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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (10527)	1/25/1999 9:12:00 PM
From: Catfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Marine officers chauffeured Monica to White House House managers may question her on use of military transportation MONDAY JANUARY 25 1999 By Joseph Farah © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com Monica Lewinsky may be a more helpful witness to House managers of the impeachment trial than they thought after questioning her over the weekend. WorldNetDaily has learned that high-ranking Marine Corps officers were used to chauffeur the former intern to her "dates" with President Clinton while she worked at the Defense Department. Two House prosecutors -- Rep. Bob Barr, R-GA, and Rep. James Rogan, R-CA -- were notified of the new information late last night. Both expressed interest in the report that military officers were assigned to the task of driving Clinton's girlfriend from her office at the Pentagon to the White House on taxpayer time and at taxpayer expense. One unconfirmed report that an officer involved in those details later received a big promotion -- to the rank of brigadier general -- was of particular interest to the prosecutors and other members of Congress alerted to the new information by WorldNetDaily. "This story, if confirmed, would once again elevate the seriousness of the charges facing Clinton and raise questions about the involvement of other senior Clinton administration officials," said one member of the House. Apparently, no one -- not Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr or other investigators -- has ever asked Lewinsky how she got from the Pentagon to the White House for her visits with Clinton. The assumption had been that she drove herself. There is no evidence to suggest the Marine officers involved understood the nature of the driving assignment at the time. Later, however, when the Lewinsky controversy erupted as a matter of national controversy, resulting in the impeachment of the president, the military officers chose to remain silent. Over the weekend, House managers said Lewinsky would be a "very helpful witness" in President Clinton's impeachment trial, but one of Lewinsky's attorneys said there was no reason for the Senate to call her. "Monica Lewinsky was candid, forthright, and extremely truthful," said one of her lawyers, Plato Cacheris. "She added nothing to the record that is already sitting before the Senate right now." In the Mayflower Hotel's Presidential Suite, with a replica of the presidential seal in the foyer, prosecutors grilled Lewinsky for nearly two hours yesterday hoping the session might yield new information that could be used in the trial. The decision to interview Lewinsky, who was ordered by a federal judge to respond, had stirred a sharp protest from Democratic senators. All that was before the new information about Lewinsky's chauffeurs arose. The impeachment trial heads into a new phase today with a growing number of senators trying to find a graceful and speedy political exit without calling witnesses, although some may be deposed. With Democrats in the Senate apparently rallying around their party leader, some said the trial could be completed as early as this week. worldnetdaily.com

To: jlallen who wrote (10527)	1/25/1999 10:18:00 PM
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Five Agencies Refuse to Confirm Clinton's DNA Profile NEWSMAX Carl Limbacher January 25, 1999 Paternity Test Results Grow Murkier Accuracy in Media (AIM) has followed up on News Max.com's earlier report, "Clinton Paternity 'Test' Called Into Question" -- delving further into the question of whether the FBI Lab's Clinton DNA report was presented accurately in the Starr Report. If it wasn't, recent DNA test results obtained by STAR Magazine -- which purportedly disprove the President's paternity of Little Rock teen Danny Williams -- are worthless. Like the FBI press office contacted by NewsMax, AIM discovered that neither the Secret Service, the White House, nor the House Judiciary Committee would confirm that Clinton's real DNA profile was revealed in the documents STAR Magazine used to test Danny's paternity. The Office of Independent Counsel declined to return NewsMax.com's calls on the matter. With the FBI Lab and the OIC, five agencies have now refused to endorse the accuracy of Clinton's published DNA profile. Did the DNA Clear Clinton? By Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid Accuracy In Media January 20, 1999 A claim by Bobbie Ann Williams, a Little Rock prostitute, that her son, Danny, was fathered by Bill Clinton was reported to have been proven false by DNA analysis. The supermarket tabloid Star was reported to have paid Bobbie Ann Williams "a low six-figure" sum for exclusive rights to the story. It arranged to have Danny's DNA checked against that of the President. On January 9, the Drudge Report broke the news that TIME magazine had learned that the DNA tests cleared Clinton. Time ran a short story in its January 15 issue under the headline, "Scandal Interruptus; A bit less Jefferson in William Jefferson Clinton." The odd headline was intended to inform readers that DNA had cleared Clinton, while reminding them of the claim by Nature magazine that DNA had proven that Thomas Jefferson had fathered a son by his slave, Sally Hemings. Time neglected to report that Nature had been forced to retract that claim, and now it appears possible that Time and others that followed its lead may have to retract their exoneration of Clinton. Bobbie Ann Williams' claim that Clinton was the father was based on her assertion that Clinton had been her only white client when Danny was conceived. Clinton's reaction to her claims suggests that he feared that a paternity test might prove that she was telling the truth. Danny's DNA was compared with the DNA profile of the President that the FBI drew up from the famous stain on Monica Lewinsky's blue dress. This was among the documents sent to Congress by the Office of the Independent Counsel. The editor of Star had revealed that Clinton's DNA was not even close to that of Danny Williams. Carl Limbacher, a reporter for NewsMax.com, who had reported that the Williams family was interested in filing a paternity suit against Clinton, has raised an interesting question about the validity of the analysis that Star commissioned. Limbacher was advised by Christopher Curioli, an editor of scientific and medical textbooks, that the published DNA profile for Clinton may have been altered by the FBI to protect the privacy of the President. If so, the profile from the stain on the dress was also altered identically. According to Limbacher, "Curioli suggested that presenting a 'protected sequence,'" i.e., an altered version of actual DNA information, is commonplace in the fields of genetic and virological research as a matter of industrial security." He thought that the need to maintain confidentiality in the case of the President could be even greater. Limbacher asked the FBI if the Clinton DNA profile released by the Office of the Independent Counsel was accurate. The DNA laboratory expert said she could not answer that question unless Limbacher first got permission for her to do so from a press officer. He tried, but the press officer he spoke to said the FBI would not answer the question or make any comment on it. Limbacher said the Office of the Independent Counsel would not respond to repeated calls about the matter. We tried with no success to find someone in the White House press office who was willing or able to respond to the question. A query to the Secret Service about whether they would insist that the accurate profile of the President's DNA not be published has also gone unanswered. Limbacher reported that a spokesman for the House Judiciary Committee said that they assumed the DNA profile they had obtained from the Office of the Independent Council was accurate, but they had not tried to verify it. A member of the committee told us he would look into it, but as of now, he has apparently had no success in getting an answer. The rumor that Clinton had fathered the son of a black prostitute was spread in Little Rock during the 1992 presidential campaign by a black businessman named Robert McIntosh. It appears that Clinton made a deal to silence him, the payoff being a pardon for his son who was in prison. The pardon was granted by the speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives who was briefly acting governor after Clinton won the election and was out of the state. This suggests that Clinton took the mother's allegation seriously. The White House avoided categorical denials after the mother's claim was publicized on the Internet and Carl Limbacher reported on NewsMax.com that the family was interested in filing a paternity suit. It is understandable that the President might insist that his real DNA profile be withheld from the public. The sealed lips of all those who might be able to attest to the accuracy of the profile that the House released suggests that it may have been altered to protect the President's privacy. The public has a right to know if that was done, and until the truth can be extracted from those who know, it must be acknowledged that the claim that the DNA proves that Danny Williams is not Clinton's son is premature. freerepublic.com