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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Secret Service Agent Gary J. Byrne: Hillary Clinton Gave Bill Clinton A BLACK EYE [View all]Segami
(14,923 posts)57. Yes....Agent Gary Byrne complained to WH Deputy CoS Evelyn Lieberman....
ChicagoTribune
October 1998
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One Secret Service agent called her a stalker. Another agent told his colleague and young trainees to be careful with her because she was "the president's mistress." Others called her a groupie, a "clutch," who hung around the Oval Office too much.
Monica Lewinsky was well-known to the agents responsible for guarding the president and the White House long before her relationship with the president became public. As a rule, they did not like her. Some considered her a literal threat to the president. The gossip among them was rampant about her having an affair with the president in the Oval Office complex.
After putting up a furious court fight to prevent its agents from testifying, the normally tight-lipped, eyes-straight-ahead Secret Service officers turned out have much to say about the president's affairs and free with their opinions about Lewinsky.
- Agent Gary Byrne called her a "stalker" because she was always around the Oval Office and Byrne complained to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Evelyn Lieberman, who eventually saw to it that Lewinsky was transferred to the Pentagon.
Once when Lewinsky was near the Oval Office, Byrne stopped her and asked her what she was doing. Just then, White House steward Bayani Nelvis emerged from the White House pantry and said that if she wasn't careful, she would wind up like Paula Jones.
According to Byrne, Lewinsky replied that she was smarter than Jones, and Nelvis laughed. "I felt very uncomfortable about it, and I just said, well, see you later," Byrne said.
After Lewinsky had been transferred, a "pretty upset" Timothy Keating--the staff director for legislative affairs who had hired Lewinsky--approached Byrne and told him, "You knew what was going on over there with Lewinsky, and you didn't tell me? Now my butt's in a ringer."
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-10-04/news/9906250002_1_clinton-and-lewinsky-monica-lewinsky-oval-office
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Secret Service Agent Gary J. Byrne: Hillary Clinton Gave Bill Clinton A BLACK EYE [View all]
Segami
Jun 2016
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Thanks For Your "SERVICE" Mr Byrne! NOW , Let's See If The Corporate Press Covers IT?
CorporatistNation
Jun 2016
#3
I'm not thrilled that any former SS are writing tell-alls @ former First Families
riderinthestorm
Jun 2016
#5
Once again innuendo and no proof. Is bernie gonna buy all the copies and give them out to his fans?
msongs
Jun 2016
#9
I'm waiting to see if any Secret Service Agent's come out to call this guy a liar.
Autumn
Jun 2016
#30
She was murdering Vince with the left hand while smacking Bill with the right 😂😂😂
Txbluedog
Jun 2016
#15
She swung Foster by his hindquarters and hit Bill in the eye by accident - or not.
Blaukraut
Jun 2016
#16
You sure you weren't trying to reach PageSix dot com, or some other tabloid?
BobbyDrake
Jun 2016
#18
What's even LESS surprising is that a "Hillary Fan" would choose to press ALERT:: see
vkkv
Jun 2016
#19
I give this tabloid crap all the credence it deserves, which is none. But.... Really?
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#35