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...launch an independent investigation because she does not believe that the most fundamental condition of the independent counsel law, that the Attorney General have specific and credible evidence of wrongdoing by administration officials, has been met. Still, as an increasingly frustrated Committee chair Orrin Hatch argued, Reno could trigger the independent-counsel statute simply by finding a conflict of interest that prevented her department from investigating the matter. "With all due respect, I believe you are misinterpreting the statute," he said. ?All of the persons or entities under investigation have strong ties to the inner circles of the White House...
...advice of Justice Department lawyers who are conducting their own probe, she pointed to the language of the independent-counsel law. It requires "specific, credible evidence" of a crime by high-ranking federal officials. If the department inquiry turns up a smoking gun, she says, she'll pull the trigger on an investigation. But not before. "The best thing I can do is ignore the politics," she said. "I take everything based on the evidence...
...have been applied only to contributions for a specific candidate, not to the millions in so-called soft money given for party activities. All the same, most donors would admit that, no matter what channel their cash flowed through, they gave to elect Clinton or Dole. But Reno could trigger the independent-counsel statute by finding a conflict of interest that prevented her department from investigating the matter. William Barr, Attorney General under George Bush and a past critic of the statute, argues that "the primary issue is whether this is the kind of case that can be handled...
Consider what happens inside your body when it is subjected to intense pain. Say, for example, you're on your way to work when a runaway car jumps the curb and crushes your left leg. First, your mangled limb lets loose a flood of chemicals, called prostaglandins, that trigger swelling and activate the nerves that stretch from leg to spine. As soon as the nerve signals reach the spinal column, another group of nerves takes over and passes the message on to the brain. It is only after the brain gets in on the act that you can "feel" your...
...Depressing news about depression. A 29-year study finds that CLINICALLY DEPRESSED adults may face a 50% increased risk of dying from stroke. Depression--which is treatable--may somehow alter blood-platelet activity, which in turn may trigger clot formation...