-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy ----- As always, Caveat Lector. Om K ----- <A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:513262">Uncovering Clinton by Michael Isikoff </A> ----- Subject: Uncovering Clinton by Michael Isikoff From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, Apr 8, 1999 3:59 AM Message-id: <7ei5mn$44f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This great book by Michael Isikoff is available from Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609603930/jivatechnologies Reviews First at the Washington Post, and later at Newsweek, Michael Isikoff researched the stories that helped turn Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Linda Tripp, and Monica Lewinsky into household names. Uncovering Clinton is his version of All the President's Men, a play-by-play account of how he put the pieces together and gradually came to the conclusion, based on the allegations surrounding Bill Clinton's sexual behavior, that the president of the United States was "psychologically disturbed." But Uncovering Clinton is also about how Isikoff had to fight with his own editors to get his reporting into print and how he fell victim on multiple occasions to online gossip columnist Matt Drudge, who stole Isikoff's thunder by printing items about stories that hadn't run. He also found himself caught up in the machinations of Linda Tripp and her literary agent, Lucianne Goldberg, as they schemed to manipulate the president and his paramour into a compromising situation. Isikoff is up-front about the frustrations he experienced on the journalistic trail; although he wanted to think of himself as another Seymour Hersh when he set out on the Jones story, he writes, "instead, I was starting to feel like Geraldo Rivera." Even though just about everybody knows the basic story at this point, Uncovering Clinton is still as lively a read as any political thriller--and all the more unsettling for being true. --Ron Hogan Book Description "I realized something that should have been apparent to me much earlier: I was in the middle of a plot to get the president." A quarter of a century after Woodward and Bernstein's history-making expose All the President's Men stunned the nation by capturing the Nixon presidency in the throes of turmoil, Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff gives us an equally explosive and surprisingly suspenseful behind-the-scenes account of his investigative role in the scandals that have rocked President Clinton's second term and led to the historic vote for impeachment that will define his presidency. Isikoff, who is credited with breaking the Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Monica Lewinsky stories, is universally acknowledged as the leading reporter who brought to light the incredible revelations about Clinton's personal and political lives that have consumed this country and shocked the world. As a reporter for the Washington Post and Newsweek, Isikoff has established himself as an astute observer and chronicler of Clinton's conduct throughout his presidency, following a trail of presidential misconduct from Little Rock, Arkansas, to the Oval Office. But Isikoff also unwittingly became a primary character in the unfolding Clinton drama. This is a story only he could tell, a gripping narrative of how one journalist went from battling skeptical editors and a formidable White House spin machine in his quest for the truth about Clinton to becoming a central participant in one of the biggest scandals in American political history. Featuring a cast of bizarre characters who make this book as entertaining to read as a novel, Uncovering Clinton is also a nuanced and scrupulously fair account with a wealth of never-before-told information about the major players and events in the Clinton scandals, including: The real reasons why some Washington Post reporters and editors believed Paula Jones's story from the start--and while Isikoff's story nonetheless was later killed before it ran. How George Stephanopolous covered for Clinton as Isikoff pursued the Paula Jones story. How Lucianne Goldberg's private notebook and tapes of her phone calls with Linda Tripp show that while Tripp was crying "victim" to the press, she was really plotting to bring down the president and betray Monica Lewinsky--and write a book about it all. The real truth behind Hillary Clinton's oft-cited "vast right-wing conspiracy"--a coterie of right-wing lawyers known as "the elves" who secretly wrote the Jones legal briefs and arranged to bring the Lewinsky story to Ken Starr's office and to public light. How Linda Tripp manipulated Ken Starr's prosecutors into launching a criminal investigation into the Lewinsky matter while withholding critical information, including her repeated contacts with Isikoff. Isikoff had no agenda when he started investigating President Clinton's conduct other than to get at the truth. Now, after accomplishing a remarkable case of journalistic detective work, Isikoff gives us something even more significant: a work that illuminates the psychologically troubling behavior of a president, an Administration that has enabled his actions, a motley crew of Clinton-haters who would stop at nothing to topple the president, and a rapidly changing media grappling with the ever-shifting boundaries between public and private behavior. Uncovering Clinton will surely be the definitive account of our nation's biggest political scandal since Watergate. About the Author Michael Isikoff joined the Washington Post in 1981, where he covered the Justice Department, the Iran-Contra Affair, and Latin American drug operations. In 1994, he moved to Newsweek, where he covered the Oklahoma City bombing, the 1996 election campaign, and other national issues. His exclusive reporting on the Lewinsky scandal gained him nationwide attention, including profiles in the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is a news analyst for MSNBC and a frequent guest on numerous news programs including NBC's Meet the Press and PBS's Charlie Rose. Isikoff lives with this wife and daughter in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Customer Comments A reader from Worcester, Massachusetts , April 6, 1999 Isikoff knows how to tell a story. This is an utterly remarkable book. Isikoff knows so much about his story that he is able to assume the position of an omniscient narrator - generally the privilege only of someone who authors a work of fiction. The story he tells is, of course, a sordid one. Even so, Isikoff's dedication to truth seems genuine. This is a reporter without an ax to grind, an ideology to defend. His closing sentence is a gem! [EMAIL PROTECTED] from Farmers Branch, Texas , April 6, 1999 Worth Reading Carefully (Has Some Enigmatic Comments) On page 113 of Uncovering Clinton by Mike Isikoff, he writes: "I called Philip Weiss, a gadfly reporter for the New York Observer. We had spoken just a few weeks earlier. Weiss was doing a story on "Clinton Haters" for the New York Times Magazine, and he wanted to know why reporters like me didn't pay them much attention. Well, I told him, because I thought at bottom their theories were nutty. He didn't seem to like that and pressed me about some MINUTIAE [Emphasis Added] in the Vincent Foster case. I wondered whether the Times Magazine was really going to publish an article sympathetic to the "Foster was murdered" school of thinking." This is the most enigmatic comment, among a number of such in the the book, that has come to my attention. The New York Times Magazine article which Mike refers to above (a long cover article by Philip Weiss) later appeared in the 02/23/97 issue of the New York Times Magazine. Although I had previously appeared on a media panel with Michael Isikoff and raised the same general issue with him that Philip Weiss did (see the brief extract quoted above), Mike's "minutiae" comment still perplexes me. Those who are reading the book carefully and who would like to know more about 1) the "minutiae" that Michael Isikoff was referring to, 2) why Philip Weiss asked the question he did, and 3) why Philip reacted to Michael Isikoff's response in the manner above can obtain it gratis from me, if they wish. Enjoy the book -- I think it merits a careful read. -- Hugh Sprunt Farmers Branch, TX http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609603930/jivatechnologies -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. 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