Posted on 06/10/2005 11:25:40 AM PDT by wagglebee
Sealed transcripts of tape-recorded conversations between Bill and Hillary Clinton's top private detective and his clients will be shared with prosecutors, a federal court ruled on Thursday.
Reuters reports that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments from lawyers for notorious Hollywood sleuth Anthony Pellicano, who tried to claim that a November 2002 search of his Sunset Blvd. office office was illegal, and that evidence seized there could not be used to convict him. Pellicano - a self-proclaimed "sin eater" for some of Hollywood's biggest names - worked for Mr. and Mrs. Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign - and again in 1998, after the Monica Lewinsky scandal exploded.
It's not clear whether the Pellicano tapes include any conversations between the controversial private eye and either of the Clintons - or their top aides and advisers.
Senior Bush White House advisor Mary Matalin, however, says that Pellicano played a critical role in Mr. Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign by suppressing inconvenient accounts from several women who had alleged affairs with Mr. Clinton.
During a 1997 stint as a talk radio host on CBS's Washington, D.C., affiliate, Matalin explained: "I got the letters from Pellicano to these women intimidating them. I had tapes of conversations from Pellicano to the women. I got handwritten letters from the women."
"I got one letter from one of the women's dad, saying, 'This is so horrible. Here's what they're going to do to us,' you know, essentially. It's not like they said, 'We're going to go out there and bust your kneecaps.' [It was more like] 'we're going to say this, that and the other.'"
The notorious Hollywood sleuth also performed an audio analysis on Gennifer Flowers' tapes, where he concluded that they had been "doctored." Pellicano's finding was soon discredited, but his conclusions were still cited by top Clinton aides George Stephanopolous and James Carville.
Pellicano surfaced again inside the Clinton operation four days after the Monica Lewinsky story broke in January 1998, when ex-Lewinsky boyfriend Andy Bleiler came forward with the claim that she had stalked him. The Washington state school teacher also contended that Lewinsky had ambitions to seduce Bill Clinton, telling him once, "I'm going to Washington to get my presidential knee pads."
"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.
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, explaining to the Los Angeles Times, "I only use intimidation and fear when I absolutely have to."
Pellicano is curently in prison in connection with a scheme to intimidate a Times reporter. He is scheduled to be released next February.
Ping!
Methinks Hillary and Michael Jackson hired Pelicano for the same purpose: To intimidate victims of sexual assault.
Hmmmm .. interesting
this is nice - a mob lawyer representing the President of the US
Guess Hitlery is going to have a change of heart on running in 08. I'm sure if she's on the tapes, she'll make Bolton look like Mr. Rogers.
We'll be hearing more about this, for sure~
We should start calling Bill "RICO."
She'll bow out, claiming she wants to spend more time with her family.
"She'll bow out, claiming she wants to spend more time with her family.
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No she won't. She will have the Times bury the story. And they will comply.
The DNC's and the Clinton's favorite vicious thug. He knows where Hillary buried the bodies.
Meanwhile, Bush 41, is busy making nice with the clintons. Both he and GWB should be allowing investigations of any wrong doings. Believe me, there is plenty to look into.
But then, maybe they are.
You don't suppose that we'll be hearing about another case of Arkancide, do you?
...(one of the "Wet Bandits" from "Home Alone")
I always thought Terry Lenzner was the Clinton's "go to guy" when it came to digging up dirt.
I really wish a good reporter would peruse this story. Where is the news media when a really juicy story presents itself. A truth can be exposed here. SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER!!!
He is also aware that he will get beaten to death with his own ball bat and dropped in an Indiana cornfield if he rolls over on her.
ping
Given the Clinton's "mob mentality", there is an unsurprising ring of truth.
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