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WASHINGTON: It's a battle between the forces of free speech and the White House armada -- or so the defendant, Matt Drudge, would like to paint it. Claiming the $30 million libel case brought by Sidney Blumenthal in Washington was a veiled bid to gag his investigative reporting, Drudge said: "I don't know how one goes to begin to fight a lawsuit that's being driven by the highest court in the land." Answer: Use guerrilla-style legal tactics, and hope the case itself will never be heard...
...leaking, lying, manipulating and stonewalling. Last week, after TIME reported that the White House had been waging a covert campaign to discredit Starr's deputies, perhaps with the help of private investigators, the prosecutor prepared to respond with some hardball of his own. But by subpoenaing White House spinmeister Sidney Blumenthal to probe his contacts with the press, Starr succeeded in undermining himself in ways the White House could have only dreamed...
Matt Drudge may have a good streak going at ferreting out the truth, although an arguably politically-motivated $30 million libel suit brought by Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal against Drudge may suggest otherwise. But I remain unconvinced that Internet gossiping is any preparation for mass media stardom. If Drudge turns out to be a flash in the pan, or an unreliable reporter, look for a cultural backlash against the same Internet that nurtured his media dreams...
...certainly is about time we are doing it," said Sidney H. Verba '53, director of the library and Pforzheimer University professor...
WASHINGTON: We?ve heard a lot from Sidney Blumenthal -- the White House aide, veteran reporter and conspiracy theorist who publicly blasted Ken Starr?s prosecutors Thursday for their ?intimidating questions? about his contacts with journalists. But Terry F. Lenzner, Blumenthal?s comrade-in-subpoenas, has not yet had his moment in the sun. Talk about conspiracy theories -- Lenzner is a private investigator who was approached by the Clinton administration regarding the Whitewater, Paula Jones and Charlie Trie cases. The Associated Press has Secret Service logs showing Lenzner was cleared for White House access four times in one month...