Clinton Cash [Movie thing]

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B87icVp9Vi_XVDRQeDlBbVdvN28/view

About to go to bed (and haven't watched it) but here it is. About an hour long film about the CF corruption. 
 
Just read the book instead, it's way better.

A lot of the book is establishing dots, and prodding you to connect them on your own. Like you'll be told that Bill Clinton's speaking fees in foreign speeches rise dramatically when Hillary is Secretary of State, and you're supposed to make the jump and say it's because the foreign interests paying him were really leveraging her. Descriptions of the book on Barnes & Noble also include the phrase "In this blockbuster exposé, Schweizer [author] does not allege illegal or unethical behavior, he merely presents the troubling facts he’s uncovered." Amazon's description has a similar line, "In this blockbuster exposé, Schweizer merely presents the troubling facts he’s uncovered."

A lot of the book also does effectively make you wonder, too. The Rosatom/Uranium One deal is probably the best example and will probably be the one cited the most during the campaign, because it involves uranium (nuclear interests, spooky) and Russia (our quasi-superpower rival and former enemy, spooky). The strength of the book is that a lot of these claims are unverifiable. Say Person A wants to buy a business in Country B, and it needs to be approved by Official C. Official C approves the purchase. Official C also runs or is involved with a charity, which gets donations from Person A. Was it quid pro quo, or did the guy just wanna help fight malaria in Africa? Barring some amazing email dump to WikiLeaks, we'll never know. In this case, Clinton is Official C.

It also exposes the inherent political weakness of the Clinton Global Initiative in Hillary's campaign, because it's a worldwide charity with most of its donations coming from foreign countries.
 
soz i forgot bringing in actual analysis was going to ruin the intended circle jerk of 'hillary bad' in this thread (why else post a movie in the news forum)
 
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