Defamation suit reinstated against Hillary Clinton

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals panel on Tuesday revived Gennifer Flowers' defamation suit accusing Hillary Rodham Clinton of masterminding a campaign to discredit her claim of an affair with Bill Clinton.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that Flowers could try to prove the former first lady, now a senator from New York, conspired against her with two presidential aides, George Stephanopoulos and James Carville.

The senator's attorney, David Kendall, said "the case is just as frivolous as it always was."