HCI performs spin control for Clinton


From: nobody@nowhere.com (Spimby)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: Waco Hearings "tainted" by HCI's dirty hands
Date: 1 Aug 1995 18:53:46 GMT
Organization: Swiss Liberation Army
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I wonder if we will hear about this on the national news....yeah, right....

HCI CONSULTANT SPINNING WACO HEARINGS FOR ADMINISTRATION?

U.S. Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) announced that he may have found fingerprints of Handgun Control, Inc., on the Clinton Administration's response to the Waco hearings. Mica announced that his "investigation into efforts by the Clinton Administration to withhold evidence and otherwise influence witness testimony [on Waco] ... uncovered that a private attorney with ties to [HCI] is helping coordinate the Clinton Administration's response to these hearings.... John Podesta, who the Washington Post referred to as the Administration's "damage control czar," has been retained by [HCI].... I request that you take all necessary steps to ensure that no documents relevant to this inquiry be destroyed."

Here is the text of the letter referred to in the above post


CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
House of Representatives
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
2157 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-8143

July 24, 1995

Sarah Brady, Chairman
Handgun Control, Inc.
1225 Eye St., N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20005
Dear Ms. Brady,

On Friday, July 21, 1995, I announced the results of an investigation into efforts by the Clinton Administration to withhold evidence and otherwise influence witness testimony relating to the ongoing hearings on the Waco matter. This investigation uncovered that a private attorney with ties to your organization is helping coordinate the Clinton Administration's response to these hearings. Namely, Mr. John Podesta, who the Washington Post referred to as the Administration's "damage control czar," had been retained by your organization.

In my announcement, I called upon Chairman Zeliff and McCollum to subpoena evidence and testimony relating to this potential conspiracy. My Civil Service Subcommittee may investigate this matter if we find that Federal government employees participated in an attempt to influence an ongoing congressional hearing.

In anticipation of such an investigation, I request that you take all necessary steps to ensure that no documents relevant to this inquiry be destroyed. I would expect your full cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely,

(signed)
John L. Mica
Chairman
Subcommittee on Civil Service

cc: Hon. William F. Clinger, Jr.
Hon. Cardiss Collins
Hon. William H. Zeliff, Jr.
Hon. Karen L. Thurman


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