Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (42812)	4/18/1999 6:36:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 67261

What Democrats were calling for his resignation? Onetime Republican poster Democrat Moynihan? "Calling for his resignation" seems about as truthful a representation as I'd expect around here.

To: Ish who wrote (42812)	4/18/1999 6:40:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

THE CLINTON LEGACY -- BY THE NUMBERS As the debate about the Independent Counsel Act continues amid so much criticism of Kenneth Starr, we thought this summary would be helpful. On June 30,1994, at the signing ceremony to renew the Independent Counsel Act, William Jefferson Clinton made this statement: ''I am pleased to sign into law S.24, the Independent Counsel Act...a foundation stone for the trust between the Government and our citizens. It ensures that no matter what party controls the congress or the executive branch an independent, nonpartisan process will be in place to guarantee the integrity of public officials and ensure that no one is above the law...In fact, the independent council statute has been in the past and is today a force for Government integrity and public confidence...This is a good bill that i sign into law today; good for the American people and good for their confidence in our democracy.'' Two months later, Ken Starr was appointed, and the rest is history. Total number of independent counsel investigations of the Clinton Administration -- 7 Total number of independent counsel investigations, 1978- 1992 -- 13 Number of House and Senate witnesses in the Clinton scandals who have pleaded the fifth -- 72 Number of witnesses in the Clinton scandals who have fled the country to avoid testifying -- 17 Number of foreign witnesses who have refused to be interviewed by U.S. investigative bodies -- 19 Number of charges brought by Ken Starr in the Whitewater probe -- 19 Number of convictions resulting from Ken Starr's probe -- 14 Number of imprisonments resulting from Ken Starr's probe -- 8 Number of charges brought by the independent counsels in scandal probes: Ron Brown -- 6 Henry Cisneros -- 3 Mike Espy -- 20 Clinton/Gore '96 campaign -- 4 Number of convictions in the scandal probes: Ron Brown -- 4 Henry Cisneros -- 3 Mike Espy -- 10 Clinton/Gore '96 campaign -- 1 Number of imprisonments in the scandal probes: Ron Brown -- 2 Henry Cisneros -- 1 Mike Espy -- 3 Clinton/Gore '96 cmapaign -- 0 Total numbers for the Clinton scandals: Charges -- 55 Convictions -- 32 Imprisonments (so far) -- 14 Number of confidential FBI files procured by the Clinton White House -- 900 - 1500 Number of confidential FBI files Nixon aide Charles Colson went to prison for having in his possession -- 1 Number of Clinton supporters who were given overnight stays at the White House -- 938 Years of Ken Starr's investigation -- 4 years, 3 months Years of Lawrence Walsh's Iran-Contra investigation -- 6 years, 8 months Number of convictions secured by Starr that were not later reversed -- 14 Number of convictions secured by Walsh that were not later reversed -- 3 Cost of Starr's investigation -- $42.1 million Cost of Walsh's investigation -- $47.9 million Cost of the Justice Department's assault on Microsoft -- $65 million (thus far) Did someone mention Chinese spies? Cost of Clinton's 10-day trip to China -- $40 million Number of people accompanying Clinton to China -- 1000 Number of Republican lawmakers accompanying Clinton to China -- 0 Number of people accompanying Nixon to China in 1972 -- 300 Number of armored limousines brought to China by Clinton -- 10 Number of planes needed for the presidential entourage and its paraphernalia, not including several C-141 military transports -- 4 Number of rooms in Shanghai's luxury Portman Ritz-Carlton hotel used by the Clinton entourage -- 600 Did someone mention genocide in Rwanda? Estimated number of people accompanying Clinton on his trip to Africa -- 800 Number of national apologies Clinton has offered while on foreign trips -- 3 Number of cruise missiles launched while reclining in the Oval Office pantry -- 10