Mary Claire Sanders

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Mary Claire Sanders was commissioned by Scott Stapf at the Tobacco Institute to perform some undefined work in the period September 1986 to December of the same year. It was said to be for 'Prohibition Vide Project Research'

The auditor who examined the books of James Savarese in May 1987 concluded that:

  • The work had been commissioned under the instructions of Scott Stapf
  • It had been approved by Peter Sparber (ex executive, now a contractor)
  • they had instructed Susan Stuntz to have payment made through a system set up for the payment of university economists.
  • Stuntz had advised Savarese to pay Ms Sanders $300 per week
  • A total of $4,700 had been paid via this oney laundary system.
  • At the same time, for the same period the Norrell temporary employment service billed the Institute for $3.062 for 256 hours of work performed by Ms Sanders to the TI's Federal Relations Division.
This means that the payment was likely to be political. [2]



Mary Claire Sanders (known as 'Claire') and William Franklin Smith were married in Washington on 30 May 2003 and the New York Times thought it worthy of record

    She is a media consultant in Washington. The bride graduated from Hollins College in Roanoke, Va. She is a daughter of Judith Castellini of Warrenton, Va., and Dr. John Alan Sanders of McLean, Va., and a stepdaughter of Heather Sanders. The bride's father, a retired gynecologist and obstetrician, practiced in Falls Church, Va. Mr. Swift, 41, is an associate producer for National Geographic's Ultimate Explorer. He graduated from Colorado College. His mother, Mary Howard Davidson Swift of Washington, retired as the managing editor of the Washington Review of Arts and Literature. His father, Carleton B. Swift of Chestertown, Md., was a case officer in The Hague with the Central Intelligence Agency.