I’ve been reading the back and forth between Jay and our commenters regarding the Hillary books. And I found myself agreeing with Jay’s observation:
It is news, I think, that Hillary had a “serious fear” that she might be indicted for perjury or obstruction during the Whitewater investigation. Covering the Clinton White House at the time, I never got the sense that Starr and his team were close to indicting her. Or that the White House was worried she might be indicted.
But then the ever-vigilant James, Los Angeles proved that even that allegation was old news, and indeed had been in our very own magazine, written by my very own self:
You call that “news”? How about this, Carney:
Hillary Hears Strains of The Music She Will Face
Monday, Mar. 22, 1999 By KAREN TUMULTY
Hillary Clinton in Cairo, Egypt.To scandal cognoscenti, there was nothing new in the headline last week that Ken Starr’s chief deputy once drafted an indictment against Hillary Clinton. But the confirmation by prosecutor W. Hickman Ewing, coming at the outset of Whitewater figure Susan McDougal’s trial for contempt, sent chills through the First Lady and those advising her as she considers a run for a New York Senate seat, sources say. As a sign of things to come, says one, “this most recent news gives you pause.”
So now I ask: Is there such a disease as newsheimers?