[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                       DARKER SIDE OF WHITEWATER?

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                         HON. DANA ROHRABACHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 23, 1994

  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, as the saga of the Whitewater Affair 
continues to captivate the attention of the media, it is important to 
remember that a journalist's job often requires him to persevere in 
exotic and dangerous locations where bullets fly and planes fall 
inexplicably from the sky. It seems that in 1994, the top hazardous 
duty post for journalists is none other than Little Rock, AR.
  As a former member of the fourth estate, I commend these journalists 
and their sources who daily face the high risks of exposing the truth 
about the financial and social activities of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  The time has come for this Congress to investigate the allegations 
and protect the lives of those who know the truth about Whitewater, 
Madison Savings, the death of Vince Foster.
  What follows is a compilation of facts concerning the darker side of 
Whitewater reported in the March 23, 1994, American Political Hotline. 
I commend it to the attention of all who doubt that something's rotten 
in Arkansas.

                       Darker Side of Whitewater?

       Under header, ``Are attacks linked to Whitewater?,'' Deroy 
     Murdock reports Harper's contributing editor L.J. Davis, who 
     was in Little Rock doing research for his just published New 
     Republic piece on AR's ``rich tapestry of interwoven 
     financial and political deals'' was assaulted. ``His 
     encounter seems to be part of an alarming--and largely 
     unexplored--pattern of violence and intimidation that has 
     ensnared some individuals associated'' with the Clintons, the 
     McDougals and reporters covering these matters. After 
     spending a week reviewing financial documents and 
     interviewing people in Little Rock, Davis went to his hotel 
     room at around 6:30 p.m. on 2/14. Davis: ``The last thing I 
     remember is unlocking the door of Room 502 to go in. The next 
     thing I remember, four hours later, at 10:30 at night, was 
     waking up on the floor of the foyer of my hotel room, 
     partially paralyzed with a lump the size of a darning egg 
     over my left ear.'' Davis said his doctor ``found his injury 
     inconsistent with a fall'' and that he ``was struck a 
     powerful blow above the left ear.'' Davis is taking 
     medication to dissolve a blood clot in his brain. Davis 
     ``doubts he was the victim of a robbery gone awry'': ``My 
     watch was still on my wrist and my wallet still contained a 
     couple of hundred bucks.'' He said he did discover that 
     ``about four pages of my notebook in a very significant 
     portion were half torn out.'' Davis says he regrets not 
     heeding warnings ``from the office of high government 
     official'' in DC: ``The exact phrase they used was, `You've 
     gotten into a red zone.''' He says his contact urged him: 
     ``Work your ass off and get out of there as fast as 
     possible.'' On \3/8\, about three hours after sending the New 
     Republic a ``partial draft'' of his story my modem, Davis 
     said his phone rang. Davis, quoting the male voice on the 
     other end: ``What you're doing makes Lawrence Walsh look like 
     a rank amateur.'' Davis replied: ``Who is this?'' The male 
     voice: ``Seems to me you've gotten your bell rung too many 
     times. But did you hear what I just said?'' Davis: ``Yes, I 
     did. Is this--'' The voice hung up. The conservation 
     ``puzzles'' Davis: ``Somebody seems to be reading by computer 
     transmissions. Whoever called me knew what I'd just sent to 
     the New Republic. There are only three of us who know what 
     was in that transmission'' (N.Y. Post, 3/23). A.W.S. Journal 
     editorial describes the Davis incident as well as another 
     allegation by Sally Perdue, the former Miss Arkansas and TV 
     reporter who said she had an affair with Clinton. Perdue said 
     staring 1/93, she has been threatened in exchange for his 
     silence: ``The state seems to be a congenitally violent 
     place, and full of colorful characters with stories to tell, 
     axes to grind and secrets of their own to protect'' (3/23). 
     Murdock describes five other mysterious incidents. One 
     involves a break-in of the offices of the American Spectator, 
     one involving a fire at the HQs of the Worthen Bank, which 
     loaned money to the Clinton pres. compaign. The other three 
     involve deaths. Jerry Parks, whose company had provided 
     security guards to Clinton's pres. campaign, was shot at 
     close range 10 times from a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. Parks' 
     son, Gary Parks, told the London Telegraph his father had 
     been ``working on Clinton's infidelities for about six 
     years.'' Parks' son and wife note the elder Parks kept a file 
     on Clinton hidden in their home. It was discovered missing 
     after a break-in before Parks death. The other two deaths 
     involve plane crashes: A leading AR lawyer and a AR dentist 
     who was to meet a British reporter with supposed information 
     on Whitewater (3/23).

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