Decius wrote:
] Does Hilton actually have the background that he says he has?
] I haven't been able to locate any evidence of that.

The editorial staff at amazon.com seems to confirm that he was an aide to Dole from 1979-80, and also "Senate Counsel". However, I've been unable to find any other confirmation of that so far, so it may just mean that they were quoting the author's own blurb on the bookjacket.

A check of bobdole.org shows a reference to a woman named Jo Anne Coe who was Dole's Chief of Staff, had worked for him for 35 years, and passed away in 2002. I've been as yet unable to find a list of any of Dole's other staffers.

Hilton's lawsuit was evidently filed in 2002, so the recent interview is a followup.

Hilton also appears to have been a guest on "Hannity & Colmes" back in 2002. I'd love to see a transcript of that, but haven't found one yet. And I'm nearly certain that I saw a recent interview with someone making Hilton-like claims on one of the news channels. I just saw it on a channel surf though, so I didn't have any details to go on (but it's why I was researching this stuff later)... Something about them claiming that it wasn't really a plane that hit the Pentagon, but was instead a missile. And the interviewer was asking, "What about the passengers who were killed?" and then I was on to the next channel since I wasn't in a "debunk the conspiracies" frame of mind for television that evening. ;)

RE: Interview with Stanley Hilton