Pellicano Tapes Could be Trouble for Bill and Hillary

NewsMax ^ | 11/12/03 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Hollywood is buzzing over "investigator-to-the-stars" private eye Anthony Pellicano, who copped a plea earlier this year after the FBI caught him with a draw full of hand grenades and, in the words of one agent, enough plastique explosive to "take out a 747."

But Left Coast celebs may not be the only folks currently losing sleep over Pellicano - especially since news broke late last week that he had the habit of illegally wiretapping the targets of his investigations.

Besides causing trouble for headliners like Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson, Kevin Costner and dozens of other stars, Pellicano's tapes could easily expose a certain political power couple to a new round of scrutiny, just as one of them sets the stage for a future presidential run.

Though the American press insists on not reporting this inconvenient detail, Anthony Pellicano was first hired by Bill and Hillary Clinton in 1992 in a bid to discredit Gennifer Flowers' steamy tape recordings of conversations with Mr. Clinton.

As noted in Ron Kessler's 1995 best-seller, "Inside the White House," "The Clinton camp made much of the fact that Anthony J. Pellicano, an expert on audio recording analysis, had told the press that a twelve-minute portion of the tape of conversations between Flowers and Clinton had been 'selectively edited' at two points."

To counter Pellicano's claims, Flowers submitted her recordings to Truth Verification Labs, which found them to be 100 percent authentic.

In 1999 Flowers filed a defamation suit against Clinton campaign officials James Carville and George Stephanopoulos - along with then-first lady Hillary Clinton - based on their attempts to use Pellicano's analysis to discredit her.

Arguing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last year, Flowers' Judicial Watch attorneys tied Pellicano directly to the first lady-turned-New York Senator, telling the court, "Anthony Pellicano was a private investigator hired by Mrs. Clinton herself. And he's the one who did the analysis of the tapes."

The court ruled in Flowers' favor, allowing the lawsuit to proceed.

But that isn't the only time Pellicano has been linked to the Clintons.

Four days after the Monica Lewinsky story broke in Jan. 1998, ex-Lewinsky boyfriend Andy Bleiler came forward with the claim that she had stalked him. The Washington state school teacher also contended that Lewinsky wanted to become a White House intern so she could perform oral sex on then-President Clinton.

"I'm going to Washington to get my presidential knee pads," Bleiler's lawyer, Terry Giles, quoted Lewinsky as saying.

"Anthony Pellicano, the L.A.-based private investigator and O.J. defense team veteran [was] responsible for digging up Andy Bleiler," the New York Post's Andrea Peyser reported at the time. Sexgate provocatuer Lucianne Goldberg told Peyser that Pellicano's services were bought and paid for by the Clinton White House.

When Peyser confronted the "investigator-to-the-stars" with Goldberg's claim, he didn't deny it. "You're a smart girl. No comment," Pellicano told the Post reporter.

Indeed, the tough-talking private eye makes no bones about his hardball tactics. He claimed to carry a baseball bat, not a gun, as his weapon of choice and once told the Los Angeles Times: "I only use intimidation and fear when I absolutely have to."

Interestingly enough, some of Pellicano's targets, like former Los Angeles Times reporter Anita Busch and one-time "Hard Copy" correspondent Dina Dimond, report break-ins and property vandalism, the kind of problems encountered by Clinton accusers like Flowers, Sally Perdue, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick.

If "the Pelican's" tapes include any information on his work for the former first couple, Hollywood celebrities won't be the only folks sweating bullets.

[kallisti]

i'll believe it when i see it.

[Tacis]

Isn't Craig Livinstone still out in LA? Does he coordinate Pellicano's activities for Willie/Hillie?

Do the names Vince Foster or Jim McDougal ring a bell?

I can easily see lawyers, prosecuters, judges going to the ultra-secure, secret evidence locker where the original computer hard drives have been stored under seal and finding them gone and the locker empty!

[Cobra64]

What do you think this guy's life expectancy is now?

[prairiebreeze]

At first I thought this was about that guy recently brought back from Brazil who supposedly has dirt on the Clintoons. Wonder what's happened to him?

But now somebody else might become problematic to B & H...tip of the iceberg I imagine.

Prairie

[diggerwillow]

We have all heard this song and pony dance for years.

[kallisti]

i guess it all depends on his "insurance policy."

[Xenalyte]

Hollywood is buzzing over "investigator-to-the-stars" private eye Anthony Pellicano, who copped a plea earlier this year after the FBI caught him with a draw full of hand grenades and, in the words of one agent, enough plastique explosive to "take out a 747."

What's a draw, and how many grenades does it hold?

[gathersnomoss]

Blah, blah, blah. How does it go again....There is nothing to see here. Just move on.

BTW, nothing will come of this. Do not forget the FBI files and their silencing affect.

[Quilla]

That would be Peter Paul. Here's newsmax's latest development on that little thorn in the Clinton's side:

Hillary Stonewalls AP's Questions on Peter Paul Lawsuit

While reporters usually pretend that Bill and Hillary Clinton's legal problems are behind them, Mrs. Clinton seems to know better. That is, at least, judging by the way she's handling the latest lawsuit filed against her.

Sen. Clinton's office spent a significant part of this week dodging media questions about Stan Lee Media co-founder Peter Paul, who claimed in court documents filed in Los Angeles last week that Clinton and her husband accepted $2 million from him and reported only a tiny fraction to the Federal Election Commission.

"Clinton's Senate staff did not respond to the Associated Press' repeated requests for comment over two days," the AP said Thursday.

In fact, the Paul lawsuit seems to have prompted a wave of stonewalling from Democratic officials, who are suddenly behaving as if they have something to worry about. Here's what the AP reported about Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who had his own dealings with the Hollywood mogul in 2000 when Rendell was Democratic National Committee chairman.

"[Paul] says he agreed to Rendell's request to donate $150,000 in Stan Lee Media Inc. stock to a June 2000 fund-raiser supporting the presidential campaign of then-Vice President Al Gore, and another $150,000 in stock to co-host a fund-raiser for Clinton's Senate campaign a day later. Rendell's press secretary, Kate Philips, said the governor won't comment."

Mr. Paul's complaint was off the radar screen for two years after he fled to Brazil to escape his own legal problems connected with the collapse of SLM. But after a harrowing sojourn in a Brazilian jail, the Clinton accuser has returned to the U.S. - with a little help from the Bush Justice Department.

What may worry Democrats like Sen. Clinton and Gov. Rendell is the prospect that federal prosecutors might be moving his case to the front burner.


Source: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/10/25/144832.shtml

[kallisti]

i agree with you. but i have to believe they can't get away with everything forever.

[nathanbedford]

I have no evidence that Slick and the Bitch used Pellicasto illegally.

The fact is they are GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION.

And I will defend this assertion.

[MHGinTN]

The left doesn't give a flyin' flip. The left is characterized by their duplicitous and deceptive picking and choosing of facts. And their heroes get promoted ... George Steponallofus is an ABC wonderboy.

[prairiebreeze]

Peter Paul. How could I forget that name?? :^D

I love these sentences: But after a harrowing sojourn in a Brazilian jail, the Clinton accuser has returned to the U.S. - with a little help from the Bush Justice Department.

What may worry Democrats like Sen. Clinton and Gov. Rendell is the prospect that federal prosecutors might be moving his case to the front burner....Bwhahahaha!

Thanks for the update Quilla. Freepers are the best!

Prairie

[FranceForBushInAustin]

Dead man walking.....

[kallisti]

aren't we all?

[Grammy]

A draw is a very old word for a drawer. I haven't heard it since my grandparents died, and since I'm a grandparent, that's a LONG time!

Holds as many grenades as the size of the drawer, I imagine.

[FranceForBushInAustin]

Some sooner than later...

Some died for less than that around the Clintons.

[friendly]

The Pelican was the hired thugs employed by the DNC, the B*tch and her Bent One.

Who knew he was severely obsessive-compulsive in addition to being (of course) an obvious sociopath? The FBI found 2 billion, yes that is 2 billion, pages of documentation on the Pelican's discs. There is years of fun in that huge fecal mass of illegalities! I can't WAIT to see how this unfolds!

[archy]

Do the names Vince Foster or Jim McDougal ring a bell?

Bigger. Much, much bigger. And much further back.

-archy-/-