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Ken Starr felt “heartsick”: Ken Starr, interview by author.
As Starr was gathering up: Ibid.
Jackie Bennett, whose sole contribution: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
a somber “postmortem”: Paul Rosenzweig, interview by author.
As Sol Wisenberg expressed it: Sol Wisenberg, interview by author.
Starr, thoroughly exhausted: Ken Starr, interview by author.
Chapter 44: Maximum Peril
Other advisers: John Podesta, interview by Chris Bury, “The Clinton Years,” Frontline, PBS, Sept. 2000.
President Clinton looked into a camera and told: Transcript, televised address, 17 Aug. 1998.
Senator Dianne Feinstein: Richard L. Berke, “Democrats Distancing Themselves,” New York Times, 19 Aug. 1998; Todd S. Purdham, “The Nation: In Washington, Breaking the Rules of Hypocrisy,” New York Times, 23 Aug. 1998.
Betsey Wright, Clinton’s chief of staff: Betsey Wright, interview by author.
Alice Starr, who watched every minute: Alice Starr, interview by author.
A Washington Post photographer: Robert A. Reeder, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 1998, photo; Baker, The Breach, 46, photo at 224 insert.
Dick Kelley, the president’s stepfather: Dick Kelley, interview by author.
Another person who was not particularly pleased: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
Starr’s office had purposely called her back: James Bennett and Don Van Natta, Jr., “Starr Summons Lewinsky Again, Seeking Flaws in Clinton Account,” New York Times, 19 Aug. 1998, A1.
When asked by one grand juror: Evidentiary Record, vol. 3, part 1, 1110.
At Martha’s Vineyard: author’s interviews with confidential sources.
Begala was a devout: Paul Begala, interview by author.
Intelligence reports indicated that Osama bin Laden: Clinton, My Life, 799.
After seeking input from National Security Adviser: Ibid.; Richard Clarke, Against All Enemies, 188–89; Baker, The Breach, 48–50.
“Don’t give me political advice”: Clarke, Against All Enemies, 186.
“Today I ordered our armed forces to strike at”: Baker, The Breach, 50.
the president also signed Executive Order 13099: Clarke, Against All Enemies, 190.
Although the military strikes did not kill: Ibid.; Clinton, My Life, 803.
“This may be more than the country can handle”: Paul Begala, interview by Chris Bury, “The Clinton Years,” Frontline, PBS, June 2000.
The president returned to Martha’s Vineyard: Clinton, My Life, 803; Hillary Clinton, Living History, 469.
It was during this period that Bill Clinton finally hit rock bottom: Hillary Clinton, Living History, 464. Relating to Kosovo, see Clinton, My Life, 787, 796, 848–51. See also “Albania Accuses Serbia of Ethnic Cleansing,” BBC, 2 June 1998.
Those surrounding the embattled: Harold Ickes, interview by author.
A scattering of newspapers: Lincoln Journal Star, editorial, 19 Aug. 1998. This and other editorial pieces on the subject can be found in the publication Editorials on File 29, no. 16 (16–31 Aug. 1998).
“He seemed sorrier he got caught in sex acts”: Daily Oklahoman, editorial, 19 Aug. 1998. The Tampa Tribune announced: “The president’s moral authority is damaged, perhaps beyond repair”(Tampa Tribune, editorial, 21 Aug. 1998).
“This isn’t the end”: Sacramento Bee, editorial, 19 Aug. 1998.
Reno ordered a ninety-day: Roberto Suro and Michael Grunwald, “Reno Orders 90-Day Investigation of Gore,” Washington Post, 27 Aug. 1998, A1; David Johnson, “Reno Is Extending Inquiry into Gore and Fund-Raising,” New York Times, 27 Aug. 1998, A1.
Stated one judge: Two different federal judges in attendance confirmed these events. Both requested not to be identified. Moreover, newspaper reports confirm that the three-judge panel was notified of Reno’s decision (ibid.).
Gore now stated: B. Drummond Ayres, Jr., “Testing of a President: The Vice President; Long a Defender of the Boss, Gore Praises Clinton Courage,” New York Times, 18 Aug. 1998; Charles Burson, interview by author.
Chapter 45: Bombshell Report
Senator Joe Lieberman, a centrist Democrat: Woodward, Shadow, 454.
“I agree with what he said”: Clinton, My Life, 808.
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