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...high-level meetings and goodwill visits to slums with as many plugs as possible for the fast-track trade-agreement powers he is seeking from Congress. Then he finds himself in an impromptu Air Force One press briefing on campaign finance, assuring us he will offer himself to Janet Reno for questioning. As if all this wasn't enough, Clinton now has to decide exactly how he is going to use his line-item veto pencil on the $248 billion Defense Appropriations bill...
...GORE Tick-tock, tick-tock. Reno had no choice. Still, she's getting closer. Al phones home for legal help...
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...
Which probably explains why Reno was careful last week not to rush to judgment about the White House telephoning sessions by Gore and Clinton. Gore said Friday that Reno's decision to extend her review of his calls was no surprise, and he vowed to cooperate. "I remain confident that everything I did was legal and correct," said Gore. But while it appears that Gore and Clinton are in the same legal boat over the phone calls, a top Justice Department official cautioned that the two cases are far from identical. Gore's calls are well documented, and Gore...