Word: starr
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WASHINGTON: They're not talking anymore. Monica Lewinsky and Kenneth Starr are through trying to make a deal, according to her attorney William Ginsburg. That means legal immunity is a distant prospect for the former intern. "Judge Starr knows our telephone number; we are here if he wants to call us," said Ginsburg. That's not likely, says the Washington Post -- Starr is furious because Lewinsky made a muddled proffer. Yes, she did have a sexual relationship with Clinton; no, she was not told to lie about it, but was "told to tell a certain version of events that...
...Starr is certainly taking an equally hard line with the White House. Late Wednesday he rejected its request that he restrict his questioning of top aides, leaving executive privilege as the only stonewall option. This came after his grand jury turned the spotlight on Clinton aide Bayani Nelvis -- who, the Wall Street Journal claims, saw Clinton and Lewinsky alone together in a room adjoining the Oval Office. Nelvis's lawyer, Joseph Small, called the Journal story "absolutely false and irresponsible." The feeding frenzy continues...
...only a feeding frenzy if we lead with Monica, right? Perhaps that's why rain footage from both coasts dominated everyone's ten o'clock shows. Unlike CNN, which REALLY likes weather news, CNBC's Brian Williams skipped away after the obligatory eight minutes and rated Kenneth Starr by comparing his record to that of other special prosecutors throughout history. He ran a respectable second, but as Susan McDougal pointed out in her "Dateline" interview (rerun in full Wednesday as a filler for Brian), Starr's success is strictly Triple-A and hasn't made it out of Little Rock...
...idea of President Clinton claiming executive privilege to keep Ken Starr away from his legal team sounds desperate, that's because it is. "Executive privilege is reserved for three things: military or diplomatic secrets, and matters of national security," says TIME Washington Deputy Bureau Chief J.F.O. McAllister. "It's hard to imagine a court ruling that Monica Lewinsky's sex life falls into any of those...
...easy to pierce," McAllister says. John Podesta, for instance, who testified Thursday, was in on most of those meetings, not to mention other staffers. And though Podesta's a lawyer, his capacity as deputy chief of staff is political. Says McAllister: "If he can listen in, the law says Starr...