Ken Starr and prosecutorial staff - press materials, Carville declared "war," and White House officials "our continuing campaign to destroy Ken Starr" and "stand up to Starr" campaign.
Gary Aldrich
Matt Drudge - $30m Sid Blumenthal suit
Linda Tripp - death threats, Pentagon information to New Yorker
David Hale - David Pryor
Rep. Barr & Judicial Committee Members - Mulholland
Billy Dale (Travel Office)
State Troopers via Buddy Young (Clinton) - (testified to procuring women)
Three state troopers testified that they or their families were threatened if they talked.
Dolly Kyle Browning testified her brother, a 1992 Clinton campaign worker, warned "we will destroy you" if she talked.
Kathleen Willey - Nathan Landow flew her to his estate, conversation and Michael Viner
Jim Robinson - lawsuit threats
Bruce Bates
Jeff Evans
Margie Gray
Patricia and Glenn Mendoza (shouted remark at president)
William E. Kelly (Chicago)
Kent Masterson Brown
Walter Gazecki
Shelly Davis
Chief Petty Officer Kathleen Janoski
Lt. Col Steve Cogswell
Lt. Col David Hause
Maj. Thomas Parsons
John Deutch
R. James Woolsey
Gordon Oehler
Frederick Whitehurst
Dennis Patrick
Jean Duffey
Richard Jewell
Jack Wickman

Education and Information Project: Judicial Watch has subpoenaed from James Carville 38,698 pages of documents and 5,000 pages of computer diskettes, which reveal a well organized and financed opposition research effort. Records include voting and driving records, court documents, mortgages, deeds, rumor information. Some documents were faxed to Carville from Kendall, Blumenthal and Begala. The following names are on the list:

Stinson said he received a call from a 60 Minutes producer who told him, among other things, "We just want to nail Ruddy."

On Larry King, Carville indicated he had inside knowledge of Justice Department investigations "I don't know what the judge did yesterday; I'm not privy to that. But I know that the White House -- I KNOW ONE THING: he's under investigation right now by the Justice Department; probably going be under investigation about something else."

The new magazine Content which was billed as a journalistic watchdog publication, in its first issue made railing accusations against Ken Starr which were subsequently emphatically denied by Starr. Notably, Steven Brill, the publisher did not disclose his campaign contributions to President Clinton and other Democratic candidates. Numerous other publications and reporters assailed the article using such terms as "utterly garbarge" "fundamentally dishonest" "slimy" - others said they were "mischaracterized" - others asked for retractions.

Wallaby found in Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter dated August 13, 1997 MEDIA NEWS; Vol 30 No 32 Pg 3 "Steven Brill, founder of Court TV and American Lawyer magazine, and Donald A. Baer, who is White House Communications director and strategic planning chief, have joined up to start a media magazine next year, called Connect. Baer was an editor at U.S. News & World Report before joining the Clinton Administration in 1994. "

Producers Michael Radutzky and Trevel Nelson courted Willey to tell her story on 60 Minutes and a key selling point was the changing story of Julie Steele, who was (they believed) being pressured by the White House into changing her account in her affidavit in the Paula Jones case, which was drafted with help from the president's lawyers. There was apparent pressure concerning Steele's adoption of a boy in Romania, whether the procedure was handled properly. Radutzky and Nelson had shown up at Steele's house, and when they raised the adoption issue "she really freaked," says her lawyer, Nancy Luque.

In a video taped deposition for Judicial Watch, James Carville admitted that on the day before Kathleen Willey's appearance on 60 Minutes, that he consulted with Clinton about their damage control plan and what they could release on Willey.

Kendall hired private eye Terry Lenzner of Investigative Group International, who also dug dirt on Paula Jones, to do a thorough investigation of Lewinsky's past, according to the Washington Post.

In a 6/29/98 Washington Weekly exclusive by Wesley Phelan: "Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch on Friday, June 26, deposed J. Lowe Davis, to whom New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer attributed information about a 1969 arrest of Linda Tripp. J. Lowe Davis admits telling Mayer that her former husband and Linda Tripp's father, Albert Caretenuto, had once bailed Linda Tripp out of jail. But Davis claims not to be the source of other quotes attributed to her by Mayer. " Also in the interview, Klayman said that the documents obtained from Carville (Education and Information Project) indicate that the information comes from many sources and that if the information sent to him from the White House comes from identifiable files of the White House, it may constitute a violation of the Privacy Act which may have both civil and criminal remedies. Klayman also said that the smear campaign used a Washington Post editor William Hamilton who is the husband of Jane Mayer who is a former colleague of Sidney Blumenthal. In deposition, Ms Davis remembered little more than her former husband and Tripp's father once bailed Linda out of jail. Many of the quotes in Mayer's second article did not come from Davis. And, the Tony Snow article raised the question of whether the source of the form: Pentagon or White House.

7/6/98 Washington Weekly Marvin Lee "Terry Good, head of the White House Office of Records Management last week admitted that he had been ordered by the White House Counsel to pull the file of Linda Tripp after the Lewinsky story broke in January. The admission was made under oath during a deposition by Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch. "There appears to be a concerted effort by the Clinton administration to use government files to harm and intimidate perceived grand jury witnesses," stated Larry Klayman. The files of Kathleen Willey and Monica Lewinsky were pulled as well."

4/5/98 Washington Weekly concerning FreeRepublic Jim Robinson ". But Caroline Little's (Washington Post General Counsel) cease-and-desist letter has not been an isolated event. Over the past several months, Robinson has received similar letters, almost identical in fact, from news organizations Times Mirror, Dow Jones, and Reuters..Orchestrating these attacks is the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton.The name of Debevoise & Plimpton popped up recently during the Filegate deposition of Clinton private eye Terry Lenzner. Lenzner revealed under oath that he had been retained by Debevoise & Plimpton to perform investigations of a political nature. Lenzner has admitted that he performs research on White House critics. Debevoise & Plimton is the law firm of the Democratic National Committee, and has conducted most of the investigation of illegal foreign contributions received by the DNC. For this work, the DNC owes Debevoise & Plimton $6 million..Jim Robinson is no less combative in the face of attempts to threaten and intimidate him. As a modern-day Patrick Henry, he defiantly declares from his wheelchair: "They'll have to pry my keyboard from my cold dead fingers."

6/29/98 The Weekly Standard Tucker Carlson ".Destroying a person's reputation is messy work, and not everyone in the White House enjoyed it. "Whenever I went off the facts and into attacks on Starr, I felt very uncomfortable," says Lanny Davis, who must have spent much of his tenure as special counsel to the president feeling uncomfortable. Nevertheless, the strategy worked. By the time Monica Lewinsky became famous, Starr's approval ratings were below even D'Amato's.. Davis says, suddenly sounding quite sober, even repentant, on the subject. "I think the temptation, which I have shared in, is to characterize the report ahead of time as a political document. The facts ultimately are going to determine the outcome here, and we ought to focus on those facts once the report is issued." ."

7/7/98 Landmark Legal Foundation president, Mark R. Levin: ".The point is, if Maryland courts are not willing to recognize a violation of this law in a civil case without a showing of actual intent, they certainly won't recognize it in a criminal case where the standard is far more stringent. Levin added, "This raises serious questions about the timing and motives behind Mr. Montanarelli's actions - on the same day Tripp is testifying before a federal grand jury. Federal investigators need to determine if Mr. Montanarelli's announcement today is intended to influence or intimidate Tripp. "

7/8/98 The Dodge County News Ken Carroll "Jane Mayer's story on Linda Tripp has fallen apart. The timing was far too convenient and it was never well-constructed anyway. .So, how did Ms. Mayer get the scoop on this long forgotten incident? Good question. In fact, it's such a good question, there are two answers! Ms. Mayer's original statement was that Tripp's former step-mother contacted her with the information. Mayer claims she then checked it out and used it in her story. Ah, but not so, says Tripp's former step-mother, a liberal newspaper columnist based in Pensacola, Florida. She says Mayer called her up and asked her comment on the arrest story. Mayer also claimed to have gotten other information in her story from Tripp's personnel records Yet the language in one doesn't square in the other. So, there are two important questions here if we think for ourselves: 1) Where DID the story idea come from, and 2) Why did Mayer lie about the origin of her information? .it seems the information may have come straight out of Bill Clinton's Office of the White House Counsel. .in another story, reported in The Washington Weekly.Terry Good, the head of the White House Office of Records Management has admitted under oath that he complied with orders from the office of the White House counsel and pulled Linda Tripp's personnel file.Larry Klayman, of Judicial Watch, was quoted by The Washington Weekly as stating, "There appears to be a concerted effort by the Clinton Administration to use government files to harm and intimidate perceived grand jury witnesses." Files on Monica Lewinski and Kathleen Willey were also pulled. ."

Time Daily 7/10/98 Frank Pellegrini "Linda Tripp certainly looks as if she's under siege. According to CNN.Michael Weisskopf says that Special Prosecutor Ken Starr's interest in Tripp will probably trump any state investigation. "It's more than likely the grand jury in Maryland will not get hold of any tapes because Starr's is a federal investigation," Weisskopf says. And Montanarelli's chances for reeling in Tripp herself aren't much better. "Tripp received immunity when she agreed to cooperate with Starr. That immunity would likely be relevant to state as well as federal investigations."."

Maryland State Prosecutor Stephen Montanarelli opened a grand jury probe into whether Tripp broke Maryland law barring taped phone calls unless both parties consent. But his job description is to root out corruption by public officials. Tripp is not a Maryland public official.

7/11/98 Washington Post Bill Miller "A federal judge yesterday ordered the Defense Department to seize and examine the computer of a Pentagon official who has admitted releasing sensitive information contained on Linda R. Tripp's security clearance form. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth said he acted because the official, Clifford Bernath, deleted numerous documents from his computer in the weeks after his release of information to the New Yorker magazine."

A Commerce ITA Muslim employee, who remains anonymous, was discovered in Freeper research led by Clinton's a liar; she will be speaking with Judicial Watch about her being harassed out of her job, her home phones tapped, etc. - there is documentation.

Washington Times 7/15/98 Bill Sammon "Attorneys for Dolly Kyle Browning, who says she had a long-term affair with President Clinton, accused the president yesterday of defaming her and warned him to reach a settlement by July 27 or face a civil lawsuit."

Rush Limbaugh 7/15/98 Summarized "Tim Russert on NBC Today Show this morning says Clinton White House threatening USSS not to testify; Russert says the USSS "facilitated" liasons for Clinton like Arkansas State Troopers. Starr may be investigating if USSS facilitated and covered up."

7/17/98 Washington Times Bill Sammon "White House officials searched their files for "anything and everything" on Linda R. Tripp after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, but President Clinton refused to reveal that search to Congress, The Washington Times has learned. Thursday, the chairman of the House Rules Committee referred "this potential obstruction of a Congressional investigation" to independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr. Rep. Gerald B.H. Solomon suspects the White House, after searching its files on Mrs. Tripp, tipped off the New Yorker magazine to damaging information in Mrs. Tripp's personnel file at the Pentagon. "In the Linda Tripp matter, we may be previewing the extent of damage the president's political team is capable of, and apparently intent upon, inflicting," Mr. Solomon wrote to Mr. Starr, adding that it amounted to "intimidation of a federal witness." Days after the New Yorker published sensitive information from Mrs. Tripp's security clearance form in March, Mr. Solomon -- in an attempt to determine if the Tripp leak violated federal law -- asked Mr. Clinton in a letter whether anyone had pulled Mrs. Tripp's White House file, which he said would have contained her security clearance information.. "Because of the seriousness of this unfortunate and illegal occurrence, I look forward to the courtesy of a rapid response," the New York Republican wrote in the letter, dated March 18. According to a Solomon spokesman, Mr. Clinton did not respond. But the answer was revealed June 30 by Terry W. Good, director of White House records management. In a deposition to Judicial Watch.

DRUDGE REPORT 7/20/98 "Last month, CNN producers nudged this reporter off an episode of LARRY KING LIVE. Now a new report provides fresh details of what may have gone done behind-the- scenes at the all-news network on the show that started as a "talk on the future of journalism" -- with Steve Brill, Larry King and myself -- but mysteriously ended up featuring James Carville, Wolf Blitzer and others. "In the days before Drudge's announced appearance, White House staffers Mike McCurry, Ann Lewis, and Rahm Emanuel are said to have lobbied CNN news chief Rick Kaplan to pull the plug on Drudge, warning that the network's White House reporters might otherwise lose access," reports August AMERICAN SPECTATOR. "So in the end, Drudge's seat was filled by none other than CNN White House correspondent Wolf Blitzer." Calls to CNN on Monday evening went unreturned... MORE "

7/24/98 AP "Paula Jones said Friday that letters written to her by her previous lawyers should not have been made public in her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton. The letters were released last month when U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright, who dissed the lawsuit, entered them into the public record. Mrs. Jones asked Wright to vacate her order that made the letters public, saying the letters were addressed to her, dealt with legal issues and included advice in the lawsuit. ``Therefore, on their face, these are attorney-client privileged communications,'' her motion said. ``Why these letters were in the possession of the court is unknown to Mrs. Jones.'' "

Washington Weekly Carl Limbacher 7/26/98 " As part of its $90 million Filegate lawsuit against the Clinton administration, Judicial Watch has obtained the names of hundreds of heretofore unidentified White House employees whose FBI files were gathered by Clinton dirt digger Craig Livingstone. And though Clintonites had denied that their collection of files was an attempt to gather damaging information on political opponents, the new list of White House Filegate targets includes the name of Linda Tripp, the most damaging witness yet to testify against President Clinton."

The Washington Times 7/21/98 John McCaslin "Every news report that James A. Ross reads leaves him with the impression that taping telephone calls in Maryland is legal only if all parties consent; and therefore, Linda R. Tripp broke the law when she recorded her telephone conversations with Monica Lewinsky."I wonder who does legal analyses for all those people," asks the director of the Ross Group, a privacy and security outfit based in Washington. "Yes, Linda Tripp was recording calls while in her Maryland home; and yes, Maryland law requires all-party consent," Mr. Ross agrees."However, the calls were not made within the state of Maryland. They were interstate calls made between [Washington D.C. and Maryland, and therefore the federal law applies, not state law. And federal law allows taping when one party consents."."

L. Jean Lewis, RTC Whistleblower on Whitewater, was harassed by Democratic staff members on the House Banking committee. Among other things, Jack Ryan, of RTC, was able to get hold of a private letter between Ms. Lewis and her lawyer and provided it to Paul Kanjorski (D-Penn.)

Richard Iorio, Lewis' boss, RTC official placed on leave

8/1/98 The New York Post Brian Blomquist and Marilyn Rauber "Linda Tripp has testified a top Clinton aide threatened to "destroy" her and that Monica Lewinsky passed along veiled threats from the president himself, a source close to Tripp said yesterday. Tripp also told the Sexgate grand jury Lewinsky ominously warned her the president "was aware" of Tripp after she surfaced in last summer's bombshell Newsweek article on Willey, the source said."

Don Nichols' family (IGI investigation plan)

LA Times 8/1/98 Ken Ellingwood "A veteran federal prosecutor who is the president of the Hispanic National Bar Assn. was recommended Friday by Sen. Barbara Boxer to be named U.S. attorney for the high-profile border region of San Diego and Imperial counties. In asking President Clinton to nominate 44-year-old Gregory Vega, Boxer passed over interim U.S. Atty. Charles G. La Bella, who headed the attorney general's campaign financing task force. La Bella urged the naming of an independent prosecutor to investigate fund-raising abuses during the 1996 presidential campaign. ."

New York Post Ray Kerrison "The violent demolition of Monica Lewinsky's character and reputation is about to begin. If Judge Clarence Thomas thought he had it rough, if Robert Bork thinks he was mugged, if Newt Gingrich thought he was ambushed, it will be as nothing compared with the artillery the White House is about to fire at Monica Lewinsky. It is President Clinton's last hope. He has been pinned to the wall. His only way out is to smash Monica Lewinsky, to depict her as a liar and perjurer, strip her of all credibility. Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a rough ride. The stakes here do not get much higher. A 25-year-old bimbo, with no discernible skills, is poised to topple the president of the United States. That's real Powerball. If the word of Lewinsky's immunity deal with independent counsel Kenneth Starr is accurate - and you can go to the bank on it - then the Clinton presidency is history. Well, almost. She reportedly will testify under oath that Clinton urged her to lie about their sexual relationship in the sworn affidavit she submitted in the Paula Jones sex harassment case. That has to be true, otherwise Starr would never have granted Lewinsky and her mother the rarest of all deals - total immunity."

7/31/98 Creator's Syndicate Inc. Tony Snow "Linda Tripp bid farewell last Wednesday to the grand jury impaneled by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. She delivered a few remarks to the jurors and then made her way outside to a waiting horde of reporters.. By the time Tripp reached the microphone and began to address reporters, she was trembling like a leaf. Most Americans can identify with this kind of fear. We find only one thing more frightening than speaking to strangers, and that's death. So when Tripp trembled, she offered a glimpse of something we have seen seldom in L'Affaire Lewinsky: authentic human emotion. A bit of serendipity helped her through her six-minute oration. Just beyond the reporters stood a patriotic scultpure bearing quotations from the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the 14th Amendment. Tripp's eyes sighted on the first engraved phrase: "We hold these truths to be self-evident. ..." "I was mesmerized by it," she recalls. "I almost threw my notes away." And at the end, she did. She closed by speaking from the heart: "I believe in our country. As I said, I'm no different than any of you. I believe you have the right to tell the truth under oath, and I believe you have the right to do so without fear of retribution or worse. ... It is a right all of us should be fighting for." Tripp's performance was a far cry from the slick and practiced statements delivered by the likes of Vernon Jordan. It bore no resemblance to the rehearsed assaults on her, Kenneth Starr or anybody else who has dared question the probity of a patently corrupt president. Yet it also featured a fair share of zingers, including the following passage: "I became aware between 1993 and 1997 of actions by high government officials that may have been against the law. "For that period of nearly five years, the things I witnessed concerning several different subjects made me increasingly fearful that this information was dangerous -- very dangerous -- to possess." She identified the two enduring features of the Clinton scandals: brazen lawlessness and witness intimidation. And now, she feels free to recount some of the things she has seen. She says she was shaken by White House dishonesty during investigations of Vince Foster's death, Filegate, Travelgate and reports of drug abuse among administration employees. "It's chilling," she says, "to watch high government officials lie under oath." She says a political operative recently approached her attorney, Anthony Zaccagnini, and relayed stunning news. The man said the White House legal team had asked him to root through Tripp's trash and perform a back audit on all her tax returns. "Tell her to watch what she puts in the garbage," he warned, noting that he had turned down the commission from Team Clinton. Tripp doesn't consider that unusual. It turns out Monica Lewinsky gave her much more than talking points. The intern also relayed threats from the president during the Kathleen Willey controversy. Tripp had alerted her White House superiors that Michael Isikoff of Newsweek was about to print Willey's claim that the president assailed her sexually. The administration wanted Tripp to observe the old rule of omierta. So the messages came: "(Talking to Isikoff) is a dangerous thing to do." "Team players don't do this. You need to be a team player." "You have two children to think about." "This is not a good career move." She says presidential fixer Bruce Lindsey told her she would be "destroyed" if she went public with anything she had seen . For a while, the threats worked. "Fear is a magnificent motivator," she says. "There is none quite like it. But you do get to a point where you say either, 'I'm going to continue this way and do what I need to keep my health and my job', or, 'I'm mad, and I'm not gonna take it anymore. Tripp made her choice. "There are no standards in that White House," she says, "and I'm not going to be a part of it. I'm going to expose it." ."

7/30/98 US Information Agency - Washington File Pentagon Briefing 7/30/98 Deputy Defense Department Spokesman Captain Mike Doubleday briefed. Following is the Pentagon transcript: Q: Do you have a response of Linda Tripp's statement that she's been demoted and cast aside by the Pentagon? A: I have just a few things that I can pass along to you on that subject. First of all, she has not been demoted. Linda Tripp continues as an employee of the department. At her request, we made special arrangements for her to work at home, and those arrangements will be reviewed at some appropriate time. Q: Can you say how many hours a week she puts in at her job? And does the pay scale reflect... A: No, what I've just gone through for you right now is the extent of what I can give you today. Yes. Q: Can you go a little deeper into some appropriate time? My recollection is that this arrangement allowed her to prepare for her testimony, which is over. So is there going to be a review very shortly to find some other arrangement? A: I can't forecast for you any kind of a time table. As soon as I have any information, I'll be glad to pass it along. Q: During all this time has she produced some work product?A: I think I've indicated what I've given you here is the extent of what I can provide for you. Q: Is Ken Bacon the one who has to make the decisions on her future or is it someone else? A: I can't answer that question for you. But when I can I'll certainly do so. ."

8/7/98 San Francisco Chronicle "SENATOR Barbara Boxer had a perfect right to pass over federal prosecutor Charles LaBella for the job he sought as U.S. attorney for San Diego, but her decision carries the sour stench of political vindictiveness. Boxer's office says the nomination of Gregory Vega, a veteran prosecutor and president of the Hispanic National Bar Association, was based on merit and not political considerations. Maybe. But it strains the wings of plausibility to suggest that Boxer, a Democratic partisan and an in-law by marriage to President Clinton, ignored the obvious political implications of passing over LaBella..

Freeper report "Drudge is reporting that Clinton forces plan to expose GOP dirty Laundry if GOP pushes for IMPEACHMENT."

8/7/98 Freeper report on CNN Julie Hiatt Steele "On Larry King Live, Julie Hiatt Steele appeared to attack Kathleen Willey, Newsweek and Michael Isikoff. During her appearance she disclosed the OIC is currently persuing her for Contempt of Court for not disclosing details related to the picture of Kathleen Willey she sold to the National Enquirer and also gave some hint as to a possible reason why she (Steele) betrayed her friend to protect Clinton. Ms. Steele also disclosed that the adoption of her child may not have been legal. Apparently the adoption was "fixed" so she's not worried about any problems (any more, at least).."

Washington Times 8/10/98 Editorial "White House strategists seem to be thinking up the darnedest things lately. But then, desperation is the mother of goofy invention. The internet magazine "Salon" just launched a trial zeppelin for the Clintonistas, one with Hindenberg written all over it. According to Salon, the president's operatives are letting it be known that they are ready to expose the "sexual improprieties of Republican critics, both in Congress and beyond, should they demand impeachment hearings in the House." As if the Clinton administration's sins aren't manifold enough, they are adding to them the odious practice of blackmail. ."

Wall Street Journal 8/21/98 "Clinton realizes his speech about Monica Lewinsky fell short, friends say. Concern grows about editorial calls for his resignation..White House staff chief Bowles offers to counsel staffers deeply troubled by Clinton's deceit on Lewinsky. Advisers consider compromising with the GOP on health care and tax cuts to combat a lame-duck image. Anti-impeachment strategy focuses on accusing past GOP presidents of lying and pointing to alleged congressional sexual peccadilloes. Just before Clinton's announcement Thursday, reporters in a nearby press tent were watching "Wag the Dog," the movie about a crisis staged to divert attention from a president's sex scandal.."

AP 8/26/98 Anick Jesdanun " Rep. Paul McHale, the first Democratic member of Congress to publicly call for President Clinton's resignation, blamed the White House Wednesday for an inaccurate broadcast report about his military honors. Geraldo Rivera made an on-air apology Tuesday for suggesting on his CNBC show the previous evening that the Pennsylvania congressman took credit for medals he never received. Rivera said he had received a call from a "source very close to President Clinton.'' McHale called Rivera's unnamed source "a loose cannon on deck who was desperately trying to defend the president no matter how dishonorable.'' "This is a pretty consistent response we've seen from this White House whenever anyone raises criticism,'' McHale said. "This loose cannon ... confirms some of our most serious concerns, that this administration does not have a commitment to truth.''."

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 8/28/98 Editorial "The White House disclaims knowledge of Geraldo Rivera's source of information used to impugn a Pennsylvania congressman's integrity. But Paul McHale, a Democrat who represents Lehigh and Northampton counties in the House of Representatives, isn't buying the administration line. To his credit, Rivera has apologized for echoing what he calls an earlier administration line. The broadcaster and unabashed Clinton booster implied Monday on CNBC that McHale, a Marine reservist and Gulf War veteran, inflated his martial record.. Rivera claims his information was supplied by a ``source very close to President Clinton.'' Certainly Rivera, a shameless cheerleader for the administration, is a Clinton favorite with a history of rare access to the president. ."

Washington Weekly 8/31/98 Marvin Lee ".Just how far Clinton is willing to go became evident from other developments last week. Democrat Paul McHale's call for Clinton's resignation was followed by an immediate call to the Rivera Live show questioning the honor of McHale and alleging he had fabricated his war record. The ploy backfired when it turned out that the charges were false and Rivera named the White House as his source. The White House had to backpedal. But only a few days later, Bill Clinton sent his half-brother Roger on the "Larry King Live" show. Roger admitted that he had been in contact with Bill just before the show and he said he was "issuing a statement" that politicians who live in glass houses... "

Indianapolis Star and News 9/1/98 John Strauss and Mary Beth Schneider "In a rare case of the reaction coming before the story, Rep. Dan Burton has begun warning people in his central Indiana district that a national magazine is planning a ``scandal story'' about his personal life. A reporter from Vanity Fair spent seven weeks in the state talking to more than 200 friends and associates, Burton said Monday."

Capitol Hill Blue 9/2/98 Daniel Harris & Teresa Hampton ".Even after Clinton went before the nation and claimed his private life was "nobody's business," his White House staff has continued to compiled dossiers on opponents and leak information from those dossiers to reporters. Information from the files compiled by private investigators, lawyers and other investigators, are in the hands not only of Vanity Fair, but other reporters considered "friendly" to the administration. Besides Burton, targets of this campaign of leaks, include House Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and Newsweek investigative reporter Mike Isikoff. A plan to smear House Speaker Newt Gingrich was pulled when Gingrich softened his criticism of Clinton. Sources within the White House said the campaign is directed by Clinton smearmaster Sidney Blumenthal, who was brought on board to wage war against opponents of the administration. A reporter from Vanity Fair spent seven weeks in Indiana talking to more than 200 friends and associates. But Capitol Hill Blue has confirmed that much of the information that Vanity Fair is using as the basis of its "investigation" came from the White House.Last week, sources confirmed, Blumenthal orchestrated leaks about Democratic Congressman Paul McHale's military record to CNBC tabloid talk show host Geraldo Rivera after McHale called on the President to resign. Rivera later was forced to retract his statement that McHale had inflated his military record aftrer the information furnished by the White House proved to be inaccurate.."

Wall Street Journal 9/2/98 Op Ed "The vast power prosecutors wield--from Kenneth Starr on down--indeed merits scrutiny, so how is it that Stephen Montanarelli, the Maryland state prosecutor who seems bent on indicting Linda Tripp, has been virtually ignored? Mr. Montanarelli runs an independent office charged with prosecuting public officials, a role similar to Judge Starr's. It's his job to see if Linda Tripp violated Maryland's law against taping without consent.Mr. Montanarelli denies that he's under political pressure, but acknowledges his timing on calling a grand jury was inappropriate. GOP State Rep. Robert Flanigan says the move "certainly created the impression he was trying to intimidate her." Mr. Flanigan says there has been a "comprehensive effort" to urge a prosecution, including a January letter signed by 49 Democratic members of the Maryland House.Obviously Mr. Montanarelli must follow the law. But his track record doesn't inspire confidence. In 1995, he refused to prosecute a county election commissioner for nepotism because he ruled the person wasn't a "public official." Somehow, Ms. Tripp, a Pentagon employee, qualifies as one. Should Mr. Montanarelli proceed with a dubious prosecution, his own clear standing as a public official should qualify him, as it does Judge Starr, for a measure of scrutiny."

FreepMaster Jim Robinson from CAS Mailing List 9/5/98 "Congressman Dan Burton gave a brief radio interview on the KSFO (San Francisco) morning talk program on Thursday morning. This was before the ABC news stories about Burton's out-of-wedlock teenage son. Two important news items came out of the interview: 1. His committee has uncovered another $800,000 in illegal campaign contributions, and I think he may have said that the amount could eventually be in the millions. 2. He has received "extortion letters" that he has turned over to the FBI. He also reported receiving "Federal Express packages that had been opened and the contents had been photocopied"."

Washington Post 9/6/98 "It's no surprise to find the Clinton administration treating any problem as a public-relations challenge, looking to spin instead of solve, vilifying critics instead of debating them. Even so, turning the dogs loose on Scott Ritter is a new low.. First came leaks about an FBI investigation of Ritter for sharing confidential information with other governments -- something he freely admits he did, as part of his job and at the direct order of his U.N. bosses. Then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright lashed out. Ritter "doesn't have a clue about what our overall policy has been," she told CNN. Claiming great success for Iraq policy on behalf of "the United States -- and, I must say, me personally," Albright nonetheless didn't have enough confidence in that policy to sit by as Ritter testified to Congress. She urged a House committee chairman to squelch one such hearing, while Senate Democrats did their best to prevent Ritter's testimony.."

9/6/98 Doug Fiedor A Weekly View from the Foothills of the Appalachia "The White House's professional rumor mongering and disinformation cabal is hard at work creating more lies and mistruths. Remember now, they have those FBI files on over 900 Republicans and others. And, apparently, they are using them to Clinton's best advantage. For instance, a few weeks ago, Newt Gingrich publicly stated that he would continue relating the administration's misdeeds and crimes. Now, suddenly, he's quiet, almost conciliatory. House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt mentioned impeachment two weeks ago, then received a call from the White House and dummied up. And Rep. Paul McHale (D-PA), the first Democrat to call for Clinton's resignation, was immediately discredited by false rumors started by administration operatives. Journalists are worried about covering the Clinton scandals, too. The White House has dossiers on some of them as well as on GOP members of Congress."

Boston Herald 9/6/98 Editorial "The administration's recent attempt to smear a Democratic critic, and rumors that it's orchestrating a hit on a leading Republican, shows its desperation. For months, its sleazier supporters have hinted that if Congress pursues the Lewinsky scandal, Republicans would be subjected to a mud bath. For an administration notorious for its negative spin, this isn't exactly front-page news. Whenever a Paula Jones comes forward, White House rumor-mongers try to discredit her personally.The spectacle of the White House wrecking crew in action is one of the most sickening aspects of an administration increasingly devoted not to seeking justice but to getting even.."

Newsweek 9/14/98 Periscope "Scott Ritter may not be the last United Nations inspector to quit UNSCOM, the commission charged with dismantling Iraq's biological and chemical arsenal. Other weapons sleuths, feeling betrayed by the cancellation of several surprise inspections this summer, may "throw in the towel," one told NEWSWEEK. Ritter, who bitterly criticized the Clinton administration's Iraq policy as he resigned last month, is now under investigation for allegedly sharing intelligence with Israel. Republicans say the charges are a White House smear. But CIA sources tell NEWSWEEK that the agency, not the administration, raised concerns about his contacts with Israel. The CIA has cleared Ritter, who says he did nothing wrong, but his lawyer says an FBI probe continues."

ABC 9/16/98 "The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee-and one of the key people sitting in judgment of President Clinton over the Starr report-said a story published today in an Internet magazine claiming he once had an extramarital affair was an "obvious attempt at intimidation." Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., characterized the allegations in a Salon magazine report as the work of White House staff. But he did not deny that 30 years ago, he had an affair with a married woman named Cherie Snodgrass. During his congressional career, he has been an outspoken critic of abortion and is often regarded as a symbol of the party's conservative tradition. "The statute of limitations has long since passed on my youthful indiscretions," Hyde said in a statement Wednesday. "Suffice it to say Cherie Snodgrass and I were good friends a long, long time ago. After Mr. Snodgrass confronted my wife, the friendship ended and my marriage remained intact." Hyde said the only purpose in reporting the affair now was to intimidate him in his role as chairman of the committee, which is considering the allegations against President Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky scandal..Almost as soon as he got the Starr report, Hyde warned his members that things might get rough. He pointed to media reports that the president's supporters might try to dig up dirt on them, saying: "White House staff may...be attempting to disseminate derogatory personal information about members of the House Judiciary Committee." He called it "the `scorched earth' policy." Hyde made clear any effort to intimidate committee members could amount to an obstruction of justice Even before he wrote that memo, he had learned that the president's allies might be spreading a story about him. Two reporters have told ABCNEWS that a senior White House official tried to peddle a story to them that Hyde once had a girlfriend.

AP 9/17/98 Ron Fournier "The White House says there is no ``scorched earth strategy,'' but Republicans see a trend. They say it's been open season on Bill Clinton's critics. Since the president admitted he had sex with Monica Lewinsky, three Republican lawmakers were forced to acknowledge adulterous affairs, and questions were raised about the military honors of a Democrat who asked publicly for Clinton to resign. Suspecting White House handiwork, Republican leaders asked FBI director Louis Freeh on Thursday to investigate whether Clinton advisers or allies peddled stories of adulterous relations to the media..All three lawmakers came forward after reporters questioned them about the relationship. There is no proof the White House or Clinton backers planted or spread the stories, but even some colleagues wonder if Blumenthal was involved.."

Freeper Report (Z) on CNN "Tom DeLay just called for an FBI Investigation of the attack on Henry Hyde, citing a federal law relating to the obstruction of a congressional investigation. He mentioned Sid Blumenthal by name! This was live on CNN."

Freeper Report (Rev. George) on Fox News "Tom Delay is on FOX News at this time calling for an FBI investigation. He is going to give the (Democrats) a chance to sign on to the investigation. He just quoted the statute that has been violated. He says this has nothing to do will the Clinton problem. This is obstruction of justice.. Cited that this is a conspricy to obstruct by members of the White House. Is calling on Freeh to look into this manner. Call's it a slezy operation performed by some sick individuals..Cites pattern of conduct of White House. Recites how White House says they would fire anyone involed in this behavior. He brought up Ken Bacon. Accused McCurry of lieing and possibly the White House of lieing. Recited many case of intimidation. Said Demos as well as Repubs are repulsed by this.."

Fox News 9/17/98 "Republicans accused the White House Thursday of orchestrating a sexual witch hunt after the respected elder statesman who would head an impeachment inquiry into President Clinton became its latest victim. Republican lawmakers angrily accused the White House of being behind a personal smear campaign against Judiciary Committee chairman Henry Hyde, after the veteran Illinois lawmaker was forced to acknowledge having conducted an affair with a married woman 30 years ago. "In recent weeks, several of our colleagues have been subjected to vicious partisan attacks via the news media by individuals who are clearly attempting to intimidate members of Congress,'' said California Republican John Dolittle. He said various Clinton supporters, including his brother Roger, had warned Republicans to expect their personal secrets to be exposed. "We will never be intimidated by these scorched earth tactics, we will not back down from our constitutional responsibilities, and we will not cower from the White House attacks. We will do what is right,'' he said. Texas Rep. Tom DeLay, the third ranking House Republican, said he had heard reports that Clinton allies were investigating Democrats as well as Republicans. "Abuse of power is far more serious than having an affair 30 years ago. I just urge the president to stop his allies from engaging in this kind of disgusting conduct,'' he said.."

Freeper Philly reports "This is my first post, so please bear with me. I had to share this information. My girlfriend was riding on a train out of Washington this week and an investigator from Investigative Group International sat next to her. He asked her about her work and when she asked what he did, he replied, "Heard of Ken Starr or Paula Jones? Well, my job is to dig up dirt on them for the White House." He gave her his business card which I have here in front of me. The man holds a very high position in the firm and continued to brag about his work investigating "Starr and his team." He then offered to interview my girlfriend for a job--keep in mind, she is a young, attractive woman. I was completely surprised and disgusted by his bragging about such sleazy tactics. The White House sleaze machine is in full force and not ashamed!."

WorldNet Daily Joseph Farah 9/22/98 "Thanks to the work of London Telegraph investigative reporter Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the Communication Stream of Conspiracy Commerce is back in the news. For those of you who never heard of it or have forgotten what it is, the 331-page White House report remains the most comprehensive "enemies list" produced by the Clinton administration -- and, for that matter, perhaps any administration in history. Evans-Pritchard connects, for the first time, the 1996 Communication Stream of Conspiracy Commerce report and a $100,000 no-bid 1994 contract from the White House to mud-slinging private investigator Terry Lenzner's firm Investigative Group International. Were taxpayer dollars used to prepare and distribute the report? I have long asserted just that. In fact, whether or not Lenzner prepared the report, there can be no question that the White House counsel's office was involved in the distribution of it to select members of the media. Think about it. This was an overtly political document. It had one purpose and one purpose only -- to slime those exposing the scandals of the Clinton administration. It alleged there was a "vast right-wing conspiracy" in the press. Three news organizations were found to be at the source of a "media food chain" -- the American Spectator, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and my group, the Western Journalism Center, the parent company of WorldNetDaily.com.."

Newsbytes 9/29/98 Bob Woods "Times Mirror's [NYSE:TMC] Los Angeles Times newspaper, The Washington Post Co. [NYSE:WPO] and the Post's Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive subsidiary will later today file a lawsuit against the owner of the FreeRepublic Web site, over what the plaintiff's call copyright infringement, Newsbytes has learned.. The lawsuit, which was slated to be filed in a Los Angeles federal court, names FreeRepublic's operator Jim Robinson as a defendant, and claims that FreeRepublic copies and posts articles from the LATimes.com and Washingtonpost.com Web sites..The plaintiffs also charged that FreeRepublic encourages its users to copy and post the full text of the Times' and the Post's copyrighted newspaper articles on its Web site. Both of FreeRepublic's actions constitute copyright infringement, all three plaintiffs claim in their suit.."

NY Times 9/28/98 James Bennett Jill Abramson "Broadening its counterattack against possible impeachment proceedings, the White House has coordinated a strategy with congressional Democrats to turn the tables and investigate the investigators by examining how Kenneth Starr, the Whitewater independent counsel, came to look into the Lewinsky matter, Clinton advisers said Sunday. With help from Democrats in the House and Senate, the White House is trying to obtain from Starr an accounting of how he persuaded the Department of Justice in January to authorize him to broaden his inquiry to include President Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky. A Democratic effort to do just that failed in a strict party-line vote in the House Judiciary Committee on Friday. "That was defeated, but it's going to come back in many different ways," one senior Clinton strategist said Sunday, speaking on condition of not being named. "This is a coordinated, strategic approach." ..The president's strategists and congressional allies plan to portray Mrs. Tripp as a tainted witness who broke the law to tape the conversations and manipulated Ms. Lewinsky -- and perhaps Starr -- in an effort to entrap the president. The new Democratic assault on Mrs. Tripp is based on documents released last week, including testimony from Ms. Lewinsky stating that it was Mrs. Tripp who pushed her into actions that subsequently damaged Clinton. Ms. Lewinsky said that Mrs. Tripp urged her to save the dress stained in a sexual encounter with the president, suggested that she seek help from Washington lawyer Vernon Jordan Jr. to get a job in New York, and urged her to delay signing her affidavit in the Jones case until the job came through.."

9/29/98 Drudge Report ".A White House switchboard operator received the first reprimand of his career after he "declined suggestions from the White House counsel's office that he hire a lawyer from a recommended list before testifying" before the Lewinsky grand jury, according to Wednesday's NEW YORK TIMES. President Clinton's former political consultant Dick Morris told the grand jury that "the White House maintains an operation to intimidate women who have had affairs with the president." Morris identified them as private investigators Terry Lenzner and Jack Palladino and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Lindsey, reports Wednesday's CHICAGO TRIBUNE. "Morris also told the grand jury that he knew of two instances, one involving himself, in which the White House had leaked damaging information. Morris said that two or three personally embarrassing stories that he told White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles ended up in the NATIONAL ENQUIRER. Morris noted that Clinton's private lawyer, David Kendall, also represents the ENQUIRER." Morris also said that the White House improperly leaked damaging information about GOP consultant Ed Rollins.."

Boston Globe 9/29/98 Bob Hohler "A rancorous dispute over how much of the independent counsel's evidence against President Clinton to make public formally ended last night, with the House Judiciary Committee withholding more than 80 percent of the material from public scrutiny. More than 40,000 pages of documents from Kenneth W. Starr's investigation of Clinton's affair with Monica S. Lewinsky will remain under armed guard, off limits even to the 398 House members who do not serve on the Judiciary Committee but who may help decide Clinton's fate, according to the panel's staff.."

Washington Post 9/29/98 Juliet Eilperin John Harris "House Republicans yesterday pressed ahead with a plan to give the Judiciary Committee the power to pursue a Watergate-style open-ended impeachment inquiry against President Clinton, GOP sources said, in a resolution that would adopt the same broad language as that passed by Democrats 24 years ago to investigate President Richard M. Nixon. With the Judiciary vote slated for early next week on whether to open formal proceedings stemming from the Monica S. Lewinsky investigation, committee Democrats met yesterday in an attempt to write an alternative with strict limits on the length and scope of any inquiry.."

Washington Weekly 4/6/98 "The Washington Post last month sent a cease-and-desist letter to a small web site operator in Fresno, California. The Washington Post objected to the posting of a copyrighted article in a news discussion forum maintained by Jim Robinson...Orchestrating these attacks is the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. On behalf of all of the news organizations listed above, it last year filed a lawsuit against a commercial Internet copyright infringer who later settled out of court. Bruce P. Keller of the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton did not respond to Washington Weekly questions about how Jim Robinson's site was selected, who selected it, and whether outside interests played any role. The name of Debevoise & Plimpton popped up recently during the Filegate deposition of Clinton private eye Terry Lenzner. Lenzner revealed under oath that he had been retained by Debevoise & Plimpton to perform investigations of a political nature. Lenzner has admitted that he performs research on White House critics. Debevoise & Plimpton is the law firm of the Democratic National Committee, and has conducted most of the investigation of illegal foreign contributions received by the DNC. For this work, the DNC owes Debevoise & Plimpton $6 million.Jim Robinson is no less combative in the face of attempts to threaten and intimidate him. As a modern-day Patrick Henry, he defiantly declares from his wheelchair: "They'll have to pry my keyboard from my cold dead fingers." "

Freeper report 9/26/98 on deardolly.com/lawsuit.htm ".51. For example, as part of this effort to prevent publication of Mrs. Browning's manuscript, Jane Mayer, on information and belief, at Mr. Clinton's or his agents' direction and/or request, published an article in the May 26, 1997 edition of The New Yorker magazine that attributed false, misleading, and disparaging statements about her manuscript, "Purposes of the Heart," to Alfred S. Regnery, President of Regnery Publishing Company. According to Ms. Mayer's article: Alfred S. Regnery, the heir to a small and influential publishing firm, had recently launched several controversial best-sellers . . . and now had another hot prospect to consider: a typed manuscript purporting to be a memoir disguised as fiction, by a Texas lawyer who claimed to have had a two-decade- long affair with Bill Clinton. The manuscript, which had already been rejected by a great many major publishing houses in New York, had finally reached the more specialized quarters of Regnery Publishing, an independent firm that ever since its founding, in 1947, has been associated with the political right. * * * It seemed plausible, then, that a memoir by a putative Presidential mistress would find a home at Regnery [Publishing Co.]. But this time the company's namesake and president was taking the high road. "Are we going to publish a book that just talks about whom Clinton slept with?" [Alfred S.] Regnery asked, casually spreading the calumny as he chatted. "I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole." One reason is that, given the accounts of Clinton's private life that this company and others have already published, a novel by a self- proclaimed mistress, he explained, "isn't particularly newsworthy." Besides, he added, "it's far below our standards." 52. Contrary to the statement in The New Yorker that "the manuscript . . . had finally reached the more specialized quarters of Regnery Publishing," Mrs. Browning never sent Mr. Regnery a copy of her manuscript. 53. In fact, Mr. Regnery never saw a copy of Mrs. Browning's manuscript and did not make the false, misleading, and disparaging statements about the manuscript that Ms. Mayer attributed to him.."

Followup on Lawsuits against owner of Free Republic by Freepers are keeping track of sites that link to Washington Post and/or Los Angeles Times. So far they have found "Act Up DC" a web site promoting medical dope smoking

Investor's Business Daily 10/2/98 Editorial "Just the phrase ''secret police'' calls up images of the Gestapo or KGB. Now, says President Clinton's former adviser, Dick Morris, it turns out White House allies have used private detectives to threaten women who dallied with the president. Buried in the next document dump from Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation is testimony from Morris before the grand jury that friends of Bill had mounted a ''secret police operation to go around and intimidate women.'' Morris says he didn't have firsthand knowledge of the operation, but that he based his testimony on affidavits and published reports. Incredible. And frightening. We already know that the Clinton camp used the services of Terry Lenzner, a private detective, to investigate the ''bimbo eruptions'' in the '92 campaign. We know that the White House had more than 1,000 raw FBI files, mostly of Republicans. Clinton officials said it was ''a bureaucratic snafu,'' but only after unjustly blaming the Secret Service. And Linda Tripp has told the conservative Judicial Watch group, which is suing the administration over the files, that she saw staffers in the White House entering the data from the files into computers. And speaking of Tripp, we know that when she became a central figure in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Kenneth Bacon of the Defense Department authorized the release of her background investigation to the media - a violation of privacy laws - to undermine her credibility. Also buried in the document dump, according to sources who have seen it, is a tape-recorded statement from Lewinsky to Tripp: ''I wouldn't cross these people for fear of my life.''."

Tony Snow 10/2/98 "By the time Congress completes its inquiry into Bill Clinton's impeachability, you're likely to hear a lot about Billy Ray Dale. Dale ran the White House Travel Office for eight years -- until May 20, 1993. On that fateful day, he and his staff were herded into a room, fired and given an hour to clear out. Dale says the White House ``was a family'' when he arrived in 1961. (He was once even Caroline Kennedy's Santa.) More than 31 years later, he was stuffed in a seatless van and hauled away. He didn't know it, but he was about to become a poster boy for the abuse of presidential power. Hours after the putsch, then-White House lawyer William Kennedy III demanded that the FBI mount a criminal inquiry, claiming he was acting on ``the highest authority.'' The G-men dutifully cooked up a set of charges against Dale: embezzlement, kickbacks, cooking accounting ledgers and living beyond his means. Hollywood producer Harry Thomason predicted a public-relations bonanza: ``This is going to be a great story -- Bill Clinton cleaning up the White House!'' Instead, the administration got a black eye. Reporters knew Dale and trusted him. He had handled their flight arrangements on presidential trips for years. Furthermore, the facts didn't add up. The books weren't a mess, as the FBI claimed: Dale had used an accounting system created by the White House computer office. Under normal circumstances, he and his staff could lay hands on any financial document within 10 minutes.They (FBI) accosted his daughter after she returned from her honeymoon. They interrogated her for eight hours, repeatedly reducing her to tears. They asked who attended her wedding -- any reporters? Any Republicans? What did they talk about at the reception? How did she pay for her honeymoon? Another daughter got a slightly milder grilling. Ditto for his son, who arrived home from a business trip one evening at midnight -- only to find a G-man parked in his driveway, clutching a subpoena. The nightmare lasted 30 months -- and a jury threw out the case in just 20 minutes.."

Judicial Watch website 10/1/98 Larry Klayman "Yesterday evening, James Carville, was interviewed on CNN's Crossfire, and asked about documents obtained by Judicial Watch from his Education Information Project. These documents show that, contrary to the public statements of White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry, that Carville is directed by The White House in waging a smear campaign against perceived Clinton adversaries and material witnesses. The documents also show that Carville has received information from a number of sources about the sex lives of investigators. Carville's sources include but are not limited to Gene Lyons of Salon Magazine -- the Clinton front operation that recently smeared Chairman Henry Hyde and Speaker Newt Gingrich. In addition, Judicial Watch subpoenaed from Carville audio tapes, which are now in the Court's possession, delving into the sexual and personal backgrounds of investigators. In other internal Carville documents obtained by Judicial Watch under subpoena, Carville targets Starr and Republican leaders, including Speaker Gingrich and Representative Dan Burton. Rep. Burton recently was smeared as well. Importantly, discovery in Judicial Watch's Filegate lawsuit also shows that Carville stays in regular contact with the President and his lawyer, David Kendall, who hired investigators to presumably dig up dirt on witnesses and perceived critics and adversaries.."

NewsMax 10/9/98 Sam Smith "According to Judicial Watch, in his deposition to the group, Clinton sleaze shamus Terry Lenzner admitted not only investigating Republican officials, but members of the media, public interest groups and even members of the judiciary. As we've pointed out before, one of the best concealed subtexts in this whole story is the fear of some journalists that the White House might use an Ellen Rometsch strategy against them. ."

AP 10/9/98 Nicole Winfield " The American who resigned as a U.N. weapons inspector has threatened to sue his former boss for saying he illegally discussed Iraq's weapons capabilities. Scott Ritter has asked chief U.N. weapons inspector, Richard Butler, to retract the statement if he wants to avoid personal liability for defamatory comments. "If you wish to avoid assuming personal liability, we require your prompt retraction of your accusation,'' the lawyer wrote to Butler in a letter dated Oct. 7..According to a transcript of the show, Butler said he told Ritter, "'You have broken the law in speaking in public about things that you obtained while on official duty, and I demand that you desist from doing that.'''."You must know that the Constitution of the United States affords Mr. Ritter the precious guarantee of free speech,'' Lifflander wrote. "Nothing in the United Nations Charter, its rules or its unenforceable agreements supersedes Mr. Ritter's rights as an American citizen.'' ."

The Red Bluff Daily News 6/11/97 Marsha Dorgan & Bryon Burruss ".The U.S. Postal Police Tuesday afternoon temporarily shut down the post office at the Paynes Creek Store..Paynes Creek Store owner, school board president and post office operator, Monte Manwill, believes the shut down stems from accusations he is opening some of the mail. "I got some complaints accusing me of opening people's mail," Manwill said. "It's a lie. I wouldn't do that. I have never done that. If a letter is open, it was that way when it got to the post office." . "There were all these guys in dark suits out here with rifles guarding the place," said Ginn. "They were serious."." with followup Freeper commentary ".Monte Manwill is a former Marine, a huge man somewhere past 50, who also is a licensed gun dealer. He is not a man who wears his patriotism on his sleeve, but he is a constituionalist all the way. The agents that sealed off the area were carrying automatic weapons when they cordoned off the town. They entered the store looking for illegal weapons. They were BATF, but they did not have local police with them on their raid. No charges were ever filed, no irregularities were found in Manwill's record keeping, and the post office boxes were returned.."

impeachclinton.org 10/98 ".As the impeachment debate heats up on the Internet, pro-Clinton cyber crashers have been tampering with www.impeachclinton.org and several impeachment sites we link to. Incidents have ranged from mail bombs and sophisticated attacks on network routers to domain removals and the intentional cutting of phone lines into one webmaster's home! CIC is looking into these incidents to try to determine if these attacks are a central, organized effort or individual pranksters.."

ABCNEWS.COM 10/15/98 newspoll ".I have to ask why ABC http://www.abcnews.com/ would post the following poll on the front page of their web site. "If there were an Ig-Nobel Peace Prize, who would win it?" Choices: Slobodan Milosevic, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein Linda Tripp

WorldNetDaily 10/16/98 John N. Doggett ".As my wife and I walked past camera crews waiting for candidate Williams, a young white couple shouted "what are you minorities doing supporting a Republican? What have these people done for your people?" The arrogance of these white, liberal racists stunned my wife and me. I quickly responded that "I am not a minority. I am an American and I can support whomever I want. You know, I left the Democrat Party because of racists like you who can only see a black face and not an American citizen." The male said: "You are not an American, you are a minority." I got right up into his face and said, "I am not a minority. That is a word that white liberals created that I reject." He yelled back, "Oh yes you are a minority, there are more of us than there are of you." I told him that "you are so wrong. There is only one of me and only one of you. Anyway, there are many more people of color in this world than whites. I am an American and you can't define me."."

Heads Up 10/18/98 Doug Fiedor ".Just a few short years ago, the so called "conservative" publications not marching in lock-step with the socialism espoused by the Clinton administration were punished. The administration sent the IRS to audit them. Here on the Internet, WorldNetDaily got it. After news of more than a dozen such punitive audits broke, Congress started to notice and the administration changed tactics slightly. For instance, Matt Drudge, always a pain in the rear for the White House, is being sued by Hillary's flunky, Sid Vicious -- with the tacit approval and encouragement of the Clintons. Moving on, we find that the next Internet dissenter on the Clintons' "get" list is Jim Robinson, founder and operator of the now famous Free Republic web site. (http://www.freerepublic.com) Jim Robinson recently told Heads Up that back in April of this year, Marvin Lee, Editor of the Washington Weekly, investigated the genesis of our problem with the major media and he reported that the White House was behind the effort to get us shut down. Lee found that Terry Lenzner, the President's private investigator and henchman, was hired to do the background work on our forum. The results of Lenzner's work was turned over to Debevoise & Plimpton, a law firm frequently used by the President and in turn they formed a consortium of several news media companies to file complaints against Free Republic. As a result, Free Republic received several cease and desist orders from the companies involved, all with very similar language, and all on the same day. Several were received via email within the same hour. There is no doubt that there was coordination between all of these media companies and that the President's henchmen put the whole thing together. Two weeks ago, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times joined together to file suit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against Jim Robinson. The newspapers alleged that, on several occasions, participants of the Free Republic discussion forum downloaded articles from the newspaper's web sites and posted them in the forum..In the last several months Free Republic has grown to a daily readership of over 50,000 readers and sometimes as high as 100,000 per day. Free Republic chapters have sprung up in almost every state, and groups of our members have began following the movements of the President, Vice President and the First Lady and have began organizing protests wherever they travel. These protests are now beginning to embarrass and concern the President and his party. This, coupled with the fact that the Washington press corps and the Congress and all the Beltway crowd are visiting Free Republic everyday to get the truth about the day's happenings, is the reason why the President wants to shut us down.."

Arkansas Democrat Gazette 10/18/98 Joe Stumpe ".On Sept. 18, a columnist for The Calgary Sun opined that if what he's heard about Clinton's involvement with Monica Lewinsky is true, "the Monica Lewinsky problem for Bill Clinton will look like the proverbial Sunday school picnic." Clinton was never mentioned in a 1997 report issued by a Canadian national commission on that country's tainted blood problem nor in news coverage of the report. Seven of the report's more than 1,000 pages explore how the plasma from Arkansas inmates got to Canada. But a Pine Bluff man's interest in the prison plasma program - and in promoting a novel he wrote called Blood Trail - is changing that. Michael Galster, who owns an orthopedics lab in Pine Bluff that has done business with the state prison system, wrote the novel under a pseudonym and originally talked to journalist on the condition his real name not be used, saying he feared for his family's safety. He is now willing to be identified, and he isn't mincing words. "What we've got is a bunch of dead people and a bunch of fingers pointing at our governmental and medical professionals," Galster said.."

AP 10/19/98 James Jefferson ".In a filing in January, Clinton's lawyers told the court they had testimony from a man who alleged he had sex with Mrs. Jones in his car in a bar parking lot on their first encounter. A few weeks later, Mrs. Jones initiated oral sex with the man, the president's lawyers alleged. The two encounters, the lawyers said, occurred just months before the episode in which Mrs. Jones alleged she was emotionally distressed when Clinton propositioned her for a similar sex act at an Arkansas hotel in May 1991... But Clinton's lawyers argued in their court filing it was relevant as rebuttal evidence if Mrs. Jones "should assert at any trial that she was an innocent minister's daughter" or was "emotionally traumatized" by a suggestion she perform a sex act.."

New York Post 10/20/98 Dick Morris ".THERE comes a time in the life of a presidential scandal when the cure becomes more potentially lethal to the president than the disease ever was. In legal terms, the cover-up becomes more of an issue than the misdeed it is covering up. As in Watergate, the Clinton scandals are entering this critical phase.. But now the scandal enters a new phase as evidence emerges of a systematic campaign to intimidate, frighten, threaten, discredit and punish innocent Americans whose only misdeed is their desire to tell the truth in public...Since Lenzner was awarded a no-bid contract to train Haitian police at U.S. government expense, how can we be sure public money is not being used to subsidize his dirty little war against America's innocents? Congress should also probe The Washington Post's allegation that Detective Jack Palladino was paid with federal funds during the 1992 campaign to investigate the background of women who were sexual and political threats to Clinton. The hearings should also focus on who is paying for the secret police. To say that Clinton's lawyers are paying is to dodge the question. Clinton's lawyers have basically never been paid. The president and the First Lady have yet to pay them a dime, and the legal-defense fund has largely been consumed by administrative and legal expenses. If the Clinton lawyers are running on empty, you can bet that Lenzner is not. So who is footing the bill?."

New York Post 10/20/98 Dick Morris ".Beginning as early as 1990, Clinton surrounded himself with detectives and negative-research specialists who collectively have become a kind of secret police force to protect his interests. Consider the public evidence of their possible activities: Kathleen Willey reports her cat was stolen and her tires were slashed on her car. Shortly thereafter, while jogging in the park, a man ran up alongside her, asked about her cat - calling it by name. He said that if she wasn't careful, her children would be next. Former Miss America Elizabeth Ward Gracen says she was offered acting jobs through the Hollywood-connected Clinton operative Mickey Kantor in return for denying a sexual encounter with Clinton when she was Miss Arkansas. She also reports that her hotel room was ransacked - and $2,000 left untouched - in what she suspects was an effort to find incriminating tapes. Linda Tripp's confidential personnel file winds up in The New Yorker magazine in an attempt to discredit her. Dolly Kyle Browning, who claims a former longtime relationship with Clinton, relates the details of a long attempt to intimidate her and shut her up. The Washington Post reports in 1992 that the Clinton presidential campaign aintained a staff of detectives to dig up dirt on women to cow them into silence. In a telephone conversation that same year, Betsy Wright, head of the Bimbo Patrol told me much the same thing. Data from my confidential personnel file ends up in the National Enquirer - for which Clinton lawyer David Kendall is the attorney - and in Newsweek magazine in the first two weeks of September 1996. Republican consultant Ed Rollins confides to me that White House staffer Sidney Blumenthal wrote a negative story about him when Blumenthal worked for The New Yorker, using material that, Rollins said, could only have come from my FBI file. I kept Rollins' secret until I was asked a direct question in my grand-jury appearance. Data smearing House Government Operations Committee Chairman Dan Burton and Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde is released just as possible impeachment proceedings open. Paula Jones' husband is dismissed from his decades-long job with Northwest Airlines just as the CEO of the airline seeks the Democratic nomination for governor of California. The Washington Post reports detectives in Clinton's employ have spent months digging up dirt on Monica Lewinsky to discredit her.."

Freeper Kickme report from Palm Springs CA 10/20/98 "Reporting from a bunker in the fairway of a remote, but exclusive private country club in the deserts of Palm Springs, this reporter (notice clever use of third person just like Dan what's-his-name) spoke to two of his golf buddies about the Clinton Crisis. Coincidentally, both of this reporter's golfin' buds have wives that are good friends of H. R. Justice Committee member Mary Bono. Interestingly, these wives' friendships with Representative Bono developed through separate social contacts only, not business, and certainly not politics. EACH of the wives have received separate calls from a "reporter from the National Inquirer" wanting anything they could get of a scandalous nature on the private life of Ms Bono - current and/or historical. Both women hung up on the callers, refusing to give them the time of day, and instructed the caller not to call again. Please note one has a unlisted phone number, the other was called at work. Discussion. In light of the fact Ms. Bono is on the H.R. Judiciary Committee, it is not surprising that she is under the microscope. The first question that comes to mind, however, is how were these low-profile local ladies names and numbers brought into the foray? Of course the easy answer is FBI files, etc. but I think that this is quite disconcerting.."

Capitol Hill Blue 10/20/98 ".At a later meeting, the man is supposed to have told the lawyers, Paula went down on him. It was, he said, her idea. This portrait of young Paula as a wanton slut willing to spread her legs or open her mouth for the cost of a free beer came from somebody named Michael King, but reporters called the two Michael Kings in the Little Rock phone book Monday and both said they had never met, let alone gotten it on with, anybody named Paula Corbin...But the filings in the Paula Jones case joins an ever-growing mountain of evidence that shows Bill Clinton, between blow jobs, used the power of his office to destroy people. That, by anybody's definition, is abuse of power and abuse of power is a "high crime and misdemeanor" against the constitution of the United States. Which is more than reason enough to throw the lowlife son-of-a-bitch out of office. "

USA Today 10/20/98 AP ".Three former FBI employees who claim the bureau retaliated against them for reporting improper conduct sued the Clinton administration Monday, contending it failed to protect bureau whistleblowers. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, the three said President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno had failed to implement a 1989 federal law requiring whistleblower protection for FBI employees. In April 1997, Clinton ordered Reno to issue regulations protecting FBI whistleblowers as the 1989 law required, but she has yet to do so. Justice Department spokesman Bert Brandenburg said the department is nearly finished drafting those protections. He said Reno had asked Clinton to issue the April 1997 order when she learned the 1989 law had never been implemented. Brandenburg had no comment on the lawsuit's allegations. The FBI referred all inquiries about the lawsuit to the department.."

Wall St. Journal 10/26/98 Op-Ed ".The Starr Report wasn't just about sex; it was about perjury. We seem to be living through an era, however, in which a kind of media version of Gresham's Law grinds on relentlessly, ensuring that any information of value is taken out of circulation, leaving the public to make do with muck. So the report's legal purpose drops from view, leaving only "pornography." So it has been with the Clinton women.Not merely Monica. But all the other women who've passed through the Clinton vortex. The Clinton camp itself long ago dubbed these incidents "bimbo eruptions," suggesting mere dalliances. But the real story here is acutely relevant to the current effort to mischaracterize the Starr Report. The real story is not the muck, the improprieties. The real story is the same one at the center of everything else we've seen in this Presidency, extending back through the Travel Office firings. It is about the abuse of power. Now, maybe you get indicted or impeached for abuse of power; and maybe, sometimes, you don't. But there is an informal tradition in our system that the Presidency, with all its vast resources, doesn't engage in it. Recall the firestorm that ensued when it came to light that Nixon's Plumbers had ransacked the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. So it has been with the Clinton women, all of whom, in the wake of their association with him, have had their lives ransacked.."

The Washington Times 10/26/98 Bill Sammon ".President Clinton believes his only hope to escape impeachment is to make his case directly to the American people, not the House Judiciary Committee. Republicans say the end run will not work. While the White House anti-impeachment team is privately pledging cooperation to the committee, it is publicly denouncing the panel as an unfair "tribunal" determined to slowly destroy the president without bothering to contemplate the definition of an impeachable offense.. The strategy is risky because it calls for the White House to attack the committee while making at least token overtures of good will to the Republicans who run it. The prospect of an out- and-out public relations attempt to divert the committee probe would be ill-advised and seen as an attempt to intimidate the panel, its third-ranking Republican member told The Washington Times. "That would be looked at as intimidation," Rep. Bill McCollum, Florida Republican, said while campaigning. "It might not change votes, but it would change attitudes." ."

Washington Post 10/27/98 Juliet Eilperin ".A public watchdog group asked the House ethics committee yesterday to probe whether House Judiciary Committee Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.) violated the House gift rule by receiving free services from a private investigator, Ernie Rizzo. Citing reports in the Chicago Tribune and Roll Call newspaper, Congressional Accountability Project Director Gary Ruskin questioned Hyde's involvement in Rizzo's investigation of Tim Anderson, a critic of Hyde's role in the failure of Clyde Federal Savings and Loan. Hyde served on Clyde's board of directors between 1981 and 1984, and has denied responsibility for its collapse, which cost taxpayers $67 million. Hyde acknowledged in an Oct. 18 Tribune article that he was kept apprised of the investigation, in which Rizzo posed as a television producer to obtain documents from Anderson. But he denied hiring the detective, who he said was hired by "a mutual friend" who "thought he was helping me." Hyde said he did not recall the friend's name.."

New York Observer 11/2/98 Joe Conason ".This year's scariest Halloween party will take place at the Washington Monument, where Lucianne Goldberg and her followers are planning to host a pro- impeachment rally on Oct. 31. The chief sponsor of this morbid event is the ultra-right-wing Web site called "Free Republic," where concerned citizens agitate themselves and each other with daily on-line paranoia about Clintonian perfidy. Reigning over the Free Republic site under the Web name "Trixie," Ms. Goldberg addresses its denizens as "my pretties," much as if she were indeed the Wicked Witch of the West Side. The only prop missing from this Oz-like spectacle is an old bicycle with a little basket in front.. "

The Washington Times 10/30/98 Frank Murray ".Deputy independent counsel Robert J. Bittmann Thursday accused Democratic staffers in the impeachment inquiry of misleading statements that imply his office is not cooperating with the congressional investigation. "It has misled the public about the cooperation of this office," Mr. Bittman said in a letter to Special Counsel Abbe D. Lowell, the Democratic side's counterpart to chief investigative counsel David P. Schippers..The disputed reports said that without approval from Committee Chairman Henry J. Hyde, Illinois Republican, the Office of Independent Counsel (OIC) refused to provide sensitive information requested by John Conyers Jr., the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. "This is absolutely false, and you know it," Mr. Bittman wrote to Mr. Lowell Thursday.."

Reuters 11/9/98 ".California Congresswoman Mary Bono has long had ties with the Church of Scientology and is still linked with the organization, according to several sources. Bono has taken at least six courses in the religion, according to Celebrity, a Scientology publication that chronicles activities of prominent members. One course, which she took in 1990, was on family counseling...The church has been at the center of several controversies recently; critics accuse it of cultlike tactics and attempts to influence government. Defenders and members of the church, which not long ago received tax-exempt status as a religion from the IRS, say it is the victim of harassment and violation of constitutional rights to religious freedom.."

Drudge 11/8/98 " .The DRUDGE REPORT has learned that Independent Counsel Ken Starr's medical records are being shopped to the nation's tabloids! The records, claimed to be lifted from private insurance company documents, are said to contain personal and detailed information about Starr's health. The shopping occurs just weeks before Starr's planned testimony on Capitol Hill. One leading tabloid has passed on the story, according to a publishing source.."

New York Post 11/11/98 ".Someone high up in the Clinton administration owes Scott Ritter a public apology. Last August, Ritter resigned in disgust as chief U.N. arms inspector in Iraq. The courageous ex-Marine charged that Washington had backed off its policy on Saddam Hussein, quietly abandoning support for the international team that was aggressively searching for the Iraqi despot's weapons of mass destruction. The Clinton administration hotly denied Ritter's assertions. At first, it suggested he'd overstepped his mandate. Then it leaked baseless accusations that he was illegally slipping classified information to Israel. It now turns out - no big surprise - that Ritter was absolutely on target. According to numerous reports this week, the Clintonites secretly decided last spring to undercut the weapons inspections in favor of a policy of containment - abandoning the search for such arms in hopes of merely preventing their use. Ritter & Co. had uncovered secret Iraqi caches of deadly, forbidden weapons - including anthrax (2,000-plus gallons), botulinium toxin (5,125 gallons), ricin, sarin and VX; some of these chemicals need just a few drops to kill thousands. They also found evidence that Iraq lacks only enriched uranium to detonate nuclear weapons. Some of these deadly weapons have been destroyed; others remain hidden. Even as Ritter and his U.N. team launched surprise inspections of Iraqi facilities, however, the Clinton administration moved swiftly to cut the legs out from under them. Publicly, meanwhile, the president has talked tough - only to back down at the last minute in favor of a conciliatory settlement."

3/18/98 The Washington Times ".President Clinton has taken charge of the aggressive White House campaign to attack accuser Kathleen E. Willey's credibility and cast doubt on her charges that he sexually assaulted her. The Washington Times has learned. A day before she aired her accusations Sunday on the CBS News show "60 Minutes,) Mr. Clinton had aides collect fawning letters from Mrs. Willey to him and then asked his advisers if they thought releasing the notes would offset her jolting testimony, according to administration officials. That day, for example, he telephoned longtime adviser James Carville to ask him if releasing the letters - some signed "Fondly, Kathleen" - was wise. During a five-minute phone call from Camp David, Mr. Clinton "said there were some letters that she had written and [White House lawyers] were considering making them public and what did I think about it," Mr. Carville said."

MSNBC Jonathan Broder 11/17/98 "."WE HAVE have been the victims of vilification and demonization while senior government officials have been lying," said Charles Bakaly, Starr's spokesman. "This has been an attempt to destroy prosecutorial authority while the lying continues. ... It is a complete flipping of the world on its head when an independent prosecutor appointed by judges is made out to be the villain." In an interview with USA Today, Bakaly said that when Starr is sworn in before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday as the only witness in its impeachment inquiry, he will not seek to vindicate himself or his four-year investigation of the president, which produced a damning report in September accusing the president of perjury, obstruction and abuse of power. Bakaly said Starr would restate his case and outline what he sees as a broad pattern of obstruction of justice by the president and his aides. But Bakaly's broadside underscored the anger and wounded sensibilities of Starr and his investigators after four years of bare-knuckled legal and political combat with the White House. One White House aide dismissed Bakaly's comments, which he derided as a "plea for sympathy" by Starr, one of the most unpopular public figures in the nation.."

11/16/98 Jamie Dettmer; INSIGHT ".Morris said the Clinton use of muckraking private eyes might be this administration's Achilles' heel. "It's a pattern that I feel can consume the administration just as it consumed Nixon's administration," Morris told Starr prosecutors..Morris' testimony on what he termed the "Clinton secret police" attracted only momentary interest, even though he tracked the origins of the first family's reliance on sleuths back to Arkansas and the bimbo patrols mounted by aide Betsy Wright. But in the weeks ahead, as the House Judiciary Committee holds impeachment hearings, Morris might be heard about private eyes as well as Filegate. Some congressmen serving on the impeachment panel already are pressing for a probe of gumshoe activities, arguing along with Morris that there might be comparisons to be drawn between Richard Nixon's Plumbers and the Clinton secret police, say Capitol Hill sources. A hint of that came during the House Judiciary Committee debate on the scope and timetable for an impeachment inquiry, when Republican Rep. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina warned that if the president obstructed justice by having his aides secretly going after women, or anybody else who got in his way, impeachment would be merited.."

11/16/98 Jamie Dettmer; INSIGHT ".Questions on Capitol Hill about the Clinton administration's use of private eyes break down into two areas. Were gumshoes used by the White House or Clinton loyalists to trawl for trash on lawmakers in a bid to intimidate Congress? And what was the nature of efforts to get Clinton bimbos to back off, to remain mum? Both raise the specter of lawbreaking, according to congressmen including GOP Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia, who stressed these matters recently. "Just the accumulating of dirt with the intent to cause congressmen to back off impeachment well could fall within the federal statutes of obstruction of justice," Barr said. Republican ire has increased dramatically on this issue since the media revelations about decades-old sexual indiscretions of three Republicans, including House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde of Illinois and House Government Reform and Oversight Committee Chairman Dan Burton of Indiana. House Minority Whip Tom DeLay of Texas has called on the FBI to investigate whether the White House - or those close to it - played any role in divulging to the press the secrets of lawmakers heading committees investigating the president.."

AP 11/22/98 ".The White House has done a good job of trying to destroy Kenneth Starr's credibility. That's how Starr's chief spokesman sees it. Charles Bakaly has been making the rounds of the Sunday TV talk shows. He told NBC that the White House set out to destroy Starr's authority as special prosecutor. Starr testified before Congress this week, and Bakaly says the evidence against President Clinton remains, despite the attacks on his boss.."

Washington Weekly 11/23/98 Marvin Lee ".After the marathon Starr session of the House impeachment committee Thursday, no Democrat opposed Chairman Henry Hyde's request for subpoenas of Bruce Lindsey, Nathan Landow, Robert Bennett and Daniel Gecker. The subpoenas of Lindsey and Landow confirm the suspicion that was raised by Hyde's as yet unanswered 81 questions to the President. Hyde seeks to broaden the impeachment inquiry into a larger pattern of obstruction of justice and intimidation of witnesses that goes beyond the Monica Lewinsky affair. When Landow was asked by the Kenneth Starr grand jury about his involvement in the violent intimidation of Clinton accuser Kathleen Willey, he reportedly pled the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Congress can grant Landow limited immunity and force him to testify. Nathan Landow has been linked by the Washington Post to the Gambino and Lansky organized crime families. Both Linda Tripp and Dolly Kyle Browning say that Clinton aide Bruce Lindsey threatened, either directly or through an intermediary, that the White House would destroy them if they went public with what they knew. In the end, both decided to go public anyway, and the White House kept its promise and destroyed them. In the case of Linda Tripp it involved the illegal use of her private employment papers, laundered through a friendly journalist at the New Yorker, to brand her as a thief and a liar. But Bruce Lindsey has been involved in much more sinister intimidation than that. In December of 1993, an ABC News crew taped Clinton associate Buddy Young as he accepted a call on the speakerphone from Bruce Lindsey directing him how to coordinate Troopergate damage control. Buddy Young has expressed concern for the health of Arkansas State Troopers who were considering going public with what they had learned while serving on then-Governor Clinton's security detail. Young also set up CIA contractor Terry Reed on an insurance fraud charge after Reed threatened to expose then-Governor Clinton's involvement in a drug operation at Mena airport. And finally, Young has been implicated by reporter Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in the 1993 murder of Jerry Parks after Parks presumably threatened to go public with, or perhaps even use for blackmail, his knowledge gained as security contractor for the Clinton campaign. We know from the ABC tape that Bruce Lindsey is Buddy Young's White House contact.."

EtherZone Online 12/1/98 Bob Momenteller ".Sam Dash who abruptly resigned as ethics adviser to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr last month, left conservative lawmakers with the feeling of being had. . Starr praised Dash publicly, but sources say that he was devastated and angered by the resignation. Starr was warned numerous times that Dash was nothing more than a pipeline to the White House, a ticking time bomb that could go off anytime destroying any OIC credibility, according to sources. One source went on to state, " Dash would secretly do all that he could to keep Bill Clinton in the White House. If your looking for leaks, take a good look at that two faced son of a bitch, Dash. The OIC now has 24 charges of 6E material leaks against them, all of which are baseless and didn't emanate from the Independent Counsel." .. In April of 1996, Sam Dash told the New York Observer, "There is no relationship between Whitewater and any of the major scandals in our time that have required the appointment of an independent counsel. I don't believe this is a major scandal, involving a President, that would call for an independent counsel." Dash then felt compelled to make the comparison between Whitewater and Watergate, "The only relationship between Whitewater and Watergate," he said dryly, "is the word 'water.' I said that on Nightline before I was appointed as ethics counsel to Ken Starr, and I haven't changed my opinion." .The New York Observer closed the 1996 article in the following uncanny paragraph: " How long Mr. Dash will continue to serve the independent counsel is an open question. At several points, he took pains to say that his tenure could end at a moment's notice if his advice on ethical conduct and fairness is not followed. That warning, with its power enhanced by Mr. Starr's diminishing reputation, could be what ensures that Whitewater ultimately concludes as the trivial matter it is." . Sam Dash had known for weeks that he would be resigning. The White House was even privileged to the information. Yet, he chose to make his announcement in the most political and timely fashion. Interestingly, his resignation letter was dispersed to the media at the same time it was delivered to Starr. . Dash's exit strategy goes back to his 1996 statement to the New York Observer. A quick and easy way out once his fun money dried up . His fundamental reason for resigning is pure poppy cock... While the jury is still out, we suspect that any further plumbing problems with the OIC has been fixed with Sam Dash's resignation."

World Net Daily 12/8/98 ".A federal judge yesterday unstayed the deposition of former White House aide Linda Tripp, clearing her to testify in a public-interest legal group's civil lawsuit over Filegate. Judicial Watch is pursuing a $90 million class-action lawsuit against the Clinton White House, the FBI, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bernard Nussbaum, Craig Livingstone and Anthony Marceca over the misuse of FBI files by the administration. . Larry Klayman, general counsel and chairman of Judicial Watch, said Tripp is prepared to testify that she saw former Associate White House Counsel William Kennedy, Mrs. Clinton's Rose Law Firm partner, using Republican FBI files. According to literary agent Lucianne Goldberg, Tripp's friend and confidante, Tripp also has information about FBI files being loaded into encrypted computers and copies in the White House counsel's office, raising the likelihood that information from Republican FBI files is still at the White House. When Kennedy was deposed before videotape cameras by Judicial Watch recently about whether he had FBI files of Republicans stacked in his office, he literally choked before making a carefully worded denial. "Linda Tripp apparently has important testimony to offer about Filegate and related issues," said Klayman. "We look forward to taking her sworn testimony on Filegate -- perhaps the most serious of all the Clinton scandals." ."

Grassroot Republicans 12/8/98 Ken Carroll ".Perhaps what honesty, logic and the rule of law cannot do will be accomplished by the desire for political advantage. While the White House concerns itself with the mindset of a handful of moderate Republicans, more moderate Democrats may have come to some conclusions of their own about the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton. The facts of the case for President Clinton's impeachment proceeding will not be disputed. President Clinton committed perjury multiple times in civil and criminal proceedings according to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Democrats don't dispute Starr's facts, they just believe these things aren't impeachable offenses. For two days, the Democrats will present expert witnesses and White House lawyers, but none will dispute Starr's evidence. So, we leave the realm of law and enter into the ugly world of political manipulation. Rest assured the impeachment vote will be close unless it is a vote widely in favor of impeachment. Despite what you have heard about the recent elections sending a "message" to Republicans, the people again elected a majority of Republicans in the US House and US Senate."

Jewish World Review 12/10/98 Larry Elder ".IT WAS VINTAGE ALAN DERSHOWITZ, the attorney and race card player extraordinaire. Appearing as an anti-impeachment panelist before the House Judiciary Committee, Dershowitz accused Georgia conservative Republican Rep. Bob Barr of "racism," "bigotry" and "anti-Semitism." ....Dershowitz played the race card. Not satisfied with simply calling the pro-impeachment camp wrong or unfair, this Clinton attack-squad member unleashed a new weapon -- calling Clinton's critics bigoted and anti-Semitic. Hey, whatever works. Targets change, but tactics remain the same. Attack, demean, mischaracterize. Judge Robert Bork, Justice Clarence Thomas, independent counsel Ken Starr, and now Rep. Bob Barr. What a distinguished panel of ... "un-Americans." ."

12/10/98 Freeper Physicist reports ".Don Adams, the anti-Clinton protestor who was most viciously beaten by Teamsters on October 2nd in Philadelphia, has received notification that he is being charged with three crimes as a result of the beating he received. The charges are the result of a private criminal complaint filed by one of the Teamsters, and they are simple assault, harassment, and reckless endangerment.."

Dave Stone - WGST Atlanta 12/15/98 Freeper Buzz Brockway ".Tom Delay in not pressuring anyone, while the WH is treating this as a spending bill. They're making promises, trying to buy voted. These heavy-handed tactics are backfiring. Moderate Republicans who have been contacted by the WH are going for impeachment. Barr feels that most moderate Republicans who have not come out in public for impeachment will indeed vote in favor of atleast one article of impeachment. Barr emphasized that this is not a "political" vote and that people will see that Republicans are doing the right thing, not just following the polls. He is troubled by the polls, feels that it reflects a larger problem of accepting cheating, and the like. Barr would not be suprised by anything that the left does between now and Thursday. They are using big labor, Jesse Jackson, and other groups to pressure members of Congress. He has heard of people's trash being gone through, and other types of intimidation.."

Freeper John Locke 12/15/98 observes ".There's an interesting parallel here that hasn't yet been mentioned. Bob Barr is a racist for the rather indirect reason that he gave a speech to a group that has a web site that contains a pointer to an article... and the article says that "intermarriage" is a threat to the White Race. Shock! Horror! Well, just last year, a book was published called "The Vanishing American Jew", which made the bizarre and histrionic claim that the aforesaid Americans were going to succeed "where the Nazis failed in their nightmarish plan to eliminate Jews as a force in the world". The reason this was going to happen? You guessed it, "intermarriage". And the author of this piece of racist shit? Yes, you guessed that too: Professor Alan M Dershowitz.."

12/15/98 Judicial Watch Press Release ".Geraldo Rivera, who limits the appearances by staunch critics of the Administration (most of his so-called conservative guests, not coincidentally, are actually against impeachment), has allowed his show to be used again by The White House and its allies. Yesterday, Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor, branded Bob Barr, Trent Lott and Tom Delay, "white supremacists." Geraldo did not do anything in response to rebuke Dershowitz, and in fact seemed to approve of the statements. "Rivera, who has been used by the White House to smear opponents of the Administration, including Democrat Representative Paul McHale, should be ashamed. He owes an immediate apology to these conservative leaders, and unless one is forthcoming, conservatives should not appear further on his show, " stated Judicial Watch Chairman Larry Klayman. "As for Dershowitz, he is the equivalent of Louis Farrakhan, and should not be allowed to spew forth this hatred on any television medium," Klayman added.."

Freeper Mikelau on Cokie Roberts ".WOW!! How lucky can Bill Clinton be? Monica Lewinsky gets a job in New York the day she signs her affidavit Lewinsky and Clinton both have the same definition of sex and affair. The gifts just happen to end up under Betty Curry's desk. The letters that were lost during the Paula Jones Case from Kathleen Willey show up when they are needed to bash Willey. He finds an aspirin plant to bomb. A story about Henry Hyde comes out a few days after it's announced that he is chairman. Sam Dash resigns the next news cycle after Ken Starr's testimony The Mid-East Peace Mettings(photo ops) get scheduled during the time of the impeachment debate. He is force to bomb Iraq the night before he is to be impeached. A story about Bob Livingston comes out the night before the impeachment debate on the floor. Gee, I wonder what's gonna come out about Trent Lott within the next few weeks? ."

Drudge Report 12/17/98 Matt Drudge "."Wait until it gets to the Senate!" one White House staffer predicted late Thursday night. "There's even more hypocrites serving there!" Sin City was rocked once again in what has come to be known as Hell Week when incoming Speaker Rep. Bob Livingston admitted that he has cheated during his marriage! Livingston and his wife, Bonnie, have been married for 33 years and have four children. But on Thursday night, on the eve of the historic impeachment debate in the House, over a case that started with President Bill Clinton's affair with an intern, the new leader of the Republican party came clean, before he was cleaned by a news report set to drop in ROLL CALL, that he had strayed from his marriage vows. But just hours after Livingston made his stunning confession to members in the basement of the Capitol, it was learned that at least one staffer in the White House had already been aware of the sex secret! "Sure we knew he was vulnerable [in this area]," the White House staffer, who spoke only on a condition of anonymity, revealed late Thursday. "But, Drudge, no one here had anything to do with this [getting out]. You can't hold back news, you of all people know that." The staffer refused to offer any insight on just when the Livingston information came to be known at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, or how high up the information went.."

http://www.grassrootrepublicans.com/ge001001.htm 9/23/98 Donald Morgan ".Hunter S. Thompson's famous book, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, can't hold a candle to the white-knuckle fear gripping Congressmen of both parties as they struggle with a President whose personal defense policies are right out of the tortured drug and crime culture that the Gonzo journalist portrayed in his strange and twisted books. Just as jurors in trials of high level drug lords and mafiosi have been, Congressmen are being threatened by gravelly voices and shadowy threats. Some have had details of their private lives exposed publicly - even when the indiscretions and moral lapses occurred years and even decades ago. Others have heard high level democrats talk about the "Ellen Rometsch" strategy - a frightening reference to the misuse of FBI secrets dating back to the Kennedy years. Many of the leaders of today's Congress remember the fear that J. Edgar Hoover and his files could strike in the hearts of the toughest legislators.."

MSNBC 12/17/98 Freeper report ".Dana Rochrbacher(R) said tonight there was anger in the conference meeting at the White House. He said it seems like everytime someone does something Clinton doesn't like thier personal life is trashed. He said the committee supports Livingston and stands behind him. He also said that Livingston felt he had to make a statement after being informed the information was being given to reporters. He said the WH wants us to think this is about sex but it is not. The impeachment will go on as scheduled."

AP 12/17/98 ".Text of a statement by incoming House Speaker Bob Livingston, R-La.: It has suddenly come to my attention that there are individuals working together with the media who are investigating my personal background in an effort to find indiscretions which may be exploitable against me and my party on the eve of the upcoming historic vote on impeachment. When I did an early interview with the media after announcing my candidacy for speaker, I told a reporter that I was running for speaker, not sainthood. There was a reason for those words. Because of the tremendous trust and responsibility my colleagues have placed in me and because of forces outside of this institution seeking to influence the upcoming events and/or media coverage of these events, I have decided to inform my colleagues and my constituents that during my 33-year marriage to my wife, Bonnie, I have on occasion strayed from my marriage, and doing so nearly cost me my marriage and family. I sought marriage and spiritual counseling and have received forgiveness from my wife and family, for which I am eternally grateful. This chapter was a small but painful part of the past in an otherwise wonderful marriage. I want to assure everyone that these indiscretions were not with employees on my staff and I have never been asked to testify under oath about them..."

UPI 2/17/98 ".House Republicans are closing ranks around embattled House Speaker-elect Bob Livingston, R-La., and eyeing the White House suspiciously in the wake of his forced admission of multiple extramarital affairs. This evening, during a party conference called to discuss last-minute impeachment strategy, Livingston instead found himself informing his colleagues that a Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, was about to publish a story saying that he had been unfaithful during his 33-year marriage. At the end of his short speech, Livingston reportedly looked into the silent gathering and said, ``My fate is in your hands.'' His colleagues gave him a standing ovation. There was at least one voice of dissent. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., said: ``The bottom line is that he still lied. He lied under a different oath, an oath to his wife. I'm going to be struggling with this in the next few days.'' Suspicion immediately fell on the White House. Many members felt the timing of the news story was far too convenient. Rep. John Linder, R-Ga., spoke for many who blame the administration for the timing of the news story that prompted Livingston's admission: ``This is what the White House calls 'scorched earth' policy."."

Freeper Lonnie on ABC Cokie Roberts 12/17/98 ".At the end of ABC news...Cokie Roberts stated she heard the Livingston srory from a White House source TWO TO THREE WEEKS AGO! AHA .."

American Spectator 11/98 ".Capitol Hill allies of Rep. Dan Burton suspect he was the first official to be publicly slimmed by information culled by WH hacks going through Republican FBI files. While Burton's name was not among the 900-plus files sent to the WH in Filegate, investigators from Kenn Starr's office are said to have looked into the possibility that information about Burton's illegitimate child and ensuing child support payments, which was fed to the Indianapolis Star, came from his FBI file. "The last time the FBI ran a check on Burton was in 1992, and that is the first time they noted child-support payments in the report," says a Capitol Hill source familiar with Burton's situation. "He provided the FBI with updated financial data, and the child-support documentation was part of that." Burton is said to believe there were few other ways the press or anyone else could have developed the story. "It's suspicious that at the same time people are shopping stories about Henry Hyde's affair, other people were shopping the story about Dan Burton. And the information the Star claimed it recieved from 'sources' is the kind of detail that could have only been pulled from his FBI file," says the Hill source. As to why Burton's name has never appeared on a list of files previously held by the WH, an FBI source says, "We've never been able to confirm it, but there are some who strongly believe the WH had more than 1,200 files in its possesion at one time in 1993, including FBI files on congressmen and senators. We've never received what could be termed an 'accurate and final' count on how many files the WH held."."

Drudge Report 12/18/98 ".The staffer refused to offer any insight on just when or how the Livingston information came to be known at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, or how high up the information went. The Livingston explosion comes just months after Rep. Henry Hyde, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who is to bring the impeachment charges against the president, was forced to admit to an extra-marital affair after a story ran in SALON. Before it was published the Hyde affair story was shopped by a White House employee, it can now be revealed. The White House employee, with ties to the President and the First Lady, reportedly called Linda Douglas at ABC NEWS to give her a heads-up on the soon-to-be-outed Hyde, according to a well-placed ABC NEWS employee. Rep. Livingston, in a statement Thursday night, said he was confessing, in part, "because of forces outside of this institution seeking to influence the upcoming events and/or media coverage of these events." "To those who are investigating me or others of my colleagues, please understand that I will not be intimidated by these efforts," Livingston said. "These efforts will NOT deter me from performing my sworn duty under the Constitution as a member of Congress." [ABC's Cokie Roberts revealed on the air Thursday evening that someone in the White House had informed her over three weeks ago they had proof of numerous affairs by Livingston. Roberts did not disclose further details.].."

AP 12/19/98 Ron Fournier ".The nation's capital is aflame with scandal and its aftershocks. Clinton, Gingrich, Hyde, now Livingston -- the toll seemingly mounts by the day. What one Democrat called ``sexual McCarthyism'' is bringing official Washington to its knees. Rep. Bob Livingston shocked the House on Saturday by announcing he would not accept the speakership after admitting two days earlier to extramarital affairs. One confessed sinner to another, he urged Bill Clinton to resign as president. ``I must set the example that I hope President Clinton will follow,'' he said in a startling aside to a debate that ended with Clinton's impeachment. Livingston's example is one that few politicians wanted set.. One senior White House official gladly left town for the holidays. ``I expect to look through my rear view mirror and see black plumes of smoke rising from the ashes,'' the official said. Washington powerbrokers have long fed on each others' troubles, if not always in this dramatic fashion. Bob Packwood resigned from the Senate in 1995 amid allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances to 17 female employees and colleagues. John Tower's nomination as Pentagon secretary was jettisoned by the Senate in 1989 amid questions about his fondness for drinking and womanizing. The Senate narrowly confirmed Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court in 1991, but only after hearings over sexual harassment allegations that he equated to ``a high-tech lynching.'' Gary Hart dropped out of the 1988 presidential race, refusing to confirm whether he had an affair with Donna Rice. ``None of your business,'' he told reporters. If only Livingston could say the same thing. One after another, Democrats and Republicans alike urged the Louisiana lawmaker to reconsider his decision.. ``The example is that principle comes before person, and it is an example that we must all hold to ourselves,'' said Rep. Dick Armey of Texas. It was left to Hyde, the silver-maned Clinton nemesis, who summed up the day and this era the best. ``My friends,'' he said from the well of the House, ``those of us who are sinners must feel especially wretched today.''.."

2/16/98 London Telegraph Ivo Dawnay ".The United States President, Mr Bill Clinton, is planning to launch an explosive counter-strike against his enemies by revealing their sexual peccadillos if the Monica Lewinsky scandal threatens to unseat him, a former aide has revealed. ..Meanwhile, within the White House, Mrs Hillary Clinton has largely wrestled policy-making from her husband, according to another former aide. "The bargain is clear to both the President and the first lady," wrote the former Clinton image-maker, Mr Dick Morris. "She'll bail him out of the mess, but now she calls the shots." ...He said the ploy, which he called the "Ellen Rometsch strategy", was a deterrent. His astonished interviewer, the veteran White House reporter Mr Sam Donaldson, pressed him for details. "Are you suggesting that what they are beginning to say is that: `If you investigate this too much, we will put all your dirty linen right on the table?' " asked Mr Donaldson. "Every member of the Senate? Every member of the press corps?" "Absolutely," replied Mr Stephanopoulos, who has close contacts at the White House and lunched with senior Clinton advisers last week. "The President said he would never resign and I think some around him are willing to take everybody down with him." .."

12/11/98 Rep Bob Barr ".In a statement today, U.S. Representative Bob Barr (GA-7) blasted President Clinton's defenders for conducting a scorched-earth campaign to smear members of the House Judiciary Committee with false allegations. The statement followed an attempt by trial lawyer Alan Dershowitz to call Barr a racist, based on his appearance before a group in South Carolina called the Council of Conservative Citizens. In another case, White House operative Sidney Blumenthal has attacked Committee Member Lindsey Graham (R-SC). The National Enquirer, which is represented by Clinton Attorney David Kendall, also reportedly published an article today alleging an affair involving Committee Member Mary Bono (R-CA). Barr also noted a report in the New York Daily News today that White House Chief of Staff John Podesta is ordering prominent businessmen to pressure Members of Congress on the upcoming impeachment vote. "I am adamantly opposed to discrimination in any way, shape or form. For the President's henchmen to suggest otherwise, based on a brief appearance I made before a group in South Carolina to discuss the impeachment process, is outrageous. The fact is, I strongly disagree with many of this group's ridiculous views, and have said so publicly. "It is a sad day in our country when a Member of Congress cannot speak before a group without subjecting them to an exhaustive investigation to determine if one of their members has ever written an offensive or ridiculous column. Sadly, there appears to be no despicable conduct the President's defenders will not stoop to in order to protect him.."

ABC News 12/12/98 Brian Hartman ".Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., turned the debate to more recent allegations of White House meddling. Waving an article printed from the Arkansas Democrat- Gazette Web site, Graham pointed out a passage quoting an anonymous Clinton aide issuing a threat to moderate Republican Rep. Jay Dickey, who has not yet decided how to vote on impeachment. "If Jay Dickey votes to impeach the president, it's probably an indication he will not run for reelection in 2000," the article quoted the aide as saying. "It's suicide - we will make sure it is." Dickey won reelection handily last month, but Clinton carried his district in 1996. So Democrats have been reminding him that an impeachment vote could threaten his chances next time around. "This needs to stop," Graham said. "I think it is important to know that this behavior, if true, is certainly out of line." .."

AP 12/12/98 Ron Fournier ".``The only thing he hasn't done is plead guilty to a crime. If he does that, they'll say he should be impeached because he pleaded guilty to a crime,'' said Lanny Davis, a former White House special counsel and informal adviser. Davis said he wished Clinton had canceled the Middle East trip ``to wage this battle himself.'' He suggests the president should attack House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, making the conservative nicknamed ``The Hammer'' a lightening rod for anti- impeachment sentiment. In past political battles, the party's target was outgoing House Speaker Newt Gingrich. ``I hope the president starts to fight,'' Davis said. ``The time for apologies are over.'' The aggressive approach is an emerging Democratic tactic. White House lawyer Gregory Craig said Saturday a House vote for impeachment would ``divide the country, gridlock the government and defy the will of the people.'' After the White House was accused of applying political pressure to GOP moderates, Judiciary Committee member Barney Franks, D-Mass., fired back: ``Any discussion of pressuring ... that leaves out the name of Tom DeLay is equivalent to debating impeachment without mentioning Monica Lewinsky.'' ..."

July 1996 The Chicago Sun-Times ".But now that Bill Clinton is president, it appears that disagreeing with the president and rudely saying so to his face is cause for arrest - as Patricia and Glenn Mendoza of Westchester found out last week. Police charged the two with disorderly conduct after she allegedly told Clinton at Taste of Chicago: "You suck, and those boys died" - referring to the 19 servicemen killed in Saudi Arabia... The Mendozas did not seek out Clinton; they and their friends were cleared out of the way for Clinton and his photo op. And while the couple were supposedly a threat to the president, they were not arrested until 15 minutes after the president departed. And Glenn Mendoza's only offense may be that he shouted at his wife that she needed a lawyer..."

July 1996 Chicago Sun-Times ".Shades of William Kelly, the South Side political activist arrested in 1993 for shouting an unwelcome question at Clinton about his broken promise to deliver a middle-class tax cut. As Kelly was escorted from the room, Clinton pontificated about how the likes of Kelly are what's wrong with America today. Kelly figured, well, that's that, and went home. Three hours later, the cops surrounded his house and arrested him for violating - from 100 feet away - some sort of movable no-admittance zone, around the president. Facing up to six months in prison and a $100,000 fine, Kelly fought for six months to get the charge dropped. Nothing worked, until he ran for Congress, against Bobby Rush, who in the 1960s regularly shouted nasty things about presidents. .."

Ruth Larson Washington Times July 1996 ".The Washington Times has obtained video footage of the July 2 incident that led to her questioning by the Secret Service. It shows the president appearing to direct aides to detain the woman. The agents questioned Mrs. Mendoza for about 45 minutes on July 13, according to her husband, Glenn. "They asked her about her sexual preference, but our lawyer said, `No way does she have to answer that.' " ."

Joseph Curl Washington Times ".Glenn and Patricia Mendoza, arrested after she told President Clinton "You suck," had their day in court Aug. 27, and - to no one's surprise - the case was postponed... The hearing - held on the second day of the Democratic National Convention - was short on dramatics and also simply short. The couple stood at the judge's bench with Mr. Munoz for about three minutes as the lawyers agreed on the new date. A handful of reporters, along with a half-dozen fans of the Mendozas, hunched forward in the dingy courtroom, straining to hear. .."

Jerry Seper Bill Sammon Washington Times ".Is it possible that Internal Revenue Service audits of Paula Corbin Jones, the National Rifle Association and a growing list of others at odds with the Clinton administration are pure coincidence? "Yes, but it's also possible that you could toss a penny in the air a hundred times and have it land heads every time," said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. "It's possible. But I don't think it's very likely.".. "So, logically, if the White House or some other outside force wanted to influence what we do for political reasons, it would come through us - and it hasn't," Mr. Brown said. "Other than what happened in the Kennedy-Nixon eras, I'm not aware of any serious allegations of political influence in audits." But critics say that leaves unexplained cases such as that of Billy R. Dale, who was audited shortly after being fired from his job as director of the White House travel office in 1993...Then there's the case of the Western Journalism Center, which the IRS began auditing last year. The center was the only news organization targeted for action in a 1994 White House memo on how to deal with those pursuing administration scandals. The center had been supporting an investigative journalist looking into the death of White House Deputy Counsel Vincent W. Foster Jr. "When the examiner met with our accountant, it became clear the IRS was not concerned with our bookkeeping procedures or fund-raising techniques, but rather with our choice of investigative reporting projects," said the center's executive director, Joseph Farah. "When our accountant questioned the direction, extent and propriety of the probe, IRS field agent Thomas Cederquist blurted, `Look, this is a political case, and it's going to be decided at the national level,'" he said...White House claims that politics played no role. They point to a growing list of administration adversaries who have become IRS targets, including: * Patricia Mendoza, notified of her audit within a month of yelling "You suck!" at Mr. Clinton during a campaign stop in Chicago in July 1996. The IRS said she owed $200 in back taxes and threatened to seize her property to satisfy the debt. After consulting with an attorney, the IRS announced a "computer error" was to blame and dropped the matter - amid massive media coverage. .."

Washington Times/Inside politics 12/21/98 Lance Romance ".Although Larry Flynt denies getting his "marching orders" from the White House, the pornographer admits that his investigators digging up dirt on congressional Republicans are "friends with people inside the White House" and it's possible some sexual allegations originated there. Mr. Flynt says his investigators work for a D.C. firm made up of former FBI and CIA agents, Hotline reports. He would not comment on whether that firm is Terry Lenzner's Investigative Group Inc., which reportedly has been retained by law firms defending the president. Meanwhile, immediately after word began circulating on Capitol Hill Thursday night that Louisiana Rep. Robert L. Livingston was ready to admit to GOP colleagues that he had been involved in more than one sexual affair over the years, ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts reported that the White House had told her similar stories about Mr. Livingston's sexual history.."

Drudge 12/21/98 ".A mystery woman who was set to appear for the first time on television this week to reveal fresh stories about Clinton corruption has been hit with an intimidation campaign, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned! Former Arkansas state auditor [1981 to 1995], Julia Hughes Jones, was scheduled to appear on CNBC's HARDBALL with Chris Matthews on Tuesday. Jones, according to an insider, was going to use the HARDBALL appearance to tell stories that have not yet publicly been told about Gov. Bill Clinton and his Arkansas associates -- stories that Julie Hughes Jones is preparing to detail in an explosive tell-all book. But sometime over the weekend, Julia Hughes Jones' computer files were mysteriously corrupted -- files that contained information she was going to fax to HARDBALL producers! Someone over the weekend broke into her computer and destroyed a memo of talking points that she had typed up to Chris Matthews and his producers, ahead of her appearance," a source close to Jones revealed late Monday night. ."

Washington Times 12/24/98 Joyce Howard Price and Bill Sammon ".A new media report by a liberal on-line magazine about the sex life of a Republican congressman has fueled the debate over the role of private morality in public life, even as President Clinton condemns what he called the "politics of personal destruction." "The left routinely accuses religious conservatives of sexual McCarthyism, but it's the left that is outing gays and exposing the private lives of others. It's not Gary Bauer. It's not the Christian Coalition. It's not the Weekly Standard," said William Kristol, editor of the conservative Weekly Standard. "The politics of personal destruction is the politics of Bill Clinton," he said. Salon, the liberal on-line magazine, and Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine have been responsible for most of the recent character assassinations. Victims have included three top House Republicans -- former Speaker-elect Robert L. Livingston of Louisiana; Rep. Henry J. Hyde of Illinois, chairman of the Judiciary Committee; and Rep. Dan Burton of Indiana, chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee. Some Republicans have charged that the White House fed Salon and Hustler the information. The White House and the two publications deny that... Conservative pundit Cal Thomas contrasted Mr. Clinton's current talk about the need for "reconciliation" and "healing" with the attacks his political adviser James Carville has leveled against independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr and House Republicans who voted to impeach Mr. Clinton. "While his minions slime his enemies, [Mr. Clinton] pleaded for the sliming to end," Mr. Thomas wrote in a column that appeared yesterday in The Washington Times. The New York Post's Dick Morris assailed Mr. Carville's "crazed strategy," which he says has hur