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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (10887)	9/21/1998 8:51:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 74651

You can blame Starr for the continuous stream of leaks during the entire course of his "secret" grand jury investigation. You can also blame him for not destroying the videotape, which was only supposed to be for viewing by "absent" grand jurors. Why any grand jurors should have been absent for that event, may as well blame him for that one too. Anyone who can be proved to have leaked the grand jury testimony should be prosecuted, be it Starr or members of his staff. Anyone who can be proved to have obstructed justice should be prosecuted, be it Clinton or members of his staff. As for the tape, Kenneth Starr could not legally destroy possible criminal evidence as that's a crime in itself. Once created the tape could not be destroyed. Clinton should have appeared before the grand jury in the court house instead of appearing on closed circuit and tape, as his own lawyers proposed. It's his own fault, as is everything that's happened to him since he perjured himself in the civil case. On the last point, from what I understand a grand jury does not require the attendance of all of its members to convene, only a quorum of some set number (like Congress). Therefore you want to blame Starr for a non-problem.