Word: smaltz
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...million Total cost of independent counsel Donald Smaltz's investigation into Espy's alleged corruption...
...matter of experience," says Novak. "She's been distinctly unhappy with the work of some counsels, especially Ken Starr's investigation of Clinton, Donald Smaltz's investigation of Mike Espy and David Barrett's investigation of Henry Cisneros." Her opposition has evolved slowly over time, "but she has come to believe these probes have taken a life of their own, swept in tangential people and been prosecuted harshly -- costing too much money and time," says Novak. She now agrees with her department's Public Integrity Section, which has steadfastly maintained it is willing, able and professional enough to conduct investigations...
...million Cost of independent counsel Smaltz's investigation of Espy...
...pursuit of the trivial." Espy's transgressions were of the sort better judged in the court of public opinion than in a court of law. In that venue, he has already been punished. Despite the bravado he flashed on the courthouse steps when he denounced independent counsel Donald C. Smaltz as a "schoolyard bully," Espy knows he blew a historic opportunity by losing sight of age-old black moral traditions...
...abided by the first-black rules, meeting the standards for Cabinet officers would have been easy. But in this day and age, that would have been asking a lot. Instead, he tried to be like the other Mike: so heroic at his work that even an overzealous prosecutor like Smaltz would forgive him a few nitpicking ethical lapses. As Espy ruefully admitted last week, that was a miscalculation. He said, "I should have tried to be more like Jackie." That's a good motto for all public officials, even if they're not black...