Discovery of 44 Tapes Exposes Vulnerabilities of 2 Institutions
Published: October 12, 1997
In uncharacteristically direct comments, Ms. Reno retaliated at the White House for blindsiding her. ‘’I was mad,’’ she said to reporters on Thursday. For his part, the President was left to defend his aides as behaving clumsily but in good faith. ‘’I think it was just an accident,’’ he told reporters. But privately, aides said Mr. Clinton was furious last Friday after
*** Cheryl Mills, a deputy White House counsel, briefed him in the Oval Office about the discovery — and the subsequent ham-handed release of tapes that he believed vindicated him.
Washington Post 9/9/98 Edward Walsh “.Rep. David M. McIntosh (R-Ind.), chairman of a House Government Reform and Oversight subcommittee that has been investigating the White House’s use of a computer database during the 1996 campaign, said he will also ask the Justice Department to investigate whether the White House was guilty of “theft of government property” by using information stored in the government database for campaign purposes. McIntosh said the investigation had uncovered “very strong evidence” that
***Mills lied to Congress when she testified last year that she thought documents dealing with the database actually concerned another computer system at the White House. He said there also was strong evidence that the White House shared information in the database with the Democratic National Committee for fund-raising and other political purposes and that that would amount to “theft of government property.” .”
DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
SECTION: BEHIND THE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE ALLEGATIONS
SUBSECTION: INTEFERENCE WITH INVESTIGATIONS
Revised 1/8/01
INTERFERENCE WITH INVESTIGATIONS
Loral & Hughes/China Missile Guidance - after the fact waiver
William Sessions investigation of Department of Justice
Madison Guaranty and others (Atty Gen Janet Reno fired all U.S. Attorneys in joint decision with White House 2 weeks into her tenure.)
Tyson complaints, when Smaltz failed to answer, DOJ took important elements of the investigation away
Lums claim Hubbell interceded for them
Ron Brown tip off to Lums
http://alamo-girl.com/0312.htm
<....”Looks like Mills has been covering for the Clintons a long time.”....>
Whew...and then some ! I hate what’s happening but this is the status quo ....do...deny...cover...blame...and someone “else” will always take the fall...and some just disappear in accidents.
They’ll protect Mills....she’s too valuable...knows too much.