Bill and Frank corner Kazakhstan uranium mining: did anybody tell Hillary?

In the New York Times, we learn of Clinton having greatly helped Giustra sew up the rights to mine uranium in  Kazakhstan.  In return Clinton got $31 million.  The story is long and involved and everybody denies everything.  Just witness this typical quote:

A spokesman for Mr. Clinton said the former president knew that Mr. Giustra had mining interests in Kazakhstan but was unaware of “any particular efforts” and did nothing to help. Mr. Giustra said he was there as an “observer only” and there was “no discussion” of the deal with Mr. Nazarbayev or Mr. Clinton.

So that you know who Mr.  Nazarbayev is, here is a brief description of his eating with Bill Clinton and Frank Giustra:

Upon landing on the first stop of a three-country philanthropic tour, the two men were whisked off to share a sumptuous midnight banquet with Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev, whose 19-year stranglehold on the country has all but quashed political dissent.

I bet Hillary was not told about the dinner or post-dinner entertainment. 

This story leaves me at loss as to whether to be delighted to see a Canadian saying something nice about an American, or to glory in Canada once again getting control of mining resources in a country run by a nasty fellow (shades of Canadian love for Cuban nickel), or to be impressed by Bill’s insatiable energy, or to pity Hillary trying to control her husband, or to make a passionate plea for voters to sweep ‘em all out and get in a fresh face, even though the fellow is so much younger than me.