Drug use probed in White House

As heads are still spinning over sex, perjury, abuse of power and
security scandals in the White House, trained dogs brought in by the
Secret Service detected drug use in and around the Oval Office, sources
tell WorldNetDaily.

While Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr is said to be aware of the
drug problems in the White House, no mention of such problems were in
his report to Congress. But reports indicate as many as 25 percent of
the White House staff have a history of illegal drug use, say the
sources.

According to security protocols, White House clearance is supposed to be
denied those with significant illegal drug use. Past administrations
welcomed FBI checks to weed out applicants and avoid scandal. But the
Clinton administration has stymied FBI efforts to keep known drug users
off the White House staff.

A security clearance is required to gain access to various parts of
the White House and to see certain documents. Yet, even as an intern,
Monica Lewinsky had a top-level security clearance which enabled her to
gain access to the White House at any time, day or
night. Such access for an intern was not unusual, just questionable, say
FBI sources.
Several sources have reported independently of each other that Monica
Lewinsky’s dress not only had evidence of a sexual encounter with Bill
Clinton, but also traces of cocaine.

“There was a significant amount of cocaine residue,” said one source
close to the FBI. Another source with ties to the White House Secret
Service confirmed the allegations and was astonished the Starr report
does not mention more about the dress.

“The dress is not the only evidence Starr has regarding drugs in the
Oval Office,” said the source.

Former FBI agent Gary Aldrich, who was stationed at the White House
during the Bush and early Clinton years and who was responsible for
background checks of prospective employees, confirmed reports that drug
users have the run of the chief executive’s offices.

Allegations of drug use have long followed Bill Clinton throughout
his political career. He is known to have had regular social activity
with Dan Lasater, a convicted cocaine dealer, in Arkansas during the
1980s. Lasater was arrested for illegal drug trafficking, along with
Roger Clinton, the president’s brother. While Lasater was in jail, Patsy
Thomasson was given power of attorney to run Lasater’s investment
business. That business was suspected of laundering illegal drug money,
according to a former investigator involved with that case. Lasater was
later pardoned by Gov. Clinton.

The fact that Thomasson was placed in charge of the White House
employee drug-testing program alarmed Aldrich, who voiced his concerns
of White House security problems in his book “Unlimited Access.”

Previous administrations used the FBI background investigation as a
type of screening process for potential White House employees. The
Clinton administration looked at the FBI as an obstacle to be overcome,
charged Aldrich.

“They took a totally cavalier attitude towards security clearance
investigations and totally disregarded what the FBI brought to them by
way of evidence of serious wrongdoing in a persons past,” said Aldrich.
“They kept the Secret Service from even knowing the results of these
investigations. Which of course is absurd. They’re the ones that are
supposed to protect the White House and the president from unsuitable
people in the first place.
But they didn’t want the Secret Service to know that upwards of 25
percent of their staff members had serious experience with significant
illegal drugs, for example.”

Drug use was not just by low-level staff. It included “Cabinet-level
people too,” said Aldrich.

“It was like a circus side show in the Clinton White House, except it
wasn’t funny and it certainly wasn’t entertaining,” he added.

His investigations turned up other problems that should have also
prevented a large number of the Clinton staff from getting security
clearances. He found many violations of federal laws, failure to pay
student loans, previous employment dishonesty that resulted in
dismissals, refusal to pay federal income taxes, and some had serious
mental disorders requiring medication to function and maintain emotional
stability.

Aldrich says his information and evidence points to continued drug
use and security problems in the White House to this very day.

“They treated drug use as a normal part of their lifestyle activity,”
he said. “This was the scary thing. There was no evidence that they felt
inclined to stop using drugs once they became a White House employee.”

The use of drugs in the White House may be shocking, but not as
shocking as other evidence Aldrich and other sources claim Starr has not
yet reported to Congress. There is evidence involving abuse of power
surrounding the White House Travel Office scandal, and the misuse of FBI
files. National security may also have been compromised when favors were
done for Red Chinese agents in exchange for multimillion-dollar campaign
donations.

Aldrich and other sources speculate that the failure of Starr to
release information on these scandals may be a deliberate effort to
spare the country the agony of dealing with such difficult subjects.

“Perhaps as a country we would have difficulty going there to
determine that the president, or some of his people in fact were
involved in treasonous matters,” said Aldrich. “So maybe it’s just
easier to let him off the hook on a sexual escapade matter. I don’t
know. Ken Starr’s had four years and lots and lots of FBI agents to look
into all
these things, but I don’t think Ken Starr’s empowered to make these
kinds of lofty huge decisions on how to proceed. If in fact these
reports are softballs on Travelgate and
Filegate, then I’m going to be suspicious that somebody or somebodies
have sat down and decided that it’s just not politically digestible to
report what Clinton has actually done.”

Aldrich speculates that Starr may be hoping Clinton resigns rather
than face the music of more serious wrongdoing. But the former FBI agent
does not believe that strategy will work. He says Clinton thinks he can
overcome such scandals.

“I don’t believe he’s going to go easily,” says Aldrich. “It’s going
to be a long, dirty battle that will be destructive to the country in
many ways.”