Yes, Remember First she took full responsibility, now she places full blame:
Reno's blues: Between Clinton and Gore, attorney general has tough rows to hoe
By Mark Davis
These must be tough days for U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. The administration she serves is teetering on the brink of ruin. She is under intense pressure to launch a full-scale investigation of Vice President Al Gore. And her long-held image as tough and independent is in deep jeopardy.
There is good reason. Frankly, someone arriving this week from Mars could see signs of Gore's blatant disregard for the proper line between official duties and campaign fund raising.
The evidence of Clinton/Gore credit card calls from the Old Executive Office Building, the lame denial of a fund-raiser amid the Buddhist nuns, the clumsy excuses of "no controlling legal authority" -- all of this adds up to a smell that would be stifling if it were not next door to the waste treatment plant that President Clinton's life has become.
Reno has now tiptoed toward the truth, launching another limited inquiry designed to determine whether a Ken Starr-style prosecutor is needed to examine the possibility of lawbreaking by Gore.
Surely she must know that failure to open such an investigation will be the end of her credibility. That credibility has been attacked for most of her years as attorney general.
She took responsibility for the disastrous events near Waco in 1993, mere weeks after she took office. Eighty people died, including 24 children, in the fire that consumed the Branch Davidians. Many Americans feel that justice could have been done without the escalation that led to the Mount Carmel carnage.(cont)
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