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Friday, Jan. 26, 2001

Linda Tripp, whose taped phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky exposed the ex-president's illicit sexual liaisons in the Oval Office with his intern, was fired from her job with the Defense Department just as the Clinton-Gore administration ended and she was on approved leave in Germany interviewing for a job.

CNN is reporting that:

She is bringing suit in federal court accusing the Pentagon of violating the Privacy Act by releasing information about her to the Jan. 23 European edition of the Stars and Stripes newspaper.

It appeared in print at the very time she was applying for a government position with the George Marshall Center, a multinational think tank that discusses security and other issues.

Her attorneys said the leak by "unidentified" Pentagon officials of her interview with the center "robs her of professional dignity" and was "clearly designed to sabotage Linda Tripp's attempt to gain re-employment."

The law firm said Tripp was terminated while on approved leave and traveling to Germany, where she was applying for a government position with the George Marshall Center.

The Stars and Stripes article disclosed, among other things, that she was willing to accept a lower position at a cut in pay from the nearly $100,000 she received at the Pentagon.

"These leaks are shameful," her lawyers said. "They are designed to humiliate and embarrass Mrs. Tripp. They are designed to render her jobless and bankrupt.

"Anything that could be said to injure Mrs. Tripp's reputation was unleashed once it became evident that her testimony could bring down a president.

"The DOD continues to act as if it is 'open season' on Linda Tripp's right to privacy."

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