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Bill Clinton responds to rumor he tore W from White House keyboards
Former President Bill Clinton has finally addressed long-running and bizarre claims from the early days of his handover to President George W Bush.
But nothing caught the public imagination like the claim that official keyboards were systematically disfigured to remove the letter ‘W’ - the middle initial of the incoming president and the name by which he was often known.
‘There are dozens, if not hundreds of keyboards with these missing keys,’ a White House source said at the time. ‘In some cases, the “W” keys have been taped on top of the doorways, which are 12 feet tall. In other cases, they were glued on with Superglue, right way up or upside down.’
A year-long investigation by the General Accounting Committee later found Clinton’s staff had caused about $15000-worth of ‘damage, theft, vandalism and pranks’ although there were no prosecutions.
