About this ebook
In 1998, for the first time in our nation’s history, the director of the United States Secret Service was asked to testify against a sitting president. Independent counsel Kenneth Starr wanted to question Director Lewis Merletti about President Clinton’s relationship with Lewinsky. Starr issued a motion to compel Merletti, and agents protecting the president, to testify as to what they may have seen or heard regarding Clinton and Lewinsky’s intimate liaisons. Merletti argued that if agents were permitted to testify about anything other than criminal acts, it would compromise the trust and confidence tenet critical to the mission of the Secret Service and thus jeopardize the safety of the presidency and the country.
But there was something more to the story. An anonymous source inside the Service—self-identified as “Deep Throat”—falsely alleged that Merletti not only facilitated the Clinton/Lewinsky relationship but had a deal with the president: keep quiet about Lewinsky, and in return, become the director of the Secret Service.
Drawn from interviews and previously unreleased documents from the National Archives, Trust and Confidence is the only inside account of the battle between the Secret Service and the independent counsel as well as the important connection between the Secret Service and Monica Lewinsky.
About the author
Jim Lichtman has been writing and speaking on ethics since 1995. Jim has a vast array of clients in many fields. His past clients include The American Bakers Association, Federal Dispute Resolution Conference, Society of Actuaries, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Rhode Island, The 3rd National Character Education Conference, Hampton University Honors College, Penn State Forum, and US Department of State.
Jim’s op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jim’s feature stories and appearances include The Washington Post, USA Today, The New Jersey Star-Ledger, Boston Herald, NPR’s Weekend Edition, NY-1, and CNN’s NewsNight with Aaron Brown.
