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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jhild who wrote (6025)	2/12/1998 1:40:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 20981

>>then his doing so does not advance Starr's argument, which seems to be your position. Wrong. It never was Starr's argument. It was the WH's! And it is their rationale that has been broken, i.e. that agents can't talk because once agents do talk the prez will try to avoid them. Since that has already happened, they can no longer logically maintain their position, which never was based on the law anyway.

To: jhild who wrote (6025)	2/12/1998 2:53:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Looks like you got your wish: excerpt NYT February 12, 1998 Subpoenas Issued to Secret Service in Intern Inquiry By DAVID E. SANGER and JOHN M. BRODER WASHINGTON -- Prosecutors investigating President Clinton's relationship with a former White House intern have subpoenaed members of the Secret Service, setting up a new confrontation with the Whitewater independent counsel over the Clinton administration's desire to restrict the testimony of close aides and the Secret Service. Government officials confirmed that the subpoenas had been issued to the Secret Service, but it remained unclear whether the independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, was seeking the testimony of agents currently or formerly assigned to Clinton's protective detail. The Secret Service has challenged any effort to force Clinton's bodyguards to testify, arguing that it would compromise their ability to protect the president. The Treasury Department, which oversees the Secret Service, has been negotiating with Starr to try to avert a court battle over the issuance of subpoenas. Starr has rejected White House claims that certain conversations between Clinton and his close advisers are covered by executive privilege. Clinton's lawyers contended that he cannot conduct the business of the presidency without assurance that he can talk in confidence to his top aides..... Treasury and Justice lawyers are not arguing that members of the Secret Service are protected by executive privilege. Instead, they are trying to carve out a new privilege, arguing that the president's life could ultimately be endangered if he kept his protective detail at a distance out of concern that the agents could be called to reveal conversations or meetings they witness. nytimes.com