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...coalition is also facing accusations of financial mismanagement. Its chief financial officer, Judy Liebert, was suspended in June after she instigated a federal probe into alleged overbilling by the coalition's direct-mail vendor, Hart Conover. Coalition officials say Liebert erred by taking her complaints outside the organization. Through her attorney, Liebert says she mentioned her concerns to coalition executive director Ralph Reed, who failed to act promptly on them. Ben Hart, an owner of Hart Conover, is one of Reed's golfing chums. Hart Conover denies any wrongdoing...
Last week, after an 8 1/2-month undercover probe, federal prosecutors announced who they thought that someone was: a little-known Phoenix-based paramilitary group by the name of the Viper Militia. Last Monday ATF agents arrested 10 men and two women alleged to be members of the group. In a series of simultaneous raids, agents found an arsenal that included two machine guns, six rifles and 56 boxes stuffed with 11,463 rounds of ammunition, as well as hundreds of pounds of chemicals similar to those used in the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. Agents also discovered...
House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R.-Ga.) said yesterday the inquiries, which also include a separate House committee probe, will examine "whether or not the Clinton administration knew in advance of the danger...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Responding to Republican claims that her office could not conduct an independent investigation of the White House "Filegate" incident, Attorney General Janet Reno said she will ask a special three-judge court to give Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr the authority to oversee that probe. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the Administration would welcome an outside investigation, and hoped that it would "shut up" GOP critics. Reno's decision to assign an independent prosecutor will deflect GOP allegations that the White House is influencing the investigation, says TIME's Jay Carney. In addition, Starr, Reno...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Responding to Republican claims that her office could not conduct an independent investigation of the White House "Filegate" incident, Attorney General Janet Reno said she will ask a special three-judge court to give Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr the authority to oversee that probe. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the Administration would welcome an outside investigation, and hoped that it would "shut up" GOP critics. Reno's decision to assign an independent prosecutor will deflect GOP allegations that the White House is influencing the investigation, says TIME's Jay Carney. In addition, Starr, Reno...