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From: Lloyd Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Opinion: Travelgate Case Closed, But It's Not Over
Date: Sunday, June 25, 2000 5:58 AM
From: Howard Rothenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SNET: Clintons' Shabbiest Scandal - TravelGate
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Opinion: Travelgate Case Closed, But It's Not Over
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Saturday, June 24, 2000
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By Dale McFeatters
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The independent counsel has cleared Hillary Clinton in the White House
travel office affair only in the sense that he said he didn't have enoug=
h
evidence to indict her.
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In a statement ending that particular investigation, counsel Robert Ray =
said
"there was substantial evidence that she had a 'role' in the decision to
fire the travel office employees" which the first lady had denied but th=
at
it was insufficient to convince a jury that she had lied about it.
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Of the many shabby episodes in the history of the Clinton White House, t=
he
firing of seven long-serving travel office employees was one of the
shabbiest. The Clintons wanted to give those jobs to their friends and
relatives and throw the business, arranging White House press and staff
travel, to their cronies.
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The firing was bungled largely because of the first lady's ham-handednes=
s,
according to an aide's memo and there was a firestorm of criticism. The
Clinton White House responded in characteristic fashion: It lashed back
viciously and mendaciously.
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The seven fired employees were accused of financial improprieties, and t=
he
FBI, in violation of clear legal guidelines, was dragged in to give
plausibility to the charges. Audits found no evidence of improprieties a=
nd,
to the contrary, showed that the travel office had been a lean, honest
operation.
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Janet Reno's Justice Department, to its discredit, then charged the
respected former head of the office, Billy Dale, with misuse of funds. T=
he
jury found him innocent in the time it took to go to the jury room, turn
around and come back out again. It was a small consolation. Like so many=
who
crossed the Clintons' path, his career and reputation were in ruins.
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In conducting the investigation, Ray remarked on another characteristic =
of
the Clinton White House: It stonewalled. Ray said his investigation
encountered "substantial resistance" in the form of delays, obfuscation =
and
sluggish and half-hearted document searches.
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For Washington the travel office affair was an early harbinger of the
Clinton White House at its worst: self-absorbed, callous, vindictive.
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As bad as being "cleared" makes the first lady look, this is not quite t=
he
end of the political damage from the travel office firings. Ray's full
report, now under judicial seal, will come out this fall, giving New Yor=
k
voters a new perspective on their Senate candidate.
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=A9 2000 Scripps Howard News Service
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