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...seven of us saw the failures in those early Redstone rocket tests, but that didn't deter us--especially not Al. Waiting in his capsule through yet another delay before his historic mission, we heard him bark, "Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?" That moment says more about Alan Shepard than anything else...
...they are obliged to testify about potential wrongdoing and can do so without endangering the President's security. In a concurring opinion, Judge Laurence Silberman referred to the proposed privilege as "a constitutional absurdity." The White House hit the last step on Friday, when Rehnquist declined to delay the subpoenas. Starr questioned officers the same...
WASHINGTON: William Rehnquist has taken a pass and will not delay the fight over "Secret Service privilege" until October. But even though Ken Starr ordered Larry Cockell and a number of other agents to appear in court at high noon, the President's body man isn't likely to sing the tune Starr wants to hear just yet. The reason? The Secret Service agent is now expected to claim that any conversations he overheard between the President and Bruce Lindsey are protected by attorney-client privilege. And that means the Justice Department is passing the baton back to the White...
...that Starr ever cared about his popularity -? to him, the legal battles are the ones that matter, and he will likely win this one as well. An immediate Justice Department appeal will probably delay Special Agent Larry Cockell?s trip to the stand -- which Starr has set for Thursday -- until sometime in the fall, when the battle over "Secret Service privilege" ends in the Supreme Court. In a nation that still remembers the Kennedy assassination, Starr would seem to need an unlimited supply of gall to subpoena a standing President?s last line of protection, especially before he?s heard...
...point in betting against him. Kevin Flatley, director of estate planning at BankBoston, advises clients to act by Oct. 1. That's when he expects a tax bill in Congress, and, he notes, "typically, changes like these are effective the date of the proposal." So don't delay on the assumption that you will have time after a formal proposal surfaces...