"Linda Rose Tripp" is a former U.S. civil servant who figured in the Lewinsky scandal/Monica Lewinsky scandal of 1998–99 that eventually led to the Impeachment of Bill Clinton/impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Tripp's action in secretly recording Lewinsky's confidential phone calls about her relationship with the President caused a sensation with their links to the earlier Clinton v. Jones/Jones v. Clinton lawsuit and with the disclosing of notably intimate details. However, Tripp claimed that her motives were purely patriotic, and she was able to avoid a wiretap charge in exchange for handing in the tapes. She then claimed that her firing from the Pentagon at the end of the Clinton administration was vindictive, but it was shown to be a standard routine. Still, she was able to claim generous compensation for unauthorized revelations about her security clearance.

Tripp works with her husband in a retail business in Middleburg, Virginia/Middleburg, Virginia.

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It's interesting how it completely changes your life because you can never get your privacy back. Your anonymity is gone.

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But I know I did the right thing.

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It truly was about the president of the United States trying to fix a court case.

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I watched his metamorphosis for eight years, and where I could have voted for Al Gore eight years ago, I could not have voted for him now.

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I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment.

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Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.

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People should be allowed to document evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Where is the expectation of privacy if someone is conspiring to commit crime?

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I've tried so hard to get my life back. And frankly, I don't think it is possible.

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Loyalty is to the government. I take this so seriously.

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