Steven Brill: Hillary Fabricated 9/11 Records

Newsmax.com ^ | 4-20-2003 | Carl Limbacher

[Paul Atreides]

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton had her staff fabricate records of meetings and phone calls to familles of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to burnish her image as New York's leading politician on 9/11 issues, the author of a new book on how U.S. officials dealt with the aftermath of the attacks charged Sunday.

"I think [Sen. Clinton] has begun every statement she's ever made in her life about the families of the victims by saying she's met innumerable hours with the families of the victims," Steven Brill, author of the new book "After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era," told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg.

To support Mrs. Clinton's claims of 9/11 victim service for his book, Brill said her staff tried to persuade him that she worked overtime to help, providing "an elaborate story, with an elaborate subtext of memos and phone calls - a long, long story."

But, says the author, "None of it turned out to be true... They gave me documents and phone calls and things like that which just plain never happened."

Brill, who defended the Clintons throughout the Monica Lewinsky impeachment scandal, said that efforts to mislead him began after the former first lady got word he was writing his 9/11 book. She actually sought him out at the Ground Zero ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the attacks. "I hear you want to talk to me about your book," he recalls her saying.

"We had this discussion which she insisted be off-the-record," Brill said. But he added, "She did follow up in one non-off-the-record conversation, urging me that the person responsible for aid to New York City was not [Sen.] Chuck Schumer but Hillary Clinton."

Brill said he was astonished that Clinton would go to such lengths to fabricate a phony record of 9/11 service "all in the cause, actually, of shooting down Chuck Schumer getting a bunch of pages in a book."

"It sort of takes your breath away when you think about it," he told Malzberg.

The author detailed the saga of one family in particular, the Cartiers, who lost a relative in the Twin Towers collapse.

"This family had tried repeatedly to get Hillary Clinton to meet with them," Brill said. "And always the staff said 'Write up a memo. We don't meet with any families unless they write to us first and tell us what they want to meet about.'"

"They said to me - the Cartiers, and these are not, you know, people who are political - that the only time families can meet with Hillary Clinton is if it's at a press conference."

Meanwhile, said Brill, Sen. Schumer took time out on a Sunday to meet with the Cartiers - "no reporters, no cameras, no nothing."

The former publisher of "Brill's Content" magazine said that then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Schumer worked to give the Cartier family access to Ground Zero and to Fresh Kills, the Staten Island recovery site, so they could search for their relative's remains.

The former Clinton defender also cast doubt on the authenticity of an account offered by Chelsea Clinton, who told reporters after the attacks that she was so close the Twin Towers collapse that she feared for her life.

"There are people on Schumer's staff who say that Chelsea kept moving south [towards Ground Zero] the more the press kept reporting that [Schumer's daughter Jessica] really was at Stuyvesant High School," just five blocks away from Ground Zero, he said.

Of Sen. Clinton's attempts to garner praise for helping 9/11 victims, Brill said, "What stunned me is that one person would try to steal away the credit from the other person, especially when everything I was hearing from the families is that Schumer" had helped far more.

[Paul Atreides]

Lying p.o.c.

[Asclepius]

Steven Brill makes these claims?

Yikes. The FOBs are turning on their erstwhile masters.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I loathe that woman.

[The Great Satan]

Well fancy that.

[Buck W.]

First Ron Silver, now Brill. Not yet a juggernaut, but a net gain.

[Wormwood]

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the 2008 Democratic candidate.

[The Great Satan]

Brill was on Drudge's radio show the other week. He's written a very pro-Bush book about America's response to 9/11. It was actually pretty amazing.

[marktwain]

It is very informative when the hard left gets into internicene battles. All sorts of interesting facts come out. What is interesting about this is that because of past history, everyone, including me, is willing to accept Brill's statements as gospel.

From all we know of Hillary, they just have that "ring of truth" to them.

[Dick Bachert]

But she CAN do a number on a weenie. Kinda makes a guy wonder why Bill didn't stay home...

Hillary seen here employing the “Lewinsky Method” while scarfing a street weenie at a political function. Bill has requested that she NOT use this technique when he is in the area lest he have to quickly repair to the nearest lavatory – usually doubled over with his hat over his lap -- to avoid embarrassing himself (like THAT is a problem for Mr. Humiliation!).

NEVER FORGET: THESE PEOPLE MUST NEVER AGAIN INFEST THE WHITE HOUSE!

[Cricket24]

I just hope all Americans hear about this. There are some people who believe everything Bill & Hill say even when they are proven to be lies!

[buzzsaw6]

Brill says he's astonished? I'm not at all surprised at her lying and fabrications. She's a snake and not to be trusted. Ever.

[RippleFire]

bump

[Calvin Locke]

"What stunned me is that one person would try to steal away the credit...

Um, they are talking about a Clinton. Hillary Clinton. A Democrat. A lawyer. How can anyone be "stunned"?

[gulfcoast6]

So what is new anyhow. Hilloree is the MOAB of the political world, the MOTHER OF ALL BITCHES!

[HardStarboard]

Shhhhh...the Democrats are in self-destruct mode. First Daschle, now Hillary. Do not disturb!

[Neets]

Another Brill moment....kinda makes ya wonder..but until he does a complete mea culpa on his defense of these two pigs, I'm not gonna believe he has had an epiphany.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I believe it. It's the kind of typically coldblooded behavior one can expect from her. I don't think there is a final level to which she will sink.

[Calvin Locke]

... is willing to accept Brill's statements as gospel.

But Brill is basing his claims on information that can be checked out. I'm sure that the legions of loathesome Hillary
supporters will be checking out the facts to repudiate Brill.

I wouldn't hold my breath on them confirming Brill if that's what the evidence shows.

[Exit148]

A little more fuel to use when Hillary starts another campaign. It keeps adding up!

[dts32041]

Hey just another reason to vote for hitalery.

You think this stuff will stop the true believers?

I don't think so.

[VOYAGER]

NEVER FORGET: THESE PEOPLE MUST NEVER AGAIN INFEST THE WHITE HOUSE!

In that case the Dems do not have a candidate that can pass the smell test(bar none)!

At least not born yet!

[TheSpottedOwl]

NEVER FORGET: THESE PEOPLE MUST NEVER AGAIN INFEST THE WHITE HOUSE!

I agree, however this article proves how low this woman will go. She is very dangerous, don't count on people waking up and seeing her for what she is; she'll just order votes from enough dead people to win.

[ChadGore]

The really amazing thing is that Hilary did not go to *one* funeral procession in the days after 9-11. Not a single one. Not even a small one. Not even a private one.

With Rudy running around the city from funeral to funeral, wedding to wedding, birth to birth, the junior, soon to be booted out of office, senator from NY didn't even have the compassion to break from delusional existance to face cold reality and the help NYers that needed it.

REPORTER: "Did 9/11 really happen?"
HILARY: "I'm sorry, I don't recall"

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Hill could have shot Vince Foster on TV and there still would be plenty of Democrats who would vote for her.

[hillary's_fat_a**]

I bet the Queen just lies in her bed at night, jealous as all hell, how Saddam *could* put any of his subjects in prison for any trumped-up reason, terminate their lives at will, and have them fawn allegiance and adoration at public gatherings. Dream on, Shillary, dream on!

[Mihalis]

Poor Bill.....gave up Monica for Hitlery.

[anniegetyourgun]

figgers.

[Mihalis]

On second thought, Bill and Hitlery make a fine couple.

[Calpublican]

Gee, this is so very surprising and uncharacteristic of Hillary Clinton!

[E=MC²]

"I think [Sen. Clinton] has begun every statement she's ever made in her life about the families of the victims by saying she's met innumerable hours with the families of the victims,"

WOW...hilliary believes "her" own lies!!!

[Bullish]

Hillary? Fabricating?

I'm shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED!

[Republican Wildcat]

Proving once again that there is no low to which Hillary will not go.

[Eastbound]

"Ladies and gentlemen, meet the 2008 Democratic candidate."

I suspect if she ends up as the 'chosen one,' there will be nothing about ol' Hill that no one will not know, from the time she was a tot stealing candy, her first cigarette behind the barn, and every dalliance she ever had, including a re-hash (true or not) of the Cathy O'Brien fable. Shuckers, I think our neighborhood 'perp' would beat her in a run-off.

[NautiNurse]

Hitlery could recycle this photo for some deep SARS concerns.

[cjschuckwagon]

Sounds like Steven Brill is ready for an appearance on the O'Reilly Factor!!

[Eastbound]

Heh heh! Someone finally muzzled her, huh? Hope they used super glue.

[dark_lord]

...the Dems do not have a candidate that can pass the smell test(bar none)!

Actually, Gephart is pretty clean. Which may be correlated to the fact that his chance of winning the Democratic nomination is pretty close to zero.

[Mark]

I can't wait to see this written up in the L.A. Times, New York Times, and the Washington Post.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Lying p.o.c.

Who, Brill or Hill?

Wait. Watch. Worry.

[big bad easter bunny]

After all these years I always hoped there were some liberals who would actually wake from their delirium and smell the coffee. And by gosh it has finally happened, please let Brill be the tip of the iceberg! Liberalism is like SARS, it needs a re cure. A good dose of truth over the last 2 years is becoming hard to deny.

Did you guys find my eggs?

[texson66]

But, says the author, "None of it turned out to be true... They gave me documents and phone calls and things like that which just plain never happened.

Sounds like the typical Klintoon way of "managing the situation": provide false documents to CYA and hold on to real documents to keep from getting caught!

Typical!

[jamaksin]

One possible cure:

Bush_43 - two terms, next

Bush, Laura - two terms, finally

Bush, Jeb - 2 terms.

[stands2reason]

Hmmmm, when was the last time we've heard the Witch who Makes the Timid on FR Shake in Their Boots's NY poll numbers? It's been awhile, hasn't it?

[Paul Atreides]

Given that it is common knowledge that Hillary has NOT gone to any of the funerals, and has tried to exploit 9-11 in every manner possible, my "lying p.o.c." comment applies to Her Thighness.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

When the Clintonistas get back in they will make sure they are NEVER out of power again. We can't let that happen. There will be no benevolent superpower to liberate us.

[stands2reason]

Actually, Gephart is pretty clean.

I'm sorry, but the electorate even in this day and age will not elect a president without eyebrows.

[okie01]

"I don't think there is a final level to which she will sink."

Ah, I don't know. Do ya s'pose she'd go to bed with Bill...???

[stands2reason]

Hey, easter bunny. I didn't do the Easter thing this year. I was you once at a mall for a few years. That was plenty enough Easter to last me the rest of my life. Of course, I will go to the store tomorrow and get half-price candy. :-)

[newfreep]

...including a re-hash (true or not) of the Cathy O'Brien fable.

Who is/was Cathy O'Brien?

[jporcus]

Hopefully this will cause the press to check things out by calling the various 9/11 families to see if Hillary did indeed help them. Wouldn't it be nice for there to be a continual slow leak of bad press for Hillary on this account? Poetic justice.