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Newsmax-August 13, 2001
Did the OIC Obstruct Justice?
By Reed Irvine
The question of whether the Office of Independent Counsel (OIC) under
Kenneth Starr and his successor, Robert Ray, has obstructed justice is
scheduled to be argued in the district court in Washington, D.C., on August
16. Accuracy in Media, Inc., which I head, has successfully sued the OIC
under the Freedom of Information Act for the release of documents relating
to the investigation of the death of the former White House Counsel,
Vincent W. Foster Jr. The OIC has failed to deliver many important
documents, claiming they cannot be found. AIM's attorney will argue that if
these documents cannot be found, it is because they have been removed or
destroyed in violation of federal laws.
These include documents that were turned over to Starr by his predecessor,
Robert B. Fiske Jr. Redacted copies of most of the interview reports (302s)
by FBI agents working for Fiske were submitted to the Senate Banking
Committee, which conducted its own investigation into Foster's death. They
were published in a thick volume that was released to the public in 1995,
but some were held back. One is believed to be the FBI's report of an
interview of Rose Procopio, a CNN employee who was in the White House
making up President Clinton for his appearance on "Larry King Live" on the
night of July 20, 1993, the day Foster was found dead.
Miss Procopio is said to have told FBI agents who interviewed her that
while she was making up the president in the Map Room, a man came in and
informed him that something had been found in Foster's office. This
incident would have occurred at least 15 minutes before the "Larry King
Show" was to begin at 9:00 p.m. It was treated as a state secret for a very
good reason. The president claimed that he was not informed of Foster's
death until after 10:00 p.m., when the "Larry King Show" ended.
In fact, toward the end of the show he had even told Larry King that he
would be willing to continue the interview for an extra half-hour, and
Larry King had informed the audience of the president's generous offer.
That offer was retracted during the next commercial break. The president
told King that he had been reminded that he had another engagement. But the
airing of the offer served an important purpose. Bill Clinton had sent a
message to the millions of viewers that he did not know that Vincent
Foster, his friend and trusted aide, had been found dead four hours earlier
in Ft. Marcy Park. But if Rose Procopio was telling the truth, the
president had been informed before 9:00 p.m. that a search had been made of
Foster's office and that something of importance had been found. What it
was has never been disclosed. And, if it exists, Rose Procopio's 302
remains a closely guarded secret to this day, protected by the FBI and by
Special Prosecutor Robert B. Fiske Jr. and by Independent Counsel Kenneth
Starr.
We have reason to believe that it does exist, because when the FBI
questioned Bruce Lindsey, President Clinton's close confidante, they asked
him about a man coming into the Map Room, closing the door and reporting to
the president. Mr. Lindsey denied having any knowledge of this. This was
treated as secret. The question and Lindsey's answer were both blacked out
in his FBI 302 that was published by the Senate Banking Committee. But
someone blundered. They neglected to black out the question and Lindsey's
answer in the FBI agent's handwritten notes that were released in response
to an FOIA suit filed by Christopher Ruddy, the reporter whose stories in
the New York Post resulted in Robert Fiske reopening the Foster
investigation in January 1994.
The Foster investigation has been closed, and the OIC admits there is no
longer any justification for redacting 302s and withholding evidence on the
ground that its release might adversely affect an ongoing investigation.
However, the release of such sensitive documents as Rose Procopio's 302
might expose the complicity of Fiske, Starr and the lawyers and FBI agents
who worked for them in concealing what the Clintons knew about Foster's
death and when they knew it. We will soon see if the courts will allow the
OIC and the FBI to get away with removing or destroying important
ocumentary evidence in the Foster case to conceal the truth about why and
how Vince Foster died.
Reed Irvine is chairman of Accuracy in Media, Inc. He can be reached at:
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