The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr - New Book in Feb

[RamboLiberal]

Eye-opening findings in an upcoming book on the Bill Clinton impeachment saga, by interim Duquesne University Law School Dean Ken Gormley, surfaced on a leading political Web site yesterday afternoon.

The book includes reports on how close both Mr. Clinton and his wife, Hillary, were to being indicted, on an affair Mr. Clinton had with an Arkansas woman who went to jail for refusing to answer questions from prosecutors, and a new claim by Monica Lewinsky that the president lied under oath.

Mr. Gormley's book does not spare independent Whitewater counsel Kenneth Starr either. "The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr" describes a secret report from the Justice Department criticizing the prosecutor's early handling of Ms. Lewinsky, how the investigation led to high-stakes fights between the FBI and the Secret Service, and how Mr. Starr's team drafted impeachment papers for Congress before the Lewinsky matters ever surfaced.

The Whitewater scandal, Mr. Clinton's affair with his intern and his subsequent impeachment -- which the House approved 11 years ago tomorrow -- may seem like ages ago. Mr. Gormley's 769-page book, the first major, scholarly look at the scandal, took him more than nine years to complete. The research included 50 hours of interviews with Mr. Starr and three interviews with Mr. Clinton, including a meeting with the former president on the top floor of the Omni William Penn Hotel.

"Look back -- there were terrorists stalking the country and we were fixated on this. It's really a tragedy in many ways," Mr. Gormley said yesterday. "The hope is is a small contribution toward all of us realizing the dangers of pushing so far for our team that we forget the institutions we're all trying to protect."

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