SMEAR EMAIL A June 29th column from Maureen Dowd writes “The internet service providers (ISP) they were able to trace were from Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other Middle Eastern countries. One of the banks used for fund transfers was also located in Saudi Arabia. Another concentrated group of donations was traced to a Chinese ISP with a similar pattern of limited credit card charges.
FACT Dowd wrote no such column. Her column on June 29th was about Hillary Clinton supporters http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/opinion/29dowd.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
SMEAR EMAILFake Dowd column says, “It became clear that these donations were very likely coming from sources other than American voters. This was discussed at length within the campaign and the decision was made that none of these donations violated campaign financing laws. It was also decided that it was not the responsibility of the campaign to audit these millions of contributions as to the actual source (specific credit card number or bank transfer account numbers) to insure that none of these internet contributors exceeded the legal maximum donation on a cumulative basis of many small donations.
FACTDonors to the Obama campaign are required to certify that they are U.S. citizens, and the campaign would not accept donations from foreign citizens https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/main?source=homedropdown
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