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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: Doughboy who wrote (4425)9/10/1998 11:07:00 AM
From: John Hensley  Read Replies (2) of 13994
 
Hi DougH-
Let's set the record straight:

There was no "secret" task force (let alone plural "forces"). There was litigation between the WH and a physicians' group over whether the deliberative sessions of the health care task force should be held in public or not and whether their records should be open to the public. Otherwise, the task force's sessions were public--indeed, they were based on public discourse.

The problem with the task force was that by law meetings would be made private if the task force was made up of public employees. Hillary and Ira Magaziner both signed affidavits that they were all public employees but it turns out they paid millions to consultants to help their group. In other words, they lied and forced to open the hearings and pay for the doctors' legal fees.

I agree that the files were lying around, but as for prying, there was never any proof of that, and Congress closed down their hearings without ever making such a finding.

I know you don't believe or give credibility to Linda Tripp, but she apparently saw White House employees loading data from the files into a taxpayer-paid $3 million computer system used for DNC purposes. We'll find out if this is true soon.

As for Hillary's role, (in travelgate) who cares whether she ordered his firing or not? As I said, the President can fire or remove anyone he wants for any reason he has.

She swore under oath she had nothing to do with the firings, contradicting David Watkins. We'll find out soon.

I'll just accept our differences in your assessment of Ken Starr.

Counting the hours until Friday...
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