Reno's fight; Go slow with independent counsels.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: December 9, 1998 | Copyright information

Attorney General Janet Reno set off some predictable howls of protest on Monday when she decided not to appoint an independent counsel to examine President Clinton's 1996 fund-raising tactics. Her reading of the law is narrow and lawyerly, but it is perfectly appropriate given the outrageous loopholes in federal campaign-finance law and the mess created by recent independent counsels.

Fund-raising abuses during the 1996 campaign certainly deserve more examination. Both C...

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