Word: starr
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NICHOLSON BAKER His novel Vox appears in a Starr subpoena. So there is a future in being a literary mid-list writer...
Your story on Federal Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, who will play a key role in shaping Kenneth Starr's investigation [NATION, March 16], said she "has acquired a reputation for tilting strongly in favor of the government." That statement is questionable, if not outright nonsense. You overlooked a volatile case, Murphy v. National Security Agency, in which Judge Johnson courageously ruled against the government and in my favor...
...were not exempt from the law and that the information placed in my personal security file, and in those of all NSA employees, had to be accurate, complete, timely and relevant in accordance with the Privacy Act. The public can rest assured that any ruling by Judge Johnson in Starr's investigation into the President's activities will once again reflect the dictates of law, truth and fairness. ALBERT I. MURPHY Beltsville...
...teaching, just as it is legitimate for Clinton to point out Willey's affectionate notes, her book proposal, her publicity hunt via 60 Minutes. By the same token, it was just as wrong for Thomas' critics to get hold of his video-rental records as it was for Kenneth Starr to subpoena a bookstore last week to pry into Monica Lewinsky's reading habits...
...facts emerging in the Jones case, most legal experts say, cut against her. Willey? The public is tilting toward he-said, away from she-said. Lewinsky? Starr will have a hard time convincing a poll-driven Congress that lying about consensual sex means you lie about everything; it is the only thing many people lie about. An impeachment for lying looks like an impeachment for sex, too much of a punishment in either event, and a huge ordeal for the country...