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Amid a state investigation into the alleged financial misconduct of top Medical School researcher Dr. Bernardo Nadal-Ginard, sources are also accusing the doctor of violating faculty salary caps...
...women of the Senate are reenacting the spectacle of 1992's Clarence Thomas hearings. This time, instead of a nominee for the Supreme Court, the accused is one of the Senate's own: Sen. Bob Packwood, a Republican from Oregon who, like Thomas, is accused of sexual misconduct. In question are thousands of pages of diaries covering about a quarter century of Packwood's life...
Laura Steinberg, Nadal-Ginard's lawyer, said last night that his leaves of absence "did not have anything to do with" the alleged misconduct, but were requested for medical reasons...
...committee does have an interest, however, in pursuing information that falls beyond the scope of its immediate inquiry. At present, Packwood faces three charges: sexual misconduct, intimidation and misuse of staff. Packwood maintains that it is "unfair and probably unconstitutional" for the committee to disclose incidents unrelated to those charges. In a letter to Bryan, the American Civil Liberties Union concurs: "The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that Congress cannot use its subpoena power to view material relating to private affairs that goes beyond the scope and purpose of a particular inquiry." Bryan counters that Packwood was specifically informed that...
...bombshell speech on the Senate floor, Oregon Republican Bob Packwood declared that the ethics committee investigating him on charges of sexual misconduct should not subpoena his diaries -- because that would raise serious privacy issues and because the diaries contain accounts of the amorous affairs of other members. In a blistering counterattack, the committee declared it needed the diaries to look into possible crimes unrelated to the harassment accusations. A flustered Senate considers whether to seek enforcement of the subpoena this week...