Death of American Virtue - Ken Gormley [481]
Although later accounts: Toobin, A Vast Conspiracy, 13.
“My recollection is”: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
George Cook would later sign: George L. Cook, Affidavit, 3 May 1994, Gilbert Davis files; Toobin, A Vast Conspiracy, 13.
“She’s gone”: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
“It was a preposterous”: George Cook Affidavit, 3 May 1994, Gilbert Davis files.
“Once this genie got out”: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
To further complicate: Ibid.
This group had gone to work: Cliff Jackson, interview by author; Noel Oman and Kevin Freking, “Ad Attacks Clinton, Pokes Fun at Arkansas Miracle,’” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 3 Oct. 1991; “Good Luck, Governor Clinton,” advertisement in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 3 Oct. 1991; Laura Blumenfeld, “Bill Clinton’s Worst Friend,” Washington Post, 30 Dec. 1993, C1.
“It is much more fundamental”: Cliff Jackson to Bill Clinton, 29 Dec. 1993.
It also contained: Agreement for Legal Services, 7 Feb. 1994, Daniel M. Traylor legal files.
Dear Sir: Daniel M. Traylor to President Clinton, 11 Feb. 1994, Daniel M. Traylor legal files.
“I started feeling”: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
“I’m not a political animal”: CPAC Transcript, 11 Feb. 1994, 2, 4.
“Being seen as allied”: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
Most of the national papers: Julia Malone, “Critics Say Media Buried Sex Harassment Charge Against Clinton,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 7 Apr. 1994, A9; Randy Lilleston, “Clinton Made Advances, Woman Says,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 12 Feb. 1994, A1; Lloyd Grove, “It Isn’t Easy Being Right: At the Conservative Confab, Out of Sorts About Who’s in Power,” Washington Post, 14 Feb. 1994, D1.
“They butchered”: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
The conservative media watchdog: “Censored by the Post,” advertisement, Daniel M. Traylor legal files; Malone, “Critics Say Media Buried,” 9A.
“amazed that journalists”: Malone, “Critics Say Media Buried.”
he had the gut feeling: Michael Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter’s Story, 72.
At Jackson’s urging: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
Neither famous lawyer ever answered: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author; Noel Oman, “Paula Jones’ Attorney Mulls Suit Against Clinton,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 17 Apr. 1994, A16.
Among these were: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
“Whitewater was”: “Whitewater: The Politics of a Second Watergate?” American Political Report 24, no. 13 (11 Mar. 1994): 1.
A letter dated: Anonymous to Paula Jones, 7 Apr. 1994, Daniel M. Traylor legal files.
Several events helped: Michael Isikoff, Charles E. Shepard, and Sharon La Franiere, “Clinton Hires Lawyer as Sexual Harassment Suit Is Threatened: Former State Employee in Arkansas Alleges Improper Advance in 1991,” Washington Post, 4 May 1994, A1. Isikoff faxed a published copy of his piece to Traylor on May 4 at 4:03 P.M. (Michael Isikoff to Dan Traylor, 4 May 1994, Daniel M. Traylor legal files).
“Then the whole damn thing busted”: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
faxed him a more polished: Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton, 84.
Traylor was still: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
He also drafted: Daniel M. Traylor, press release, 4 May 1994, Daniel M. Traylor legal files.
Traylor’s telephone records show: Traylor telephone records, 3–5 May 1994.
“FYI, Review, Comment”: Daniel M. Traylor, complaint and press release, 4 May 1994, Daniel M. Traylor legal files.
“We’re still headed”: Daniel M. Traylor, interview by author.
“Don’t you feel”: Joseph Cammarata, interview by author.
Gil Davis was: Gilbert Davis, interview by author.
Joe Cammarata, a young: Joseph Cammarata, interview by author.
God-fearing woman: Gilbert Davis, interview by author.
“Well, if there’s enough”: Ibid.; Noel Oman, “Ex–State Employee to Sue Clinton,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 4 May 1994, 1–16.
So the next day: Joseph Cammarata, interview by author.
“Oh, that’s too bad”: Gilbert Davis, interview by author.
she had volunteered: Joseph Cammarata, interview by author; Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton, 89.