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...practice schedule. Gillooly, said Eckardt, also spoke of Harding's constructing an alibi for the calls. At no point in the affidavit does Eckardt mention ever discussing the plan directly with Harding. But the same day that the affidavit was released, Eckardt, no longer under oath, offered the Portland Oregonian a story far more damaging to Harding. As Stant stalked Kerrigan on the Cape, Eckardt said he was summoned by Gillooly to the Portland skating rink where Harding trains. Eckardt claimed that Harding skated up to him and said she was "pissed off and disappointed that these guys weren...
...after the publication of the Oregonian interview with Eckardt, Harding's patience cracked. Asked about the charges, she brushed past reporters, snapping, "I haven't spoke with anyone, O.K.?" When the questions continued, she shouted, "I'm not answering your questions, I said." A few hours later she smiled sweetly into the camera for ABC's Prime Time Live and said, "I believe God is watching over me. Maybe he believes it's time for something good to happen...
...knowing Saunders to be devoutly honest, Crowe called his father Alan, who pressed him about the credibility of the tale. "I don't want to parade a ridiculous story about a national figure," Alan warned. They settled on a strategy. Alan Crowe phoned an investigative reporter with the Oregonian while Saunders and an attorney approached the Clackamas County D.A., who steered Saunders to the FBI. All of this left the FBI scrambling to follow up Saunders' leads even as the story was leaking to the press. No one has come up with the tape, though police last week did recover...
Both waves of rumors were tripped off by a report in the Portland Oregonian that pointed to the specific entry in Packwood's diaries potentially linking him to criminal violations. The account stated that the ethics committee had decided to subpoena the diaries after spotting a reference to questions raised by Packwood during a November 1989 finance subcommittee probe into trade barriers erected by Japanese companies. A transcript of the hearing, which the Oregonian says is now under review by the Senate legal counsel, shows that Packwood's questions had the effect of defending Mitsubishi Electric against an attack...
Packwood's former wife told the Post that she had no reason to think that Packwood had offered his friends any political favors in exchange for job offers -- a quid pro quo that could be illegal. She told the Oregonian newspaper, however, that when one of the lobbyists, Steven Saunders, called Packwood to see if his offer of work might present the Senator with a conflict of interest, Packwood's response surprised Saunders. "Bob wanted to know, 'How much money do you think you could pay her? How much money could she earn a year?' " she said. "Bob got coercive...