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  1. Marc Rich -- Pardons
    -- Although Rich testified in writing in March, 2005, to a House committee investigating the U.N. program that he was not in any way active in the Oil-for-Food program, documents suggest that he bought Iraqi oil in 2001 from various front companies, which BusinessWeek has identified. This took place just one month after his pardon. If so, it seems that Rich may have misled Congress. The CIA, the Senate, and others have concluded that from September, 2000, until September, 2002, buyers in the Oil-for-Food oil program had to pay illegal surcharges that Saddam used in part to buy weapons, though no documents show Rich made such payments. Some investigators believe Iraqi insurgents are now using that money.
  2. Mickey -- Years
    After this, Mickey became an international terrorist working with the terrorist group al Debrin, first under, then succeeding The Supreme Nothingness re-Cycle bin Phile, for thirteen years until he was presidentially pardoned. He then shot up an '85 Corolla with a box of Ding-Dongs and a canister of C4 plastic explosive while binging on caffiene and called for world peace, unity, and nuclear weapons testing.
  3. Frank Sinatra -- Dean Martin
    Frank Sinatra, holding a shot glass of bourbon in his left hand, walked through the crowd. He, unlike some of his friends, was perfectly pressed, his tuxedo tie precisely pointed, his shoes unsmudged. He never seems to lose his dignity, never lets his guard completely down no matter how much he has drunk, nor how long he has been up. He never sways when he walks, like Dean Martin, nor does he ever dance in the aisles or jump up on tables, like Sammy Davis.
  4. Ford -- President John
    Ford recommended to Congress that Nixon be paid $850,000 in transition expenses, which ... upset public opinion. Congress allocated only $200,000 to Nixon. Ford appeared before a congressional committee to discuss the pardon, becoming the first President ever to appear before Congress for questioning. In September 1974 Ford offered Vietnam War deserters Presidential clemency if they participated in a work program. The contrast with the unconditional pardon given to Nixon seemed outrageous to many people.
  5. Hulk -- Ultimate Avengers
    Though never a team player, the Hulk joined forces with the Dr. Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts, and Namor, the Atlantean Sub-Mariner, to defeat the techno-wizard Yandroth and his ultimate computer, the Omegatron. Thereafter, this loose-knit band of Defenders would unite periodically to oppose threats to humanity. The original Defenders reluctantly re-formed when Yandroth surfaced again to menace the world. Though the heroes defeated his plan, Yandroth used his sorcery to levy a deathbed curse upon their heads, binding them to come together in times of crisis.
  6. Pincus Green -- Denise Rich
    One of the most successful commodity traders in the world, Rich and his business partner Pincus Green were indicted in September 1983 for evading $48 million in taxes. As part of these tax-evasion schemes, they were ... initially charged with selling oil in violation of a trade embargo that the United States had imposed against Iran, but this charge was later dropped. Rich was already in Switzerland at the time and has thus escaped extradition since Switzerland's extradition treaty did not cover Rich's alleged crimes.
  7. Patty Hearst -- President Carter
    In all, Patty Hearst was held more than 600 days by the SLA. She was arrested with the remaining members in 1975 and claimed she had been brainwashed and forced to participate in SLA hold-ups on the threat of death. Hearst received six years in prison after a guilty verdict but was exonerated by Jimmy Carter after serving only 22 months.
  8. Marc Rich -- Hillary Clinton
    Highly qualified Israeli and Washington sources report that if anyone wants to ask questions about the Marc Rich pardon, the person to ask is not Bill Clinton, but Al Gore. The chief advocate for the Rich pardon was attorney Jack Quinn, who was formerly Al Gore's chief of staff. Quinn is known as a Gore loyalist, who followed the instructions of the Vice President, even when nominally working for President Clinton.
  9. Marc Rich -- United States
    Marc Rich is a 1989 graduate of Brooklyn Law School. He has 15 years experience as a trial lawyer. Marc is a member of the Bar in New York and New Jersey. Marc is a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the Queens County Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, and the New York Criminal & Civil Courts Bar Association.
  10. Patty Hearst -- Symbionese Liberation Army
    In the spring of 1974, Patty "Tania" Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph "Citizen Kane" Hearst, knocked over this bank with her Symbionese Liberation Army comrades. Prior to the robbery, Patty was considered a victim by cops and the media. But when the bank's security cameras captured images of Patty brandishing a semi-automatic weapon during the heist, she suddenly became America's most famous revolutionary terrorist. After Patty was captured, Attorney F.Lee Bailey nearly succeeded in reversing the transformation.
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