Clinton Cash Page #5

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OR SHOULD I SAY ONE OR TWO

MILLION PROBLEMS.

YOU SEE, WHEN HILLARY CLINTON

BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE

IN LATE 2008, THERE WAS

ALREADY AN ISSUE RELATED TO

THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

SITTING ON HER DESK.

SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SIGN

AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC

IMPACT STATEMENT,

AND DECIDE WHETHER THE KEYSTONE

XL PIPELINE SHOULD GO FORWARD.

AT THAT PRECISE TIME,

BILL CLINTON GETS

A LUCRATIVE OFFER

OF NEARLY $2 MILLION TO GIVE

10 SPEECHES IN CANADA,

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,

FROM A COMPANY CALLED

TD BANK INVESTMENT GROUP.

HE GAVE THE LAST SPEECH

IN MAY OF 2011.

3 MONTHS LATER, HILLARY'S

STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASES

AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPAC STATEMENT THAT WAS SEEN AS

LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF

THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE,

IN A WAY THAT WAS

MASSIVELY CONTROVERSIAL.

HILLARY CLINTON,

IN EFFECT, WAS BETRAYING

THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMEN BY GREEN-LIGHTING THIS DEAL,

WHEN SHE HAD IN HER HANDS

THE POWER TO KILL THIS DEAL

IN ITS CRIB.

IT WAS SHOCKING.

ORGANIZATIONS LIKE GREENPEACE

AND FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

WERE STUNNED.

THEY WANTED AN INVESTIGATION.

BUT EVERYBODY WAS MYSTIFIED.

NOBODY COULD UNDERSTAND

WHY HILLARY CLINTON

WOULD SIGN OFF ON THIS DEAL,

PARTICULARLY WHEN SHE

HAD BEEN IN FAVOR OF

DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE,

AND HER BOSS BARACK OBAMA,

BY ALL INDICATIONS, SEEMED TO BE

OPPOSED TO THIS DEAL AS WELL.

HILLARY:
IT'S ALSO A TIME FOR

A NEW APPROACH:

TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE KNOW WE'VE GOT TO

DEAL WITH GLOBAL WARMING.

WE'RE SEEING THE EFFECTS OF IT.

WE NEED TO INVEST IN CLEAN

ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TODAY SO THA WE CAN CREATE NEW HIGH-PAYING

JOBS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT,

TO GROW OUR ECONOMY,

AND TO FINALLY BREAK

OUR ADDICTION TO FOREIGN OIL.

PETER:
HOW DID WE GO FROM

THE CLINTONS BEING IN FAVOR OF

FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE,

AND DEALING WITH

FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENCE,

TO HILLARY CLINTON SIGNING OFF

ON THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE?

THE EVIDENCE THAT WE FOUND WAS

THAT IT WAS ABOUT THE MONEY.

THIS WAS NO A PHILOSOPHICAL CHANGE.

THIS WAS NOT A NEW WAY OF

THINKING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING.

THIS WAS A WAY OF TAKING

$2 MILLION IN CASH,

TO ESSENTIALLY BUY A DECISION

BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

WHY IS THE TD BANK INVESTMEN GROUP SO INTERESTING?

BECAUSE THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE

ONE OF THE LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS

IN THE KEYSTONE XL

PIPELINE ITSELF.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT BILL CLINTON'S

PATTERN OF GIVING SPEECHES,

WE LOOKED AT WHO WAS PAYING HIM,

WHEN THEY WERE PAYING HIM,

AND IF THEY HAVE EVER

PAID FOR A SPEECH BEFORE.

WHAT'S SO STUNNING

IS THAT TD BANK:

HAD NEVER SPONSORED A SPEECH

BY BILL CLINTON BEFORE

AND THEN SUDDENLY IN LATE 2008,

WHEN HILLARY CLINTON

HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED

TO BE THE SECRETARY OF STATE,

AND WHEN SITTING ON HER DESK

IS THE MATTER OF

THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE,

THEY SUDDENLY DECIDE

TO SPONSOR THESE SPEECHES.

AND WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE THA THE CLINTONS HAD POCKETED

ABOUT $2 MILLION

AT THE PRECISE TIME

HILLARY CLINTON WAS

MAKING THIS DECISION,

IT ALL NOW SUDDENLY MADE SENSE.

BECAUSE AS WE'VE SEEN REPEATED

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

WHEN IT COMES TO THE CLINTONS,

YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE MONEY.

AND IN THE CASE OF

THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE,

THEY SEEM TO HAVE

ABANDONED THEIR PRINCIPLES,

THEIR COMMITMENT AS IT WAS

TO COMBATING GLOBAL WARMING,

AND DEALING WITH OUR

DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS.

THEY JETTISONED THA WHEN $2 MILLION SHOWED UP

AND SUDDENLY CAME OUT IN FAVOR

OF THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE.

WHEN YOU SEE THIS SORT OF

PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR,

YOU CAN'T COME TO

ANY OTHER CONCLUSION,

THAT IT'S A SYSTEM

OF PAY-TO-PLAY.

AND AGAIN--OTHER ENTITIES

APPEAR TO HAVE:

PICKED UP ON THIS

BUSINESS MODEL, TOO.

WELL, BILL CLINTON HAS BEEN

PAID ENORMOUS SUMS OF MONEY

OVER THE YEARS:

TO GIVE SPEECHES.

ON AVERAGE, HE GETS A LITTLE

LESS THAN $200,000 PER SPEECH.

BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED

IN LATE 2008.

HIS SPEAKING FEES SKYROCKETED

AFTER BEING OUT OF

OFFICE FOR YEARS.

THE REASON WAS HIS WIFE

HAD BECOME SECRETARY OF STATE.

IN FACT, 11 OF THE 13 SPEECHES

FOR WHICH BILL CLINTON

HAS BEEN PAID:

HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE

OCCURRED PRECISELY WHEN

HILLARY WAS THE MOST POWERFUL

DIPLOMAT IN THE WORLD.

BILL:
YOU WILL NEVER CONTRIBUTE

TO AN ORGANIZATION

THAT WILL GIVE YOU A HIGHER

PROBABILITY OF HAVING

YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS TURN INTO

REAL, POSITIVE CHANGES

IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.

THAT WILL GIVE YOU

A BETTER CHANCE:

THAN WHAT YOU'VE

DONE HERE TONIGHT.

PETER:
HIS SINGLE

BIGGEST SPEECH PAYDAY

CAME FROM THE SWEDISH

TELECOM COMPANY ERICSSON,

AND IT'S A VERY, VERY UNUSUAL

AND TROUBLING STORY.

NOW, ERICSSON IS

A SWEDISH TELECOM COMPANY

THAT IN 2009 AND 2010

WAS IN TROUBLE:

WITH HILLARY CLINTON'S

STATE DEPARTMENT.

BECAUSE ERICSSON WAS SELLING

A LOT OF TELECOM EQUIPMEN TO IRAN, TO BELARUS, AND TO

OTHER OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENTS,

ABOUT WHICH THE STATE DEPARTMEN WAS CONCERNED.

ERICSSON RISKED BEING PUT ON A

LIST BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMEN IN THE UNITED STATES FOR

TRADING WITH AN ENEMY STATE.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN EFFOR BEING PUT FORWARD IN WASHINGTON

TO BROADEN IRANIAN SANCTIONS TO

INCLUDE THE VERY TECHNOLOGIES

THAT ERICSSON WAS SELLING

TO THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT.

SO, IT'S AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND

THAT ERICSSON DECIDED

NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO HIRE

BILL CLINTON TO GIVE A SPEECH.

THEY HAD NEVER PAID FOR

A SPEECH BY HIM BEFORE

AND THEY DECIDED TO GO IN BIG:

$750,000 FOR A SINGLE SPEECH.

7 DAYS AFTER

HE GAVE THAT SPEECH,

HILLARY'S STATE DEPARTMENT CAME

OUT WITH A STATEMENT WHICH SAID,

"WE ARE NOT GOING TO BROADEN

SANCTIONS ON IRAN

"TO INCLUDE TECHNOLOGIES

LIKE TELECOM.

"WE ARE GOING TO RELY AND EXPEC COMPANIES LIKE ERICSSON

TO POLICE THEMSELVES."

IT WAS A MASSIVE

WIN FOR ERICSSON.

ERICSSON WAS ABLE TO AVOID

HAVING TO DEAL WITH

A REGULATORY BATTLE

IN WASHINGTON,

GIVING UP CONTRACTS THAT WERE

HIGHLY LUCRATIVE

IN THESE COUNTRIES,

AND BEING PUT ON

A LIST THAT WOULD CREATE

ENORMOUS DIPLOMATIC

PROBLEMS FOR THEM,

ALL BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY,

THEY PAID BILL CLINTON

TO GIVE A SPEECH FOR $750,000.

WOMAN:
WILL YOU CONTINUE

TO GIVE SPEECHES?

OH, YEAH.

I GOTTA PAY OUR BILLS.

PETER:
SO, THE QUESTION IS, WHY

DO WE SEE THE CLINTONS REVERSING

DECADES OF POLICY POSITIONS

THAT THEY'VE HELD SO CLOSELY

ON ISSUES LIKE HUMAN RIGHTS

AND ENVIRONMENT?

AND A BIG CLUE COMES

FROM FOLKS THAT ARE

GIVING THE CLINTON

FOUNDATION LITERALLY

TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

AND ONE, IF NOT THE BIGGES DONOR TO THE FOUNDATION,

IS A CANADIAN NAMED

FRANK GIUSTRA.

GIUSTRA IS IN:

THE MINING BUSINESS--

HARDLY SOMETHING YOU'D CALL

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY--

AND HE HAS INTERESTS

ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND HE USES HIS RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE CLINTONS

TO BENEFIT THOSE INTERESTS

REGARDLESS OF:

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS IS

WHAT HAPPENED IN COLOMBIA.

WHAT'S SO INTERESTING

ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THA THE CLINTONS HAVE

WITH FRANK GIUSTRA

IS THEY TEND TO SHOW UP IN

THESE FOREIGN COUNTRIES TOGETHER

AT THE SAME TIME.

FRANK GIUSTRA'S MADE BILLIONS

OF DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS

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