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20080813
 John
McCain -  Randy
Scheunemann -  Politics
-  Georgia
-  Russia
-  Taiwan
-  Macedonia
- Romania
-  Latvia
-  US
-  Law
-  2008
Election
"McCain
adviser got money from Georgia." ... "[2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser
and his business partner lobbied the senator or his staff on 49 occasions
in a 3 1/2-year span while being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars
by the government of the former Soviet republic of Georgia." ... "The payments
raise ethical questions about the intersection of Randy Scheunemann's personal
financial interests and his advice to the Republican presidential candidate
who is seizing on Russian aggression in Georgia as a campaign issue." ...
""Scheunemann's work as a lobbyist poses valid questions about McCain's
judgment in choosing someone who — and whose firm — are paid to promote
the interests of other nations," said New York University law professor
Stephen Gillers. "So one must ask whether McCain is getting disinterested
advice, at least when the issues concern those nations."" ... ""If McCain
wants advice from someone whose private interests as a once and future
lobbyist may affect the objectivity of the advice, that's his choice to
make."" ... "Scheunemann's firm lobbied McCain's office on four bills and
resolutions regarding Georgia, with McCain as a co-sponsor or supporter
of all of them." ... "In addition to the 49 contacts with McCain or his
staff regarding Georgia, Scheunemann's firm has lobbied the senator or
his aides on at least 47 occasions since 2001 on behalf of the governments
of Taiwan and Macedonia, which each paid Scheunemann and his partner Mike
Mitchell over half a million dollars; Romania, which paid over $400,000;
and Latvia, which paid nearly $250,000." -By Pete
Yost -AP via
-Yahoo
20080522
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John
McCain -
 Randy
Scheunemann -  Money
- Politics
-  Foreign
- Republic
of Georgia - Latvia
- Macedonia
- Romania
-  Ky
-  Arizona
- US
- 2008
Election - "Former
Outside NRA Lobbyist Gives A Boost To McCain." ...
"When he went to woo the National Rifle Association convention in Louisville,
Ky. [Kentucky], on Friday, it did not hurt that presumptive Republican
presidential nominee, [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate
and Senator] Sen. John McCain of Arizona, was accompanied by a former
outside NRA [National Rifle Association] lobbyist turned campaign adviser,
Randy
Scheunemann." ... "Officially the top foreign policy and national security
adviser to McCain’s campaign, Scheunemann told National Journal in March
he has weighed in with advice on Second Amendment and firearms issues.
He said he had stopped lobbying for all his clients early this year, and
his lobbying registration forms show that the NRA work ended at the end
of 2007." ... "But during that year while he was helping the [McCain] campaign,
Scheunemann & Associates, one of two boutique firms he runs, received
$40,000 in fees from the NRA. The NRA, one of his oldest clients, paid
him the same amount for several prior years. Scheunemann, who started working
for the campaign as a volunteer in early 2007, did not return four calls
seeking comment for this story." ... "According to one NRA lobbyist who
was at the convention, Scheunemann arrived and departed with McCain. Scheunemann
spent most of his time at the event backstage -- where McCain had a brief
meeting with NRA leaders, according to a lobbyist." ... "Scheunemann’s
other lobbying firm, Orion Strategies, has worked for several foreign governments,
including [the Republic of] Georgia, Latvia, Macedonia and Romania, who
have joined or are seeking to join NATO." -By Peter
Stone -NationalJournal
20070608
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Secret
- US
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 Poland
- Romania
-  Germany
-  Italy
-  Egypt
-  Military
-  Intelligence
-  Terrorism
- Torture
- Prisons
- Human
Rights - Law
- Politics
- "CIA
jails in Europe 'confirmed'." ... "A Council of Europe
investigator says he has evidence to prove the CIA ran secret jails in
Poland and Romania to interrogate "war on terror" suspects." ... "Dick
Marty, a Swiss senator, has been investigating CIA operations on behalf
of the European human rights body." ... "In his new report, released on
Friday, Mr Marty says secret CIA prisons "did exist in Europe from 2003
to 2005, in particular in Poland and Romania"." ... "The governments of
both countries have strongly denied any involvement. A spokesman for the
CIA told the BBC that "the CIA's counter-terror operations have been lawful,
effective, closely reviewed, and of benefit to many people -including Europeans
- by disrupting plots and saving lives"." ... "Mr Marty says he drew on
multiple sources and used his own intelligence methods to investigate the
CIA's "extraordinary renditions", the process under which terror suspects
were transported around the world for interrogation." ... ""Some European
governments have obstructed the search for the truth and are continuing
to do so by invoking the concept of 'state secrets'.... This criticism
applies to Germany and Italy, in particular," he said." ... "His report
came as the first criminal trial over the CIA "extraordinary renditions"
opened in Italy. Twenty-five CIA agents and a US Air Force colonel are
on trial in their absence, accused of kidnapping an Egyptian terror suspect
and sending him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured."
-BBC/News
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Secret
- US
- Poland
- Romania
- Military
- Terrorism
- Torture
- Prisons
- Law
-
 Airspace
- Politics
- "Report
claims US ran secret prisons in Europe." ... "The
CIA ran secret prisons in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005 where terrorism
suspects could be interrogated free of US legal restraints, a Council of
Europe investigation concluded today." ... "It revealed that Abu Zubaydah,
believed to be a senior al-Qaida member, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a
suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks, were held and interrogated
in Poland." ... "None of the prisoners had access to the Red Cross and
many were subjected to what [Republican President] George Bush has called
the CIA's "enhanced" interrogation, which critics have condemned as torture."
... "The report said that within weeks of the 9/11 attacks, Nato signed
an agreement with the US that allowed civilian jets used by the CIA during
its so-called extraordinary rendition programme to move across member states'
airspace." ... "Dick Marty, a Swiss senator who ran the investigation,
said in his report that the "the highest state authorities were aware of
the CIA's illegal activities on their territories"." ... "Politicians from
Poland and Romania, as well as a spokesman for the CIA, have rejected the
findings of the investigation." -By Fred Attewill
-Guardian.co.uk
20060607
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US
-
 EU
- Intelligence
- Terrorism
-  Law
Enforcement -  Prisons
- Transport
- Human
Rights - Politics
-  Britain
- Germany
- Italy
-  Sweden
-  Turkey
-  Spain
- Romania
- Poland
- "Probe
of CIA Prisons Implicates EU Nations." ... "Fourteen
European nations colluded with U.S. intelligence in a "spider's web" of
human rights abuses to help the CIA spirit terror suspects to illegal detention
facilities, a European investigator said Wednesday." ... "Swiss senator
Dick Marty's report to Europe's top human rights body was thin on evidence
but raises the possibility of a cover-up involving both friends and critics
of Washington's war on terror. It says European governments "did not seem
particularly eager to establish" the facts." ... "He listed 14 European
countries - Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Bosnia, Macedonia, Turkey,
Spain, Cyprus, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Romania and Poland - as being
complicit in "unlawful interstate transfers" of people." -By
Jan Sliva -AP
via -Forbes
20051104
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EU
- US
- Poland
- Romania
- Military
- Terrorism
- Secrets
- "EU
Accepts Polish, Romanian Denials of Secret Jails (Update1)."
... "The European Union's executive agency said it is satisfied with Poland's
and Romania's denials that the U.S. is running secret terrorist jails on
their soil, saying there's no proof of human rights violations." ... "The
Polish and Romanian governments rebutted reports in the Washington Post
and Financial Times, citing U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, that the Central
Intelligence Agency has operated covert interrogation centers in those
countries." -By John Rega
-Bloomberg
20050522
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Romania
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- "Romanian,
Iraqi-American captives freed: Top-level Iraqi trade
official assassinated." ... "Three Romanian journalists and their Iraqi-American
translator were freed after nearly two months in captivity, a spokesman
for Romania's president said Sunday." ... "Journalists Marie Jeanne Ion,
32; Sorin Miscoci, 30; Ovidiu Ohanesian, 37; and Iraqi-American translator
Mohamad Munafhad were kidnapped March 28. They were then shown on video
broadcast on Arabic-language satellite news channel Al-Jazeera." ... "In
the video, the journalists appealed to the Romanian government to pull
its 800 U.S.-allied troops from Iraq, to ensure their release." -Contributions
by Mohammed Tawfeeq, Enes Dulami and Kevin Flower
-CNN
20041216
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Romania
- "Romania's
presidential election: An unexpected victory for
the opposition candidate." ... "Inexperienced as they may be in the ways
of democracy, Romania's voters seem keen to explore it to the full. Two
weeks ago they elected a parliament without a clear majority. This week
they voted Traian Basescu, a plain-spoken former sea captain who has been
mayor of Bucharest since 2000, into the presidency. He will try to put
together a centre-right government in place of the outgoing socialist one.
If he fails, he may have to settle for cohabitation, or even call early
elections." -Economist
20041202
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Romania
- "Romania's
dubious elections:One more dubious vote? The left
narrowly wins, but the result is disputed." ... "A little fraud in Romania
is, you might say, like a little snow in Siberia. Only to be expected,
not really worth a fuss. But claims of trickery in the November 28th elections
for parliament and president, however predictable, have been embarrassing
for both Romania and the European Union. In the first place, Romania is
on the verge of being promised membership of the EU in 2007. It should
be now demonstrating its capacity to meet in full the EU's high standards
of democracy. Second, a disputed election in Europe's backyard weakens
the EU's moral authority as it resists the outcome of a rigged presidential
vote in Romania's northern neighbour, Ukraine."
-Economist
20040420
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- "Powell
urges coalition leaders to keep troops in Iraq."
... "Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday the U.S.-led coalition
in Iraq remains strong despite decisions by Spain and Honduras to pull
out their troops. Later, the Dominican Republic announced that it also
would withdraw its troops." ... "Powell told reporters that leaders of
13 coalition countries with whom he spoke by telephone Monday and Tuesday
"all expressed steadfast support" for their respective troop commitments."
... "Among the leaders Powell spoke with was Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart
Sathirathai." ... "In addition to Surakiart, Powell spoke with leaders
of El Salvador, Dominica, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal, Poland, Bulgaria,
Holland, Romania, the Philippines and Ukraine." -By
George Gedda -AP
via -SFGate.com
20030318
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- "State
Department Noon Briefing Transcript [List of the 30 Nations Supporting
US Disarmament of Iraq]." ... "BRIEFER: Richard
Boucher, Spokesman." ... "MR. BOUCHER: There are 30 countries who have
agreed to be part of the coalition for the immediate disarmament of Iraq.
I'd have to say these are countries that we have gone to and said, "Do
you want to be listed?" and they have said, "Yes."" ... "They are: Afghanistan,
Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark,
El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy,
Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua,
the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom,
and Uzbekistan." ... "In addition to these countries, there are actually
another 15 or so that we know of, probably more than 15, that are cooperating
with us in -- and the coalition, or perhaps offering defensive assets in
the event that Saddam resorts to the use of weapons of mass destruction."
-Washington
File -State.gov
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