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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (2061)	1/27/1998 9:03:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 20981

Dallas Paper Retracts Web Story on Clinton-Lewinsky Encounter WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Jan. 27) -- The Dallas Morning News retracted an online article shortly after it was published late Monday, in which an unidentified source told the paper a Secret Service agent was prepared to testify he saw President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky in a compromising situation. The paper said in a statement posted on its online edition that the report was pulled because "the source for the story, a longtime Washington lawyer familiar with the case, later said the information provided for that report was inaccurate." JPEG: Dallas Morning News statement The original article said the agent had spoken with independent counsel Kenneth Starr. "Starr has this person in his hand," the source was quoted as saying. "This person is now represented by the independent counsel. This person is now a government witness." Shortly after the article was published on the Web, CNN contacted Clinton attorney David Kendall who forcefully denied the report. "The story is false and malicious," Kendall said. "As the president said, he has never had sexual relations with Miss Lewinsky. This is another false political leak, for obvious partisan reasons on the eve of the State of the Union." Clinton is scheduled to deliver the annual State of the Union address at 9 p.m. Tuesday before the Congress. White House officials accuse Starr of leaking "rumors as facts" in an effort to draw out witnesses and pressure Lewinsky into cooperating with his investigation. Kendall has largely refrained from public criticism of Starr; sources told CNN his Monday statement "is a reflection of where we are going." In its retraction, the Dallas paper said, "The source is not affiliated with Mr. Starr's office." Secret Service says 'no knowledge' of incident Separately, administration sources told CNN that White House lawyers had interviewed the head of the Secret Service, Lou Merletti, extensively and had been told that every agent in the White House security detail at the time had been questioned, and they denied any knowledge of such an incident. Merletti was head of Clinton's personal detail at the time. A senior administration official told CNN Monday night that top Secret Service officials have spoken with White House counsel Charles F.C. Ruff and told him the agency had no knowledge of such an episode. "If there was such an incident it was not reported up the chain of command," a senior Secret Service official told CNN late Monday. Secret Service officials are supposed to report any problems to the chief of staff's office. Clinton issues strong denial Clinton denied again Monday morning he had sexual relations with the intern -- his first public remarks on the allegations in four days. "I'm going to say this again," Clinton forcefully told reporters with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at his side. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie. Not a single time. Never. These allegations are false, and I need to go back to work for the American people." Later Monday, at an evening news conference, Lewinsky attorney William Ginsburg was asked if he knew of a witness to the alleged Clinton-Lewinsky encounter. "I don't know anything about a witness," he said. CNN Correspondent John King contributed to this report.