Not sure if this is related but FBIAnon said that Muhammad Yunus needs to be looked into. He also said to be careful with this name. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in developing the Grameen Bank. He is a pioneer of microcredit and microfinance.
I'm not going to look into him, but if you do please be careful. FBIAnon stressed that he would be "a dangerous one to look into". I imagine it could be because he's involve somehow,
Yunus was a Clinton Foundation donor, and one of his charities, Yunus Social Business GmbH, teamed up with the Clinton Foundation in Haiti to "solve social and environmental issues in Haiti by bringing sustainable, productive, and socially responsible forests to the country" via the Haiti Forest initiative.
"But Grameen Bank drew international attention after a Danish filmmaker alleged Yunus had taken part of $100 million of aid money from the microcredit operation and put it into Grameen Kalyan, an affiliated healthcare nonprofit.
"Some reports suggested Yunus had set up dozens of smaller companies to avoid paying Bangladeshi taxes.
"Clinton and Melanne Verveer, the ambassador-at-large for global women's issues, communicated directly with Grameen Bank during the government's investigation, new emails show.
"Additional emails included in past releases, as well as some obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, paint a picture of the deep concern Clinton held for the probe of Grameen Bank.
"An email chain obtained by Citizens United, a conservative watchdog group, shows the Clinton Foundation was also in direct contact with executives at Grameen Bank. In June 2012, a foundation employee forwarded a translated statement from Yunus to Clinton's top aides.
"'In case you haven't seen this already, WJC wanted HRC and you to see this,' wrote Amitabh Desai, director of foreign policy at the Clinton Foundation, to two of Clinton's top aides. Desai was referring to Clinton and her husband by their initials.
"David Bossie, president of Citizens United, suggested Clinton's decision to get involved with the investigation of Grameen Bank was unethical regardless of the circumstances of the probe.
"'At the end of the day, you have Secretary Clinton traveling to a foreign country on an official trip urging a foreign government to stop investigating a donor to the Clinton Foundation,' Bossie said....
"Two of Yunus' organizations, Grameen Research and Grameen America, donated to the Clinton Foundation, donor records show. He has been heavily involved with the Clinton Foundation for years.
"For example, in March 2013, Bill Clinton announced that the Clinton Foundation and one of Yunus' own charities would team up in Haiti to build 'socially responsible forests.'
"Yunus has frequently attended Clinton Global Initiative events, speaking at a number of the charity's glitzy annual meetings.
"Hillary Clinton publicly backed Yunus in May 2012 after meeting with him in his native Bangladesh. She chastised the government for its interference with Grameen Bank....
"Her emails indicate she kept tabs on Yunus' situation while serving as secretary of state. Much of the State Department's internal discussions about him and Grameen Bank have since been classified.
"In February 2011, the president of the Grameen Foundation sent Verveer an email with the subject line 'Latest Grameen Update.' The entire email is now classified.
"Verveer forwarded the update to Hillary Clinton and informed the former secretary of state that Yunus would be in town the following month for a press conference promoting his work with microfinance, which Verveer herself was slated to attend.
"But Yunus ultimately did not make the event because he was not permitted to leave Bangladesh.
"'Sorry, I have to cancel my trip to the US,' Yunus wrote in March ahead of a planned appearance alongside Clinton at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. 'Situation does not allow me to leave the country. Sorry for the inconveniences.'"
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AliensInParis ago
Not sure if this is related but FBIAnon said that Muhammad Yunus needs to be looked into. He also said to be careful with this name. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in developing the Grameen Bank. He is a pioneer of microcredit and microfinance.
I'm not going to look into him, but if you do please be careful. FBIAnon stressed that he would be "a dangerous one to look into". I imagine it could be because he's involve somehow,
zoltan907 ago
Yunus was a Clinton Foundation donor, and one of his charities, Yunus Social Business GmbH, teamed up with the Clinton Foundation in Haiti to "solve social and environmental issues in Haiti by bringing sustainable, productive, and socially responsible forests to the country" via the Haiti Forest initiative.
Clinton Foundation press release: http://archive.is/v1xlv
From the Washington Examiner: http://archive.is/rhcC7
"But Grameen Bank drew international attention after a Danish filmmaker alleged Yunus had taken part of $100 million of aid money from the microcredit operation and put it into Grameen Kalyan, an affiliated healthcare nonprofit.
"Some reports suggested Yunus had set up dozens of smaller companies to avoid paying Bangladeshi taxes.
"Clinton and Melanne Verveer, the ambassador-at-large for global women's issues, communicated directly with Grameen Bank during the government's investigation, new emails show.
"Additional emails included in past releases, as well as some obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, paint a picture of the deep concern Clinton held for the probe of Grameen Bank.
"An email chain obtained by Citizens United, a conservative watchdog group, shows the Clinton Foundation was also in direct contact with executives at Grameen Bank. In June 2012, a foundation employee forwarded a translated statement from Yunus to Clinton's top aides.
"'In case you haven't seen this already, WJC wanted HRC and you to see this,' wrote Amitabh Desai, director of foreign policy at the Clinton Foundation, to two of Clinton's top aides. Desai was referring to Clinton and her husband by their initials.
"David Bossie, president of Citizens United, suggested Clinton's decision to get involved with the investigation of Grameen Bank was unethical regardless of the circumstances of the probe.
"'At the end of the day, you have Secretary Clinton traveling to a foreign country on an official trip urging a foreign government to stop investigating a donor to the Clinton Foundation,' Bossie said....
"Two of Yunus' organizations, Grameen Research and Grameen America, donated to the Clinton Foundation, donor records show. He has been heavily involved with the Clinton Foundation for years.
"For example, in March 2013, Bill Clinton announced that the Clinton Foundation and one of Yunus' own charities would team up in Haiti to build 'socially responsible forests.'
"Yunus has frequently attended Clinton Global Initiative events, speaking at a number of the charity's glitzy annual meetings.
"Hillary Clinton publicly backed Yunus in May 2012 after meeting with him in his native Bangladesh. She chastised the government for its interference with Grameen Bank....
"Her emails indicate she kept tabs on Yunus' situation while serving as secretary of state. Much of the State Department's internal discussions about him and Grameen Bank have since been classified.
"In February 2011, the president of the Grameen Foundation sent Verveer an email with the subject line 'Latest Grameen Update.' The entire email is now classified.
"Verveer forwarded the update to Hillary Clinton and informed the former secretary of state that Yunus would be in town the following month for a press conference promoting his work with microfinance, which Verveer herself was slated to attend.
"But Yunus ultimately did not make the event because he was not permitted to leave Bangladesh.
"'Sorry, I have to cancel my trip to the US,' Yunus wrote in March ahead of a planned appearance alongside Clinton at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. 'Situation does not allow me to leave the country. Sorry for the inconveniences.'"