Word: secret
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...Lewinsky's mind, at least, her words proved to be prophetic. A mere three weeks later, while trying to return a box of gifts and a goodbye letter to her boyfriend, she was stopped at the Northwest gate of the White House and overheard Secret Service officers say that the President was meeting Ms. Mondale in the Oval Office. What was more, the logs showed, she had been there for over an hour already. Lewinsky was "livid." The President's personal secretary had told her that Clinton was huddling with his lawyers this morning. In a jealous rage, Lewinsky called...
...said later, "changed my life forever" -- but as the middle child of a Minnesota politician and a patron of the arts, who had been acting since the age of three, the teenage Eleanor was more than equal to her new position. She and her best friend would fantasize about Secret Service agents and compile secret lists -- "which were mine, and which were hers...
...Hands shaking and almost crying, Ms. Currie informed several Secret Service officers that the President was "irate" that someone had disclosed to Lewinsky whom he was meeting with. Ms. Currie told Sergeant Keith Williams, a supervisory uniformed Secret Service Officer, that if he "didn't find out what was going on, someone could be fired." She also told Captain Jeffrey Purdie, the Secret Service watch commander for the uniformed division at the time, that the President was "so upset he wants somebody fired over this...
...Later that day, the uniformed Secret Service officers at the Northwest Gate were told that no one would be fired -- so long as they remained quiet. According to Sergeant Williams, Ms. Currie said that, if the officers did not "tell a lot of people what had happened, then nothing would happen...
...President told Captain Jeffrey Purdie, the Secret Service watch commander for the uniformed division at the time, "I hope you use your discretion." Captain Purdie interpreted the President's remark to mean that Captain Purdie "wasn't going to say anything," and he in turn told all of the officers involved not to discuss the incident. One officer recalled that Captain Purdie told him and other officers, "Whatever just happened didn't happen...