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Burma : Riots have a way of cheering people up
From Seattle to Sydney
BURMA OUT
We have a friend close to Senator Mitchell . ;-) There
seeems "something" happening between the FBI and
Samaranch?
This can only be to the advantage of those nations wishing
to oust the world number one state drug dealer, Burma,
from Syd 2000 Games.
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To: policy.office@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Guess who's advising the IOC?
"...the former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former
senators Howard Baker and George Mitchell - who are members of the
IOC reform 2000 commission - had provided informal advice to the IOC."
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Sydney Morning Herald
Friday, December 10, 1999
The 'untouchables': IOC
members spooked by FBI
By JACQUELIN MAGNAY, Olympics Writer,
in Lausanne
International Olympic officials are negotiating the
terms under which the president, Mr Juan Antonio
Samaranch, will be questioned by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation about his knowledge of the
Salt Lake City bribes scandal.
Mr Samaranch has volunteered to appear before a
United States Congress subcommittee on
Wednesday to discuss the IOC reform agenda but
has hesitated at being interviewed by the FBI.
IOC director-general Mr Francois Carrard said he
was trying to set a date for the FBI interview, but
intimated he had been assured Mr Samaranch would
not be served with a subpoena next week when he
lands on US soil.
''He's confident that when he goes, he will have no
problems,'' Mr Carrard said.
Mr Samaranch said he would be ready to talk to the
FBI, ''but not on this occasion'', because he had
plans to travel to Spain soon after the congress
hearing.
Mr Carrard denied the US negotiations involved
providing immunity for the president.
''Mr. Samaranch is not the target of investigations,''
he said. ''There is no need to negotiate immunity for
him. At present, I am finalising negotiations for dates
and things like that.''
Mr Carrard said the former US Secretary of State
Mr Henry Kissinger and former senators Howard
Baker and George Mitchell - who are members of
the IOC reform 2000 commission - had provided
informal advice to the IOC. Six members had been
interviewed so far. Mr Carrard said other members
were concerned they, too, would face questioning if
they entered the US.
The IOC is still considering moving February board
meetings from the US to Sydney to avoid interviews.
''Some individual members have expressed questions
about the process,'' Mr Carrard said. ''They don't
know what a subpoena is. They have to look it up in
the dictionary. They think it's something out of a
B-movie. They imagine 'the Untouchables' coming
with subpoenas and machine-guns.''
Meanwhile, Australia's new executive member on
the World Olympians' Association, Mr Herb Elliott,
has proposed some changes to the 50-point reform
package to be put before the 103 IOC members this
weekend.
He said there should be an audit of both the
selection panel which determines the appointments
of new IOC members and of the host city bid
process.
''[A panel of illustrious people] would audit the
process and people would trust that and the
suspicion of cronyism would cease to exist,'' he said.
''The other thing, too, is if the host city was voted on
by total IOC membership, it would be very difficult
to stop canvassing of IOC members by host cities
and some sort of auditing would need to be done
there so people could respect that process.''
Copyright © 1999. The Sydney Morning Herald
All rights reserved.
Follow the plea by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the appreciations
of HH the Dalai Lama, the Shan Democratic Union, film maker John
Pilger, the Free Burma Coalition, author Alan Clements, Dennis
Skinner MP, Tony Benn MP, Ann Clwyd MP, Congress-woman
Maxine Waters, Socialist Workers' Party, Dr and Welsh rugby
star JPR Williams, Hendrix bassist Noel Redding, S African jazz
pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, All Burma Students Democratic
Organisation, All Burma Students Democratic Front, Tasmanian
Trades & Labour Council, SACP (South African Communist Party),
COSATU, Tim Gopsill, editor. The.Journalist@xxxxxxxxxx, and
numerous others.
Supporting a Genuine war upon drugs and human rights abuse.
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