Here are the insiders and journalists who some have suggested may be the anonymous author of “Primary Colors.” All, by the way, plead not guilty, or, dependin on how you look at it, not that lucky.
George Stephanopoulos President Clinton’s adviser
Lisa Grunwald novelist and magazine writer whose sister, Mandy, was media consultant for Clinton’s 1992 campaign
James Carville Clinton’s campaign guru
Sidney Blumenthal New Yorker contributing writer
Joe Klein Newsweek political columnist
Erik Tarloff screenwriter married to Laura Tyson, chair of Clinton’s economic council
Peggy Noonan Reagan speechwriter extraordinaire who, in the theory, is masquerading as a Clinton insider
Roger C. Altman forced to resign as deputy Treasury secretary and therefore insider with a grudge
Dee Dee Myers forced to resign as press secretary and therefore
Garry Trudeau cartoonist, whose wife, Jane Pauley, told the Washington Post, “He did seem awfully busy last year.”
