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MoveOn.org
Political Action
For Immediate Release: Contact:
Friday, May 16, 2008 Trevor Fitzgibbon or Doug Gordon (202)
822-5200
*** View Web Ad At: http://pol.moveon.org/charlieblack/video.html***
MoveOn Attacks McCain's Lobbyist Connections;
Calls For Chief Adviser To Resign
Black Should Be The First To Go Under Campaign's
New "Conflict Of Interest Policy"
John McCain's chief adviser, lobbyist Charlie Black, is the subject of a new
video released today calling on him to resign. The video comes after
revelations of past lobbying ties and conflicts of interest led to the
resignation of three McCain staffers and the introduction of a new conflict
of interest policy by the campaign.
The video, released by MoveOn.org Political Action and sent to their members
today, highlights Black's work on behalf of some of the world's worst
dictators.
Charlie Black, one of John McCain's top advisers, was the head of a lobbying
firm, BKSH & Associates, that represented brutal dictators like Ferdinand
Marcos in the Philippines and Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire-along with terrorist
rebel Jonas Savimbi in Angola. Black also profited off the war in Iraq by
representing firms such as Blackwater and Iraqi fraudster Ahmed Chalabi.
Working with Chalabi, BKSH helped promote the lie, later repeated by the
Bush Administration, that the Hussein regime possessed weapons of mass
destruction.
Earlier this week, two of John McCain's senior campaign staff were forced to
resign after revelations that their lobbying firm was paid hundreds of
thousands of dollars to represent Burma's brutal military dictatorship.
In total, John McCain's campaign is run by over 100 lobbyists representing
foreign and corporate interests.
"Charlie Black has helped some of the world's worst dictators get away with
murder," said Noah T. Winer of MoveOn. "John McCain must do the right thing,
live up to his campaign's new conflict of interest policy, and demand
Black's immediate resignation."
AD TEXT:
John McCain says we're fighting in Iraq to plant "the seeds of democracy."
... but the firm of his "chief political adviser" Charlie Black.
made millions lobbying for the world's worst tyrants.
.Ferdinand Marcos, who executed thousands of his own citizens in the
Philippines.
.Zaire's Mobuto, who publicly hanged his opponents and looted his country's
vast mineral wealth.
.and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, a mass murderer, who covered Angola with
landmines.
Charlie Black said he didn't do anything wrong.
John McCain should tell Black he did. Call John McCain and tell him to fire
Charlie Black.
DOCUMENTATION:
".we must see this conflict through to the end. That means correcting our
mistakes, building on our progress, and helping to plant in the most
dangerous region in the world the seeds of democracy that will influence its
neighbors." [Op-Ed by Senator John McCain, Arizona Republic, 3/19/06]
Senator McCain's "chief political adviser," Charles R. Black Jr., served as
chairman of one of Washington's lobbying powerhouses. [Washington Post,
2/22/08]
Two of Sen. John McCain's top advisers and fundraisers' lobbying firms have
been paid more than $15 million by foreign governments since 2005. The firms
of McCain senior adviser Charlie Black, who until recently was the chairman
of Washington-based BKSH & Associates, and campaign co-chairman Thomas G.
Loeffler, who heads the Loeffler Group in San Antonio, received millions of
dollars lobbying the White House, Congress and others as agents of nearly a
dozen foreign clients in recent years. [Washington Times, 4/11/08]
A politically well-connected U.S. lobbying firm is being paid nearly
$1-million to help a Philippine client linked with President Ferdinand
Marcos.The firm, Black, Manafort & Stone Public Affairs, began a year-long
contract with a client called the Chamber of Philippines Manufacturers,
Exporters and Tourist Associations on Nov. 15, official records show. Under
the terms of the contract, the suburban Washington-based concern is to be
paid $950,000 plus expenses to provide 'advice and assistance on matters
relating to the media, public relations and public affairs interests' as
well as lobbying services. [Globe and Mail, 12/20/85]
Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly was registered as a lobbyist for the Chamber
of Philippine Manufacturers, Exporters and Tourism Associations. The firm
charged a $950,000 annual fee from November 1985 to November 1986.
[Department of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Act, Online Records]
The Black, Manafort partners have woven such an intricate web of connections
that the strands become entangled at times. Lobbyist Kelly served as finance
chairman of the National Democratic Institute, a public-interest
organization established by Congress to promote democracy in underdeveloped
countries. The institute recently sent observers to try to ensure a fair
election in the Philippines. Yet Kelly's firm, for a reported $900,000 fee,
represents Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who stands accused of
having stolen the vote. [Time Magazine, 3/3/86]
In 1992, a jury trial ruled that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was
responsible for human rights violations tortures, disappearances and summary
executions between 1972, when he declared martial law, and 1986, when he was
overthrown. [Associated Press, 6/16/94]
Marcos ruled the Philippines for 20 years, during which tens of thousands of
activists were either summarily executed or went missing, according to
rights groups. [Agence France Presse, 2/6/05]
Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly was registered as a lobbyist for the
Government of Zaire. The firm charged a $1 million annual fee from July
1989to July 1990. [Department of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Act,
Online Records]
..the outgoing dictator, Mobuto Sese Seko, who plundered the country's
wealth, jailed protesters, and executed adversaries. [Boston Globe, 5/18/97]
"Mr. Mobutu almost singlehandedly invented Zaire, even giving the country
its name in replacement of the colonial name, Congo. But his personal
appetite for luxury and wealth spawned a system of official corruption so
rapacious that he leaves behind a country in ruin, where revenue from
lucrative mines has been squandered or squirreled away in foreign bank
accounts." [New York Times, 5/17/97]
"Challengers, both imagined and real, often paid with their lives, like the
four former Cabinet ministers whom Mr. Mobutu had publicly hanged before
50,000 spectators six months after he took office." [New York Times,
5/17/97]
Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly was registered as a lobbyist for UNITA in
Angola. The firm charged a $600,000 annual fee from September 1985 to
September 1986; a $200,000 annual fee from September 1986 to September 1987;
a $600,000 annual fee from September 1991 to September 1992; and a $15,000
monthly fee from January 1994 to June 1995. [Department of Justice, Foreign
Agents Registration Act, Online Records]
"When Savimbi came to Washington last month to seek support for his
guerrilla organization, UNITA, in its struggle against the Marxist regime in
Angola, he hired Black, Manafort. What the firm achieved was quickly dubbed
'Savimbi chic.' Doors swung open all over town for the guerrilla leader, who
was dapperly attired in a Nehru suit and ferried about in a stretch
limousine. Dole had shown only general interest in Savimbi's cause until
Black, the Senate majority leader's former aide, approached him on his
client's behalf. Dole promptly introduced a congressional resolution backing
UNITA's insurgency and sent a letter to the State Department urging that the
U.S. supply it with heavy arms. The firm's fee for such services was
reportedly $600,000." [Time, 3/3/86]
Black called Mr. Savimbi, the brutal Angolan leader whom President Ronald
Reagan promoted as a freedom fighter but many Democrats derided as an ally
of apartheid South Africa, "a great pleasure to work with." [New York Times,
4/13/08]
"Angola has been bled enough. Thousands of children have been crippled by
land mines, most planted by Unita. Mr. Savimbi is no democrat or 'freedom
fighter.' He is a warlord, ruling by machete and gun, who is credibly blamed
for the massacre of civilians." [New York Times Editorial, 4/14/93]
Black said he never took on work for foreign figures "without first talking
to the State Department and the White House and clearing with them that the
work would be in the interest of U.S. foreign policy." [
<http://washingtonpost.com/> washingtonpost.com, 5/13/08]
_____
From: Douglas Gordon
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 10:17 AM
To: Jenn Lindenauer; 'Eli Pariser'; '[email protected]'
Subject: New Final Release.... Good to go with this?
MoveOn.org
Political Action
For Immediate Release: Contact:
Friday, May 16, 2008 Trevor Fitzgibbon or Doug Gordon (202)
822-5200
*** View Web Ad At: http://pol.moveon.org/charlieblack/video.html***
MoveOn Attacks McCain's Lobbyist Connections;
Calls For Chief Adviser To Resign
Black Should Be The First To Go Under Campaign's
New "Conflict Of Interest Policy"
John McCain's chief adviser, lobbyist Charlie Black, is the subject of a new
video released today calling on him to resign. The video comes after
revelations of past lobbying ties and conflicts of interest lead to the
resignation of three McCain staffers and the introduction of a new conflict
of interest policy by the campaign.
The video, released by MoveOn.org Political Action and sent to their members
today, highlights Black's work on behalf of some of the world's worst
dictators.
Charlie Black, one of John McCain's top advisers, was the head of a lobbying
firm, BKSH & Associates, that represented brutal dictators like Ferdinand
Marcos in the Philippines and Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire-along with terrorist
rebel Jonas Savimbi in Angola. Black also profited off the war in Iraq by
representing firms such as Blackwater and Iraqi fraudster Ahmed Chalabi.
Working with Chalabi, BKSH helped promote the lie, later repeated by the
Bush Administration, that the Hussein regime possessed weapons of mass
destruction.
Earlier this week, two of John McCain's senior campaign staff were forced to
resign after revelations that their lobbying firm was paid hundreds of
thousands of dollars to represent Burma's brutal military dictatorship.
In total, John McCain's campaign is run by over 100 lobbyists representing
foreign and corporate interests.
"Charlie Black has helped some of the world's worst dictators get away with
murder," said Noah T. Winer of MoveOn. "John McCain must do the right thing,
live up to his campaign's new conflict of interest policy, and demand
Black's immediate resignation."
AD TEXT:
John McCain says we're fighting in Iraq to plant "the seeds of democracy."
... but the firm of his "chief political adviser" Charlie Black.
made millions lobbying for the world's worst tyrants.
.Ferdinand Marcos, who executed thousands of his own citizens in the
Philippines.
.Zaire's Mobuto, who publicly hanged his opponents and looted his country's
vast mineral wealth.
.and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, a mass murderer, who covered Angola with
landmines.
Charlie Black said he didn't do anything wrong.
John McCain should tell Black he did. Call John McCain and tell him to fire
Charlie Black.
DOCUMENTATION:
".we must see this conflict through to the end. That means correcting our
mistakes, building on our progress, and helping to plant in the most
dangerous region in the world the seeds of democracy that will influence its
neighbors." [Op-Ed by Senator John McCain, Arizona Republic, 3/19/06]
Senator McCain's "chief political adviser," Charles R. Black Jr., served as
chairman of one of Washington's lobbying powerhouses. [Washington Post,
2/22/08]
Two of Sen. John McCain's top advisers and fundraisers' lobbying firms have
been paid more than $15 million by foreign governments since 2005. The firms
of McCain senior adviser Charlie Black, who until recently was the chairman
of Washington-based BKSH & Associates, and campaign co-chairman Thomas G.
Loeffler, who heads the Loeffler Group in San Antonio, received millions of
dollars lobbying the White House, Congress and others as agents of nearly a
dozen foreign clients in recent years. [Washington Times, 4/11/08]
A politically well-connected U.S. lobbying firm is being paid nearly
$1-million to help a Philippine client linked with President Ferdinand
Marcos.The firm, Black, Manafort & Stone Public Affairs, began a year-long
contract with a client called the Chamber of Philippines Manufacturers,
Exporters and Tourist Associations on Nov. 15, official records show. Under
the terms of the contract, the suburban Washington-based concern is to be
paid $950,000 plus expenses to provide 'advice and assistance on matters
relating to the media, public relations and public affairs interests' as
well as lobbying services. [Globe and Mail, 12/20/85]
Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly was registered as a lobbyist for the Chamber
of Philippine Manufacturers, Exporters and Tourism Associations. The firm
charged a $950,000 annual fee from November 1985 to November 1986.
[Department of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Act, Online Records]
The Black, Manafort partners have woven such an intricate web of connections
that the strands become entangled at times. Lobbyist Kelly served as finance
chairman of the National Democratic Institute, a public-interest
organization established by Congress to promote democracy in underdeveloped
countries. The institute recently sent observers to try to ensure a fair
election in the Philippines. Yet Kelly's firm, for a reported $900,000 fee,
represents Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who stands accused of
having stolen the vote. [Time Magazine, 3/3/86]
In 1992, a jury trial ruled that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was
responsible for human rights violations tortures, disappearances and summary
executions between 1972, when he declared martial law, and 1986, when he was
overthrown. [Associated Press, 6/16/94]
Marcos ruled the Philippines for 20 years, during which tens of thousands of
activists were either summarily executed or went missing, according to
rights groups. [Agence France Presse, 2/6/05]
Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly was registered as a lobbyist for the
Government of Zaire. The firm charged a $1 million annual fee from July
1989to July 1990. [Department of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Act,
Online Records]
..the outgoing dictator, Mobuto Sese Seko, who plundered the country's
wealth, jailed protesters, and executed adversaries. [Boston Globe, 5/18/97]
"Mr. Mobutu almost singlehandedly invented Zaire, even giving the country
its name in replacement of the colonial name, Congo. But his personal
appetite for luxury and wealth spawned a system of official corruption so
rapacious that he leaves behind a country in ruin, where revenue from
lucrative mines has been squandered or squirreled away in foreign bank
accounts." [New York Times, 5/17/97]
"Challengers, both imagined and real, often paid with their lives, like the
four former Cabinet ministers whom Mr. Mobutu had publicly hanged before
50,000 spectators six months after he took office." [New York Times,
5/17/97]
Black, Manafort, Stone & Kelly was registered as a lobbyist for UNITA in
Angola. The firm charged a $600,000 annual fee from September 1985 to
September 1986; a $200,000 annual fee from September 1986 to September 1987;
a $600,000 annual fee from September 1991 to September 1992; and a $15,000
monthly fee from January 1994 to June 1995. [Department of Justice, Foreign
Agents Registration Act, Online Records]
"When Savimbi came to Washington last month to seek support for his
guerrilla organization, UNITA, in its struggle against the Marxist regime in
Angola, he hired Black, Manafort. What the firm achieved was quickly dubbed
'Savimbi chic.' Doors swung open all over town for the guerrilla leader, who
was dapperly attired in a Nehru suit and ferried about in a stretch
limousine. Dole had shown only general interest in Savimbi's cause until
Black, the Senate majority leader's former aide, approached him on his
client's behalf. Dole promptly introduced a congressional resolution backing
UNITA's insurgency and sent a letter to the State Department urging that the
U.S. supply it with heavy arms. The firm's fee for such services was
reportedly $600,000." [Time, 3/3/86]
Black called Mr. Savimbi, the brutal Angolan leader whom President Ronald
Reagan promoted as a freedom fighter but many Democrats derided as an ally
of apartheid South Africa, "a great pleasure to work with." [New York Times,
4/13/08]
"Angola has been bled enough. Thousands of children have been crippled by
land mines, most planted by Unita. Mr. Savimbi is no democrat or 'freedom
fighter.' He is a warlord, ruling by machete and gun, who is credibly blamed
for the massacre of civilians." [New York Times Editorial, 4/14/93]
Black said he never took on work for foreign figures "without first talking
to the State Department and the White House and clearing with them that the
work would be in the interest of U.S. foreign policy." [
<http://washingtonpost.com/> washingtonpost.com, 5/13/08]
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