Word: reno
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...questions about their investment in a real estate partnership, Whitewater Development Corp. In the TIME/CNN poll, just 40% of those surveyed said Clinton was a leader they could trust, vs. 56% who agreed they had "doubts and reservations." In response to such concerns, last week Attorney General Janet Reno appointed Robert Fiske, a respected former U.S. Attorney, as special counsel to investigate the case...
...decision. But before leaving the Czech capital Wednesday morning, Clinton told advisers, "I want to get on with the business of my presidency," and gave the go-ahead for a special counsel. Officially, the decision came in a letter from White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum to Attorney General Janet Reno...
That gave White House aides a reason to turn aside any new Whitewater questions: from now on, it's all up to the special counsel. But there are questions about the special counsel. Who will be chosen? Reno's only answer was someone "ruggedly independent." Outsiders could agree only on a general description: the counsel should be someone well known and respected, at least within the legal profession; probably retired or semi-retired (because he or she could not be involved in any active litigation); and preferably a Republican. How broad or narrow will the probe be? Said Justice Department...
...recent Whitewater affair is even more troubling. Attorney General Janet Reno waited until yesterday to appoint Robert Fiske Jr., a former U.S. Attorney, as special prosecutor for the case. Some of the documents he must review are subject to statutes of limitations under Arkansas state law. By waiting this long, Reno may have helped to obscure a great deal of the truth about Clinton's Arkansas land dealings...
...Reno had claimed she needed Congress to renew the Independent Counsel Act, but that simply was not true. Yesterday, she did what she could have done all along: called for a special prosecutor outside of her department. Better yet, her boss could have ordered her to do so, proving he had nothing to hide and helping to clear the air around...