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| 1 |  | 2008-09-14: Manager for GOP Vice-Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin Linked to Haiti Bribery by Lucy Komisar in the Huffington Post |  |
| Michael Glassner served as a vice-president at IDT. At issue was the company's alleged deal made with former president Aristide for a monopoly on telephone service in exchange for kickbacks paid into an offshore shell corporation. Now head of VP campaign. | Rating: 5 |
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| 2 | | 2008-09-03: Palin Campaign Operations Chief Was VP of IDT, Investigated for Haiti Bribery by Lucy Komisar | |
| Michael Glassner, in charge of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s campaign operations, was till April 18th a vice-president of IDT, the New Jersey-based telecom fined $1.3 million by the FCC for failing to file its Haiti contract. | Rating: 5 |
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| 3 |  | 2008-08-06: Lucy Komisar Appeared on Radio Tele Providence by webmaster |  |
| Comment le peuple haitien va faire pour récuper cet argent volé, ou détourné dans cette affaire? August 6, 2008. | Rating: 5 |
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| 4 |  | 2008-08-06: Not Letting the Facts Get in the Way by Le Matin | |
| The Lavalas Party in Haiti said that Lucy Komisar purposely wrote her article about Aristide's corruption to spoil the good publicity Lavalas got from its demonstration on July 15. Komisar wrote on July 11. | Rating: 5 |
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| 5 | | 2008-08-04: Lucy Komisar on Radio in Philadelphia by webmaster | |
| Lundi 4 août 2008 à 10 : 05 pm
Radio Vision Céleste, à l’émission Tribune Sans Frontière. Scandale de corruption impliquant Jean-Bertrand Aristide, le politicien américain James Courter, la Téléco et l'IDT. | Rating: 5 |
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| 6 | | 2008-08-04: Transparency International in Haiti Calls for Recovery of Stolen Funds by Radio Métropole | |
| "Le gouvernement doit porter plainte en Haïti". Aux Etats-Unis des sanctions sont appliquées contre des personnes impliquées dans le détournement des fonds de la Téléco alors qu’en Haïti on assiste à une immobilisme des autorités.
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| 7 | | 2008-08-03: Preval May Be Protecting Aristide by Lucy Komisar, on Radio Classique Inter, interviewed by Robert Benodin | |
| He has the evidence: the Teleco contract, the canceled checks. Why did he cancel the government's lawsuit when on a contingency basis he could have done it for free? It makes you think he is protecting Aristide. | Rating: 5 |
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| 8 |  | 2008-08-03: Ça a tout l’air que Préval protège Aristide by Lucy Komisar (en francais) | |
| Il possède les évidences. Pourquoi a-t-il décommandé le procès de TeleCo quand sur une base conditionnelle avec ses avocats, il pourrait l’accomplir gratuitement ? Ça vous incite à penser qu’il protège Aristide. | Rating: 5 |
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| 9 |  | 2008-07-30: The Restless Oligarchy Around Preval by Robert Benodin | |
| As Préval prepares rigged elections to monopolize power, the group of corruptionists around him anxiously positions itself. The stop-and-go process of the prime ministerial nomination is one outward sign. English translation exclusive to haitipolicy.org | Rating: 3 |
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| 10 | | 2008-07-29: The Smoking Gun: The IDT-Haiti Contract by Lucy Komisar | |
| IDT payments went to a shell company in the Turks & Caicos instead of to a government account in Haiti. IDT paid 8.75 cents per minute instead of 23. According to the shell company's lawyer Adrian Corr, Aristide got 3 cents of that. | Rating: 5 |
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| 11 |  | 2008-07-28: FCC Ruling on Fusion Coming Sept. 26 by Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal | |
| The FCC fined IDT for hiding its deal with Aristide. Fusion has also been accused of bribing Aristide--by myself and by the Haitian government, in court. In September the FCC rules whether Fusion must also make its contract public. | Rating: 5 |
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| 12 | | 2008-07-24: René Préval aura-t-il le courage d’agir contre son frère jumeau? by Nancy Roc, Le Matin | |
| En juillet 2006, trois mois après l’accession de René Préval à la présidence, le gouvernement haïtien avait ordonné de retirer la plainte pour vol de millions de dollars déposée aux États-Unis contre Aristide. | Rating: 5 |
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| 13 |  | 2008-07-24: Un «associé» de l’ex-président Aristide et un proche de John McCain condamné à verser une amende de 1,3 millions de dollars by Jean Monard Metellus, Info-Haiti | |
| Lucy Komisar a conseillé aux autorités haïtiennes d'agir vite si elles veulent récupérer l'argent détourné et faire payer les complices haïtiens et étrangers qui se sont enrichis au détriment du peuple haïtien. | Rating: 5 |
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| 14 |  | 2008-07-23: Une journaliste révèle l’implication d’Aristide dans des détournements de fonds by Nancy Roc, Radio Metropole | |
| L’implication d'Aristide et d’un haut cadre du parti républicain dans des détournements de fonds publics. Plusieurs millions de dollars auraient été ainsi détournés et versés sur un compte privé d'Aristide dans les Iles Turcs and Caicos. | Rating: 5 |
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| 15 | | 2008-07-23: Le pionnier de Mc Cain est grillé by Lucy Komisar, in Conde Nast Portfolio.com, reprinted by Le Matin, Haiti | |
| French version of the scoop in Conde Nast Portfolio.com by the distinguished investigative journalist Lucy Komisar. Reprinted by permission. Translation by Marie-Helene Mino for Haiti Democracy Project. | Rating: 5 |
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| 16 |  | 2008-07-23: Aristide sous les feux de la rampe by Le Nouvelliste | |
| Sur chaque 8,75 centimes destinés à la Téléco, 3 centimes étaient déposés sur le compte d'Aristide. Trois mois après l'accession de Préval, le gouvernement avait retiré la plainte pour vol de "millions de dollars" déposée aux États-Unis contre Aristide. | Rating: 5 |
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| 17 | | 2008-07-16: FCC Fines Aristide-Linked Telecom $1.3 Million by Lucy Komisar, in Conde Nast Portfolio | |
| IDT, run by one of McCain's top fundraisers, James Courter, is fined for failing to disclose Haiti contract under which it diverted long-distance revenue to a Turks & Caicos shell company owned by Aristide. | Rating: 5 |
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| 18 | | 2008-07-16: Above Article Forces Resignation from McCain Campaign by Lucy Komisar, in Conde Nast Portfolio | |
| Jim Courter resigns from the McCain campaign after publication of the above article. A former Republican New Jersey congressman, he had been with the campaign since February 2007. | Rating: 5 |
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| 19 |  | 2008-04-27: Libel Suit Brought Against Haitian Propagandist by Radio Kiskeya | |
| Lawyers for Sen. Rudolph Boulos bring case against Joseph Guyler Delva for false and malicious statements against the senator. Delva was termed a "palace information activist" by a U.S. diplomat. President Preval put him on a government commission. | Rating: 3 |
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| 20 |  | 2008-04-15: Aristide Supporters Abetted Protests by Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times | |
| Activist priest Gerard Jean-Juste has been seen leading protesters in the seething slums of the capital, stirring concern that political agitators have been taking advantage of the food crisis to undermine Preval. | Rating: 3 |
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