The book includes second- and third-hand accounts of the president sneaking out of the White House late at night, allegedly driven on some occasions by aide Bruce Lindsay, to meet a woman at a Washington hotel. He declined to comment on Alrich’s accounts of Livingstone’s conversations. ``I hope the publisher is paid up on its libel insurance,″ said Randy Turk, Livingstone’s attorney. Livingstone had no experience in security matters and was hired because he was a friend of the Clintons, Aldrich contends. ``Hillary is the one to talk to,″ Livingstone is quoted as saying. Clinton played a major role in directing the management of security in the White House. Kennedy and his lawyers could not be reached for comment late Thursday.Īldrich, who retired from the FBI last year, maintains that Mrs. Clinton was involved in hiring Livingstone.
Kennedy on Wednesday told a congressional hearing that he didn’t think Mrs. The White House said the files were secured because of bureaucratic mistake as part of a project to update White House security passes. Livingstone surged into the spotlight several weeks ago after it was learned that one of his subordinates had obtained 700 FBI files on officials, some from the Bush and Reagan administrations. in Washington and is being promoted by Craig Shirley & Associates Inc., whose principals are Republican political operatives. The book is published by the conservative Regnery Publishing Inc. ``The book is backed by the far right and its publication is a political act. ``This is trash for right-wing cash,″ said Fabiani. White House lawyer Mark Fabiani said the book has ``zero credibility.″ Clinton and their aides changed long-standing security policies and allowed access to classified materials by staffers without proper clearance. In the book,``Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House,″ the author portrays the Clinton White House as one in which the president, Mrs. ``It’s a done deal,″ Kennedy is quoted as saying. He is a central figure in the controversy over FBI files gathered on hundreds of officials by the White House.Īldrich wrote that he expressed concern about hiring Livingstone, a campaign advance man, to White House lawyer William Kennedy. Livingstone resigned from his post Wednesday.
The book, written by Gary Aldrich, a 30-year FBI agent assigned to the White House for five years, says Livingstone got the job because he was a friend of the Clintons. WASHINGTON (AP) _ A new book by a former White House FBI agent says Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed to hire Craig Livingstone to head personnel security even though he had no experience in security matters.
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