【書摘】希拉里·卡林頓可算是俄國間諜 摘自： Inside Trump's White House: The Real Story of His Presidency Doug Wead, 2019, ISBN: 978-1-5460-8585-0
【200-201頁】 事實是，在 2016 年大選前的幾年裡，希拉里競選團隊與俄國的聯繫，遠多於富有創造力的美國國家媒體發現的俄國與川普的聯繫。沒有人暗示希拉里是俄國間諜；他們只是質疑她的誠信。2010年，以國務卿希拉里為首的美國國務院批准了一家俄國公司收購一家名為Uranium One的加拿大公司。由於加拿大公司在美國擁有重要的採礦權，因此需要美國的批准。【注4】
5年後，俄國政府決定“收購該公司的多數股權”。【注5】幾周后，一家與克里姆林宮有關係的俄國投資銀行支付了民主黨候選人的丈夫比爾·克林頓50萬美元的演講。【注6】隨之而來的是向克林頓基金會大量資金的注入。這筆錢來自俄國寡頭和普京總統的朋友。在他們完事之前，俄國人已經向克林頓基金會捐贈了1.45億美元【注7】。媒體幾乎忽略了這個故事。【注8】
取而代之的是，兩年來，主要的電視網絡夜以繼日地引領着觀眾，向他們承諾那將是世界歷史上最驚人的故事：美國總統唐納德·川普是俄國間諜。美國電視台的主播和專家們板着臉宣傳這一令人震驚的歷史時刻的最有力的“證據”：一項調查顯示，俄國的個人和組織購買了價值 20 萬美元的對前任國務卿希拉里·克林頓有害的 Facebook 的廣告。他們完全不顧 Facebook 的創始人及其所有的高級股東和高管都支持希拉里·克林頓 (Hillary Clinton) 競選總統、並向克林頓基金會捐贈了成千上萬美元的報道。《The Hill》的一篇文章宣稱：“希拉里·克林頓是Facebook捐款的最大受益者。”【注9】
==== 【注4】 https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/14/hillary-clinton-uranium-one-deal-russia-explainer-244895
【注5】 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html
【注6】 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-the-clintons-should-be-investigated/2017/11/19/d88bb652-cb15-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html
【注7】 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-the-clintons-should-be-investigated/2017/11/19/d88bb652-cb15-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html
【注8】 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-the-clintons-should-be-investigated/2017/11/19/d88bb652-cb15-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html
【注9】 https://thehill.com/policy/technology/279359-clinton-is-largest-benefactor-of-facebook-donations
【參考書】 Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich Peter Schweizer, 2016, ISBN: 978-0062369291
==== 【原文】 【200-201】 The fact was that in the years leading up to the 2016 election the Clinton campaign had far more links to Russia than anything the inventive American national media could find with Trump. No one was suggesting that Clinton was a Russian spy; they were just questioning her integrity. In 2010, the US State Department, headed by Secretary of State Clinton, had signed off on permission for a Russian company to purchase a Canadian company named Uranium One. Since the Canadian company owned significant mining rights in the United States, it required US approval.【注4】
Five years later, the Russian government decided to "acquire a majority stake" in the company.【注5】Weeks later, a Russian investment bank with ties to the Kremlin had paid the Democratic nominee's husband, Bill Clinton, $500,000 to give a speech.【注6】What followed was a massive infusion of money to the Clinton Foundation. The money came from Russian oligarchs and friends of President Putin. Before they were done, the Russians had donated $145 million to the Clinton Foundation【注7】The media virtually ignored the story.【注8】
Instead, night after night, for two years, the major television networks led with what they promised viewers would be the most astonishing story in world history. Donald Trump, the American president, was a Russian spy. The most tangible "proof" of this stunning moment in history, promoted with a straight face by anchors and pundits on American television, was an investigation that revealed that persons and organizations in Russian had purchased $200,000 worth of Facebook ads harmful to the former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Never mind the reports that the founder of Facebook and all of its top stockholders, officers, and executives had openly supported Hillary Clinton for president and had donated thousands of dollars to the Clinton Foundation. An article in 《The Hill》proclaimed that "Clinton is largest beneficiary of Facebook donations."【注9】
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