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...employees are an astute lot. They know that "city hall" has a lock on policy and dissent. Thus today's issues of conscience and morality will inevitably lead to Washington newsrooms. It is equally inevitable that the CIA will take stern steps to stop the hemorrhaging. Hence the dilemma and the fear of the CIA and the Administration--not only that CIA employees may go public but also that some will be prepared to take the consequences. The American people will not be indifferent to the moral issues involved. Americans may view the legalities involved as irrelevant in the face...
...Born to Fly” from the album of the same name. Unfortunately, the accompanying music video left more to be desired. Although Evans, sporting a short denim skirt, showcased her pair of amazing legs, the other characters—stereotypical farm hicks and caricatures of the stern “American Gothic” couple—made the video seem ridiculous and amateurish even before the cheesy animated tornado showed up. The professionalism improved in the video for 2003s “Suds in the Bucket,” but the fashion faltered—Evans wears...
...figures for a power figure to buy a gossipist's favor? That would be a new wrinkle that, if made public, would be hard to Botox. Stern, who has not seen the tape, avers that the incriminating quotes are "snippets taken out of context." He does admit to meeting with Burkle twice and to asking for money. ("Um, $100,000 to get going and month to month, $10,000.") But he denies it was extortion. "The money that was talked about was as an investment in my clothing company," Stern told TIME, "and as a fee for consulting...
That is superficially plausible. Burkle had invested $100 million in the Sean John clothing line fronted by Sean (Puffy [P. Diddy (Diddy)]) Combs and might--just might--have been interested in Stern's fledgling Skull & Bones brand. Stern also claims that Burkle, a jet-setter (he owns a Boeing 757, which pal Bill Clinton dubbed Ron Air), has no media "structure" to run interference. Stern would fill that role--and part of his job would be to keep Burkle's name out of the column he wrote for. A simple business proposition: You scratch my back, I won't scratch...
Burkle spokesman Michael Sitrick insists that "the tapes show that Mr. Burkle made it very clear he had no interest" in any business deal with Stern. Stern's lawyer, Edward Hayes, says Burkle has "gotten some pretty good revenge on Page Six. Hopefully it will just be dropped there...