Arkansas Project

Hillary's team crosses the line Hillary's team crosses the line

The Clinton campaign's circulation of right-wing materials to denigrate a top Obama advisor reeks of cynicism.
By Joe Conason Mar 28, 2008

  • Will Bush dare to nominate Ted Olson as attorney general?

    The infamous lawyer knows how to keep troublesome information hidden, and what better way for the president to taunt his detractors.
    By Joe Conason September 14, 2007

  • Former American Spectator publisher: Olson is deceiving the Senate

    Ronald Burr confirmed to a friend and advisor that Olson was centrally involved in the Arkansas Project -- and led the charge to fire him after Burr demanded an audit.
    By Ralph J. Lemley May 24, 2001

  • Smearing David Brock

    Ted Olson's defenders say the former right-wing journalist had nothing to do with the Arkansas Project. But the project's own records prove they're wrong.
    By Daryl Lindsey and Kerry Lauerman May 17, 2001

  • Ted Olson's Arkansas problem

    Despite his evasive disavowals, Salon investigations showed the right-wing consigliere was deeply involved in a sordid plot to bring down President Clinton.
    By Daryl Lindsey May 14, 2001

  • The Arkansas Project wasn't journalism

    Ted Olson's defenders say the Clinton-bashing effort was protected by the First Amendment -- and besides, Olson didn't know much about it anyway. They're wrong on both counts.
    By Joe Conason May 22, 2001

  • Why the Senate should reject Ted Olson

    His role in the sleazy Arkansas Project is bad enough. The fact that he hasn't told the truth about it is worse.
    By Gary Kamiya May 18, 2001

  • Shaheen draws a blank

    After a year-long probe, the Justice Department's special counsel finds "insufficient" evidence of Whitewater witness-tampering.
    By Joe Conason July 28, 1999

  • Scaife tells why he cut off Spectator's funding

    The reclusive billionaire points the finger at fellow Arkansas Project conspirators in testimony before the grand jury.
    By Murray Waas October 1, 1998

  • Cast of characters

    Cast of characters behind the Clinton-Starr scandal
    By Salon Staff September 10, 1998

  • The Salon Report on Kenneth Starr

    We now know more than we ever wanted to about the president's private life. Here's what the public should know about the prosecutor who may drive him from office.
    By David Talbot September 10, 1998

  • The Salon Report on Kenneth Starr

    We now know more than we ever wanted to about the president's private life. Here's what the public should know about the prosecutor who may drive him from office.
    By David Talbot August 30, 1998

  • Taking care of David Hale

    A Salon investigative report reveals how Kenneth Starr's key Whitewater witness secretly hooked up with a prominent anti-Clinton attorney.
    By Murray Waas August 13, 1998

  • False Witness, Part 2

    Kenneth Starr's key witness, David Hale, lied under oath during his testimony in the Whitewater case to conceal his secret ties to conservative activists
    By Murray Waas August 13, 1998

  • False Witness, Part 1

    Salon launches "False Witness," an investigative series on David Hale, President Clinton and the untold story of Whitewater.
    By Murray Waas August 12, 1998

  • A Clinton critic's tax-exempt lifestyle

    As head of the American Spectator's nonprofit foundation, conservative editor R. Emmett Tyrrell enjoys some unusual perks.
    By Jonathan Broder and Joe Conason June 9, 1998

  • The American Spectator's funny money

    The American Spectator wanted to bring down Bill Clinton with its Scaife-funded Arkansas Project. Instead, the conservative magazine may have opened itself to charges of tax fraud.
    By Jonathan Broder and Joe Conason June 8, 1998

  • A Clinton critic's tax-exempt lifestyle

    As head of the American Spectator's nonprofit foundation, conservative editor R. Emmett Tyrrell enjoys some unusual perks.
    By Jonathan Broder And Joe Conason May 30, 1998

  • American Spectator audit: Is the fox guarding the henhouse?

    Theodore Olson, a close friend of Kenneth Starr's and a former attorney for David Hale, heads the embattled American Spectator's crucial internal investigation.
    By Jonathan Broder April 27, 1998

  • The smearing of Judge Woods

    How newspaper articles of questionable origin were used by Kenneth Starr to remove a federal jurist in a Whitewater case.
    By Gene Lyons, Joe Conason And Murray Waas April 22, 1998

  • Salon's conspiracy

    How did it get the Hale-Scaife stories, and when did it get them?
    By David Horowitz April 20, 1998

  • Starr deputy met with Scaife's private investigator

    Whitewater prosecutor Hickman Ewing did not fully report on meetings with anti-Clinton operative.
    By Murray Waas April 20, 1998

  • Starr strikes back

    Defiantly, the independent counsel bids farewell to Malibu while holding tight to his investigation of the president.
    By Jonathan Broder and Murray Waas April 17, 1998

  • Scaife investigator targeted CNN reporter

    Private details about TV correspondent John Camp's life ended up in House committee files.
    By Murray Waas April 17, 1998

  • White House jumps into Starr "conflict" fray

    President Clinton's chief lawyer demands independent counsel recuse himself from Hale investigation.
    By Jonathan Broder And Murray Waas April 14, 1998
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