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29
Tim Weiner with Neil A. Lewis, “Testing of a President: The Unraveling,”
New York Times
, February 9, 1998.
Tim Weiner with Neil A. Lewis, “Testing of a President: The Unraveling,”
New York Times
, February 9, 1998.
30
Jay Nordlinger, “Bacon Tripps Up,”
The Weekly Standard
, May 18, 1998.
CHAPTER 8Jay Nordlinger, “Bacon Tripps Up,”
The Weekly Standard
, May 18, 1998.
1
NBC’s
Today
, March 23, 1998.
NBC’s
Today
, March 23, 1998.
2
Peter Baker, Susan Schmidt, “Starr Subpoenas Lewinsky to Testify,”
Washington Post
, February 10, 1998.
Peter Baker, Susan Schmidt, “Starr Subpoenas Lewinsky to Testify,”
Washington Post
, February 10, 1998.
3
William Ginsburg with Nathaniel Speights, “Behind the Scenes with Monica,”
Time
, February 16, 1998.
William Ginsburg with Nathaniel Speights, “Behind the Scenes with Monica,”
Time
, February 16, 1998.
4
Doug Ireland, “Of Closets and Clinton,”
The Nation
, March 30, 1998.
Doug Ireland, “Of Closets and Clinton,”
The Nation
, March 30, 1998.
5
Michael Kelly, “Clinton’s Whisperers,”
Washington Post
, March 5, 1998.
Michael Kelly, “Clinton’s Whisperers,”
Washington Post
, March 5, 1998.
6
Lou Chibbaro, Jr., and Lisa Keen, “Clinton Adviser Denies Outing Starr Staffers,”
Washington Blade
, March 20, 1998.
CHAPTER 9Lou Chibbaro, Jr., and Lisa Keen, “Clinton Adviser Denies Outing Starr Staffers,”
Washington Blade
, March 20, 1998.
1
CNN’s
Larry King Live
, June 11, 1998.
CNN’s
Larry King Live
, June 11, 1998.
2
Ann Gerhart and Annie Groer, “The Reliable Source,”
Washington Post
, April 30, 1998.
Ann Gerhart and Annie Groer, “The Reliable Source,”
Washington Post
, April 30, 1998.
3
Peter Baker, “Shrinking Public Role For Lewinsky Attorney; Family May Add Another Lawyer to Team,”
Washington Post
, May 24, 1998.
CHAPTER 10Peter Baker, “Shrinking Public Role For Lewinsky Attorney; Family May Add Another Lawyer to Team,”
Washington Post
, May 24, 1998.
1
Federalist No. 75, at 453 (Alexander Hamilton). This was not the framers’ expectation for all public servants. Quite different characteristics would define congressmen, for example. The “people’s House,” as the House of Representatives was called, was expected to be a raucous, spirited place. With its many members and short terms of office, the House was designed to have a “fluctuating” and “multitudinous composition,” as Alexander Hamilton put it in Federalist No. 75.
Federalist No. 75, at 453 (Alexander Hamilton). This was not the framers’ expectation for all public servants. Quite different characteristics would define congressmen, for example. The “people’s House,” as the House of Representatives was called, was expected to be a raucous, spirited place. With its many members and short terms of office, the House was designed to have a “fluctuating” and “multitudinous composition,” as Alexander Hamilton put it in Federalist No. 75.
2
Federalist No. 76, at 455-456 (Alexander Hamilton).
Federalist No. 76, at 455-456 (Alexander Hamilton).
3
Federalist No. 46, at 296 (James Madison).
Federalist No. 46, at 296 (James Madison).
4
Matthew Andrew Rich and Kara Hopkins, “Feminists Still Hypocrites on Clinton’s Character,”
Human Events
, February 13, 1998.
Matthew Andrew Rich and Kara Hopkins, “Feminists Still Hypocrites on Clinton’s Character,”
Human Events
, February 13, 1998.
5
Gloria Steinem, “Feminists and the Clinton Question,”
New York Times
, March 22, 1998.
Gloria Steinem, “Feminists and the Clinton Question,”
New York Times
, March 22, 1998.
6
Gloria Steinem, “Feminists and the Clinton Question,”
New York Times
, March 22, 1998.
Gloria Steinem, “Feminists and the Clinton Question,”
New York Times
, March 22, 1998.
7
CNBC’s
Equal Time
, February 18, 1998:
CNBC’s
Equal Time
, February 18, 1998:
Buchanan: Oh, no, that adds up perfectly.
Prof. Estrich: What they do add up is 65 percent right now are saying—70 percent are saying we believe he lied about having a sexual relationship. We think he’s dumb on the matter of sex. But we don’t think a mother should be investigated over it. We don’t think we should have a—a sexual witch-hunt in Salem, Washington, and we’d like to get on with the business of figuring out whether we’re going to war.
Buchanan: Call it perjury, my friend.
Prof. Estrich: I call it lying about sex.
8
Peter Brimelow, “An Interview with Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman,”
Forbes
, December 12, 1988.
Peter Brimelow, “An Interview with Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman,”
Forbes
, December 12, 1988.
9
See, e.g.
, CNBC’s
Equal Time
, June 10, 1998 (Susan Estrich: “Most Americans believe, for themselves, that some hanky-panky went on here….”).
CHAPTER 11See, e.g.
, CNBC’s
Equal Time
, June 10, 1998 (Susan Estrich: “Most Americans believe, for themselves, that some hanky-panky went on here….”).
1
Federalist No. 76, at 456 (Alexander Hamilton).
Federalist No. 76, at 456 (Alexander Hamilton).
2
Susan Schmidt, “Papers Detail Clinton Friend’s Contract Push; House Panel Reviews’93 Travel Office Firings,”
Washington Post
, October 25, 1995.
Susan Schmidt, “Papers Detail Clinton Friend’s Contract Push; House Panel Reviews’93 Travel Office Firings,”
Washington Post
, October 25, 1995.
3
Matthew Cooper, “The Arkansas Impresarios,”
The New Republic
, September 9, 1996.
Matthew Cooper, “The Arkansas Impresarios,”
The New Republic
, September 9, 1996.
4
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
5
World Wide Travel was owned by the Worthen Bank, which in turn was controlled by the Stephens family. The Riady family held an interest in the bank, where James Riady was once president, and Worthen’s legal work was performed by the prestigious Rose Law Firm.
World Wide Travel was owned by the Worthen Bank, which in turn was controlled by the Stephens family. The Riady family held an interest in the bank, where James Riady was once president, and Worthen’s legal work was performed by the prestigious Rose Law Firm.
6
Steven Heilbronner, “Memo at Variance with White House Explanation on Travel Office,” UPI, May 21, 1993.
Steven Heilbronner, “Memo at Variance with White House Explanation on Travel Office,” UPI, May 21, 1993.
7
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
8
Steven Heilbronner, “Memo at Variance with White House Explanation on Travel Office,” UPI, May 21, 1993.
Steven Heilbronner, “Memo at Variance with White House Explanation on Travel Office,” UPI, May 21, 1993.
9
The White House’s own report on the Travel Office firings admitted that Cornelius was copying and smuggling documents out of the office on Watkins’s instructions, to help build a case against the Travel Office employees. Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993. Soon after Cornelius began work in the Travel Office, a photocopier repairman had found a copy of a $288,000 check stuck in the machine, suggesting that someone was copying the office’s files. “Later it would be revealed that [Cornelius] was gathering information about charges for charter travel and other matters that she thought might implicate the travel-office staff in wrongdoing.” Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996. Even the General Accounting Office’s whitewash report of the Travel Office firings conceded that Cornelius took papers from the office and brought them home with her.
The White House’s own report on the Travel Office firings admitted that Cornelius was copying and smuggling documents out of the office on Watkins’s instructions, to help build a case against the Travel Office employees. Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993. Soon after Cornelius began work in the Travel Office, a photocopier repairman had found a copy of a $288,000 check stuck in the machine, suggesting that someone was copying the office’s files. “Later it would be revealed that [Cornelius] was gathering information about charges for charter travel and other matters that she thought might implicate the travel-office staff in wrongdoing.” Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996. Even the General Accounting Office’s whitewash report of the Travel Office firings conceded that Cornelius took papers from the office and brought them home with her.
10
Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996.
Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996.
11
Toni Locy, “Fired Travel Office Director Acquitted of Embezzlement; Dale Charged After Ouster From White House,”
Washington Post
, November 17, 1995.
Toni Locy, “Fired Travel Office Director Acquitted of Embezzlement; Dale Charged After Ouster From White House,”
Washington Post
, November 17, 1995.
12
David Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
374 (1996).
David Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
374 (1996).
13
Susan Schmidt, “McLarty Recalls ‘Pressure to Act’ on Travel Office from First Lady,”
Washington Post
, August 6, 1996.
Susan Schmidt, “McLarty Recalls ‘Pressure to Act’ on Travel Office from First Lady,”
Washington Post
, August 6, 1996.
14
Susan Schmidt, “Papers Detail Clinton Friend’s Contract Push; House Panel Reviews ’93 Travel Office Firings,”
Washington Post
, October 25, 1995.
See generally
Richard L. Berke, “Travel Outfit Tied to Clinton Halts Work for White House,”
New York Times
, May 22, 1993 (“During today’s briefing [May 21, 1993], Mr. Stephanopoulos said Mr. Thomason had raised his concerns about the travel staff directly to the President.”).
Susan Schmidt, “Papers Detail Clinton Friend’s Contract Push; House Panel Reviews ’93 Travel Office Firings,”
Washington Post
, October 25, 1995.
See generally
Richard L. Berke, “Travel Outfit Tied to Clinton Halts Work for White House,”
New York Times
, May 22, 1993 (“During today’s briefing [May 21, 1993], Mr. Stephanopoulos said Mr. Thomason had raised his concerns about the travel staff directly to the President.”).
15
Susan Schmidt, “Papers Detail Clinton Friend’s Contract Push; House Panel Reviews’93 Travel Office Firings,”
Washington Post
, October 25, 1995.
Susan Schmidt, “Papers Detail Clinton Friend’s Contract Push; House Panel Reviews’93 Travel Office Firings,”
Washington Post
, October 25, 1995.
16
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
17
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
18
Terence Hunt, “White House Trying to Find Where It Went Wrong,” Associated Press, May 26, 1993.
Terence Hunt, “White House Trying to Find Where It Went Wrong,” Associated Press, May 26, 1993.
19
Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996.
Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996.
20
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
21
Susan Schmidt and Toni Locy, “Papers Detail Clinton Friend’s Contract Push; House Panel Reviews ’93 Travel Office Firings,”
Washington Post
, October 25, 1995.
Susan Schmidt and Toni Locy, “Papers Detail Clinton Friend’s Contract Push; House Panel Reviews ’93 Travel Office Firings,”
Washington Post
, October 25, 1995.
22
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
23
ABC’s
Good Morning America
, May 26, 1993.
ABC’s
Good Morning America
, May 26, 1993.
24
Ann Devroy, Al Kamen, “Longtime Travel Office Staff Given Walking Papers,”
Washington Post
, May 20, 1993.
Ann Devroy, Al Kamen, “Longtime Travel Office Staff Given Walking Papers,”
Washington Post
, May 20, 1993.
25
Editorial, “Blame the Dead Guy,”
Investor’s Business Daily
, June 27, 1996.
Editorial, “Blame the Dead Guy,”
Investor’s Business Daily
, June 27, 1996.
26
Richard L. Berke, “Travel Outfit Tied to Clinton Halts Work for White House,”
New York Times
, May 22, 1993.
Richard L. Berke, “Travel Outfit Tied to Clinton Halts Work for White House,”
New York Times
, May 22, 1993.
27
ABC’s
20/20
, January 12, 1996.
ABC’s
20/20
, January 12, 1996.
28
Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993.
Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993.
29
George Lardner, Jr., “White House Contradicted on FBI Files,”
Washington Post,
October 5, 1996.
George Lardner, Jr., “White House Contradicted on FBI Files,”
Washington Post,
October 5, 1996.
30
Mary Jacoby, “More FBI Files Traced to White House,”
Chicago Tribune
, June 26, 1996.
Mary Jacoby, “More FBI Files Traced to White House,”
Chicago Tribune
, June 26, 1996.
31
Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996.
Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996.
32
Michael Isikoff, Ann Devroy, “FBI Says White House Invoked IRS,”
Washington Post
, June 11, 1993. Thomason had been encouraging the Cornelius-instigated rumors that UltrAir was paying kickbacks. Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996.
Michael Isikoff, Ann Devroy, “FBI Says White House Invoked IRS,”
Washington Post
, June 11, 1993. Thomason had been encouraging the Cornelius-instigated rumors that UltrAir was paying kickbacks. Kim I. Eisler, “Fall Guy; Everyone Liked Billy Dale, But Clinton Pals Wanted His Job. In the End, Vince Foster Was Dead and Billy Dale Was Ruined. Here’s the Story Behind the Headlines,”
Washingtonian
, February 1996.
33
An FBI memo summarizing this point in the conversation stated that Kennedy “commented that the matter had to be handled immediately or the matter will be referred to another agency, the IRS .”
See, e.g.
, Michael Isikoff, Ann Devroy, “FBI Says White House Invoked IRS,”
Washington Post
, June 11, 1993. The White House’s own internal report on the matter states, “Kennedy said that he needed to hear from Bourke within the next fifteen minutes and that if the FBI were unable to provide guidance, Kennedy might have to seek guidance from another agency, such as the IRS,” citing the notes of Jim Bourke, the FBI Unit chief to whom Kennedy spoke. Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993.
An FBI memo summarizing this point in the conversation stated that Kennedy “commented that the matter had to be handled immediately or the matter will be referred to another agency, the IRS .”
See, e.g.
, Michael Isikoff, Ann Devroy, “FBI Says White House Invoked IRS,”
Washington Post
, June 11, 1993. The White House’s own internal report on the matter states, “Kennedy said that he needed to hear from Bourke within the next fifteen minutes and that if the FBI were unable to provide guidance, Kennedy might have to seek guidance from another agency, such as the IRS,” citing the notes of Jim Bourke, the FBI Unit chief to whom Kennedy spoke. Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993.
34
This was acknowledged in the White House’s internal report on the firings. Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993.
This was acknowledged in the White House’s internal report on the firings. Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993.
35
Michael Isikoff, Ann Devroy, “FBI Says White House Invoked IRS,”
Washington Post
, June 11, 1993. (“An article this week in Tax Notes, a tax industry newsletter, raised questions about the propriety of the UltrAir audit, saying it appears to deviate in major ways from IRS rules. Such IRS audits, according to the article, generally are done after a tax return has been filed. In this case, UltrAir—formed in 1992—was audited before it had ever filed a tax return.”)
Michael Isikoff, Ann Devroy, “FBI Says White House Invoked IRS,”
Washington Post
, June 11, 1993. (“An article this week in Tax Notes, a tax industry newsletter, raised questions about the propriety of the UltrAir audit, saying it appears to deviate in major ways from IRS rules. Such IRS audits, according to the article, generally are done after a tax return has been filed. In this case, UltrAir—formed in 1992—was audited before it had ever filed a tax return.”)
36
Jeff A. Taylor, “Will Travelgate Affair Ever Die?”
Investor’s Business Daily
, May 29, 1996.
Jeff A. Taylor, “Will Travelgate Affair Ever Die?”
Investor’s Business Daily
, May 29, 1996.
37
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
House Report 104-849: “Investigation of the White House Travel Office Firings and Related Matters,” Report by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, September 26, 1996.
The notes from a June 28, 1993, White House Management Review interview of Beth Nolan and Cliff Sloan of the White House Counsel’s Office revealed that Kennedy has said this. The notes read:
“BK [Associate White House Counsel Bill Kennedy] said PR [IRS Commissioner Peggy Richardson] on top of it. She said at a party IRS on top of it and some reference to IRS agents aware or something like that.”
38
Michael Isikoff, Ann Devroy, “FBI Says White House Invoked IRS,”
Washington Post
, June 11, 1993.
Michael Isikoff, Ann Devroy, “FBI Says White House Invoked IRS,”
Washington Post
, June 11, 1993.
39
Mitch Clarke, “Where Is Deep Throat Now? Watergate Reporter Wants ‘Credible’ Clinton Witness,”
Macon Telegraph
, May 13, 1998.
Mitch Clarke, “Where Is Deep Throat Now? Watergate Reporter Wants ‘Credible’ Clinton Witness,”
Macon Telegraph
, May 13, 1998.
40
They were: David Watkins, assistant to the president for management and administration; William Kennedy, an associate White House counsel; Jeff Eller, director of media affairs; and Catherine Cornelius, the current head of the Travel Office. Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993.
They were: David Watkins, assistant to the president for management and administration; William Kennedy, an associate White House counsel; Jeff Eller, director of media affairs; and Catherine Cornelius, the current head of the Travel Office. Thomas L. Friedman, “White House Rebukes 4 in Travel Office Shake-up,”
New York Times
, July 3, 1993.
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