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...unexpectedly speedy delivery of the Starr report came during a day of fast-moving scandal news, and coincided with an equally surprising public display of contrition from Bill Clinton. "I let you down," the President told Democratic donors in Orlando. "I let my family down. I let this country down. I'm trying to make it right. I'm determined to never let anything like that happen again...
WASHINGTON: When Ken Starr's 36 House guests arrived Wednesday, unannounced and two days early, their Republican hosts had an understandable reaction -- lock them in a room until all the beds get made. TIME political editor Priscilla Painton says that while the two 18-box sets of raw scandal data languish in that sealed room in the Ford office building, the report looks leakproof, and "the process by which House members decide what to do with it may be as important as what...
WASHINGTON: He's appealed on the grounds of executive privilege, attorney-client privilege and the historic silence of the Secret Service. Now Clinton attorney David Kendall is pleading "fundamental fairness" in a bid to see Ken Starr's Lewinsky dossier before it heads to the Hill. "Elemental fairness dictates that we be allowed to respond to any 'report' you send to the House simultaneously with its transmission," Kendall wrote Starr on Monday. In other words, Clinton wants to steel himself against possible impeachment charges and claims a right to read Starr's report a week in advance -- plenty of time...
...professional courtesy," according to Rep. Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat who says he fully expects the Lewinsky matter to lead to impeachment proceedings. Independent counsel history is on Kendall's side, too -- Iran-Contra prosecutors offered the White House right-of-reply. And the best part is that if Starr takes a hard line and denies his request, Kendall's boss gets to play the martyr. Who says politics isn't fair...
...Starr, that's quite a statement. But an accusatory audit of the campaign's books by the usually toothless Federal Election Commission has provided Reno with precisely what she needed to pull the trigger this time: specific and credible evidence that a major player, such as Clinton or Gore, was directly involved in wrongdoing. "The betting inside Justice is that she'll seek an independent counsel after the 90 days are up," says Shannon. "And along with Gore and Clinton, Bob Dole could be involved...