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Sometimes, the capital's barometric pressure takes a sudden turn. One night you go to bed and independent counsel Kenneth Starr is a straight-shooting, courtly lawyer who can rise above politics. The next day you get up and Starr is Clinton's sworn enemy, with ties to the tobacco industry and right-wing foundations that would benefit greatly were Clinton to be crippled by Starr's findings on Whitewater and lose re-election. Clinton wouldn't touch a question about Starr until last Thursday. Then, asked whether Starr should step down, he said, "The facts are what they...
...this? Why now? Starr's conflicts have long been known: at the time of his appointment, he represented the very company, International Paper, that helped cause the removal of the first special counsel because it had sold land to the Whitewater Development Corp.; he has ties to groups bent on defeating Clinton; and on the eve of his appointment, he was considering filing an amicus brief in support of Paula Jones' right to sue the President...
...KENNETH STARR Whitewater prober investigating Clinton while serving tobacco firm investigated by Clinton...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a development that will complicate the Clintons' hopes of putting Whitewater behind them as quickly as possible, Whitewater special counsel Kenneth Starr today extended his investigation to include Travelgate testimony given by former presidential aide David Watkins. Attorney General Janet Reno had asked the court that appointed Starr approve the move, out of concern that her separate Justice Department inquiry could "seriously interfere with the independent counsel's ongoing investigation." In 1993, Watkins told the General Accounting Office that an evaluation done by a private accounting firm evaluation inspired the firings. However, in a memo that appeared...
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A GHOULish side to the idea of a Beatles reunion. A promoter throws the prospect of a little money--$225 million was the most recent offer--at Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr for going on the world's greatest oldies tour. It'll be fabulous, guys. Just the three of you, and your dead friend...