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Joe Scarborough sent a
cease and desist letter to have all references to himself and his dead aide,
Lori Klausutis, removed from this site.
Click here for the
PDF.
Nothing was removed from
this site
Which Republican U.S.
Congressman had a dead aide found in his office while the media was hounding
Democrat U.S. Congressman Gary Condit about his missing ex-intern, Chandra
Levy?
Joe Scarborough
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Conservative Republican that served from
1994-2001 when he resigned from office abruptly, just months after being
reelected..
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Represented northwest Florida -- a military rich
area -- which includes the Naval Air Station -- Eglin AFB -- Hurlburt
AFB
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Never served in the military
see biography page
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He practiced law with the firm of Fred Levin,
for whom the University of Florida law school is named
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Writes commentary for the Pensacola News
Journal
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com
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Rock and Roll musician
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A dead female aide was found in his Florida
office at the same time Democrat Congressman Gary Condit was under intense
national media scrutiny
News
article link
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ONLY ONE NEWSPAPER IN THE
ENTIRE UNITED STATES COVERED THIS DRAMA -- The NW Florida
Daily News
(Ft. Walton Beach) 21 links are listed below that cover the death of Lori Klausutis. Joe's hometown newspaper, the Pensacola News Journal only ran three
brief articles.
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Listed below are links to other websites and
other information on Scarborough and Lori Klausutis.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/01.05B.Klausutis.1.htm
http://www.americanpolitics.com/20010808Klausutis.html
http://www.whoseflorida.com/lori_klausutis.htm
Our
Editorial:
9-15-01-
All Hat No Cattle
Republican stronghold gives kid-glove treatment to local U.S. Congressman Joe
Scarborough
When this story first broke in the
Florida panhandle, we wondered
if we were in store for some Gary Condit-style
media coverage. Needless to say, this story
never made national TV. The big boys of broadcast had their sights set
solely on Condit and had no time to cover the unusual death of a healthy,
politically active 28-year-old female aide in a
U.S. Congressman's district office.
The so-called Liberal national media -- quite the opposite in this instance as
in so many others -- felt it was more important to keep plucking feathers from
their latest Democrat goose than to ruffle the feathers of a Republican
Congressman who unexpectedly resigned just a few months after being reelected.
Now an aide had been found dead in his office, but the national news media
simply weren't interested.
After all was said and done, a few things became quite clear. The
authorities, mainly the police who investigated the scene, gave the appearance
of a cover-up by
immediately stating that there were no signs of foul play.
It subsequently was revealed that the
dead woman had a wound to her
forehead, which seemed to fly in the face of the initial statements by
investigators. If this wasn't an example of poor police work, it most certainly
was a case of bumbled media and public relations.
How could police rule out foul play until they knew the cause of the wound,
before an autopsy was conducted and toxicology tests performed?
The local newspaper, the Northwest Florida Daily News, tried to get information
from local authorities and claimed they were sandbagged at every turn . No
one suggested that the Congressman had anything to do with the death, but the
manner in which authorities handled the press shows one thing. They gave
the benefit of the doubt to the popular Republican Congressman, and it is
doubtful they would have done the same for any ordinary Joe.
CLICK THUMBNAILS BELOW TO FOLLOW THE CHRONOLOGY OF SCARBOROUGH'S TREK
RESIGN FROM CONGRESS,
HAVE A DEAD AIDE FOUND IN YOUR OFFICE --AND YOU TOO MAY GET YOUR VERY OWN MSNBC TALK SHOW
-- ONLY IN AMERICA
An interesting commentary
A Death in the
Congressman's Office
Does Anybody in the Press Care About Lori Klausutis?
By Denis Wright and Chris George
August 8, 2001 (APJP)
NOTICE: Most links were taken down in September 2006 by
the NW Florida Daily News. Some links are archived via Google cache.
The following is a collection of
links gathered after a dead aide was found in Republican Congressman Joe
Scarborough's Fort Walton Beach, Florida office in late July 2001.
Northwest Florida Daily News articles on the dead aide
Northwest Florida Daily News
... Scarborough aide dies. Police have found no evidence of foul
play in the death of
Lori Klausutis. By JEFF AYRES, Daily News Staff Writer An employee of US Rep.
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www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/news/01/010721news1.html -
10k -
Northwest Florida Daily News
... The medical examiner investigating the death of Lori
Klausutis said Saturday
there is absolutely no evidence that the 28-year-old employee of US Rep. ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/news/01/010722news2.html -
10k -
Northwest Florida Daily News
... Lori Kaye Klausutis. Lori Kaye Klausutis, age 28, of
Niceville, Fla.,
passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2001. She was a member of St. ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/obituaries/
010723briefs5.html - 11k -
Northwest Florida Daily News
... Scarborough aide laid to rest. Information on the cause of
death of Lori Klausutis
may be released today. By AMBER BOLLMAN, Daily News Staff Writer ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/news/01/010726news3.html - 7k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... Repeated attempts Thursday to contact Associate Medical
Examiner Dr. Michael
Berkland about the death of Lori Klausutis were unsuccessful. ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/news/01/010727news6.html - 6k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... Blood test results and an autopsy were By unable to reveal
Lori Klausutis'
cause of death. By AMBER BOLLMAN, Daily News Staff Writer. ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/news/01/010728news4.html - 6k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... On behalf of Lori Klausutis' entire family, I want to thank
the Northwest
Florida Daily News for adding to this family's pain over Lori's loss. ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/opinion/010728edit2.html -
12k -
Northwest Florida Daily News
... mosquito bite. The deaths of Lori Klausutis and Cody
Landsverk were
equally tragic - two young lives that ended all too soon. Both of ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/ralph_routon/
010729edit3.html - 16k -
Northwest Florida Daily News
... Lorraine L. Smith, 77, Destin, July 22. Lori K. Klausutis,
28, Niceville,
July 19 Tuesday, July 24. Randall F. Counsman, 82, no town given, July 16. ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/obituaries/
010729briefsa4.html - 7k -
Northwest Florida Daily News
... As Norm and Carol Klausutis' neighbor, I can attest to the
pain your newspaper ... While
I understand that this tragedy became newsworthy because of Lori's job in ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/opinion/010731edit2.html -
13k -
Northwest Florida Daily News
... While a blow to the head was ultimately responsible for the
death of Lori Klausutis,
an undiagnosed heart condition caused her to collapse and take a fatal ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/news/01/010807news2.html - 9k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... Associate Medical Examiner Michael Berkland said Monday that
the aide, Lori Klausutis, suffered a heart condition - previously unsuspected
and undiagnosed ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/opinion/010808edit1.html - 8k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... examiner's office and the Fort Walton Beach Police
Department are adding another
layer of mystery to the death of congressional aide Lori Klausutis by refusing
...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/opinion/010823edit1.html - 8k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... Florida, is still being given a complete pass by the media,
in spite of the dead
(from blunt trauma to the head) congressional aide Lori Klausutis, whose body
...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/opinion/010828edit2.html - 8k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... Details emerge in aide's death. A police report reinforces
the finding that Lori
Klausutis' death was accidental. By TOM McLAUGHLIN, Daily News Staff Writer ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/news/01/010829news1.html - 9k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... 23 Lori Klausutis piece (Daily News editorial, "Klausutis
records should be
released"). It's good to find a few remaining newspapers here and there. ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/opinion/010829edit2.html - 9k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... Everyone keeps talking about how Dr. Michael Berkland needs
to hurry
up and release the information on the Lori Klausutis case. ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/opinion/010830edit2.html - 9k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... unforeseen difficulties, delays or homicides," Associate
Medical Examiner Michael
Berkland said he would release the autopsy report for Lori Klausutis Friday. ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/ local/01/010830briefs1.html
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... I feel for the Klausutis family and imagine they just wish
all the stories would
stop. But Lori worked for our congressman, which makes her death ripe for ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/opinion/010831edit2.html - 9k
Northwest Florida Daily News
... Autopsy report on aide released. The findings confirm Lori
Klausutis died after
falling and hitting her head on a desk. By JEFF AYRES, Daily News Staff Writer
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www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/news/01/010901news3.html - 8k
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Northwest Florida Daily News
... Despite weeks of furious speculation on the Internet, it's
likely that Lori Klausutis
died exactly the way investigators say she died: She collapsed because of ...
www.nwfdailynews.com/archive/opinion/010902edit1.html -
10k -
Read about Lori Klausutis, the
deceased aide of Joe Scarborough
Picture of Lori Klausutis...sort of <
link removed 2-10-03 by University of West Florida
Lori's Marathon results...scroll down to #270
Her
obituary
Joe Scarborough's activities since November
2000 to present
November 2000 Stumped for George
W. Bush right until election day. Then Scarborough made national TV
talk show rounds in defending Bush's controversial victory.
May 2001
Scarborough surprises northwest Florida by
announcing his plans to resign, only a few months into his two-year term.
July 2001
Joe Scarborough's aide is found dead in his Ft. Walton Beach office.
August 2001
Authorities refuse to release autopsy reports on the dead aide.
Editorial 8-23-01
September 2001 Resignation
takes effect
October 2001
Scarborough faces lawsuit over bank loan
October 13, 2001 •• 754
words •• ID: pen2001101510301174
Ginny Graybiel @PensacolaNewsJournal.com A
Pensacola businessman has filed a lawsuit to collect a $39,624 debt that he says
former U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough owes him. Bob Switzer personally guaranteed a
$50,000 revolving business line of credit that Scarborough obtained when he was
publisher and owner of The Florida Sun, a weekly newspaper, according to the
suit. When Scarborough failed to make payments, AmSouth Bank deducted the
$39,624 balance from one of Switzer's...
October 2002 Lawyer
in the law firm of Fred Levin. Also writes commentary for the Pensacola
News Journal.
February 2003
MSNBC Host filling in for Nachman
June 2003
- to present
Former U.S. Rep. Scarborough debuts on MSNBC show,
Scarborough Country
The Associated Press 4-4-03
Former U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough made his debut as anchor of a national
cable news show about the United States' showdown with Iraq and is scheduled
to stay in the role indefinitely...Scarborough was reelected to a fourth
term but resigned a few months later to spend more time with his two sons.
Want to
complain to MSNBC about employing Scarborough
email
them at news@msnbc.com or
letters@msnbc.com
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