>>Take a look at the developing story regarding the crown prince of Bahrain. He donated 32 million to the Clinton Global Initiative,
He's also the Crown Prince of Bahrain (that has a US military base in it) and Head of the Bahrain Military and a deputy Prime Minister. Last time I checked, people with just one of those qualifications often ask for meetings whoever they may or may not donate to.
Is that it?
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
