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Moreover, despite protestations by the FBI about the thoroughness of its investigation, the probe was hasty and incomplete, overlooking evidence that more than one killer was involved. For example, Earl Caldwell, then a reporter for the New York Times, was in his room on the first floor of the Lorraine Motel when the shot rang out. He ran out and saw a man crouching near the edge of a weed-covered embankment at the foot of the flophouse from which the FBI contends Ray fired the fatal shot. This shadowy figure, Caldwell says, seemed to be focusing his attention...
There were other signs last week that Starr was entering a late phase of his probe. The Washington Post reported that he is close to completing a detailed memo outlining the pros and cons of bringing charges against senior Clinton officials, as well as the President and his wife. A Clinton adviser suggests that Starr is merely leaking word of such a memo to keep the Clinton camp off balance. But when it comes to Hubbell, Clinton has a way of sounding flummoxed. Asked recently if he knew anything about Hubbell's Lippo contract, the President denied knowing about...
Both Pentagon and FAA officials expressed concern that some hotdogging may have occurred in the first flyby. Confirmation will have to await completion of a probe by the National Transportation Safety Board. Major General Donald Sheppard, head of the Air National Guard, attempted to put events in a positive light by noting with satisfaction that his pilots--and airline passengers as well--are learning about the sensitivity of the crash-avoidance gear installed on airliners in recent years. Such onboard units "are alerting us to things that happened all the time that we never knew before," he said. "This...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Justice Department is looking into whether the Chinese Embassy was used as a planning center for foreign contributions to the Democratic National Committee. While details of the investigation remain sketchy, a "well-placed" source close to the probe reports that foreign counterintelligence considerations could prompt Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to look into Democratic campaign finance, reports The Washington Post. Reno has previously refused to appoint a counsel, citing the lack of evidence showing wrongdoing among high-level executive branch officials. Although a Chinese Embassy spokesman denies that China ever meddled in overseas...
...Tale of Three Cities: Accountant Glenn Wilburn lost two grandsons in the April 1995 blast that destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building. Since that day, he has collected what he believes are leads abandoned by government investigators, hoping a grand jury will be impaneled to probe further. "All roads to Oklahoma City lead to Elohim City," says Wilburn, referring to a white-supremacist compound in the eastern part of the state. A telephone record he has collected (it was made public by the government) shows McVeigh calling Elohim City two weeks before the bombing. Although he offers no hard evidence...