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...House Judiciary Committee would regard that as an impeachable offense. And Starr was as yet unable to build a case against whoever wrote the mysterious three-page "talking points" designed to help Lewinsky's friend Tripp tiptoe through a deposition with Jones' lawyers. Starr has subpoenaed Clinton consigliere Bruce Lindsey, who, a source tells TIME, could have been in the best position to offer some legal coaching...
...President Clinton was browsing in the library of the Old Executive Office Building across the street from the White House. Seeing a book on the hidden lives of Presidents, the aide opened it up and discovered an old overdue notice tucked inside. The name on the notice? Bruce Lindsey. In the past six years, Clinton's closest confidant has weathered many scandals, and it appears he was prepared for the latest...
...knows more about Bill Clinton than Bruce Lindsey. Most days he is the last aide to see the President before he goes to bed and the first to see him in the morning. And he is the person whose job it has been to protect Clinton from the consequences of his misadventures, from Gennifer Flowers to Travelgate. Which is why it is not surprising that on Friday independent counsel Kenneth Starr subpoenaed Lindsey to testify before a grand jury about the President's relationship with Monica Lewinsky. White House aides often describe Lindsey as "the keeper of the secrets...
Potentially the most damaging questions for Lindsey will concern the list of "talking points" that Lewinsky allegedly gave Linda Tripp in mid-January, shortly before Tripp was scheduled to give a deposition in the Paula Jones case. Tripp had apparently been summoned to talk about the 1993 episode in which she saw Kathleen Willey, a White House volunteer, not far from the Oval Office with her lipstick smeared and her blouse untucked. The talking points offered Tripp guidance on what to say and invited her to change her story...
...other option is attorney-client privilege, which would cover Clinton's conversations with his top lawyer, Bruce Lindsey -- but only if no one else was around. "It's very easy to pierce," McAllister says. John Podesta, for instance, who testified Thursday, was in on most of those meetings, not to mention other staffers. And though Podesta's a lawyer, his capacity as deputy chief of staff is political. Says McAllister: "If he can listen in, the law says Starr...