Dan Burton
| Dan Burton link (Politician) | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 21, 1938 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Indiana University, Bloomington, Cincinnati Christian University |
| Children | 4 |
| Spouse | Barbara Logan |
| Interests | Vince Foster, Vince Foster/Death |
US politician whom Sibel Edmonds identified as implicated in corruption. | |
Danny Lee Burton is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party and the Tea Party Caucus. He has been identified as implicated in corruption by Sibel Edmonds.[1]
Vince Foster murder claims
Burton led the House inquiry into the 1993 death of Vince Foster, the deputy White House counsel to President Bill Clinton who committed suicide, but who Burton believed was murdered. He urged extensive investigation into the possible involvement of the Clintons and gained attention for re-enacting the alleged crime in his backyard with his own pistol and a canteloupe[2] standing in for Foster's head. In 1998, Burton said of Clinton, "If I could prove 10 percent of what I believe happened [regarding the death of Foster], he'd be gone. This guy's a scumbag. That's why I'm after him."[3]
Autism
Burton has been an outspoken critic of what he terms the failure of government to determine the cause of an alleged autism epidemic. When his grandson began to show the signs of autism shortly after receiving vaccinations, Burton inferred the relationship to be causal:
"My only grandson became autistic right before my eyes – shortly after receiving his federally recommended and state-mandated vaccines."[4]
Sibel Edmonds testimony
On January 6, 2008, FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds included Dan Burton's photograph among others featured in the "State Secrets Privilege Gallery" posted on her website, composing images of figures considered to be relevant to her case.[5] Later, on August 8, 2009, she gave sworn testimony about Burton and others during a witness deposition before the Ohio Elections Commission in the Schmidt v. Krikorian case, in which she stated that he had engaged in "[E]xtremely illegal activities against the United States citizens ... and against the United States' interests" that involved covert operations by foreign governments and entities, but did not further elaborate on these activities, ostensibly due to the limitations applied by the State Secrets Privilege.[6][7]
References
- ↑ http://letsibeledmondsspeak.blogspot.com/2008/01/sibel-names-names-in-pictures.html
- ↑ http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2009/06/_rep_dan_burton_r-ind.html
- ↑ http://www.salon.com/1998/12/22/newsa950556369/
- ↑ Dan Burton, opening statement before the Committee on Government Reform hearing on The Status of Research into Vaccine Safety and Autism
- ↑ http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a010608SibelGallery#a010608SibelGallery
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20161209233055/http://www.whistleblowers.org/storage/documents/edmondsdepositiontranscript.pdf
- ↑ Whistleblower: Hastert, Burton, Blunt, Other Members of Congress 'Bribed, Blackmailed'