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Hillary, Eavesdropper?
www.slate.com ^ | May 31, 2007, at 10:57 PM ET | Mickey Kaus

Posted on 06/01/2007 9:07:37 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45

Hillary, Eavesdropper? Big Mama is Listening! Kf has obtained a copy of page 93 of the unreleased Gerth-Van Natta Hillary Clinton book, which describes how, during the '92 campaign, Hillary herself

"listened to a secretly recorded audiotape of a phone conversation of Clinton critics plotting their next attack. The tape contained discussions of another woman who might surface with allegations about an affair with Bill. Bill's supporters monitored frequencies used by cell phones, and the tape was made during one of those monitoring sessions."

Hmm. Phone-monitoring was a key investigative method of what notorious California-based Clinton-friendly private eye and problem solver? Just asking! ... P.S.: I'm not talking about Jack Palladino, who is explicitly mentioned in the footnotes as working for the Clinton team and would not have to be described as a "supporter." But of course, it could still be him, or any other "supporter." (Nor is it clear if the phones were being monitored in Arkansas or D.C..) ... I don't know how common cell-phone-monitoring was in 1992. ... P.P.S.: Wasn't there a character in Joe Klein's Primary Colors who did this sort of thing? ... P.P.P.S.: Isn't it not so legal? ... See also this exegesis of the elements of a violation of 18 U.S.C. 2511 (1) (a). I'm not an expert, but it looks like a potential minefield for Hilla

(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...


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1 posted on 06/01/2007 9:07:37 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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“... it looks like a potential minefield for Hillary. Think what Patrick Fitzgerald could have done with the provision criminalizing anyone who “intentionally uses, or endeavors to use, the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication” knowing it was obtained illegally. [E.A.] Maybe it all depends on what the uses of “uses” are! ... Did I bury the lede? ...

Update: Actually, say the profs at the Volokh Conspiracy, it depends on whether they were cell calls or cordless calls! Gerth and Van Natta say “cell.” I don’t think Hillary can take much comfort in Volokh’s analysis “


2 posted on 06/01/2007 9:08:32 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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To: Para-Ord.45

It shows again, and again that the Clinton’s are above the law. Where is the outrage?


3 posted on 06/01/2007 9:08:52 AM PDT by Inge C (,)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Hillary as a speed bump.


4 posted on 06/01/2007 9:09:35 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: Para-Ord.45

Wow... Watergate and FBI files came to mind as I read this.


5 posted on 06/01/2007 9:11:06 AM PDT by EndWelfareToday (Live free and keep what you earn. - Tancredo or Hunter)
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To: doug from upland; LucyT

Anything with the name Jack Palladino needs to be copied for saving. Stories with Jack Palladino seem to be yank for the Net.


6 posted on 06/01/2007 9:11:29 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia
Makes one wonder what else they've been sitting on all these years....
7 posted on 06/01/2007 9:14:45 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Worthy of a cross link

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1837471/posts
Lawsuit: Murdoch killed negative Clinton stories


8 posted on 06/01/2007 9:15:23 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: mewzilla

And I hate not understanding why some of these things are sat on.


9 posted on 06/01/2007 9:16:06 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Para-Ord.45

isn’t that a felony? Where’s the special prosecutor?


10 posted on 06/01/2007 9:19:27 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
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Question: What lucky Florida Couple just happened to be driving around with a scanner and tape recorder, heard a cell phone conversation with Newt as one of the parties, taped it, and hand delivered it to a Democratic member of Congress in Washington, D.C.?
11 posted on 06/01/2007 9:20:40 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: Inge C
A few weeks ago, there was a blurb in Liz Smith's gossip column about Hil and Bill building a house in the Dominican Republic. Has anyone seen any other stories about this?

Also, before Liz's blurb, a guy called Rush, stating he had just been to D.R. and all the talk there was about the Clinton's building a home next to their bud, Oscar de la Renta.

A small story in the scheme of things this pair has done, but why hasn't someone asked her why she did not build a house in the USA?

12 posted on 06/01/2007 9:21:22 AM PDT by uvular
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To: Para-Ord.45
Is there anyone who is surprised by this revelation?

CC&E

13 posted on 06/01/2007 9:27:45 AM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (So many books, so little time!)
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To: Yo-Yo
Hint: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/january97/cellular_1-14.html
14 posted on 06/01/2007 9:30:00 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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Bill's supporters monitored frequencies used by cell phones, and the tape was made during one of those monitoring sessions."

They must've let the old farts that listened in on Newt use the equipment too!

15 posted on 06/01/2007 9:35:39 AM PDT by b4its2late (Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

IIRC, monitoring a radio transmission in legal. Taping it and distributing it is not.


16 posted on 06/01/2007 9:43:27 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: Yo-Yo

Baghdad Jim McErmott.


17 posted on 06/01/2007 9:44:00 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: uvular

Is ganja legal in the DR?


18 posted on 06/01/2007 9:44:43 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: uvular

According to Wikipedia: “the Dominican Republic has served as a transportation hub for Colombian drug cartels.”


19 posted on 06/01/2007 9:46:29 AM PDT by khnyny
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To: Para-Ord.45

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1843039/posts


20 posted on 06/01/2007 9:46:30 AM PDT by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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