In the tradition of FDR, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon<ref>''It Didn't Start With Watergate'', Victor Lasky.</ref> the Clinton's were not averse to illegally using the IRS to harass enemies. Only in the case of the Clinton's it wasn't just political opponents. Mrs. Clinton went after [http://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/leona-helmsley "the little people", as Leona Helmsley called them]. The little people, like the fired Travel Office employees, or the women who were victims of Mr. Clinton's sexual assaults. The people who wouldn't just shut up and go away.