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

To: j_b who wrote (8022)	10/7/1998 8:07:00 PM
From: Rick Slemmer	Respond to of 13994

Espy called ethics rules 'junk' By Ted Barrett/CNN WASHINGTON (October 6) -- Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner testified Tuesday that former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy told her that ethics rules for Clinton cabinet members were "a bunch of junk" and said, "I'm going to do like I did in Congress." Browner testified at the corruption trial of Espy who is charged with accepting gifts and other gratuities from companies regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Browner then surprised the court when she said that during the same conversation, which included fellow cabinet members Ron Brown, the late Secretary of the Commerce Department and Bruce Babbitt of Interior, it was revealed that Espy and Brown, while being vetted for their cabinet posts, were tested for drug use while Browner and Babbitt were not. "It was kind of odd that the two African Americans were tested and the two white people were not," Browner said. cnn.com