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...request for permission to search Lee's computer because the agents lacked the "probable cause" evidence required by law. The agency appealed to Reno, who refused to budge. Her decision was correct, but FBI grumbling about it made its way, as many FBI complaints do, to Capitol Hill. There, congressional Republicans who were already angry at Reno for dragging her feet on another probe involving China--the 1997 investigation into the highly creative Clinton-Gore fund-raising practices during the 1996 campaign--began to keep a watch on the Los Alamos case...
...then, Republicans on Capitol Hill were up to speed on the Lee case. They had heard from Energy officials who suspected Lee, as well as some who believed he was innocent. But the House G.O.P. was in no mood to show any quarter to Reno or other officials on the case. That spring, several Senators tagged Reno in public for denying the FBI its warrant to inspect Lee's computer in 1997. By the fall, Reno and the rest of the Administration were under intense pressure--and not just from Republicans--to move against Lee. Energy Secretary Richardson was pushing...
There has been an outcry from universities and even some alarmed members of Congress. But the 1992 law still holds, and gambling on college games is thriving as never before in Nevada. Legislation meant to deal with that problem, favored by a congressional majority, remains buried on Capitol Hill...
...release, Pendergast has become an advocate for the pending legislation that would end legal betting on college sports in Nevada. He has acknowledged his guilt and cooperated with authorities, but he has also singled out Nevada as the linchpin of the scheme. He told lawmakers and others on Capitol Hill in February, "Without Nevada, without the option of betting money in Nevada, the Northwestern basketball point-shaving scandal would not have occurred...
JACK VALENTI Gov't report says movie bosses market to kids. Their no-show on Capitol Hill doesn't help...