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Barbara
Olson, R.I.P.
Mourning
the loss of a contributor, adviser, and friend. R.I.P.
By NR Editors, from “The Week”
October 1, 2001, issue
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the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on America was a friend of NR:
Barbara Olson, a lawyer and author who was on the plane that was
crashed into the Pentagon. Nobody on the airwaves was a more intelligent
or knowledgeable critic of the Clintons. She learned about them
earlier than most, when she served as an indefatigable investigator
for the House Committee on Government Reform. Later, she wrote a
best-selling book on Mrs. Clinton called Hell to Pay. But
where other students of Clintonite wrongdoing fell into weariness
or apoplexy, Olson managed to keep a lively sense of humor. In her
last moments, she reportedly used her cell phone to call her husband,
solicitor general Ted Olson, seeking to foil the hijackers' plot
— an action entirely in keeping with her character. We offer
condolences to her family, and mourn the loss of a contributor,
adviser, and friend. R.I.P.
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