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White House Calling
Howard Kurtz
12-13-99
Weekly Standard reporter Tucker Carlson was surprised recently to
get a call from Sidney Blumenthal's White House assistant. The
aide, Sean Johnson, wanted Carlson's home address.
Johnson acknowledged to Carlson that he was calling people at the
direction of Blumenthal's private attorney in connection with the
libel suit Blumenthal has filed against cybergossip Matt Drudge
over a false allegation of wife-beating. The purpose of the call
became clear last week, when Carlson was served at home with a
subpoena from Blumenthal. "You can't use the White House press
office for a private lawsuit," Carlson says.
Blumenthal says he was in Europe when the calls took place and
that he "admonished everyone" involved. "I didn't know about it
until afterwards," he says. "It was an innocent mistake on the
part of a young person. Certainly I've told people not to let it
happen again."
Blumenthal's aide also asked for the address of Carlson's father,
consultant Richard Carlson, who calls his pending subpoena
"political payback" because he helped Monica Lewinsky with her TV
and book deals. The Carlsons say they know nothing about the
allegation published by Drudge.
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