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Extraction Summary
6
People
5
Organizations
1
Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
Type:
Narrative account / memoir excerpt (contained within house oversight investigatory files)
File Size:
1.27 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a memoir or narrative account included in House Oversight files (stamped 015135). The text describes the narrator's decision to leak Anita Hill's statement regarding Clarence Thomas to NPR reporter Nina Totenberg during the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation process. It details the narrator's motivation (outrage over hypocrisy regarding abortion) and recounts specific testimony where then-Senator Joe Biden interrupted Hill during a discussion about Roe v. Wade.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Narrator | Author/Leaker |
The unnamed author of this text who decided to leak Anita Hill's statement to the press due to outrage over hypocrisy...
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| Professor Hill | Witness/Subject |
Anita Hill; referred to regarding her statement to the press and her testimony about disagreeing with Judge Thomas on...
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| Nina Totenberg | Journalist |
Reporter for National Public Radio chosen by the narrator to receive the leaked affidavit.
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| Judge Thomas | Supreme Court Nominee |
Clarence Thomas; testified under oath he never discussed abortion.
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| Hank Brown | Senator |
Asked a question to Professor Hill regarding her discussions with Judge Thomas.
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| Joseph Biden | Then-Senator |
Interrupted Professor Hill's testimony regarding Roe v. Wade.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Democrats |
Political party mentioned in the opening quote.
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| National Public Radio |
NPR; Organization where Nina Totenberg worked.
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| Supreme Court |
Subject of Nina Totenberg's reporting.
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| The Senate |
Legislative body embarrassed into delaying the vote.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (2 events)
October 1991
Clarence Thomas Confirmation Hearings
US Senate
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Implied location of the Senate and Supreme Court.
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Relationships (3)
I chose Nina Totenberg because I had come to trust her reporting
Professor Hill testified that she had disagreed with Judge Thomas in a discussion about Roe v. Wade.
then-Senator Joseph Biden quickly interrupted her.
Key Quotes (4)
"And that was the precise instant I made the decision to leak Professor Hill’ s statement to the press."Source
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"I had never leaked a document before, but my anger overshadowed my fear."Source
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"I certainly did not envision that it would literally embarrass the Senate into delaying the vote until public hearings were held"Source
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"“That is not the subject of these hearings,” he said."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,294 characters)
and I once had an extremely animated discussion on the decriminalization of abortion. Can you imagine what the Democrats would’ ve done with that?”
And that was the precise instant I made the decision to leak Professor Hill’ s statement to the press. Although I have constantly been sexually hassled, I have never really been harassed in the legal sense of the word. However, I have had an abortion, and I was totally outraged by the blatant hypocrisy I’ d overheard. I had never leaked a document before, but my anger overshadowed my fear.
I chose Nina Totenberg because I had come to trust her reporting about the Supreme Court on National Public Radio. I honestly had no idea what leaking the affidavit would accomplish. I certainly did not envision that it would literally embarrass the Senate into delaying the vote until public hearings were held, though that probably was my secret desire.
But Judge Thomas testified under oath that he had never discussed the subject of abortion. However, in response to a question by Senator Hank Brown, Professor Hill testified that she had disagreed with Judge Thomas in a discussion about Roe v. Wade. Unfortunately, then-Senator Joseph Biden quickly interrupted her.
“That is not the subject of these hearings,” he said.
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