-china/.

  55. Zhang Yiwen, “Yan Jiehe Talks about Enterprise Development,” China Daily, September 6, 2012, http://cbl.chinadaily.com.cn/2012-09/06/content_15738486.htm.

  56. “Clinton Corruption Bombshells,” Judicial Watch, August 1,2014, http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/weekly-updates/clinton-corruption-bombshells/.

  57. Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State.

  58. Powell, Catherine, “Dean Harold Koh: A Great Nomination for State Department Legal Advisor,” Huffington Post, April 10, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-powell/dean-harold-koh-a-great-n_b_185816.html.

  CHAPTER 8: WARLORD ECONOMICS

  1. Democratic Republic of the Congo, “Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006,” Pub.L. 109–456 (2006), https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/s2125/text.