Word: reno
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Either way, the tapes will surely complicate the questions facing Attorney General Janet Reno, who has been trying to decide for weeks whether the President and the Vice President broke federal fund-raising laws. It will not make things easier for Reno that the release of the tapes to investigators came just hours after she had informed House Republicans that Clinton's White House coffees "involve mere access to the President" and therefore needed no further investigation. At the same time that she was issuing her statement last Friday, Reno extended by 60 days her probe of Vice President...
Whether or not there is evidence of wrongdoing on the videotapes, their belated discovery is certain to anger top federal investigators, who were unaware that the tapes existed at all, and will add to the pressure on Reno to appoint an independent counsel. All materials related to the coffees, which would seem implicitly to include any videotapes of the events, were subpoenaed earlier this year by the Justice Department and two congressional panels. The tapes represent the first major batch of new material released by the White House to investigators since the spring...
...Reno's decision last Friday to dismiss a host of complaints about Clinton's fund raising, including the coffees, now looks premature. The fact that neither Reno nor her investigators viewed the tapes before dismissing the matter could make it even harder for the Attorney General to avoid seeking an independent counsel to investigate the entire fund-raising mess. The Justice Department has already been faulted for overlooking evidence during its probe of almost a year--evidence that was readily available to reporters...
...Reno was considered something a cowboy when it came to alleged Clinton wrongdoings, which is why Clinton didn't really want Reno back for his second term. Yet he retained her, for that very reason: to prove both his innocence and her impartiality...
...hasn't worked out that way. But should Reno fear for her job? There is certainly grist for Hatch's mill. What there hasn't been so far is much grist for Reno's. Gutting her won't bring Charlie Trie back from Shanghai...