Things to keep in mind

Before I get to the article dealing with the title of this thread I want you to keep in mind former PA governor, Ed Rendell is accused of being involved in a pedophile coverup by crime victim advocate, Greg Bucceroni.

"He now claims to be at the center of a conspiracy and "political coverup" involving Sandusky, the Second Mile, Philly police brass, murdered cop Daniel Faulkner, the state Attorney General's Office, Ed Rendell, the Union League, the Mafia, Savitz, Abraham, a deceased Brooklyn high school football coach, former Penn professor Scott Ward and former Daily News sports columnist Bill Conlin." http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/20120928_Believe_this_guy_.html

Also keep in mind " The District Attorney of Philadelphia who cut the sweetheart deal for Savitz was Ed Rendell, the future mayor of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania’s second Jewish governor after Shapp http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/17208

Lastly, keep in mind the connections with Ed Rendell and Tony podesta.

"On inauguration night, Heather and Tony organized a D.C. dinner for Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell. The couple is close to Rendell -- Tony was a top strategist for Rendell's 2006 reelection campaign. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/23/AR2009082302381_4.html

"Interview with Tony Podesta: Campaign Manager for Governor Rendell" http://legacy.wpsu.org/radio/program/Stories/912 (link will show you a description but won't show interview)

Kids not in an adoption process being exported by former PA Governor Ed Rendell

I found this article very interesting. I took pieces of this persons blog copy and pasted them below but I really recommend you reading the whole thing.

http://www.babylovechild.org/2010/01/25/haiti-series-it-is-madness-it-is-insane-bribes-bullies-and-traffickers-extract-kids-part-4/

This important article from United Adoptees International http://uai-news.blogspot.com/2010/01/illegal-adoption-now-legalised-by-dutch.html describes how the 109 Haitian kids taken to the Netherlands have been divided into three categories, resulting in 53 of the kids having left the country without any form of Haitian finalization. Of the kids who went to Luxembourg, some of them are considered “category 2″ or not finalized by Haitian authorities as well.

Under this classification America has kids from all three groups as well, despite the government’s statements saying no class 3, or completely unmatched kids would be accepted. Other kids are being taken across the relatively open border to the Dominican Republic with promises of returning them to Haiti and reuniting “some” of them with family later. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/17/haiti.orphans/index.html?hpt=T1

On the American end, after the Department of Homeland Security announced the Humanitarian Parole policy, https://www.dhs.gov/news/2010/01/18/secretary-announces-humanitarian-parole-policy-certain-haitian-orphans the flights began almost immediately. Extending Humanitarian Parole status like this is completely unprecedented in inter-country adoptions, we’re off the edge of any map.

Once that status had been conferred, someone had to test the limits of the policy. While the American government was insisting that only kids already in an adoption process would be accepted, many questioned what would happen if a child not in process landed on American soil. Would they be sent back? Or would they be kept and slid into the American adoption process?

Enter Ed Rendell and a cast of cronies.

I’m not going to do full coverage on this story, as it’s simply too large and won’t fit within the scope of what I’m trying to accomplish here. Instead I’ll provide merely an overview and encourage readers to do some research on their own. Bear in mind that all of this was taking place against the backdrop of a political context of heavy lobbying to let the Haitian kids in and to expedite the adoptions. Take the Jan. 19th letter to Secretary of State Clinton (link opens a PDF) http://www.ccainstitute.org/images/stories/final%20-%20haiti%20letter%20to%20sec%20clinton%201.19.2010%20small.pdf and the letter from the 20th (link opens a PDF) http://www.ccainstitute.org/images/stories/haitian%20orphan%20safety-letter%20from%20mocs%201.21.2010%20small.pdf by way of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute as just two tangible examples.

The ‘Rendell Raid’ taking place over the 18th and 19th was the first flight bringing the Haitian children to the United States, the test case.

In, a heavily publicized set of flights Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell headed off to Haiti to extract kids from the BRESMA “orphanage” in a privately donated plane . The airport of course, has been non-stop and so to up the chances of actually getting in country, pure political clout was used to muscle their way into the queue, making other planes loaded with humanitarian relief supplies wait in the pattern.

Now, here’s the crucial piece, this flight back to the States is the first flight with kids being exported from Haiti, it’s the test case, and it’s transporting 7 kids who are not in any way shape or form already in an adoption process.

The private plane leaves (convenient that, it certainly sidestepped several potential liability issues there) and the group ends up hitching a ride on a U.S. military transport plane.

Which is to say the U.S. Military ended up doing the actual exporting of the kids.

See photos of the kids on the Military plane here. http://www.livesayhaiti.com/2010/01/what-day-is-it.html

Once the group was on the ground in Florida, they rejoined their donated plane and flew on to Pennsylvania.

Here’s Governor Rendell bragging about the raid in his version of the flight. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/01/rendell_recounts_22-hour_trip.html

It’s not as if Rendell didn’t know he was exporting kids not in process, in this CNN piece, Gov. Rendell himself admits 7 of the kids were not in process, but American adoptive parents will be sought (now that they’re here.) emphasis added: According to Rendell, adoption cases are under way for 47 of the children. Of these, 40 will be U.S. adoptions, four children will go to Spain and three to Canada. Adoptive parents will be sought for the remaining seven children.

Having lobbied the White House for several days, the Pennsylvania delegation had obtained United States visas for the children and had expected to be on the ground one hour. But Haitian officials would let only 28 of the 54 orphans the sisters had brought to the airport to leave; the rest had not cleared all the hurdles for adoption. Seven had yet to be matched with adoptive parents, the Haitians said.

Then the sisters dug in their heels. “They just said no, they wouldn’t leave without all of them,” Mr. Altmire said. For five hours, the delegation worked furiously to get the Haitian government to agree to let all the children go. The governor’s wife, Judge Marjorie O. Rendell of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, went to Port-au-Prince to meet with American diplomats. Mr. Rendell and Mr. Altmire lobbied the White House, which pressured Haitian officials.

There are lots of things that stand out and I think this needs to be looked into more...