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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (815)	8/7/1998 6:27:00 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Re: the leaks. Here is a supreme irony. The press reports this story as if they are disinterested reporters BUT they withhold THE key piece of information that only they know - who's doing the leaking. It is the most blatant case of the press creating the news. They won't divulge who's doing the (presumable illegal )leeking because that would discourage the ( illegally ) leaking persons from ( illegally ) leaking. And yet, how good is the reporting if you leave out the most important fact in the story? Reuters Friday August 7, 4:51 pm Eastern Time WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court has found enough signs of improper media leaks of secret grand jury material by Kenneth Starr's Office of Independent Counsel to merit a hearing, according to documents released on Friday. The three-judge panel agreed with Chief U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, who found that ''the serious and repetitive nature of disclosures to the media of (secret grand jury) material strongly militates in favor of conducting a show cause hearing.'' The appeals panel turned down a request by President Bill Clinton's private lawyers that they be allowed to interview Starr's team, deciding instead that either Johnson or a special investigator should probe the matter. The White House counsel's office hailed the appeals ruling as significant, saying in a statement that ''for the first time in the 20-year history of the Independent Counsel Act, a federal court has found prima facie evidence of potential criminal wrong-doing by an independent counsel.'' Starr said in a statement he was ''gratified'' by the ruling, which he said ''protects the integrity of the ongoing grand jury investigation.'' But he added, ''This office has not violated Rule 6(e) (governing grand jury secrecy) and we welcome the opportunity to demonstrate that fact to the district court.'' David Kendall, Clinton's private lawyer, hinted that criminal contempt charges could be possible against members of Starr's team, and called the alleged leaks ''highly unprofessional and utterly indefensible.''