"Unknown reasons" are reasons which will never be known! So there!

I got a real chuckle out of yesterday's Washington Post writeup -- "Ex-Fugitive's Fundraising Talent Put Him on Democrats' A-List" which took two principle authors and political researcher to write. While Hsu is now called an "ex-fugitive" because he was caught, the only mention of his failure to report for sentencing in 1992 (and thus, his fugitive status) was this.

...his association with Clinton cast an unwanted national spotlight on Hsu, leading to the discovery last week that there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest stemming from a 15-year-old felony theft conviction.
Yeah, I'll just bet the spotlight was unwanted.

So unwanted that the WaPo still doesn't want it. They're even suggesting that Hsu was a big mystery man, who vanished not because he was a fugitive, but for "unknown reasons":

Facts about Hsu are hard to come by. Twenty-year-old clippings from apparel industry publications say he was born and raised in Hong Kong and arrived in the United States in 1969 to attend the University of California at Berkeley. The computer science major went to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School for an MBA. In 1982, with a group of Hong Kong-based partners, he formed Lavano Sportswear.

The business went bankrupt. Describing that time to a Bay Area newspaper, Hsu said he was young and "made a lot of stupid mistakes." But Hsu moved on to form a series of new clothing ventures before going back to Hong Kong, from 1992 to 1996, for unknown reasons. Returning to the United States, Hsu invested in several new wholesale apparel and import ventures that collectively generate about $2 million a year, according to Dun & Bradstreet estimates.

Unknown reasons?

I do so love that. Just rolls off the tongue so naturally.

I wonder whether there were "unknown reasons" which allowed him to travel so freely between the United States and Asia despite his fugitive status.

Someone better find out fast, before the coverup closes in. Already I see that Drudge links a Chronicle story about Hsu being raced to the hospital, with the intriguing headline "Suicide Attempt? Hsu rushed to hospital..."

So far, I am resisting the urge to correct Drudge and say that he should have said "Hsuicide attempt." There's been too much language butchery already.

I just hope the man comes clean, and we don't have to read about a suicide "for unknown reasons."

MORE: I don't have to make up any new words. Others have beaten me to it.

That's a relief.

AND MORE: Good questions from Jay Tea at Wizbang:

  • How did he get out of the country back in 1993?
  • How did he get back in?
  • (Via Glenn Reynolds.)

    Obviously, some Hsu tapping is more equal than others!

    posted by Eric on 09.07.07 at 08:26 AM





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