Sen. Robert Menendez Seeks Probe Of Alleged Cuban Plot To Smear Him -- Washington post
Sen. Robert Menendez is asking the Justice Department to pursue evidence obtained by U.S. investigators that the Cuban government concocted an elaborate plot to smear him with allegations that he cavorted with underage prostitutes, according to people familiar with the discussions.
In a letter sent to Justice Department officials, the senator’s attorney asserts that the plot was timed to derail the political rise of Menendez (D-N.J.), one of Washington’s most ardent critics of the Castro regime. At the time, Menendez was running for reelection and was preparing to assume the powerful chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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More News On Reports That Cuban Intelligence Tried To Smear A U.S. Senator?
Sen. Robert Menendez seeks probe of alleged Cuban plot to smear him -- Washington Post
Senior US Senator alleges Cuban govt behind prostitution scandal -- RT
New Jersey senator Robert Menendez alleges Cuba behind sex allegations -- The Guardian
Robert Menendez: Cuban Plot Led To Daily Caller Prostitute Claims -- Huffington post
The Cubans, the Prostitutes, the Senator, and the Daily Caller -- David Weigel, Slate
My Comment: Why would Cuba go through all of this trouble to smear him? There are many Cuban critics in the U.S. Senate .... what makes him special? I suspect that we will never know. But what we do know is that Sen. Menendez is in the middle of a corruption probe where allegations that he personally intervened in helping Salomon Melgen (a wealthy eye doctor, donor and friend of the senator) on business contracts and over-billing accusations is now gaining steam.
Update: U.S. law officials are not buying US Senator's Cuban plot story .... No Credible Evidence of Cuban Plot to Smear Menendez, U.S. Officials Say -- NBC New York
2 comments:
When you are fighting a group, you keep their incompetent people in their job.
Napoleon went looking for incompetent generals to fight or so I heard. If he had 2 converging armies he'd fight the one lead by the dumb general first.
The British gave up on assassinating Hitler. They figured that he was hurting the German War effort. On 2nd though that may have been a mistake. they may have gotten a negotiated end to the war sooner. Then again Himmler might simply have taken over.
The Marines at Khe Sanh refrained form killing an enemy sniper.There were several snipers and every time they would kill one, the sniper would be replaced. One sniper was particularly bad (or maybe he was just smart). So the Marines decided not to engage in counter sniping. The North Vietnamese sniper was not hitting anything. They did not want to kill him and have him be replace by someone better.
If it were me (running a foreign intelligence service) I would leave the Democrats in power. But maybe assist the Republicans or hurt the Democrats so the Republicans stay at a 30 or 40% spoiler. That would be hard to do.
If the Democrats were in sole power, then sooner or later the excuse of "Bush's fault" would not work and they would have to get competent or face a restive electorate (?).
If I were Cuban, I would take out Rep. Gowdy with a scandal (if not him then one of his staff or associates). If the Republicans kept the house, got the Senate (preferably filibuster proof) and got the Presidency. That would be a threat. Assuming they could reign in the Fed and fix the economy. then they could afford to be more hawkish.
A lot of Ifs.
This sounds to me like a version of "My Twitter account got hacked" after someone posted nude pictures...
Pathetic, no matter your political party.
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