03 November 2003 - 10:08 p.m. Linda Tripp is being paid $600,000 because the Pentagon leaked information about her during the Monica Lewinski trial She issued a written statement through her attorneys that said: "The government should never be permitted to use Privacy Act-protected information to discredit political opponents. This is a long-awaited first step toward holding the government accountable." "Today the Department of Defense has accepted liability. My ultimate goal is to ensure that any sitting president be required by law to honor the Privacy Act regardless of political motive," Tripp said. Privacy? discredit political opponents? regardless of political motive? Shut the fuck up you piece of shit and just say, "thank you" for your payoff, bitch. (1) Comments?