Clinton Cash (32 page)

15.  Alberts, Sheldon, “State Department Denies Bias on Keystone Pipeline,”
Calgary Herald
, October 4, 2011, D1 sec.

16.  De Souza, Mike, “Alberta Hired Ex-Clinton Aide to ‘Blunt’ Keystone Criticism,”
Toronto Star
, August 14, 2014, A2 sec.

17.  Kroll, Andy, “Exclusive: State Dept. Hid Contractor’s Ties to Keystone XL Pipeline Company,”
Mother Jones
, March 21, 2013, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/keystone-xl-contractor-ties-transcanada-state-department.

18.  “Hillary Clinton 2011 Personal Financial Disclosure,” OpenSecrets.org, June 29, 2012, http://pfds.opensecrets.org/N00000019_2011.pdf.

19.  McCarthy, Shawn, “State Department E-mails Trigger Allegations of Bias in Keystone Review,”
Globe and Mail
(Toronto), September 22, 2011, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/state-department-e-mails-trigger-allegations-of-bias-in-keystone-review/article595214/.

20.  US House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Committee, “Keystone XL: #TimeToBuild,” http://energycommerce.house.gov/content/keystone-xl (accessed January 2015).

21.  VanderKlippe, Nathan, “How a Pipeline Was Defeated: Actors, Activists and One Key Conversation,”
Globe and Mail
(Toronto), November 11, 2011, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/how-a-pipeline-was-defeated-actors-activists-and-one-key-conversation/article4200493/.

22.  Sheppard, Kate, “Clinton Tips Hand in Favor of TransCanada’s Massive Pipeline?”
Mother Jones
, October 20, 2010, http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/10/clinton-tips-hand-favor-transcanadas-massive-pipeline.

23.  VanderKlippe, “How a Pipeline Was Defeated.”

24.  McCarthy, Shawn, “U.S. Values Canada as Energy Supplier,”
Globe Advisor
, May 11, 2012, https://secure.globeadvisor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/print/gam/20120511/RBSTATEENERGYMCCARTHYATL. US House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Committee, “Keystone XL: #TimeToBuild.”

25.  Dixon, Darius, and Dan Berman, “Bill Clinton on Keystone XL Pipeline: ‘Embrace’ It,”
Politico
, February 29, 2012, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73445.html.

26.  Goodman, Lee-Anne, “Bill Clinton Goes to Bat for Keystone XL Even as His Wife Decides Its Fate,”
Canadian Press,
February 29, 2012, http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/GB/20120229/CP02/302299787/-1/SAG08/bill-clinton-puts-in-good-word-for-keystone-xl-wife-to-decide-its&template=cpArt.

27.  “TD Bank (TD) to Start Selling Shares of Keystone XL Pipeline after Obama Speech Hints the Project May Not Be Approved,”
The Free Library
, June 28, 2013, http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TD+Bank+(TD)+To+Start+Selling+Shares+Of+Keystone+XL+Pipeline+After . . . -a0335294529.

28.  Ibid.

29.  “Clinton: I’ve Traveled Around Canada Avoiding Answering Questions About the Keystone Pipeline,” online video clip, Rising ICYMI,
Youtube
, January 21, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui3qagfMIJI

30.  Shecter, Barbara, “How TD Bank is linking up with Bill Clinton to win over the U.S. market,”
Financial Post
, July 23, 2014, http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/23/how-td-bank-is-linking-up-with-bill-clinton-to-win-over-the-u-s-market/.

31.  Jackson, David, “Bill Clinton Made $13.4M in 2011 Speech Fees,”
USA Today
, July 5, 2012, http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/07/bill-clinton-made-134m-in-2011-speech-fees/1#.U_suCP3DdBM.

32.  Spirgel, Larry, “Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009,” report, September 29, 2010, http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717826/000119312510219206/filename1.htm.

33.  Ibid.

34.  US Department of State, Embassy in Stockholm, “Swedish-Iranian Economic Relations: Business as Usual, Resistance to Financial Sanctions,” WikiLeaks, December 15, 2009, http://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09STOCKHOLM778_a.html.

35.  US Department of State, “2010 Human Rights Report: Belarus,” report, April 8, 2011, http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/eur/154414.htm.

36.  Elgin, Ben, “House Bill May Ban U.S. Surveillance Gear Sales,” Bloomberg.com, December 9, 2011, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-09/house-bill-would-ban-surveillance-gear-sales-by-american-firms.html.

37.  “Escalating Sanctions on Iran,”
Frontline,
PBS, June 3, 2011, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/06/-qa-w-patrick.html.

38.  US Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, “New Sanctions on Iran,” news release, November 21, 2011, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/11/177609.htm.

39.  “House Bill May Ban U.S. Surveillance Gear Sales,” Bloomberg.com, December 9, 2011, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-09/house-bill-would-ban-surveillance-gear-sales-by-american-firms.html. President of the United States, Executive Order no. 13590, 3 C.F.R. (2011).

40.  Puzzanghera, Jim, “U.S. puts sanctions on telecom firms in Syria, Iran, Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2012, http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/23/business/la-fi-obama-tech-sanctions-20120424; Stecklow, Steve, “Exclusive: Ericsson helps Iran telecoms, letter reveals long-term deal,”
Reuters
, November 20, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/20/us-iran-ericsson-idUSBRE8AJ0IY20121120.

41.  Chrisafis, Angelique, “Tunisia: Gang Violence Mars Celebration of Popular Uprising,”
The Guardian
, January 15, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/15/tunisia-protests-zine-al-abidine-ben-ali. Batty, David, “Egypt Bomb Kills New Year Churchgoers,”
The Guardian
, January 1, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/01/egypt-bomb-kills-new-year-churchgoers.

42.  Finn, Tom, “Yemeni Protesters Shot Dead at Sana’a University,”
The Guardian
, February 23, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/23/yemen-protesters-shot-dead-university. Black, Ian, “Arrests and Deaths as Egypt Protest Spreads across Middle East,”
The Guardian
, February 14, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/14/middle-east-iran-bahrain-yemen.

43.  “US Sanctions Foreign Firms Trading with Iran,”
BBC News
, May 24, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13528637. US Department of State, “Seven Companies Sanctioned under the Amended Iran Sanctions Act,” May 2011, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/05/164132.htm.

44.  “US Hits Iranian Shipping with Sanctions,”
Agence France-Presse
, June 20, 2011, http://www.mojahedin.org/newsen/13104/US-hits-Iranian-shipping-with-sanctions.

45.  Ibid.

46.  US Department of State, Embassy in Abu Dhabi, “Codel to Lowey with UAE Foreign Minister on Iran,” WikiLeaks, February 22, 2010, http://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/10ABUDHABI97_a.html.

47.  “Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI),” BlueCarbonPortal.org, http://bluecarbonportal.org/?dt_portfolio=abu-dhabi-global-environmental-data-initiative-agedi (accessed January 2015). “Hillary Clinton 2011 Personal Financial Disclosure,” OpenSecrets.org, June 29, 2012, http://pfds.opensecrets.org/N00000019_2011.pdf.

48.  Smith, Mark, “On UAE National Day, We Honor Dubai’s Eye-Popping Milestones,”
Condé Nast Traveler
, December 2, 2011, http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2011-12-02/uae-national-day.

49.  “Global Eye on Earth Summit Launched in Abu Dhabi,”
International Diplomat
, http://thediplomatmagazine.com/events-gallery/global-eye-on-earth-summit-launched-in-abu-dhabi/.

50.  “UAE Foreign Minister Meets with US Secretary of State,” UAEinteract, December 15, 2011, http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/UAE_Foreign_Minister_meets_with_US_Secretary_of_State/47685.htm. Aside: Tracing the funding for the speeches can be difficult. Based on the Clinton’s personal financial disclosure forms, apart from this speech, there were no speeches sponsored by companies officially owned by the royal family.

51.  
Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State
, Case No. F-2011-03401, Doc No. C05459127 (2014), 419.

52.  “E-Commerce Association Welcomed,”
People’s Daily
(China), June 22, 2000, http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200006/22/eng20000622_43679.html.

53.  
Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State
, 213.

54.  Cendrowski, Scott, “China’s Baddest Billionaire Builder,”
Fortune
, July 7, 2014, http://fortune.com/2014/07/07/yah-jiehe-china/.

55.  Zhang Yiwen, “Yan Jiehe Talks about Enterprise Development,”
China Daily
, September 6, 2012, http://cbl.chinadaily.com.cn/2012-09/06/content_15738486.htm.

56.  “Clinton Corruption Bombshells,”
Judicial Watch
, August 1,2014, http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/weekly-updates/clinton-corruption-bombshells/.

57.  
Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State.

58.  Powell, Catherine, “Dean Harold Koh: A Great Nomination for State Department Legal Advisor,”
Huffington Post
, April 10, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-powell/dean-harold-koh-a-great-n_b_185816.html.

CHAPTER 8: WARLORD ECONOMICS

1.    Democratic Republic of the Congo, “Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006,” Pub.L. 109–456 (2006), https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/s2125/text.

2.    “Clinton Global Initiative Announces BD’s Commitment to Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital,” PR Newswire, October 29, 2014.

3.    “Clinton: US Committed to Good Governance in Congo,” Voice of America, August 11, 2009, http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-2009-08-10-voa38-68820817/364539.html. “Hillary Clinton Will Take UN Plane to Epicenter of African Conflict,” CNN Wire, August 10, 2009, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/10/hillary-clinton-will-take-u-n-plane-to-epicenter-of-african-conflict/.

4.    Dizolele, Mvemba Phezo, “Hope But No Change,”
Foreign Policy
, July 16, 2012, http://foreignpolicy.com/2012/07/16/hope-but-no-change/.

5.    Dizoelel, Mvemba Phezo, “Hope but No Change,” ForeignPolicy.com, July 16, 2012, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/07/16/hope_but_no_change.

6.    “Hillary: I’m in, and I’m in to Win,” online video clip, PoliticsTV.com,
Youtube
, January 20, 2007, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvyRN9ka5Fw.

7.    “Lundin Group Commits 100 million to Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative,” press release, Clinton Foundation, July 6, 2007, https://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/news-and-media/press-releases-and-statements/press-release-lundin-group-commits-100-million-to-clinton-giustra-sustainable-gr.html.

8.    Clarke, Duncan,
Africa: Crude Continent—The Struggle for Africa’s Oil Prize
(London: Profile Books, 2010).

9.    Goldstein, Ritt, “Sudanese Blood Spills into Asia,” Asiatimes.com, June 25, 2010, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/LF25Dj01.html.

10.  “Business Family Pledges 100 Million Dollars to Clinton Charity,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, July 10, 2007.

11.  “Rising Star: Africa Oil Corp,”
Energy Intelligence Finance
, February 27, 2013.

12.  Jorde, Sigurd, “The Pension Funds Profit from Gold Rush in Eritrea,”
Framtiden
(Norway), October 16, 2012, http://www.framtiden.no/english/fund/the-pension-fund-profits-from-gold-rush-in-eritrea.html.

13.  “Canada: Kinross Gold to Acquire 100% of Red Back Mining for US $7.1 Billion,”
Tendersinfo
, August 5, 2010.

14.  Grant, Dale, “Canadians Cry ‘Havoc,’ and Let Slip the Dogs of War,”
Toronto Star
, March 9, 1999, http://articles.philly.com/1997-05-11/news/25564930_1_shaba-lubumbashi-president-mobutu-sese-seko. “Mining Concern Agrees to Pay Rebels for Right to Mine in Zaire,”
Business Day
(Johannesburg, South Africa), May 13, 1997. McGeough, Paul, “Jets Follow Promise of Glittering Mineral Wealth in the East,”
Sydney Morning Herald
(Australia), May 13, 1997.

15.  Quoted in Maykuth, Andrew, “Outside Mining Firms Find Zaire an Untapped Vein; Deals Are Being Made with the Rebels, Who Need the Cash; the Rival Companies Are Themselves Also Coming into Conflict,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, May 11, 1997.

16.  Abadie, Delphine, Alain Deneault, and William Sacher, “This Is Not an Ethnic Conflict—Vested Interests and Complex Networks behind the DRC Fighting,”
Le Monde Diplomatique
, December 1, 2008.