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So say critics of the Independent Counsel Act, enacted in 1978. This sentiment has obviously begun to resonate with government officials; the act, which had been renewed by congress every five years since it was created, will expire, for lack of presidential or congressional support, at midnight on June 30, 1999.
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www.infoplease.com/spot/indepcounsel1.html
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Kenneth Starr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946) is an American lawyer and former judge and solicitor general who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the suicide death of ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Starr
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The catalyst for the independent counsel statute occurred in October 1973, when President Richard M. Nixon obtained the dismissal of Archibald Cox (1912–2004), the special prosecutor, who was investigating Nixon's complicity in the Watergate scandal.
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www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=212619
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A collection of Independent Counsel Reports regarding the impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton; Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association; Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy; Bruce Edward Babbitt; Bernard Nussbaum ... Home Page > Legislative Branch > Independent Counsel Investigation...
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Section 592. Preliminary investigation and application for appointment of an independent counsel ... Section 594. Authority and duties of an independent counsel ... Section 596. Removal of an independent counsel; termination of office...
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www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/03/27/indep.counsel.act/
www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/03/27/indep.counsel.act/
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Born out of the Watergate scandal two decades ago, the institution of the independent counsel was created to handle politically sensitive investigations and prosecutions involving the nation's highest government officials.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/counsel/office/
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/counsel/office/
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FRONTLINE presents a rare interview with independent counsel Donald Smaltz who takes FRONTLINE inside his investigation of former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. ... audiocast . donald smaltz & the espy case . office of the independent counsel . readings . discussion; synopsis . tapes & transcripts .
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/counsel/
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/counsel/
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News you won’t see flogged above the fold in tomorrow’s national newspaper front pages: Sarah Palin has been cleared of ethics violations by an independent counsel (as opposed to the legislative probe).
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michellemalkin.com/2008/11/03/palin-cleared-by-independ...
michellemalkin.com/2008/11/03/palin-cleared-by-independent-counsel/
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