[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
Only the clever ones. I wouldn't worry too much if I were you. <VBG>
Bill
On Tue, 21 Apr 1998 13:12:52 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>Hi Sue,
>
>Think they will ever track down all 100 million of us secret
>conspirators?
>
>>Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>
>>SUSAN MCDOUGAL IMPLICATES NEW YORK TIMES IN WHITEWATER BRIBERY
>>SCHEME
>>
>>Claims Husband was Paid to Talk to Jeff Gerth in '92
>>
>>Monday night (4/20) on the Charles Grodin Show, proponents of the
>"Vast
>>Right Wing
>>Conspiracy" theory finally overplayed their hand - bigtime. In a
>taped
>>interview with a Grodin
>>staffer, Whitewater convict Susan McDougal alleged that her husband,
>Jim
>>McDougal, was paid -
>>and possibly promised a job - for an interview with New York Times
>>reporter Jeff Gerth, who
>>broke the Whitewater story in March 1992 largely based on Mr.
>McDougal's
>>account.
>>
>>She leveled the bribery charge as her lawyer, Mark Geragos, along
>with
>>fellow Grodin guests Gene
>>Lyons, John Fund and Gil Davis, explored the allegations that another
>>key Whitewater witness,
>>David Hale, was also paid to tell prosecutors what he knew about
>>Whitewater. Mrs. McDougal
>>and Geragos hope those allegations taint Hale enough to win her a new
>>trial. And the parallel
>>charges implicating Jim McDougal and The New York Times appear to be
>an
>>attempt to illustrate
>>just how "vast" the conspiracy to destroy Bill Clinton really was.
>Mrs.
>>McDougal debuted her
>>explosive and bizarre allegations early in the Grodin program, when
>>asked about the origins of the
>>Whitewater scandal. She explained:
>>
>>"I first knew that there was an issue when I was visiting my
>ex-husband
>>(Jim McDougal) and he told
>>me that he was going to meet with Jeff Gerth of The New York Times.
>And
>>he was very ebullient
>>that day and excited about it. And he made me understand that there
>was
>>something in it for him. He
>>was getting something out of this interview; money and the
>possibility
>>of a job or something. And he
>>said 'I might need you to come in and back me up but I'm going to try
>to
>>keep you out of it if I
>>can.'
>>
>>Well, from that interview with The New York Times - that Jim was
>clearly
>>motivated to say certain
>>things - grew Whitewater. And from my perspective Whitewater just
>never
>>existed. I knew about
>>that business deal; the small land deal in Northern Arkansas. I'd
>been
>>there. I'd talked to the
>>Clintons about it. I'd talked to Jim about it. And I never knew
>anything
>>that was remotely illegal
>>about that. So, to tell you the truth - I am as puzzled about how
>they
>>decided to go after
>>Whitewater as anybody else. Except I know that the very first story,
>>from the very beginning, was
>>not true. And I know that when Jim told that story, he was being paid
>-
>>or motivated in some way
>>to tell it." Of the allegations that David Hale's Whitewater story
>was
>>paid for, The New York Times
>>has said the charge is serious enough to merit a thorough official
>>investigation, even though the
>>supporting evidence is "scant". Susan McDougal's allegation that the
>>Times was a party to a
>>scheme to bribe the very man whose tale launched the Whitewater
>scandal,
>>Jim McDougal, would
>>seem to be far more serious than the allegations against Mr. Hale,
>>especially since it taints the
>>Times' own reportage. And though Susan McDougal may be a proven liar
>and
>>convicted felon
>>awaiting trial on seperate embezzlement charges, she does seem to
>have
>>established herself as a
>>credible source in the eyes of the mainstream press, given the fact
>that
>>they never tire of interviewing
>>her.
>>
>>Will the New York Times call for Janet Reno or Ken Starr to
>investigate
>>this time?
>>--
>>Two rules in life:
>>
>>1. Don't tell people everything you know.
>>2.
>>
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>Best, Terry
>
>"Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary
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