Death of American Virtue - Ken Gormley [507]
“I just slipped up:” Dick Morris, “Here’s What I Told the Grand Jury About My Pal—the President,” New York Post, 19 Aug. 1998.
“Clinton Denies”: Harris, “Clinton Denies;" Peter Baker and Sue Schmidt, “Former Intern Refers to Relationship with President, Pressure,” Washington Post, 22 Jan. 1998, A1.
The American public was treated: Dana Priest and Rene Sanchez, “Kindred Spirits’ Pentagon Bond,” Washington Post, 22 Jan. 1998, A1.
News accounts were beginning to describe: Thomas B. Edsall, “Jordan: Power Broker and ‘FOB’ Without Peer,” Washington Post, 22 Jan. 1998, A12.
“President Imperiled”: Dan Balz, “President Imperiled As Never Before,” Washington Post, 22 Jan. 1998, A13.
“For the love of God”: Joe Purvis, interview by author.
Betsey Wright, Clinton’s chief of staff: Betsey Wright, interview by author.
“Just tell those Starr”: Susan McDougal, interview with author.
“He was looking”: Billie Jeayne (Starr) Reynolds, interview by author.
Ken never talked: Ken Starr, interview by author; Alice Starr, interview by author.
“I want to say”: Ruth Marcus and Thomas B. Edsall, “Jordan Gives Beleaguered President His Presence,” Washington Post, 23 Jan. 1998, A1, A20.
Judge Susan Webber Wright postponed: Susan Schmidt and Peter Baker, “Judge Delays Lewinsky Deposition,” Washington Post, 23 Jan. 1998, A1.
“an ebullient, vulnerable ‘child’”: Jeff Leen, “Two Coasts, Two Lives, Many Images,” Washington Post, 24 Jan. 1998, A1.
A group of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s close friends: John F. Harris, “Aide, Clinton Were Close, Friends Told,” Washington Post, 25 Jan. 1998, A1.
ABC News/Washington Post found: Richard Morin and Claudia Deane, “For Public, the Issue Is Trust, Poll Shows,” Washington Post, 26 Jan. 1998, A1.
As one journalist wrote: Dan Balz, “A Crisis with No Parallel,” Washington Post, 26 Jan. 1998, A1, A10.
“These are serious allegations”: Thomas B. Edsall, “President’s Supporters on Hill Offering Mostly Tepid Statements—If Any,” Washington Post, 26 Jan. 1998, A11.
The Starr team: Peter Baker and Susan Schmidt, “Starr Seeks to Confirm Allegations,” Washington Post, 26 Jan. 1998, A1, A8.
Panicked congressional Democrats: Richard L. Berke, “White House Acts to Contain Furor As Concern Grows,” New York Times, 26 Jan. 1998, A1.
Harry Thomason advised: Toobin, A Vast Conspiracy, 246–50.
Another trusted adviser, Harold Ickes: Harold Ickes, interview by author.
“These allegations are”: John F. Harris and Dan Balz, “Clinton More Forcefully Denies Having Had Affair or Urging Lies,” Washington Post, 27 Jan. 1998, A1; Stephen Labaton and Jeff Gerth, “Clinton Emphatically Denies an Affair with Ex-Intern,” New York Times, 27 Jan. 1998, A1.
“distracted by events”: James Bennet, “Lawyers Say He Is Distracted by Events,” New York Times, 27 Jan. 1998, A1.
“I was offended”: Bernie Lewinsky, interview by author.
“I think as this matter unfolds”: Howard Kurtz, “For Clintons, No Lack of Attackers,” Washington Post, 28 Jan. 1998, A1.
“I do believe”: Kurtz, “For Clintons”; Toobin, A Vast Conspiracy, 256 (emphasis added).
the embattled chief executive spoke: John F Harris, “Clinton Pledges Activist Agenda,” Washington Post, 28 Jan. 1998, A1.
It was a virtuoso: John F. Harris, “Clinton Tries to Sell Agenda in Heartland,” Washington Post, 29 Jan. 1998, A1.
“I thought it was”: Justice David Newbern, interview by author.
“I know his body language too”: Betsey Wright, interview by author.
“One, he did it”: John Brummett, interview by author.
As one journalist: Max Brantley, interview by author.
“This is what you get”: John Brummett, interview by author.
Chapter 33: “Of Trust and Confidence”
that a specific Secret Service agent had stepped: See Howard Kurtz, “Dallas Paper’s Story: A Scoop That Wasn’t,” Washington Post, 28 Jan. 1998, D1.
The New York Post featured: Marilyn Rauber and Denise Buffa, “G-Man Who ‘Saw Tryst’ Will Tell,” New York Post, 27 Jan. 1998, 1.
editor Ralph Langer made: Kurtz, “Dallas Paper’s Story.”
“U.S., Allies Launch”: Washington Post, 17 Jan.