Questions for Greta

Vincent J. Curtis

30 June 2016

Greta van Susteren is a smart lawyer and the host of a TV interview show for over 20 years.  She has been beside herself over the secret meeting of US Attorney-General Loretta Lynch and retired president Bill Clinton.  It took place in Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, June 27.  Specifically, it took place on the tarmac of the airport where the small aircraft of high-powered people park their planes. The meeting was discovered by a local news reporter.

Greta is outraged at the impropriety of the meeting and she has asked a lot of questions of her guests about the propriety of the meeting.  Most of her guests agree about the impropriety of the meeting, but are inclined to give A-G Lynch the benefit of the doubt based on their past knowledge of her.

My journalistic instincts would like to see these questions asked:

What business did the A-G of the United States have in Phoenix, on a Monday?

Her plane was parked next to the one holding Bill Clinton, so much so that Clinton was able to deplane his own aircraft and board Lynch's aircraft.  Why was her private aircraft parked on the tarmac?  Why was it not in line for take-off or servicing?

How was it that Lynch's business schedule had enough free time on it that she could entertain Mr. Clinton for 30 minutes?  Was her Limo parked with its engine running waiting for her?

How did anyone on-board know that there would be time for Bill Clinton to clamber on board for a chit-chat before the aircraft had to take-off or move?

What was Bill Clinton doing in Phoenix, on a Monday?  On the tarmac, no less?  Why didn’t his security detail hustle him indoors and not exposed out in the open?

How did Bill Clinton know that a U.S. cabinet officer would be on-board the aircraft?  Otherwise, why would he and his security detail approach the aircraft?

I have seen a lot of Fox commentators pass off Bill Clinton’s approaching the aircraft as just his amiable bumpkin self being itself.  Those who think Bill Clinton is an amiable fool are themselves fools.

The object lesson of this event for Lynch, and others, is that even getting physically close to the Clintons can get you covered in political filth.

-30-