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...problem is particularly sticky for Lake, who as NSC director is supposed to have known about potential diplomatic embarrassments and can never utter the words "I was out of the loop." But that is essentially Lake's defense. His team contends that Harold Ickes and Doug Sosnik, who ran the White House political operation, rarely asked the NSC to do background checks on the foreigners coming to the White House for some of the 81 coffees the President had last year with donors and backers. In previous administrations, a rigorous NSC investigation greeted every foreigner who came to the White...
...also don't want to imply cronyism. According to a newspaper item I read, Williams, who was close to Bill Clinton when the Clintons lived in Fayetteville many years ago, could now be described more accurately as an acquaintance than a friend--although, as Lani Guinier and Harold Ickes could testify, that seems to be true of everyone the President knows...
...White House was concerned about Trie and his methods, it gave little sign. Cardozo informed Hillary Rodham Clinton and deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes of the problems with the Trie donations on April 4. At the time, Mrs. Clinton didn't recognize Trie's name until Cardozo identified him as a Little Rock restaurateur. Two weeks later, Trie was named by the President to a federal advisory panel on Asian trade, a plan that had been in the works for months. On April 24, Trie again visited Cardozo, this time handing over $179,000 in donations. Cardozo refused them...
...time: despite troubles at recently acquired ABC, its theme parks are booming and the studio is enjoying a bumper crop of holiday hits, including Ransom and 101 Dalmatians. Analysts were unperturbed. "This is as good a time as any to have this kind of change in top management," said Harold Vogel of Cowen...
...possibility that Harold J. Nicholson spied for the Russians while working for the Central Intelligence Agency [NATION, Dec. 2] only re-emphasizes the continuing folly of the CIA. In my 63 years, I cannot recall one instance in which this spy foolishness has proved to be of measurable benefit to the U.S. Want to seriously cut the budget? Then abolish the agency. The world's free press is far more accurate and timely. DICK CATLIN Woodstock, Vermont