Despite long hours, Starr keeps cool fielding most questions.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: November 20, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

WASHINGTON _ President Clinton's lawyer accused independent counsel Kenneth Starr on Thursday of improper leaks to the media, intimidating witnesses and misleading the public as the two sparred for an hour at the first House impeachment hearing.

Starr coolly dismissed most of attorney David Kendall's complaints about what the presidential lawyer called his ``overkill investigation'' into Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Their evening confrontation began 10{ hours after Starr began testifying to the House Judiciary Committee. It contained some of the most intense ...

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