Indirect links via common creditors play a role too.
Hillary Clinton could have indirect links with Lucifer, said the retired neurosurgeon and failed presidential candidate Ben Carson.
It recently accepted a €9.4m ($10.6m) loan from First Czech Russian Bank, a lender with indirect links to the Kremlin.
Numerous foreign aid groups and charities operating in Afghanistan have strong direct or indirect links to Christian organizations, but they insist they are not proselytizing.
He also has more indirect links to both Queen Elizabeth II and Lady Jane Grey through other ancestors in his tree," Schurer said.
Yemen reportedly has more than 60 people under arrest with direct or indirect links to the bombing, including 40 from outside Yemen.
The state has big stakes in many energy firms, as well as indirect links via the state-supported banks that fund them.
Mr. Arafat appeared to be trying to make the point that the Tel Aviv bomber and his driver had no connection to the Palestinian Authority while they had at least indirect links with Israel.
During that time, one of his partners was accused by federal authorities of having indirect links to organized crime, and Westchester Concrete was sold in 1988 to another concrete company that law enforcement officials said had mob ties.
But if either man has a desire to remain involved, his indirect links to Singapore Technologies and his association with Mr. Li might give him channels for making his desires known.
As we reported on February 21st, several theories about stronger, indirect links are being looked at, but they rely on assumptions that are hard to test.There is, however, a newer theory circulating and it has two things in its favour.
