Linda Tripp, Clinton-Lewinsky Whistleblower Passes At Age 70

Linda Tripp, the government employee who secretly recorded conversations with Monica Lewinsky in the late 1990s about Lewinsky’s affair with President Clinton, has died at age 70.

Tripp’s death Wednesday was confirmed by Joseph Murtha, her former attorney. No cause of death was given, but news reports indicated she endured a brief case of pancreatic cancer.

Tripp started working at the White House in the Republican administration of George H.W. Bush and stayed for the early part of the Clinton administration.

Tripp and Lewinsky met while both were working at the Pentagon.

A friendship ensued, and Lewinsky — 24 years younger than Tripp — began confiding in her co-worker about her sexual relationship with the president.

At one point, Tripp shared the news with a conservative book agent, Lucianne Goldberg, who suggested she start taping her phone chats with Lewinsky.

But recording someone without the person’s permission is illegal, and when word of the tapes’ existence got out, Tripp turned them over to special prosecutor Ken Starr, who was investigating Clinton.

In return, Tripp received immunity from prosecution.

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