I can hardly believe the New York Times would disclose something like this, I guess Teddy Kennedy really is a target of the Left these days. Sure, Thompson billed three hours for advising a colleague ... yawn, which he'd all but be compelled to do if asked. Big deal. But who is the colleague he helped out? Oh, no one, really, just a vet and eventual Democrat Senator from Iowa who got his start working for Teddy K.
Thompson Linked to Work for Libyans
A little over three years after Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, Fred D. Thompson provided advice to a colleague about one of his law firm’s new clients: The man representing the two Libyan intelligence officials charged in the terrorist bombing.
The colleague, John Culver, a partner at the Washington firm of Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn began advising the two suspects’ Libyan lawyer in February 1992.
Mr. Culver, a former Democratic senator from Iowa, said that Mr. Thompson was not a primary member of his team, and that his contribution amounted to “a couple of conversations.”
Culver's bio: And Hillary called on a Democrat operative in Iowa linked to Culver to head up her effort there. Where is Joe McCarthy when you need him? And some wonder why no one takes the NY Times seriously any more, what a freaking joke this latest story is.
After his graduation from law school, Senator Culver was legislative assistant to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts). He then returned to his home state of Iowa and in 1964 was elected to the United States House of Representatives (D-Iowa 2nd District). During his 10 years in the House, he was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Government Operations Committee and chairman of the Democratic Study Group.
In 1974, Senator Culver was elected to the United States Senate where he served on the following committees: Armed Services, Judiciary, Environment and Public Works and Small Business. Senator Culver was the subject of a book by Elizabeth Drew entitled Senator about the role and responsibilities of a US senator.
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After leaving the Senate, Senator Culver was a visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts and a fellow with the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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