Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is expressing surprise at allegations that he played a key role in President Clinton’s decision to pardon fugitive financier Marc Rich. Reuters quoted a spokesman for Barak as saying that he is surprised “that people in Clinton’s circle are rolling responsibility for the pardoning of Rich in Israel’s direction.”
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