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...writer is Harvard’s Vice President and General Counsel...
...possibility that high officials broke federal law and endangered America’s national security demands that an independent counsel seek out the full truth. The counsel must be permitted to complete a full investigation, but should be nonpartisan, with stringent controls placed on the cost and duration of the inquiry to prevent it from devolving into a witch-hunt like the one perpetrated by former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr...
...importance of the separation of powers highlights the need for an independent counsel. The current investigation, overseen by Attorney General John Ashcroft, is rife with conflicts of interest. Not only does Ashcroft owe his job to the administration he is investigating; he is also indebted to Karl Rove, whom he hired for three of his campaigns in Missouri. Moreover, Ashcroft has proven his willingness to politicize the office of Attorney General by interfering in local courts in order to curb plea bargaining and encourage the use of the death penalty, as well as by personally campaigning for the USA Patriot...
...White House has not only opposed hiring an independent counsel to head this inquiry, it has already begun pressuring Congressional Republicans not to call for an independent inquiry. That the White House has sought political cover while blocking an impartial inquiry into these deeply unsettling questions is nothing short of appalling. If the administration has nothing to hide, let it reassure the American people by allowing a fully transparent and independent investigation to determine the truth. If, on the other hand, the administration continues to drag its feet, the public can only suspect the worst...
During his tenure as HUD secretary he was probed by an independent counsel about allegations that he lied to FBI agents about payments to his ex-mistress. He plead guilty to a misdemeanor in 1999 and was pardoned by President Clinton in the last month of his administration...