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...issue is whether the Starr report and Clinton testimony tapes constitute "valid" material for classroom discussion. But the larger and more significant implication of the case is whether the classroom is a place where information can be freely exchanged, debated and understood...
...puritanical nature of public schools is well-known. Many districts still ban books like The Awakening and Sophie's Choice because they are considered, like the Starr report and the Clinton tapes, "sexually explicit." Never mind that both books are fascinating character studies and substantial works of literature; if sex is involved, it isn't "appropriate." The same goes for the Clinton-Lewinsky affair: of interest to a government class is whether the president's dishonesty merits his removal from office. It's more about adultery, and party lines and huge egos, than...
...Walsh was the first independent counsel to conduct a wide-ranging and costly ($47 million) investigation. It resulted in seven guilty pleas and four convictions (two were overturned, and George Bush pardoned six of the targets). There has been grumbling about various probes since Walsh's, but only Starr's ever expanding Whitewater investigation, which is likely to exceed the cost of Walsh's inquiry, has been so castigated...
Still, while Starr and his investigation are better known, it is Smaltz who is cited as the best example of the statute's weaknesses by those who closely follow the law. In September 1994 he was assigned to investigate whether Espy, the first black to hold the job of Agriculture Secretary, illegally accepted gifts--luggage, sports tickets, entertainment--from people and agribusinesses he regulated. Smaltz was almost immediately criticized for his freewheeling tactics. His team asked former friends and employees of chicken king Don Tyson whether they knew of any hookers or homosexual activity at events that took place long...
DATE September 1998 RUMOR Ken Starr blasted "public pornography" on 60 Minutes back in 1987 EFFECT CBS had to refute: Starr never appeared on show...