42. Clinton, Bill, “The Case for Optimism,” Time, October 1, 2012, http://content.time. com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2125031,00.html.
43. Browne, Vincent, “O’Brien’s Record Should Disbar Him from Having a Disproportionate Hold on Media,” Dennis O’Brien News, August 14, 2013, http://www.denisobrien news.com/?p=25; Tribunal of Inquiry (Ireland), “Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Payments to Politicians and Related Matters,” part II, vols. 1 and 2, The Guardian March 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/22/irish-minister-accused-collusion-telecoms; http://www.moriarty-tribunal.ie/asp/detail.asp?objec tid=310& Mode=0&RecordID=545.
44. See VCSmining.com and Evens Sanon and Danica Coto, “Haiti Awards Gold, Copper Mining Permits,” Associated Press, December 21, 2012.
45. Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, “Haiti’s ‘Gold Rush’ Promises El Dorado—but for Whom?” June 27, 2012, http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/haiti-lakwev-gold-rush-north-america-mining-company-corruption.
46. Regan, Jane, “Haitian Senate Calls for Halt to Mining Activities,” Inter Press Ser vice, February 24, 2013.
47. Reitman, Janet, “Beyond Relief: How the World Failed Haiti,” Rolling Stone, August 4, 2011, http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-the-world-failed-haiti-20110804?page=7.
48. Ibid.
49. Ibid.
50. US Agency for International Development, Office of Inspector General, “Audit of USAID’s Efforts to Provide Shelter in Haiti,” April 19, 2011, https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/audit-reports/1-521-11-003-p.pdf.
51. Macdonald, Isabel, and Isabeau Doucet, “The Shelters that Clinton Built,” The Nation, August 1–8, 2011, http://www.thenation.com/article/161908/shelters-clinton-built.
52. Doucet, Isabeau, and Isabel MacDonald, “Shelters in Leogare Inspected by Clinton Foundation,” The Gazette (Montreal), August 27, 2011.
53. Sontag, Deborah, “Rebuilding in Haiti Lags after Billions in Post-Quake Aid,” New York Times, December 23, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/world/americas/in-aiding-quake-battered-haiti-lofty-hopes-and-hard-truths.html?pagewant ed=all&_r=0.
54. Regan, Jane, “Haiti: Housing Exposition Exposes Waste, Cynicism,” The World-Post, December 3, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janeregan/haiti-housing-exposition-_b_1911898.html. “Haiti: Housing Exposition Exposes Waste, Cynicism,” Global Information Network, October 2, 2012, http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/10/haiti-housing-exposition-exposes-waste-cynicism/.
55. “Haiti’s Two-Million-Dollar Ghost Town,” Inter Press Ser vice News Agency, October 2, 2012, http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/10/haitis-two-million-dollar-ghost-town/.
56. “Haiti: Housing Exposition Exposes Waste, Cynicism,” Global Information Network, October 2, 2012.
57. Watkins, Tate, “A $300 Million Development Project—and Haiti’s Future—Depend on America’s Open Markets,” Quartz, May 8, 2013, http://qz.com/79015/a-300-million-development-project-and-haitis-future-depend-on-americas-open-markets/.
58. Charles, Jacqueline, “Haitian Garment Industry Uplifted by Korean Investment,” Cleveland.com, April 10, 2011, http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/04/haitian_garment_industry_uplif.html.
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CHAPTER 11: QUID PRO QUO?
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Table of Contents
Dedication
CHAPTER 1 The Lincoln Bedroom Goes Global
CHAPTER 2 The Transfer: Bill’s Excellent Kazakh Adventure
CHAPTER 3 Hillary’s Reset: The Russian Uranium Deal
CHAPTER 4 Indian Nukes: How to Win a Medal by Changing Hillary’s Mind
CHAPTER 5 The Clinton Blur (I): Bill and Hillary’s Global Nexus of Philanthropy, Power, and Profit
CHAPTER 6 The Clinton Blur (II): The View from Foggy Bottom
CHAPTER 7 Podium Economics: What Was Bill Being Paid For?
CHAPTER 8 Warlord Economics: The Clintons Do Africa
CHAPTER 9 Rainforest Riches: Hillary, Bill, and Colombian Timber and Oil Deals
CHAPTER 10 Disaster Capitalism Clinton-Style: The 2010 Haitian Relief Effort
CHAPTER 11 Quid pro Quo?
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
Also by Peter Schweizer
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