LETTER REVEALS QUERY TO FBI '93 FORM REQUEST SHOWS WHITE HOUSE SOUGHT DATA ABOUT TRAVEL CHIEF.(News/National/International)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: June 6, 1996 | Copyright information

Byline: Stephen Labaton The New York Times

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CORRECTION PUBLISHED JUNE 8, 1996 FOLLOWS: A photo of Whitewater witness David Hale on page 2A on Thursday was mididentified as former White House travel director Billy Dale.

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WASHINGTON -- Seven months after it dismissed its travel-office staff, the White House asked the FBI for information about the director, according to a 1993 letter made public Wednesday.

Rep. William Clinger Jr., R-Pa., who disclosed the letter, said it showed that the White House had lied to the FBI to obtain a report on Billy ...

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