Death of American Virtue - Ken Gormley [538]
Webb Hubbell himself admitted: Webster Hubbell, interview by author.
“I wonder did he feel”: Monica Lewinsky, follow-up interview by author, 9 Sept. 2008.
“I guess my biggest disappointment”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
As her mother: Marcia Lewis Straus, follow-up interview by author, 13 Aug. 2009.
“I have contemplated”: Monica Lewinsky to author, 26 Jan. 2009.
“that I respected him as a president”: Bernie Lewinsky, interview by author.
a $595,000 settlement: “Defense Department Settles with Linda Tripp,” Associated Press, 3 Nov. 2003.
“I just look out there”: Linda Tripp, interview by author.
She had also found time: “And in This Corner,…”New York Times, 8 Mar. 2002. Paula Jones lost the boxing match.
“A hundred and fifty-one thousand dollars”: Paula Jones, interview by author.
at least one key aspect: Besides the affidavit obtained by lawyer Bob Bennett from Clinton’s urologist that Bennett was prepared to offer at trial, Ms. Jones’s own lawyers had reached out to Gennifer Flowers with whom Clinton had admittedly engaged in sexual relations during the time period in question. According to Jones’s own lawyers, Ms. Flowers was unable to corroborate the existence of the distinguishing characteristic (James Fisher, interview with author). As well, other confidential sources in a position to observe such a trait stated unequivocally that it not exist (author’s interviews with confidential sources). It is true that Ms. Jones’s lawyers from Virginia had insisted that she take a polygraph test concerning her alleged encounter with Clinton and that she passed that test (Gilbert Davis, interview with author). Moreover, it is true that Peyronie’s disease can be corrected through a treatment regimen of vitamins and/or surgery. Nonetheless, the vast weight of the evidence failed to support Ms. Jones when it came to the existence of this condition relating to Clinton’s genitalia that she had made a centerpiece of her lawsuit.
“I feel bad for the country”: Danny Traylor, interview by author.
Paula had gone on to pose: Joe Conason, “The Perils of Paula Jones,” Penthouse, December 2000, 41.
Penthouse: Even conservative columnist Ann Coulter condemned Paula Jones for appearing in Penthouse, after Jones’s repeated protestations that she was a wholesome young lady uninterested in profiting from her lawsuit; Coulter wrote of Jones: “She used to have dignity and nobility and tremendous courage. Now she’s just the trailer-park trash they said she was” (Ann Coulter, “Clinton Sure Can Pick ’Em,” Jewish World Review, 30 Oct. 2000).
“So I still have [this] coffee cup”: Wesley Holmes, interview by author.
Here at the peak: Richard Clark, interview by author.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
Author’s Interviews
An asterisk (*) denotes an interview by telephone; all other interviews set forth below were conducted in person.
*Nancy Adkins, Hot Springs, Ark., July 7, 2001.
Debra Ballentine, North Little Rock, Ark., June 18, 2001.
Charles Banks, Little Rock, Ark., August 2, 2003.
Judge John Bates, Washington, D.C., May 13, 2005.
Stephen Bates, Washington, D.C., February 5, 2003
Paul Begala, Washington, D.C., April 14, 2009
Jackie Bennett, Indianapolis, March 30–31, 2001; *July 20, 2001; June 11, 2002; *January 28, 2003; *May 21, 2003
Robert Bennett, Washington, D.C., December 7, 2001; *June 18, 2002; *September 18, 2003
Robert J. Bittman, Washington, D.C., *May 15, 2003; *May 28, 2003; *July 7, 2004; July 12, 2004.
*Susan Low Bloch, Washington, D.C., January 27, 2005
Ben Bradlee, Washington, D.C., April 7, 2005
Bert Brandenburg, Washington, D.C., June 9, 2004
Max Brantley, Little Rock, Ark., June 15, 2001
Dorothee Bringewatt, Cologne, Germany, October 16, 2002.
*Bill Bristow, Jonesboro, Ark., February 22, 2005
David Brock, Washington, D.C., August 13, 2004.
*John Brummett, Little Rock, Ark., June 25, 2001
Elizabeth Buck, Hot Springs, Ark.,