Anthony Pellicano and the Clintons

Though the American press insists on not reporting this inconvenient detail, Anthony Pellicano was first hired by Bill and Hillary Clinton in 1992 in a bid to discredit Gennifer Flowers’ steamy tape recordings of conversations with Mr. Clinton.

As noted in Ron Kessler’s 1995 best seller, “Inside the White House,” “The Clinton camp made much of the fact that Anthony J. Pellicano, an expert on audio recording analysis, had told the press that a twelve-minute portion of the tape of conversations between Flowers and Clinton had been ‘selectively edited’ at two points.”

To counter Pellicano’s claims, Flowers submitted her recordings to Truth Verification Labs, which found them to be 100 percent authentic.

In 1999 Flowers filed a defamation suit against Clinton campaign officials James Carville and George Stephanopoulos – along with then-first lady Hillary Clinton – based on their attempts to use Pellicano’s analysis to discredit her.

Arguing before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last year, Flowers’ Judicial Watch attorneys tied Pellicano directly to the first lady-turned-New York senator, telling the court: “Anthony Pellicano was a private investigator hired by Mrs. Clinton herself. And he’s the one who did the analysis of the tapes.”

The court ruled in Flowers’ favor, allowing the lawsuit to proceed.

But that isn’t the only time Pellicano has been linked to the Clintons.

Four days after the Monica Lewinsky story broke in January 1998, ex-Lewinsky boyfriend Andy Bleiler came forward with the claim that she had stalked him. The Washington state school teacher also contended that Lewinsky wanted to become a White House intern so she could perform oral sex on then-President Clinton.

“I’m going to Washington to get my presidential knee pads,” Bleiler’s lawyer, Terry Giles, quoted Lewinsky as saying.

“Anthony Pellicano, the L.A.-based private investigator and O.J. defense team veteran [was] responsible for digging up Andy Bleiler,” the New York Post’s Andrea Peyser reported at the time. Sexgate provocatuer Lucianne Goldberg told Peyser that Pellicano’s services were bought and paid for by the Clinton White House.

When Peyser confronted the “investigator to the stars” with Goldberg’s claim, he didn’t deny it. “You’re a smart girl. No comment,” Pellicano told the Post reporter.

On February 19th, 2008 at 9:06 pm, AlohaGuy said:

A dead fish on the windshield? So dopey it could only happen in Hollywood. A message from the Codfather perhaps?

LOL

The Codfather. Good one, AG.

Michelle Malkin said:

Thank you, reader. Maybe Fox will correct its news item now.

Don’t hold your breath waiting on a correction from them, Michelle. If it does occur, it will be buried somewhere in the bowels of the publication.

Erin Finn is the government witness and victim who brought Pellicano down. She was a girlfriend to Bob Pfeifer, now under indictment for illegal wiretapping.

This is an interesting piece from 2006

Prosecutors said that among the people who had been illegally wiretapped or subjected to criminal background checks were the actors Sylvester Stallone, Keith Carradine, Garry Shandling and Kevin Nealon; a Hollywood reporter for The New York Times; and managers of the Creative Artists talent agency.

I would call my lawyer to check this out…

I will follow it as well. Strange, I wonder what their motive is…

Bad fact checking and Roger Friedman is probably a Geraldo fan…

Six Degrees of Michelle Malkin!

On February 19th, 2008 at 9:17 pm, brooklyn red said:

Sometimes people just drop names for the appearance of credibility… right Mookie?

What are you trying to say?

Looks like Hill won’t be congratulating Obama yet again. Sore loser indeed.