-Caveat Lector-
Washington Post
The Reliable Source
By Lloyd Grove With Beth Berselli
Thursday , November 16, 2000 ; Page C03
Free the Blumenthal 25!
We'd almost forgotten about White House aide Sidney Blumenthal's
$30 million libel suit against cybergossip Matt Drudge, filed 3
1/2 years ago after Drudge posted an erroneous rumor that
Blumenthal beat his wife, Jackie. The Bill Clinton loyalist
pursued the case despite Drudge's immediate retraction and
apology, and yesterday we obtained a list of 25 media and
political figures--everyone from Los Angeles-based columnist
Arianna Huffington to Clinton-hating former White House employee
Gary Aldrich to The Post's Howard Kurtz--whom Blumenthal plans to
interrogate.
"It's very annoying," said the Weekly Standard's Tucker Carlson,
whose father, former PBS executive Richard Carlson, is also on
the list. "What irritates me the most is that Sidney is such a
weasel. I just talked to him and asked, 'Is this true?' And he
said, 'There's nothing I can do. It's not appropriate for me to
be talking to you. Call my lawyer.' Sidney really is a worm!"
Blumenthal declined to comment and directed us to his Baltimore
attorney, William McDaniel. "We're under a court directive to
exhaust all reasonable alternatives to deposing Drudge in order
to obtain his sources for this story," McDaniel said, predicting
that the depositions will be finished within two months.
Drudge's Los Angeles lawyer, Manny Klausner, told us: "This has
not originated with us so I think it is better for me to reserve
any comment."
Others on Blumenthal's witness list include Wall Street Journal
editorialist John Fund, think-tank denizen Peter Skerry,
columnist Ann Coulter, lawyer George Conway, magazine writer
Jennet Conant, Arkansas editorialist Paul Greenberg, American
Spectator editor Wlady Pleszczynski, neoconservative ideologist
David Horowitz, conservative humorist Andy Ferguson, Scaife
Foundation executive Richard Larry, Republican operative Nicholas
Thimmesch II and conservative pundit Peter Roff. Yesterday we
got reactions from:
Blumenthal pal David Brock: "I don't know anything about any
subpoena. This is the first time I'm hearing about any of this."
Talking head Barbara Olson: "Somebody once said I was 'ground
zero of the vast right-wing conspiracy,' and I guess Sid believed
it."
Conservative activist Grover Norquist: "I thought we were
friends."
American Enterprise Institute fellow Jim Glassman: "I'm very
happy to be involved in the trial of the century, but I don't
have anything to say."
Boston Phoenix media columnist Dan Kennedy: "I'm extremely
unhappy to be put on his list."
New York Post columnist Braden Keil: "Excellent! I can't wait.
I just hope he can depose me around Thanksgiving so I can go home
to Potomac and write it off."
Judicial Watch Chairman Larry Klayman: "If Mr. Blumenthal
attempts to proceed, it would be harassment, and I would ask for
appropriate court remedies."
Conservative pundit Laura Ingraham: "Even though I have no
knowledge pertinent to this case, I'll be happy to help out. I
just hope the deposition doesn't interfere with my weekly
manicure."
Matt Drudge: "I'm looking for representation for my cat, Cat."
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