this came to be because of a connection with vince foster junior. the last person who we knew saul vince foster alive in the white house was under trim. -- in trim -- linda trim. linda says a young woman, and that was monica lewinsky, working alongside me at the pentagon in the public affairs and public information office has made me aware that there is a relationship with the president, but most relevantly, she is asking me to commit her perjury -- perjury because she has committed perjury herself. at the end of that phone call on sunday night, i was away at the american bar association meeting in colorado. she said, you know me. i am linda trimp, a witness in the vince foster death investigation. we took steps, some of which have been criticized, and criticism comes with the territory, but we verify what linda had told us on that sunday evening. she had recorded a number of telephone conversations with monica, so we were reviewing those. the fbi was looking at those as well. we did have the famous episode at the ritz-carlton, which has been severe