Word: reno
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mysterious Louis Freeh Dan Burton hoped his campaign finance hearings would air a split between Janet Reno and Louis Freeh. Instead, he got a fully supportive Freeh -- at least in public. Full Story...
WASHINGTON: Dan Burton wanted a cage match on Capitol Hill: Janet Reno versus Louis Freeh. Instead he got musical chairs...
...Republican-led House Oversight committee had scheduled the pair to testify separately, hoping to draw out Freeh's support of an independent counsel. But Freeh was determined to present a united front; he wanted to sit at Reno's side. So, Democrats introduced a resolution to that effect; it was defeated. Freeh settled for a seat behind Reno, at her elbow (at least they'd be pictured together.) And loyally waited ? for six-and-a-half hours ? while his counterpart testified. Observed TIME Washington correspondent Elaine Shannon: "Aides were dropping like flies...
...When Reno finally left the stand, Freeh artfully deflected pointed questions about his reported unhappiness with Reno and her Justice-led probe. Of course, had the FBI chief wanted a united front, he might have started earlier. Shannon points out that the Reno-Freeh split went public on reports from Freeh's own aides. "And he's very much in control ? not the type to have genuine leaks...
...that Reno seems on the verge of closing that inquiry, FBI officials are worried that Justice lawyers will return to micromanaging agents' information-gathering forays that touch on the conduct of Clinton, Gore and other senior figures. Ultimately, FBI officials warn, the fundamental question of the affair--Was there an overarching scandal to violate campaign laws?--may go unresolved...