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convened his entire team: Richard Clark, interview by author.
“possible psychological basis”: Richard Clark to Captain Corbett, memo, 13 Nov. 1997, Richard Clark papers.
peppermints held: McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 240.
“one of those moments”: Richard Clark, interview by author.
“he had never before”: Clark to Corbett, memo, 13 Nov. 1997.
“people would assume”: Richard Clark, interview by author.
“performance anxiety”: Clark to Corbett, memo, 13 Nov. 1997.
A carbon copy was sent: Richard Clark, interview by author.
Chapter 22: The Hundred-Page Referral
In late September: Starr Report/Foster.
Rod Lankler, the Fiske prosecutor: Rod Lankler, interview by author.
The independent counsel law, enacted: Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 28 U.S.C. Section 595(c) (Independent Counsel Law).
There was virtually no: Gormley, “Impeachment and the Independent Counsel,” 310–72.
“McDougal had given”: Ken Starr, interview by author.
He had worked: Paul Rosenzweig, interview by author.
“Payoff Clinton”: Final Report/Ray, vol. 1, 149–50.
Hale had testified: Ibid.; Final Report/Ray, vol. 1, 150–51.
OIC also asserted: Ibid.
“We’re one witness”: Ken Starr, interview by author.
Her cell was outfitted: McDougal and Harris, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, 279–88.
One citizen from New Mexico: Evelyn Post to Judge Wright, 3 Feb. 1998, and Fohn Farst to Judge Wright, 24 Apr. 1998, Judge Wright papers, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
They even considered: Ken Starr, interview by author; Hickman Ewing, Jr., interview by author.
which he delivered: Brock, Blinded by the Right, 299–300.
“Basically, Barr was trying”: David Brock, interview by author.
Conservative writer Mark Helprin published: Mark Helprin, “Impeach,” Wall Street Journal, 10 Oct. 1997, A22.
American Spectator editor: R. Emmett Tyrrell and Anonymous, The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton.
coauthored with a ghostwriter: Brock, Blinded by the Right, xviii, 301. Tyrell later stated that the coauthor was not Ted Olson, although he declined to identify the person or persons (R. Emmett Tyrell, interview by author).
Bork heaped praise: Robert H. Bork, “Should He Be Impeached?” American Spectator, Dec. 1997, 74–78.
impeachment drive that predated: David Brock, interview by author.
“You will not find”: Ken Starr, interview by author.
Chapter 23: An Unexpected Caller
It was understandable: Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton, 261, 265.
originally built: John Bates, interview by author.
“Her answers and her demeanor”: Hickman Ewing, Jr., interview by author.
“a mafia-like code of silence”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“In retrospect”: Paul Rosenzweig, interview by author.
Gil Davis’s records confirmed: Gilbert Davis, interview by author.
the four men enjoyed: Paul Rosenzweig, interview by author.
“I told him about”: Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton, 267.
a picture of his wife: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“I don’t play telephone”: Paul Rosenzweig, interview by author.
Bennett remained focused: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
OIC was even looking: Jerry Seper, “Once Secret Memos Question Clinton’s Honesty,” Washington Times, 8 May 2006.
“it wasn’t our deal”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
A front-page article: Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton, 268.
it didn’t take: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
They met for Cokes: John Bates, interview by author.
“Listen, something’s come up”: Ken Starr, interview by author.
“I had absolutely no idea”: Paul Rosenzweig, interview by author.
the presence of Vernon Jordan: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
There was a general feeling: Paul Rosenzweig, interview by author.
He never suspected: Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton, 272.
Bennett stayed: Paul Rosenzweig, interview by author; Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“This is her!”: Jackie