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A three-judge panel overseeing Independent Counsel David Barrett's investigation into abuses by the Internal Revenue Service under the Clinton administration has ordered Barrett to make "discrete deletions" is the draft he submitted 15 months ago. The deletion order "has stoked speculation that [it] has more to do with the next presidential campaign," reports the Wall Street Journal, noting widespread rumors that "the draft report contains information potentially embarrassing to another Clinton administration figure, former first lady and current New York Sen. Hillary Clinton." "The one Clinton official rumored to be implicated in the report is former IRS Commissioner Margaret Richardson,...

Man Admits to Public Indecency at Library By Christy Gutowski, Daily Herald Legal Affairs Writer Posted Friday, January 14, 2005 A judge banned a man from using computers inside DuPage County libraries after he pleaded guilty Thursday to public indecency for an incident at Nichols Library in Naperville. [The perp] admitted fondling himself May 18 while he perused porn on a library computer. His arrest sparked a battle regarding privacy issues between local police and library officials. The 35-year-old Naperville man must perform 50 hours of public service and serve a two-year period of probation during which he is banned...

Andersen convicted of obstructing justice 06/15/2002 Associated Press HOUSTON - Arthur Andersen was convicted Saturday of obstructing justice by shredding Enron-related documents in a verdict that could be the death knell for the shattered accounting firm and one that boosts prosecutors' efforts to get to the bottom of the Enron scandal. The jury took 72 hours over 10 days to decide that the destruction of paper and computer files was not routine housekeeping, as Andersen contended, but an attempt to thwart federal regulators investigating Enron. Andersen faces up to five years of probation and a fine of up to...