Still in the line of Fire.(whether Secret Service agents should testify in Kenneth Starr investigation)(Brief Article)

From: Newsweek | Date: May 25, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Should Secret Service agents testify? They say no. Starr says yes--and key facts may hang in the balance.

FOR WEEKS NOW, IT'S been Starr versus the Secret Service. Publicly, the Clinton administration and the independent counsel have battled bitterly over whether the president's bodyguards should have to testify before a grand jury. But NEWSWEEK has learned that in private, Justice Department lawyers Jonathan Schwartz and Gary Grindler have been escorting the president's agents to Kenneth Starr's office. There they have been answering most-- though not all--of his questions. The ...

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