Denise Ross points out that there's a connection between Tom Daschle and Leonard Peltier as well, thus presenting David Geffen with an interesting "conundrum":
A decades old South Dakota criminal case is at the root of the much ado surrounding the first round of sniping between 2008 presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
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But here might be Geffen’s conundrum. Tom Daschle, once-adviser to President Clinton and now-supporter of Obama, may have had the last word on the pardon, reported Indian Country Today.
Sen. Thomas A. Daschle (D-SD) said Clinton asked his view on clemency for Peltier and he advised against it, according to a Jan. 15 (2001) Associated Press report: “I’m opposed to a pardon of Leonard Peltier and have always been opposed. That is what I shared with him. I believe the law enforcement agencies … and the accounts they provided about what happened and how it happened. I believe that is a matter well documented.”
In the event of an Obama presidency, no matter what position Daschle might hold (vice president, perhaps?), with most of Daschle’s one-time senior staff now surrounding Obama, could Geffen reasonably expect a different decision?
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