GRAND JURY LEAKS ARE RARE - AND MANY TIMES POLITICAL VEXED CLINTON PROBABLY CAN'T ROOT OUT CULPRITS.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: February 7, 1998 | COPYRIGHT 1998 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

For the last 200 years, the grand jury has been a bulwark to slow down aggressive and over-eager prosecutions by requiring prosecutors to detail their cases before official charges are filed.

But as President Clinton is learning, grand jury deliberations also can uncover embarrassing information that can be used for political purposes, even if no specific crime is ever found.

Herman Schwartz, an American University law professor, said he's never seen as many l...