Coingate’s Tom Noe Was Bush Recommendation To US Mint Advisory Committee

via Josh Marshall James Drew and Steve Eder of the Toldedo Blade report: Advisory post gave Noe voice in U.S. Mint policy "Officially, House Speaker Hastert, an Illinois Republican, recommended Mr. Noe to Treasury Secretary Snow, but an e-mail from Ms. Marchessault to Kim Nickles, a treasury liaison to the White House, revealed that Mr. Noe was an “original White House recommendation,” whom she was “finally able to get on the committee through the congressional recommendations.”"