Word: agent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...itself a cautionary tale for White House damage controllers. Tripp had a history of befriending women who told tales of intimate encounters with the President. She certainly shared the view of those who disapproved of the frolicsome Clinton culture, and was pleased by the 1996 publication of former FBI agent Gary Aldrich's book in which he alleged that sex toys dangled from the White House Christmas tree. Tripp was annoyed by the efforts of the President's men to discredit the author...
...lawyers for Paula Jones saw Willey and Tripp as golden witnesses and aimed subpoenas at them. Tripp anticipated that she would be asked about Lewinsky and that the White House would challenge anything she had to say. So last August she sought the advice of a friend, a literary agent and former Nixon operative, Lucianne Goldberg. Goldberg has represented the Arkansas state troopers who went public with stories of Clinton womanizing, as well as a woman named Dolly Kyle Browning who has been trying to sell an account of her own alleged affair with the President. The agent had approached...
...same compromised position. Soon Clinton is calling her at night, when he needs a break from the budget or national security issues. The President is not worried. This is a special line, reserved for private calls. No one's listening. The security detail is out of earshot--or an agent has been paid off or warned to keep these chats private. As the sexual escapades continue, Lewinsky begins to want more. To appease her romantic side, Clinton has aides buy her presents, including a dress. Things are progressing smoothly until something happens. Perhaps Hillary finds out. Perhaps Clinton senses...
...Speaking of major scoops, the Dallas Morning News has tidied up the story about a Secret Service agent that it was forced to pull from the front page Monday. It now says the agent saw Clinton and Lewinsky in "an ambiguous incident," not a compromising position. Agent X is said to be "frightened and worried" about a possible subpoena ? indeed, the entire Secret Service is having a crisis of confidence over its role in the Starr probe. They're sworn to protect the President's life ? could one of their number now destroy a presidency...
...Speaking of major scoops, the Dallas Morning News has tidied up the story about a Secret Service agent that it was forced to pull from the front page Monday. It now says the agent saw Clinton and Lewinsky in "an ambiguous incident," not a compromising position. Agent X is said to be "frightened and worried" about a possible subpoena ? indeed, the entire Secret Service is having a crisis of confidence over its role in the Starr probe. They're sworn to protect the President's life ? could one of their number now destroy a presidency...