Word: starrs
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...expansion of the Independent Counsel's jurisdiction [from the Whitewater investigation] to encompass the Jones case and Ms. Lewinsky did not occur by accident or easily... The sequence of events suggests that Independent Counsel Starr deliberately delayed requesting the expansion of his jurisdiction. Neither Monica Lewinsky nor President Clinton had made any statements under oath in the Jones case (at least that had been filed with any court) when Linda Tripp approached the OIC on January 12. The only evidence the OIC possessed at that time were tapes illegally created by Tripp. The OIC itself proceeded to tape the Tuesday...
...STARR REPORTERS...
Since mid-January, TIME's Washington bureau has been immersed in the story of Ken Starr's investigation of President Clinton, which has meant working to wheedle information a sentence at a time from reluctant sources. Until last Friday and Saturday...
...many Cabinet members "are deeply disgusted and disappointed that the issues they came to Washington to promote are fading into oblivion." John Dickerson returned from vacation to spend 14-hour days on Capitol Hill monitoring lawmakers' attitudes toward censure or impeachment. Michael Weisskopf pursued fresh leads arising out of Starr's investigation and spent time with people close to Clinton, "trying to get a sense of his mood...
...McAllister, deputy Washington bureau chief and a lawyer, shared with Justice Department correspondent Elaine Shannon the task of analyzing the legal case. Says Shannon: " I cover agents, cops and prosecutors, so I talk to people who have seen a lot worse than anything in the Starr report." She relayed the sentiments of one veteran law-enforcement official: "There's almost nothing in the report that hasn't happened in the Hoover building...