This is a J. Soden find…Interview with Linda Tripp
Linda Tripp was a White House staffer during the Bill Clinton scandal ridden era. She sat for a time right outside the President’s office and later, in another capacity, adjacent to Hillary Clinton’s office. Having worked under George Bush in similar capacity she had undergone an extensive background check to the level of “top secret and above.” Tripp indicates she was shocked at the, “cavalier, loosey-goosey, this isn’t important, don’t be a prude [attitude]” the Clinton’s had toward classified information after working under Bush where classified material was take very seriously:
“When the Clintons came in, I think one thing that was very startling right from the beginning was in order to even work in the West Wing you have to have an extremely comprehensive background security review. And it is generally a 90-day process. It costs thousands upon thousands of dollars per person. And at the end of that time you receive your security clearance at whatever level you are secured. Mine was top secret and above.
“Also just as an example, …when I got to the Bush White House I couldn’t even enter the West Wing even though I was hired to support the West Wing until my 90-day security review had been completed.
“Now in the Clinton White House it was a year before I would say 95% of the senior advisors to President Clinton and their support staff in the West Wing even filled out the paperwork.”
In addition to her testimony about the Clinton’s blatant disregard for protecting confidential and classified information Tripp has insight into the many scandals: Filegate, Whitewater, Vince Foster, and the sordid Monica Lewinsky mess. Linda Trip was personally treated to the same abuse as anyone else who dares to challenge the Clintons with information, facts or personal experiences. They accused her of seeking a book deal (She did not and has not had one). In reality she lost her career, her pension, and a substantial salary. (Why have the IRS bunch kept their pensions…they actually harmed the people!)
You can read about what Linda Tripp witnessed at Breitbart-Big government
Bill and Hillary Clinton should never be allowed to step foot in the White House again.
Now, where have I heard that name? I remember being, back in the day, really peeved. I thought Clinton should have been sacked. And number of executive types get sacked for exactly the same obnoxious behavior. But I never got into the gory details, like, who the hell is Linda Tripp? Well, Wiki has got me all caught up:
“Tripp was a White House employee in the George H. W. Bush administration, and kept her job when Bill Clinton took over in 1993. During the summer of 1994, senior White House aides wanted Tripp out, so they arranged a job for her in the public affairs office in the Pentagon which gave her a raise of $20,000 per year.[2]
“Tripp became a close confidante of another former White House employee, Monica Lewinsky, while they both worked in the Pentagon’s public affairs office. According to Tripp, who is about 24 years older than Lewinsky, they knew one another for a year and a half before the scandal began to reach its critical stage. After Lewinsky revealed to Tripp that she had been in a physical relationship with President Clinton, Tripp, acting on the advice of literary agent Lucianne Goldberg, began to secretly record phone conversations with Lewinsky while encouraging Lewinsky to document details of her relationship with the president.
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“In January 1998, Tripp gave the surreptitiously recorded tapes to then-Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
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“Tripp also informed Starr of the existence of a navy blue dress that Lewinsky owned that was soiled with Clinton’s semen. During their friendship, Lewinsky had shown the dress to Tripp and said she intended to have it dry-cleaned; Tripp convinced her not to.
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“Tripp maintains she acted out of “patriotic duty.” Tripp has claimed that she taped Lewinsky out of self-defense, as she feared retaliation from the Clinton administration, also claiming Lewinsky had assured President Clinton that she had told only Tripp about their affair (which was untrue), thus making her a target since she refused to go along with perjuring herself to protect Lewinsky and the President.
“Eventually both Clinton and Lewinsky had to appear before a Washington, D.C., grand jury to answer questions, although Clinton appeared via closed circuit television. After the round of interrogation, the jurors offered Lewinsky the chance to offer any last words. “I hate Linda Tripp,” she said.”
I don’t think much of her either.
If I remember correctly Lewinsky was pretty unhappy with the way Bill (and Hillary) had treated her and the job with Revlon, arranged by Vernon Jordan was a way to get her to “move on.” Today she is quoted as saying of Bill, “Any ‘abuse’ came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat to protect his powerful position.” .
Tripp believes to this day that she saved both her own and Monika’s lives by exposing the blue dress. She believes the Clinton’s are ruthless after watching them operate in such a corrupt, slovenly, sleazy manner. I can’t blame her for thinking she might have to protect herself.
We have so many problems and challenges facing us. Inviting more scandals into the already corrupt atmosphere is not something I want to see happen. the Clintons don’t deserve to be in the WH again…ever!
Tripp did what was necessary to protect herself from the vicious and ruthless Clintons when exposing their corruption and ineptness.
So, of course, Libby does not “think much of her either.” No surprises here. Where the Clintons have a certain measure of success in destroying people’s lives, selling influence, and a long history of abject corruption, Libby is only an admiring wannabe.
Just imagine what that is like.
Pie, you ever been sacked just cause they didn’t like you, you weren’t a member of the club? It’s very hurtful. $20k might not be sufficient, you’ve still been excluded.
She was provided an opportunity for revenge and took it, big time.
There is no political family as corrupt, dirty and vile as the Clintons, including Chelsea.
Required Reading
Hillary Cares About You? Ask the Haitians She Ripped Off
Following the horrific 2010 earthquake that devastated the island nation, killing over 200,000 and leaving over 1.5 million people homeless, some 9 billion dollars in pledges and aid flowed in from sympathetic individuals, nations, and charities for the rebuilding. The Clintons together became the royal arbiters in charge of just how and where this vast treasury would be spent. Dubbed “The King and Queen of Haiti” in a Politico piece, like medieval rulers of yore, their majesties doled out favors to their loyal courtiers and nobles. In the case of Haiti, the nobles were the Clintons’ millionaire pals and relatives, and the favors amounted to billions in grants and contracts bestowed on them.
Those billions intended to rebuild the ruined nation instead disappeared into fantasy houses and roads that were never built, jobs that were never created, a national revival that never happened, and often private bank accounts never traceable. And a company with Tony Rodham, Hillary’s brother, on the board, somehow scored a lucrative 25-year gold mining deal.
And speaking of security, hold on to your hat folks—
Washington (AFP) – The US government is set to cut the final thread of its oversight of the internet, yielding a largely symbolic but nevertheless significant role over the online address system.
Barring any last-minute glitches, the transition will occur at midnight Friday (0400 GMT Saturday), when the US contract expires for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which manages the internet’s so-called “root zone.”
When the agreement with the US Commerce Department runs out, ICANN will become a self-regulating non-profit international entity managing the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, the system for online “domains” such as .com.
US and ICANN officials say the change is part of a longstanding plan to “privatize” those functions, but some critics complain about a “giveaway” that could threaten the internet’s integrity.
Christopher Mondini, ICANN’s vice president for global business engagement, said the change will have no impact on day-to-day internet use, and will assure the global community that the system is free from government regulation and interference.
“This is a new kind of governance model,” he told AFP.
The system will be managed through a “multistakeholder” model in which engineers, businesses, non-government groups and government bodies serve as checks against any single entity.
If any of the groups that make up ICANN see the organization veering away from its mission, Mondini said, “they can initiate measures to self-correct.”
– ‘Byzantine’ structure –
Some US lawmakers who see risks with the model have sought to stop the transition, arguing it would allow authoritarian regimes to have greater control over the internet.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz has been seeking to block what he calls a “radical” plan to give away control of the internet.
ICANN “is not a democratic body,” Cruz told a hearing earlier this month.
“It is a corporation with a Byzantine governing structure designed to blur lines of accountability that is run by global bureaucrats who are supposedly accountable to the technocrats, to multinational corporations, to governments, including some of the most oppressive regimes in the world like China, Iran, and Russia.”
Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint echoed that sentiment, saying in a tweet that President Barack Obama “wants to cede US control of our free, secure internet to foreign regimes who don’t value freedom of speech.”
– ‘Strengthening’ internet –
Supporters of the plan counter that critics’ harsh rhetoric fails to recognize how the internet has functioned and thrived over the years.
“This transition has been built upon a bipartisan consensus for almost 20 years through multiple administrations,” said Kathryn Brown, president of the Internet Society, which was created by some of the internet’s founders.
“The transition will further strengthen the internet as a stable, resilient and secure tool for empowering billions of people across the globe for decades to come.”
Google senior vice president Kent Walker also endorsed the shift, saying it would “fulfill a promise the United States made almost two decades ago: that the internet could and should be governed by everyone with a stake in its continued growth.”
Six Democratic US lawmakers meanwhile warned of the dangers if Washington fails to follow through on its pledge to disengage.
“The internet belongs to the world, not to Ted Cruz,” Senators Brian Schatz and Chris Coons, and Representatives Anna Eshoo, Doris Matsui, Frank Pallone and Mike Doyle said in an article for the TechCrunch news site.
“If the Republicans successfully delay the transition, America’s enemies are sure to pounce. Russia and its allies could push to shift control of the internet’s core functions to a government body like the UN where they have more influence.”
Any delay could fuel interest in a rival numbering system that could fragment the internet into possibly unconnected networks, they added.
Cruz and his allies have unsuccessfully sought to attach an amendment to a government funding bill aimed at halting the transition.
The transition should go forward even if it is “imperfect,” said Daniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
“US government interference at this point would undermine global consensus and reduce confidence in the multistakeholder model at a time when these attributes are needed most,” he said in a blog post.
The transition “marks a key ‘constitutional moment’ for internet governance,” he added, “and the United States should ensure it is on the right side of history.”
Link–
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/us-prepares-cede-key-role-internet-020013192.html
A man of the moment is Ted.
I hear he has endorsed Trump.
And what will the next moment expediently require?
Newsflash both the Donald and Bill are womanizers and partied on Jeffrey Epstein’s “Lolita Express”.
Establishment Republicans and Democrats live in a different world than the people. They are the problem in gov.
This red and blue game is how they keep the people from throwing them out.
Congratulations you want more of the same.
And more from Linda Tripp .. . .. ..
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/10/03/exclusive-linda-tripp-hillary-threw-hard-objects-bill-clinton/