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2(x)6 12.-ecEttr ‘EVST71eri- - D L or-1 EFTA00261202 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery (thinks Clinton's the world's greatest... Page 1 of 8 Free Republic News/Activism Home • Browse • Search Topics • Post Article Skip to comments. Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery (thinks Clinton's the world's greatest pol) NEW YORK A I Landon Thomas Jr. Posted on 10/21/2002 3:17:29 AM PDT by Liz He's pals with a passel of Nobel Prize—winning scientists, CEOs like Leslie Wexner of the Limited, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, even Donald Trump. But it wasn't until he flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private Boeing 727 that the world began to wonder who he is. He comes with cash to burn, a fleet of airplanes, and a keen eye for the ladies -- to say nothing of a relentless brain that challenges Nobel Prize—winning scientists across the country -- and for financial markets around the world. Ever since the Post's "Page Six" ran an item about the presidents late- September visit to Africa with Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker — on his new benefactor's customized Boeing 727 -- the question of the day has been: Who in the world is Jeffrey Epstein? It's a life fill of question marks. Epstein is said to run $15 billion for wealthy clients, yet aside from Limited founder Leslie Wexner, his client list is a closely held secret. A former Dalton math teacher, he maintains a peripatetic salon of brilliant scientists yet possesses no bachelor's degree. For more than ten years, he's been linked to Manhattan-London society figure Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the mysteriously deceased media titan Robert Maxwell, yet he lives the life of a bachelor, logging 600 hours a year in his various planes as he scours the world for investment opportunities. He owns what is said to be Manhattan's largest private house yet runs his business from a 100-acre private island in St. Thomas. Power on Wall Street has generally accrued to those who have made their open bids for it. Soros. Wasserstein. Kravis. Weill. The Sturm mid Drang of their successes and failures has been played out in public. Epstein breaks the mold. Most everyone on the Street has heard of him, but nobody seems to know what the hell he is up to. Which is just the way he likes it. "My belief is that Jeff maintains some sort of money-management firm, though you won't get a straight answer from him," says one well-known investor. "He once told me he had 300 people working for him, and I've also heard that he manages Rockefeller money. But one never knows. Ifs like looking at the Wizard of Oz — there may be less there than meets the eye." Says another prominent Wall Streeter: "He is this mysterious, Gatsbyesque figure. He likes people to think that he is very rich, and he cultivates this air of aloofness. The whole thing is weird." The wizard that meets the eye is spare and fit; with a long jaw and a carefully coiffed head of silver hair, • he looks like a taller, younger Ralph Lauren. A raspy Brooklyn accent betrays his Coney Island origins. He spends an hour and fifteen minutes every day doing advanced yoga with his personal instructor, who travels with him wherever he goes. He is an enthusiastic member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations. httpi/www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772929/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261203 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery (thinks Clinton's the world's greatest... Page 2 of 8 He dresses casually jeans, open-necked shirts, and sneakers -- and is rarely seen in a tie. Indeed, those close to him say the reason he quit his board seat at the Rockefeller Institute was that he hated wearing a suit. "It feels like a dress," he told one friend. Epstein likes to tell people that he's a loner, a man who's never touched alcohol or drugs, and one whose nightlife is far from energetic. And yet if you talk to Donald Trump, a different Epstein emerges. "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy," Trump booms from a speakerphone. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life." But beautiful women are only a part of it. Because here's the thing about Epstein: As some collect butterflies, he collects beautiful minds. "I invest in people -- be it politics or science. It's what I do," he has said to friends. And his latest prize addition is the former president. In his eyes, Clinton as a species represents the highest evolutionary form of the political animal. To be up close to him, as he was during the African journey, is akin to seeing the rarest of beasts on a safari. As he put it to a friend upon his return from Africa, "If you were a boxer at the downtown gymnasium at 14th Street and Mike Tyson walked in, your face would have the same look as these foreign leaders had when Clinton entered the room. He is the world's greatest politician." "Jeffrey is both a highly successful financier and a committed philanthropist with a keen sense of global markets and an in-depth knowledge of twenty-first-century science," Clinton says through a spokesman. "I especially appreciated his insights and generosity during the recent trip to Africa to work on democratization, empowering the poor, citizen service, and combating HIV/AIDS." Before Clinton, Epstein's rare appearances in the gossip columns tended to be speculation as to the true nature of his relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell. While they are still friends, the English tabloids have postulated that Maxwell has longed for a more permanent pairing and that for undetermined reasons Epstein has not reciprocated in kind. "It's a mysterious relationship that they have," says society journalist David Patrick Columbia. "In one way, they are soul mates, yet they are hardly companions anymore. It's a nice conventional relationship, where they serve each other's purposes." Friends of the two say that Maxwell, whose social life has always been higher-octane than Epstein's, lent a little pizzazz to the lower-profile Epstein. Indeed, at a party at Maxwell's house, her friends say, one is just as apt to see Russian ladies of the night as one is to see Prince Andrew. The Oxford-educated Maxwell, described by many as a man-eater (she flies her own helicopter and was recently seen dining with Clinton at Nello's on Madison Avenue), lives in her own townhouse a few blocks away. Epstein is frequently seen around town with a bevy of comely young women but there has been no boldfaced name to replace Maxwell. "You may read about Jeffrey in the social columns, but there is much more to him than that," says Jeffrey T. Leeds of the private equity firm Leeds Weld & Co. "He's a talented money manager and an extremely hardworking person with broad interests. Most unusual, though, is that in this media-obsessed age he is not in any sense a self-promoter." Born in 1953 and raised in Coney Island, Epstein went to Lafayette High School. According to his bio, he took some classes in physics at Cooper Union from 1969 to 1971. He left Cooper Union in 1971 and attended NYU's Courant Institute, where he took courses in mathematical physiology of the heart, leaving that school, too, without a degree. Between 1973 and 1975, Epstein taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School. By most accounts, he was something of a Robin Williams—in—Dead Poets Society type of figure, hup://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772929/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261204 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery (thinks Clinton's the world's greatest... Page 3 of 8 wowing his high-school classes with passionate mathematical riffs. So impressed was one Wall Street father of a student that he said to Epstein point-blank: "What are you doing teaching math at Dalton? You should be working on Wall Street -- why don't you give my friend Ace Greenberg a call." --SNIP-- Long read. Please go to source link for rest of story. TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; blews/Cutzent Events KEYWORDS: CLINTONHATERS Gee. From Coney Island to math teacher sans degree to billionaire mogul and Clinton confidant all in one lifetime. Sounds like a true American success story (barf). If you believe that I got a bridge I can sell you....cheap....it's in Brooklyn.. Let's be thankful we weren't told the oft-heard fiction of how the father came over from Minx with two cents in his pocket then became a multi-billionaire overnight. That one's pretty worn out by now. 1 posted on 10/21/2002 3:17:29 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I View Replies ] To: Liz How do people look upon a rapist? Do criminals earn the breathless respect of masochistic media folks and African nobodies? Does the writer of this piece wear knee pads? In his eyes, Clinton as a species represents the highest evolutionary form of the political animal. To be up close to him, as he was during the African journey, is akin to seeing the rarest of beasts on a safari. As he put it to a friend upon his return from Africa, "If you were a boxer at the downtown gymnasium at 14th Street and Mike Tyson walked in, your face would have the same look as these foreign leaders had when Clinton entered the room. 2 posted on 10/21/2002 3:49:26 AM PDT by GOPJ ( Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies I To: *Clinton Haters Would you sign in please. 3 posted on 10/21/2002 4:29:29 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 2 I View Replies ] To: Registered; Fracas; Libloather; Mudboy Slim; ken5050; rohry; mhking; Miss Marple; Howlin pingo http://www.freerepublic.com/focusinews/772929/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261205 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery (thinks Clinton's the world's greatest... Page 4 of 8 4 posted on 10/21/2002 4:32:09 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 3 I View Replies ] To: Liz I wonder if Epstein has anything to do with Mark Rich... 5 posted on 10/21/2002 5:06:00 AM PDT by Libloather [ Post Reply I Private Reply To 4 I View Replies ) To: Liz "He is this mysterious, Gatsbyesque figure. He likes people to think that he is very rich, and he cultivates this air of aloofness. The whole thing is weird." Textbook Effete Elitist...what a ninny!! "He is an enthusiastic member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations." Whoop-ti-do... "...he collects beautiful minds. "I invest in people -- be it politics or science. It's what I do," he has said to friends. And his latest prize addition is the former president. In his eyes, Clinton as a species represents the highest evolutionary form of the political animal. To be up close to him, as he was during the African journey, is akin to seeing the rarest of beasts on a safari. As he put it to a friend upon his return from Africa, "If you were a boxer at the downtown gymnasium at 14th Street and Mike Tyson walked in, your face would have the same look as these foreign leaders had when Clinton entered the room. He is the world's greatest politician." Sounds like a schoolgirl crush to me...I wonder if he and Slick are lovers?! I'm convinced Slick Willie and PUNK McAuliffe have done the Jagger/Bowie thing, so it's not that far- fetched. FReegards...MUD 6 posted on 10/21/2002 5:11:36 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: Liz Thanks for the ping. Gonna read the entire article, but so far I feel like a voyeur...this reads like a cheap 'love' letter. 7 posted on 10/21/2002 6:29:55 AM PDT by Fracas [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 4 I View Replies ] To: Mudboy Slim have done the Jagger/Bowie thing Wow, I must read People more often, first I heard of this. This guy is just an Elitist wannabe, the Elitist may come to his public parties, but he isn't invited to their dinner parties. http://www.freerepublic.cornffocusMews/772929/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261206 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery (thinks Clinton's the world's greatest... Page 5 of 8 8 posted on 10/21/2002 6:35:11 AM PDT by razorback-bert [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 6 I View Replies ] To: razorback-bert "I must read People more often, first I heard of this." Ya won't find it in People, my FRiend, and you won't find it on Drudge...I'm startin' this Urban Legend right here and right now...LOL!! FReegards...MUD 9 posted on 10/21/2002 6:51:19 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To S I View Replies ] To: Fracas "...this reads like a cheap 'love' letter." EXACTLY!! You nailed it...sappy, just sappy devotion to this lowlife cretin...LOL!! RATS're Dolts!! MUD 10 posted on 10/21/2002 6:54:24 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 7 I View Replies ] To: Liz Yoga and young ladies too. Interesting character. 11 posted on 10/21/2002 7:04:47 AM PDT by dennisw [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: Mudboy Slim; Liz Lifetime is feverishly working on a script. Casting will begin soon. Fm going to make a list to help them out... 12 posted on 10/21/2002 7:11:37 AM PDT by Fracas [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 10 I View Replies ] To: Fracas; Timesink; FreeTheHostages "I'm going to make a list to help them out..." Please ping me when yer done, my FRiend...MUD 13 posted on 10/21/2002 9:31:17 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 12 I View Replies ] To: Mudboy Slim I'm convinced Slick Willie and PUNK McAuliffe have done the Jagger/Bowie thing LOL -- that's pretty weird, even for you, my FRiend! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772929/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261207 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery (thinks Clinton's the world's greatest... Page 6 of 8 14 posted on 10/21/2002 1:01:09 PM PDT by FreeTheHostages [ Post Reply I Private Reply To 6 I View Replies ) To: Liz "If you were a boxer at the downtown gymnasium at 14th Street and Mike Tyson walked in, your face would have the same look as these foreign leaders had when Clinton entered the room." Yep, they're both rapists and homicidal maniacs and I'd be pretty afraid if either of therm walked in the room with their "entourage." 15 posted on 10/21/2002 1:23:45 PM PDT by rohry [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 4 I View Replies ] To: FreeTheHostages Yeah...I have no evidence to either Confirm or Deny that rumor...LOL!! FReegards...MUD 16 posted on 10/21/2002 1:31:08 PM PDT by Mudboy Slim [ Post Reply I Private Reply To 14 I View Replies ] To: Fracas I really like that about you you're so helpful 17 posted on 10/21/2002 2:15:03 PM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 12 I View Replies ] To: Mudboy Slim; Fracas; FreeTheHostages; razorback-bert Guys, I have the greatest title for Epstein's Lifetime docu-drama, " My Life as A Money Launderer for the Rich and Famous." Lifetime, my people will call your people. Gosh, I hope Robin Leach won't mind. LOL. 18 posted on 10/21/2002 2:20:10 PM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 13 I View Replies To: Registered; texasbluebell; reformed democrat; rintense; The Old Hoosier; kitkat; knoxienne; pinger-bumper 19 posted on 10/21/2002 2:23:11 PM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 18 I View Replies ] To: Liz; Mudboy Slim Just got back here....time to catch up. First try: Clinton: Nick Nolte once he's out of jail — and Leo DiCaprio (young Clinton) Epstein: Sean Penn or Ben Stiller Maxwell: Drew Barrymore Trump: Patrick Swayze http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772929/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261208 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery (thinks Clinton's the world's greatest... Page 7 of 8 Hillary: Bette Midler Marc Rich: ? Okay, let's flesh out this 'Money Launderer' saga. Lifetime is ready to roll. 20 posted on 10/21/2002 3:10:58 PM PDT by Fracas [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 18 I View Replies ] To: Liz bumper-pinger Been preoccupied on the Beltway sniper threads. I hope I get my life back soon. Keep them pings comming. FReegards, Al 21 posted on 10/21/2002 5:58:13 PM PDT by dinasour [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 19 I View Replies ] To: Liz "My Life as A Money Launderer for the Rich and Famous." LOL...MUD 22 posted on 10/22/2002 1:51:23 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 18 I View Replies ] To: Fracas "Trump: Patrick Swayze" LOL...perhaps Trump'll even do a little "Dirty Dancinm!! "Hillary: Bette Midler" Should do a good job of portraying the natural bitchiness of the HildaBeast. "Clinton: Nick Nolte once he's out of jail — and Leo DiCaprio (young Clinton)" While the Nolte pick works...one putrid ol' drunkAiruggie portraying another, the young Clinton was a pudgy li'l punk who got picked on and the wormy little Leo--while surely believeable as a kid who got picked on while younger--ain't corpulent enuff. FReegards...MUD 23 posted on 10/22/20021:58:03 AM PDT by Mudboy Slim [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 20 I View Replies ] Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those oldie individual posters and do not necessarily rem-sent the opinion of Free Republic or its management All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. Free Republic News/Activism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772929/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261209 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery (thinks Clinton's the world's greatest... Page 8 of 8 Home • Browse • Search Topics • Post Article FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794 FreeRepubtic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2003 Robinson-DeFehr Consulting, LLC. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772929/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261210 MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) Page 1 of 9 Free Republic News/Activism Home • Browse • Search Topics • Post Article l§_sjp to comments. MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) RICHARDIfffiliaffilnitb/ALELAERWILICIELanfl I October 20, 2002 INY POST - PAGE SIX ITEM Posted on 10/20/2002 8:49:44 AM PDT by Liz Edited on 05/26/2004 5:09:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [histga] PAGE SIX'S scoop last month that mysterious money manager Jeffrey Epstein had flown Bill Clinton, Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey to Africa on his private 727 has sent journalists all over town trying to find out just who Epstein really is. (Excerpt) Read more at nvpost. corn TOPICS: Government News/Cunent Events; Politics/Elections KEYWORDS: CUNTONHATERS INSTITUE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION - Board of Trustees Jeffrey E. Epstein Jeffrey Epstein is Chairman and CEO of the Financial Trust Company, an exclusive private Mist company that provides a unique array of financial planning services, which encompass tax planning, investments and fiduciary arrangements utilizing the expertise of some of the world's leading financial experts. Mr. Epstein is a member of the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, the New York Academy of Science and a former Rockefeller University Board Member. Mr. Epstein is also actively involved in the Santa Fe Institute, the Theoretical Biology Initiative at the Institute for Advanced Study, the Quantum Gravity Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and also sits on the Mind, Brain & Behavior Advisory Committee at Harvard. His philanthropic affiliations include both the Wexner Foundation and The COUQ Foundation. Mr. Epstein started his career at Bear Steams with an educational background in physics. He was elected to the Board in October 2001. 1 posted on 10/20/2002 8:49:45 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I View Replies ] To: Registered; Howlin; Miss Marple; Fracas; Grampa Dave; The Old Hoosier check this out. 2 posted on 10/20/2002 8:51:15 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: *Clinton Haters indexing 3 posted on 10/20/2002 8:51:55 AM PDT by Liz Post Reply I Private Reply I To 2 I View Replies ] To: Liz littp://www.freerepublie.com/focusinews/772564/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261211 MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) Page 2 of 9 For some reason the words "Ponzi Scheme" come to mind while reading this. 4 posted on 10/20/2002 8:52:22 AM PDT by isthisnickcool [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: Liz Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. 5 posted on 10/20/2002 8:52:28 AM PDT by Brian Mosely [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To I I View Replies ] To: Liz ...that provides a unique array of financial planning services He is a big time money launderer. 6 posted on 10/20/2002 8:53:39 AM PDT by bert Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: Liz ...The COUQ Foundation... Is that pronounced like ILI? 7 posted on 10/20/2002 8:54:56 AM PDT by philman_36 [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies I To: Liz I forgot to add the mandatory admonition The Democratic Party is a criminal enterprise 8 posted on 10/20/2002 8:55:51 AM PDT by bert [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 2 I View Replies I To: isthisnickcool For some reason the words "Ponzi Scheme" come to mind while reading this. That was exactly my reaction. 9 posted on 10/20/2002 9:00:27 AM PDT by aculeus [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 4 I View Replies ] To: bert Let me be the first to congratulate you at your exceptional skills at "translating" liberal cant. Money launderer is right. And let's not forget, money laundering is tax evasion. 10 posted on 10/20/2002 9:00:58 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 6 I View Replies ] To: bert That the Demo party is a criminal enterprise is a given. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772564/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261212 MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) Page 3 of 9 11 posted on 10/20/2002 9:01:36 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 8 I View Replies ] To: Brian Mosely All this guy needs is a brain. 12 posted on 10/20/2002 9:02:43 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 5 I View Replies ] To: Liz Haven't had a chance to check....is this the same Jeffrey E. Epstein of 'DoubleClick'? 13 posted on 10/20/2002 9:04:04 AM PDT by Fracas [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 2 I View Replies To: isthisnickcool Wonder how often he goes "overseas" to redeem the "stamps" as Ponzi supposedly did. 14 posted on 10/20/2002 9:04:07 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 4 I View Replies ] To: Fracas I believe so. 15 posted on 10/20/2002 9:04:29 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 13 I View Replies ] To: Libloather; Mudboy Slim pingo 16 posted on 10/20/2002 9:05:06 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 15 I View Replies ] To: Liz Most Wall Streeters, however, aren't even certain what Epstein actually does for a living. " Didn't Terry McAuliffe's brother say the same thing about Terry ?? 17 posted on 10/20/2002 9:07:23 AM PDT by Mol [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: Liz Looks like he just sold some shares of DOUBLECLICK he owned .. 18 posted on 10/20/2002 9:08:09 AM PDT by Dog [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 2 I View Replies ] To: Liz >>>> sits on the Mind, Brain & Behavior Advisory Committee at Harvard<<<< Eh? http://wwvv.freerepublic.comffocus/news/772564/Posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261213 MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) Page 4 of 9 19 posted on 10/20/2002 9:09:09 AM PDT by Pone [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: Liz Money laundering, above the law, hot young chicks. No wonder the Toon is smitten. 20 posted on 10/20/2002 9:10:29 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 2 I View Replies ] To: Liz http://www.pir.org/xelm/Jeffrey_E Epstein.htanl EPSTEIN JEFFREY E • Council on Foreign Relations. Membership Roster. 2001 • Trilateral Commission. List of Members. 2002-01 (9) pages cited this search: 2 Order hard copy of these pages $how a social network diagram for this uame Try another NameBase search Back to home page 21 posted on 10/20/2002 9:11:25 AM PDT by Brian Mosely [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: Fracas; Brian Mosely; isthisnickcool; bert Weimer's royal connection (Circa 2001) Imagine Columbus Alive's surprise last week when Nigel Rosser, a British journalist and reported confidant of the royal family, contacted us to inquire about Prince Andrew's central Ohio connection. Rosser had read two award-winning Alive stories—"The Shapiro Murder File" and "Spook Air"--and wanted to chat about our own Leslie Wexner and his top aide, the mysterious Jeffrey E. Epstein. Rosser's article, published in the London Evening Standard on January 22, described Prince Andrew's recent behavior as "erratic" and "greatly upset(ing]" the royal family. The Prince has been so busy partying with his new American pals, even his ex-wife Fergie is complaining. Who's to blame for Andrew's failure to babysit for his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, according to Rosser's article? None other than Ghislaine Maxwell, who has been spotted in the Prince's company at hotspots-of-the-rich-and-famous around the world. Ghislaine is the daughter of the infamous financier Robert Maxwell, who died after falling overboard from his yacht in 1991. The late tycoon's daughter fled Britain and now resides in Manhattan, where the Columbus connection emerges. Rosser reported that Gbblaine is a one-time partner of Epstein, "an immensely powerful http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772564/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261214 MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) Page 5 of 9 New York property developer and financier." Other newspaper reports have described Epstein as everything from a concert pianist, corporate spy, math teacher, stockbroker, merchant banker, and globe-trotting businessman. He has steadfastly denied rumors of links to the Israeli Mossad. Maxwell denied similar connections just prior to his accident at sea. Whatever Epstein does, Rosser's article pointed out that he and Prince Andrew "now appear to have evolved a curious symbiotic relationship—whenever Ghislaine is seen with Andrew, Epstein is never far behind." Rosser cited an unnamed friend of the Prince saying that Andrew's a "very poor judge of character." Last May, Andrew went on a vacation with Epstein and Ghislaine in Florida. Rosser claimed he also attended a "hookers and pimps" Halloween party in New York with Ghislaine. Epstein "has a license to carry a concealed weapon, once claimed to have worked for the CIA-- although he now denies it—and owns properties all over America," Rosser noted. When he's not globe-trotting, Epstein has the choice of many places to call home, including a fortress-like mansion in New Mexico, a $40 million New York townhouse, and the second most expensive residence in central Ohio. Of course, the mansion is located in New Albany, near his close friend and mentor, billionaire Wexner. "Epstein began working for Mr. Wexner in 1985 and by the late 1980s had become wealthy, through, among other things, handling his worldwide air freight concerns and his fabulous collection of art, which includes a $45 million Picasso," the Evening Standard reported. Epstein also serves as a trustee of the Columbus-based Wexner Foundation. "Ghislaine is now employed by Epstein as a 'consultant at his elegant Madison Avenue offices. She stays at his house several nights a week and organizes his parties in New York," the Evening Standard reported. "She also acts as his interior designer and has sold property on his behalf. Ghislaine, it is said by friends, remains desperate to many Epstein. He refuses, but enjoys the social stature that she can bring him." One friend of Andrew and Ghislaine told Rosser that "the whole Andrew thing is probably being done for Epstein. Epstein will not many her and it is incredibly likely she's doing it to keep in with him." Meanwhile, the article continued, Andrew has managed to meet a whole new crowd of people, including "sex entrepreneur Christine Drangsholt" on a trip with Epstein and Ghislaine to Mar A Largo. (Mar-A-Lago is Trump's Florida estate.) 22 posted on 10/20/2002 9:17:12 AM PDT by Liz ( Post Reply I Private Reply I To 16 I View Replies ] To: tone What can I tell you it's at Harvard 23 posted on 10/20/2002 9:18:00 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 19 I View Replies To: Mol Heheheh. good one. 24 posted on 10/20/2002 9:18:33 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 17 I View Replies ) To: Liz; Alamo-Girl; Jim Robinson http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772564/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261215 MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) Page 6 of 9 Adding Alamo Girl & Jim Rob to the "check it out" list. 25 posted on 10/20/2002 9:20:18 AM PDT by demkicker [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 2 I View Replies ] To: VRWC For Truth Everything his corrupt little heart desires 26 posted on 10/20/2002 9:21:13 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 20 I View Replies ] To: demkicker Hint= .... Thanks for the heads up! 27 posted on 10/20/2002 9:24:19 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 25 I View Replies ] To: bert He is a big time money launderer. And there you are. Just a highly paid bagman for people who don't want anything traced to them. 28 posted on 10/20/2002 9:27:58 AM PDT by sneakypete [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 6 I View Replies ] To: bert Makes one wonder where that missing $1.2 trillon is. You remember, it was reported unaccounted for in March of 2001. 29 posted on 10/20/2002 9:49:00 AM PDT by raisincane [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 6 I View Replies ] To: Liz ..Wonder how often he goes "overseas" to redeem the "stamps".... let us not forget that Vince Foster died doing this very job. 30 posted on 10/20/2002 9:53:46 AM PDT by bert [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 14 I View Replies ] To: bert Poor Foster....guess he screwed up and didn't get top dollar, for the clique huh? 31 posted on 10/20/2002 9:56:28 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 30 I View Replies ] To: Liz Ghislaine is the daughter of the infamous financier Robert Maxwell, who died rifler falling overboard from his yacht in 1991. "Falling overboard" is favorite method of death for many megabucks types. Either they commit suicide http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772564/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261216 MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) Page 7 of 9 rather than facing some painful terminal illness or their "friends" dispatch them to the briny deep by alleged accident. Ghislaine may have had "friends" onboard when dear old dad met his untimely end. Could be a reason that Epstein doesn't want to marry her and make her his heir apparent? Anyway, this pack of moral morons has probably bought Clinton cheap, just as the Chinese did when he was in office. They consider him a trophy and laugh at him behind his back while they make him wealthier than he was, but still a "two-bit millionaire," a poverty stricken homeboy by their standards. 32 posted on 10/20/2002 9:57:25 AM PDT by PoisedWoman [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: sneakypete; raisincane; Alamo-Girl; bert; Brian Mosely; VRWC For Truth; Mel Oh, this is good Leslie and Abigail Wexner are connectetd with Global X's Gary Winnick. Does that mean Terry McAwful is not far behind? 33 posted on 10/20/2002 9:59:08 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 28 I View Replies ] To: Liz Interesting. At least before the Fox administration, no president of Mexico ever retired from his job with less than a billion dollars in overseas accounts. Can we imagine that clinton has less? He has had mob connections ever since he was a teenager in Hot Springs. He took a rakeoff from the Mena Airport drug smuggling operation while he was governor of Arkansas. More than a $100,000,000 went missing from that operation, and the word is that it was either taken by Noriega or clinton. Neither of them 'fessed up. My money is on clinton. While he was president, he had a major Florida drug smuggler working for him right in the White House, and several other drug smugglers who stayed in the Lincoln Bedroom for cash. It can be presumed that he took a rakeoff--maybe the usual 5 percent--from Columbian cocaine coming into the country through Cuba and Mexico. One of Vince Foster's jobs was to make runs between the White House and Swiss Banks. Plus that useful fellow who was dug up from Arlington Cemetery was his Ambassador to Switzerland. If clinton has less than a billion dollars squirreled away in Swiss accounts, then I'm a monkey's uncle. I should think 5 or 10 billion is more likely. Then why does he bother raising money by giving speeches and taking publishers' advances? Because he needs to have some cover to explain the stream of money that surrounds him. Besides which, he is a natural-born freeloader, who never hesitated a second to let someone else pick up the tab. 34 posted on 10/20/2002 10:06:45 AM PDT by Cicero [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: PoisedWoman Maxwell has the same MO as all of these telecom swindlers....Maxwell plundered the company's http://www.freerepublic.com/focusinews/772564/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261217 MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) Page 8 of 9 pension fund in order to enrich himself and sustain his exalted position. After his death, the courts ruled his sons (and daughter) dod not have to repay the penioners' stolen money. Ghislaine's "lifestyle" is at the expense of wage earners. How these creeps get away with this is disgusting. We the people can be said to be underwriting Denise Rich's lavish lifestyle since her ex-husband is the USA's biggest tax cheat and a world-renowned money launderer who paid DaKnees mega-bucks when he dumped her for another chick. 35 posted on 10/20/2002 10:13:13 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 32 I View Replies ] To: Liz This guy's not just a good friend of Bubba's. If it's the same Jeffrey Epstein, he's quite a generous donor to some other Dems as well. Including some who are going to be very embarrassed if this guy is as sleazy as the Toons. 36 posted on 10/20/2002 10:23:55 AM PDT by mewzilla [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 35 I View Replies ] To: Liz Some say that Epstein once quit his seat on the board of the Rockefeller Institute because he hates wearing a suit, supposedly telling a friend, "It feels like wearing a dress." As a Klintoon comrade, no doubt he'd know. Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp 37 posted on 10/20/2002 10:28:24 AM PDT by mikeb704 [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 1 I View Replies ] To: Liz Thanks for the heads up! 38 posted on 10/20/2002 10:59:23 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 33 I View Replies ] To: Liz Does that mean Terry McAwful is not far behind? It doesn't matter. None of them will ever see one single day of jail time. The political elites have a "gentelmen's agreement". You don't pop OUR big guys,and we won't pop YOUR big guys." 39 posted on 10/20/2002 3:57:23 PM PDT by sneakypete [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 33 I View Replies ] To: Liz ....Maxwell plundered the company's pension fund in order to enrich himself and sustain his exalted position. After his death, the courts ruled his sons (and daughter) dod not have to repay the penioners' stolen money. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772564/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261218 MURKY WORLD OF CLINTON PAL (ex-42's a billionaire already?) Page 9 of 9 Absolutely fascinating. How did they do it? A big loophole in the law, apparently. Can you point me toward a good source that explains the legal maneuvering to get their mitts on the pension money? Are you an attorney? 40 posted on 10/21/2002 1:55:04 AM PDT by PoisedWoman [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 35 I View Replies ] To: PoisedWoman There's one or more good books on Maxwell and his dealings -you can get them at the library since they are probably OOP. In Nov a new book is coming out by Gordon Thomas entitled Robert Maxwell - Israeli Superspy. 41 posted on 10/21/2002 2:19:12 AM PDT by Liz [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 40 I View Replies ] To: Cicero Then why does he bother raising money by giving speeches and taking publishers' advances? I suspect the offshore money can only be used in limited, but useful, ways. He needs "clean money" to spend in country (as if any money this scum touches can be said to be "clean".) 42 posted on 10/22/2002 7:57:31 PM PDT by The Duke [ Post Reply I Private Reply I To 34 View Replies ] Disclaimer. Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption foe fair use of copyrighted works. Free Republic Home Browse • Search FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794 FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2003 Robinson-Defehr Consulting, LLC. News/Activism Topics • Post Article http://vvww.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772564/posts 3/17/2006 EFTA00261219 My Way - Celebrity Gossip - New York Post Page 1 of 2 myway- No bonnets. No pop-ups. 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This is like some kind of virtual-intellectual conspiracy-in restraint-of-trade." — Bruce Sterling, "Third Culture Schmoozing" 2006 FeDruary 23. 2000 Charles Simonyi, Lisa Randall "The dinner party was a microcosm of a newly dominant sector of American business." — Wired 2005 2004 http://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261223 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 2 of 12 February 22. 2005 Craig Venter, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, JB (Prior to The Billionaires' Dinner - 2005) 2003 February 27, 2003 Sergey Brin - Google Ronna Tanenbaum - Alexa MacKenzie & Jeff Bezos - Amazon February 26. 2004 de Bonvoisin - Daniel Gilbert (En route to The Billionaires', 2002 February 20 2002 ., ' it • •,, Katinka Matson, Daniel C. Dennet W. Daniel Milli! Standing: Steven Pinker, http://vAvw.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261224 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 4 of 12 Freeman Dyson Jared Diamond Douglas Adam Dinner Gallery Eric ogle http://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261225 :HE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 5 of 12 Daniel C. Dennett Steven Pinker NEWYORKMETRO.COM NigoRicemn) This media life My Dinner with Rupert By Michael Wolff Stewart Brand Mitch Kapor Rupert kept taking. He grew more expansive, more conspiratorial, even (although it did seem like he'd conspire with anyone), his commentary more intimate. We proposed that he come with us to the dinner we were scheduled to go to — John Brockman's Billionaire's dinner, a TED ritual. ... Rupert Murdoch - NewsCorp Jeff Bezos Nathan Myhrvold Crebe ACtu Bork Limes The TED Conference: 3 Days in the Future February 28, 2002 It happened here one night last week over chicken and polenta at the annual private dinner, http://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261226 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 6 of 12 given by the New York literary agent John Brockman, formerly called the Millionaires' and Billionaires' Dinner after the rich techies who traditionally flocked to TED. There were still a few members of that endangered species scattered about, among them Nathan Myhrvold, the retired Microsoft chief technology officer, who gave an electrifying discourse at the 1997 TED about dinosaur sex. .... By Patricia Leigh Brown Walter Mossberg - WS) Jean Pigozzi Olga of Greece Max Brockman - Brockman, Inc. Banu Now, Instead of being the font of all goodness and light, the Web sector is considered dead as a doorknob Where that will take us now is anybody's guess, but it won't be back to headier times, says John Brockman, a New York literary agent who became known in Silicon Valley over the past several years for throwing an annual "Billionaires Dinner." He wants to change the name of the event. "This year," he says. "It's the 'Joy of the Ordinary Income Dinner.' " http://www.edge.org/docuntents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261227 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 7 of 12 Bon appetit and pass the Rolaids. — Kara Swisher Richard Dawkins Gerry Laybourne - Oxygen Network Dean Kamen, Deka Research Michel Wolff - Vanity Fair You don't have to be a billionaire to get invited to the "Billionaire's Dinner" tonight in Monterey, Calif. But you do have to know literary agent/ author/ entrepreneur John Brockman, who makes it his business to know who is among the digerati. The dinner coincides with the 10th annual Technology, Entertainment, Design or TED, conference, which brings together Hollywood and Silicon Valley Last year's dinner guests included confirmed billionaires Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com Inc. and Steve Case of America Online Inc. as well as likely contender Nathan Myhrvold of Microsoft Corp. It's just a fun gathering for a few of my friends," Mr. Brockman says. The stock market has http://www.eclge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261228 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 8 of 12 made new billionaires out of some previous centimillionaire guests, so Mr. Brockman doubled the size of the dinner but claims he still has to turn people away. To add suspense to this year's event, Mr. Brockman promises two surprise billionaires who prefer to remain unidentified. Hint: at least one is unmarried. — *Digits" Column 12.24.2000J Sergey Brin - Google Moshe Safdie Katinka Matson A few TEDs ago, [The Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference] John Brockman began hosting an annual Millionaires' Dinner in honor of his acquaintances at the conference whose net worth exceeded seven figures. But rising equity values prompted Brockman to rename his party the Billionaires' Dinner. Last year, Steve Case, Jeff Bezos, and Nathan Myhrvold joined such comparatively impoverished multimillionaires as Barnes & Noble's Steve Riggio, EarthLink's Sky Dayton, and Marimba's Kim Polese. The dinner party was a microcosm of a newly dominant sector of American business. — Gary Wolf [2.2000) Cindy Lopez Charles Simony' - Intentional Software Naomi Judd http://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261229 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 9 of 12 You don't have to be a billionaire to get invited to the "Billionaire's Dinner" tonight in Monterey, Calif. But you do have to know literary agent/ author/ entrepreneur John Brockman, who makes it his business to know who is among the digerati. The dinner coincides with the 10th annual Technology, Entertainment, Design or TED, conference, which brings together Hollywood and Silicon Valley Last year's dinner guests included confirmed billionaires Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com Inc. and Steve Case of America Online Inc. as well as likely contender Nathan Myhrvold of Microsoft Corp. It's just a fun gathering for a few of my friends," Mr. Brockman says. The stock market has made new billionaires out of some previous centimillionaire guests, so Mr. Brockman doubled the size of the dinner but claims he still has to turn people away. To add suspense to this year's event, Mr. Brockman promises two surprise billionaires who prefer to remain unidentified. Hint: at least one is unmarried. — "Digits" Column [2.24.2000] Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dreamworks NOW "near Cgs, 2 Michael Milken The weather, though, from San Francisco down the coast to Monterrey, where TED is held, turned bad, and it suddenly started to look like Brockman's dinner might be short a few billionaires. It used to be the millionaires' dinner, but in the enthusiasm of the bull market, Brockman upped it a thousandfold (certainly, among the guests, there were a lot of millionaires — maybe everyone). Of course, the point is not the billionaires per se but the good fellowship that the idea of proximity to billionaires engenders. Does that fellowship disappear just because some billionaires don't want to take a chance on the weather? — Michael Wolff http://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261230 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 10 of 12 Bran Ferren Jeffrey Epstein 11.11MIN It was billed as the "Billionaire's Dinner" ... But with cameo appearances by Conde Nast editorial director James Truman, Time Out New York's Cyndi Stivers, Fortune's Peter Petre, Powerful Media's Kurt Anderson, news anchor Forrest Sawyer and Industry Standard columnist James Fallows, this was the year when chic New York media met the geeks. — Chris Nolan ("It's a Terrible Thing To Lose Minds"), NEW YORK POST [3.2.2000] 0 The Annual "Billionaires' Dinner" (upgraded from last year's "Millionaires' Dinner") was held on Thursday, February 18th at Cibo in Monterey. Among those emerging from the Gulfstream jets were Steve Case, Nathan Myhrvold, Jeff Bezos, Steve UPSIDE Riggio, Danny Hillis, Bran Ferren, Douglas Adams, Terry Gilliam, Kai Krause, and Joichi Ito. Fortunately, famed industry pioneer and gossip David Bunnell was there taking notes (with a pen, by the way). —David Bunnell ("Restaurant Owner Buys TED"), UPSIDE [2.24.99] Jeff & Mackenzie Bezos, amazon.com http://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261231 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 11 of 12 Leon Lederman Savannah Brentnall Joi Ito Kevin Kelly, Wired World Domination, Corporate Cubism, and Alien Mind Control at the Digerati Dinner - 1998 0 Chronicler of the digerati, John Brockman, handpicked the best of breed at last week's Monterey TED(technology, entertainment, design) conference to attend his yearly soirée, where technology's philosopher-kings mused on all things Internet, UPSIDE multimedia. — Trish Williams ("World Domination, Corporate Cubism and Alien Mind Control at Digerati Dinner"), UPSIDE [2.23.98] Steve Case, AOL Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft John Brockman, Editor and Publisher Russell Weinberger, Associate Publisher contact: editoroesioesstru Copyright C 2006 by Edoe_fogn_d_ation,inc All Rights Reserved. http://www.edge.org/doeuments/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261232 Edge: THE EDGE DINNER: 1998 - 2006 Page 12 of 12 Iropi hup://www.edge.org/documents/dinners/dinner_index.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261233 Edge: JOHN BROCKMAN Page 1 of 4 The Third Culture "One of t? , great intellectual enzymes of our time. (An enzyme is a biological catalyst — an adroit enabler of otherwise impossible things.)" - Stewart Brand "A bizarre, brilliant, bulldozer of a thinker who has done as much as anyone, anywhere, to shape today's intellectual landscape." - David Gelernter " nit Alheut Edge Enturil Eat Edition* ECM e naThlilli Club DIN Culture n, " Ea"., Edge Search John Brockman I.-atm...440 01 MAI ea CIA...Lai tv,ry y • nip et w yyniempaw. JOHN BROCKMAN is a cultural impresario whose career has encompassed the avant-garde art world, science, books, software, and the Internet. In the 1960s he coined the word "intermedia" and pioneered "intermedia kinetic environments" in art, theatre, and commerce, while also consulting for clients such as General Electric, Columbia Pictures, Scott Paper, The Pentagon, and the White House. In 1973, he formed Brockman, Inc., the international literary and software agency specializing in serious nonfiction. He is the founder of the nonprofit Edge Foundation, Inc. and editor of Edge (www.edge.org), the highly acclaimed website devoted to discussions of cutting edge science by many of the world's brilliant thinkers, the leaders of what he has termed "the third culture". Included in his works as author and/or editor are By the Late John Brockman; The Third Culture; Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite; The Greatest Inventions of the Past Two Thousand Years; The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century; and The New Humanists: Science at the Edge. Brockman has the distinction of being the only person to have been profiled on Page One of both The New York Sunday Times "Arts & Leisure" (1966), and The New York Times "Science Times" (1997). http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/brockman.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261234 Edge: JOHN BROCKMAN Pal2c 2 of 4 Further Reading on Edge: Recent Press Web Editions of John Brockman's books TheGuardian Review April 30, 2005 by Andrew Brown THE HUSTLER (Movie Poster for "Head", 1968) http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/brocicman.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261235 Edge: JOHN BROCKMAN Page 3 of 4 (Dolly, Roslyn Institute, 1999) US (Brockman at the Factory with Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan 1967) Photo: Nat Finkelstein. Copyright 0 Nat Finkelstein. US When we eit Were KIDS UK SCIENCE AT THE UK http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/biosibroclunan.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261236 Edge: JOHN BROCKMAN Page 4 of 4 III US VIA1:31 ItIlill:IS US/ net 10/ PA 4' FIFTY YEARS UK I t I http://www.edge.org/3rd_culturebios/brocicman.html 3/13/2006 EFTA00261237 Rangel Backs Tax Loophole For the Rich Page 1 of 2 SSW YOkx gar pa• 4•01stiJ • March 2,2006 Edition > Section: National > Printer-Friendly Version Rangel Backs Tax Loophole For the Rich BY MEGHAN CLYNE - Staff Reporter of the Sun March 2, 2006 URL: http://www.nysun.congartkle/28419 WASHINGTON - One of the most vociferous congressional critics of President Bush's so-called tax cuts for the rich, Rep. Charles Rangel, is also one of the House's most "vigorous" advocates of restoring a tax loophole that allowed multimillionaires to evade up to 90% of their personal federal income taxes, according to representatives of the U.S. Virgin Islands who lobbied Congress yesterday to reopen the loophole. "It's not fair what they're doing here," Mr. Rangel said of Washington's efforts to impose stricter residency requirements for filing taxes as a Virgin Islands resident, while denying that his interest in the matter was influenced by tens of thousands of dollars donated by Virgin Islanders to the Harlem Democrat's recent re-election campaigns. As The New York Sun reported in front-page stories in 2003, tax breaks offered by the Virgin Islands's Economic Development Commission - a program designed to spur investment in the territory with tax incentives for individuals and businesses - were taken up by some of America's top money managers, including Richard Driehaus and Jeffrey Epstein, who keep high profiles in Chicago and New York but declare the USVI as their place of residence for tax purposes. The loophole allowed some wealthy Americans to dodge almost 90% of their federal income tax bills. In the October 2004 American Jobs Creation Act, Congress moved to curb the abuse by stepping up the residency and income eligibility requirements for the tax breaks. In January, the Treasury Department codified the residency requirement by stipulating that individuals must spend at least 183 days a year in the USVI to be considered residents for tax purposes. Testimony yesterday before a hearing of the Senate's Energy Committee by the Islands' governor, Charles Turnbull, and their congressional delegate, Rep. Donna Christensen, is part of an "ongoing effort that we have engaged in over the last few months" to get Congress and the Treasury to scale back the new residency restrictions to 122 days over three years, Mr. Turnbull told the Sun. The Virgin Islands, the governor and his associates said, have been working closely with members of the Senate - primarily Senator Crapo, a Republican of Idaho, who sits on the Energy Committee; the Senate Finance and Energy committees' Senator Gordon Smith, a Republican of Oregon; Senator Thomas, a Republican of Wyoming, who also sits on both the Finance and Energy committees; and the Energy Committee's Senator Talent, a Republican of Missouri. Yet while most of the Islands' Senate backers are pro-free-market Republicans, the territory's champion in the House is one of the body's most left leaning Democrats: Mr. Rangel. http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=28419 3/7/2006 EFTA00261238 Rangel Backs Tax Loophole For the Rich Page 2 of 2 "Charlie Rangel has been a vigorous, strong advocate," a Washington-based lawyer representing the USVI in their lobbying efforts, Peter Hiebert, told the Sun. "He's been very active on our behalf." The dean of New York's congressional delegation said yesterday that his involvement in the EDC battle was a continuation of his general interest in the Caribbean, and a desire to remedy an injustice against the people of the Virgin Islands. "I think it's really hypocritical for the people in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to be treated as citizens only when it's time to go to war," Mr. Rangel said. "And then when it's time to provide for their economy, and their health care system, to treat them worse than we treat the people of Baghdad. Whether or not you call it a colony, it's really not a full American status." Mr. Rangel said he preferred direct federal subsidies, but, failing that, thought the federal government should lift the 2004 restrictions. USVI representatives argued yesterday the increased restrictions on tax incentives imperiled the lucrative EDC program, which provided around one-fifth of the territory's revenue. Although Mr. Rangel has long denounced Mr. Bush's tax cuts as sparing the wealthiest Americans from their tax burden at the expense of the nation's poor, the congressman yesterday maintained his support for allowing millionaires to dodge almost all of their federal tax bills through the EDC program. "They're two separate things," Mr. Rangel said. "If you are evading taxes, you should be indicted. If you are avoiding taxes, that is legal," he added. Since 1998, 37 Virgin Islands taxpayers have ponied up a combined total of $38,700 for Mr. Rangel's re-election fund, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Donors include retirees, realtors, investors, bankers, attorneys, and prominent local entrepreneurs, including representatives of the AH Riise duty-free chain and Virgin Islands Rum Industries. Mr. Rangel said the donations, some of which came from fund-raisers held in the Virgin Islands, had not inspired his activism on the EDC matter. 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