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from: http://38.201.154.108/articles/?a=1999/7/1/15823
New Revelations: Ron Brown's Lover Sheds New Light
on Ken Starr and the White House
Kenneth Starr - The Clintons' Accomplice
Christopher Ruddy
July 1, 1999
NewsMax.com
The Independent Counsel law lapsed last night at midnight.
And Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr said the law should not
be re-authorized.
Obviously, Starr believes that, because his own investigation
was a waste of tens of millions of dollars, the Independent
Counsel law should be trashed.
The truth is that the Independent Counsel law is a good law.
When corruption has been rooted out in places like France and
Italy, it has usually been the result of an independent
magistrate -- their version of our Independent Counsel.
We also know that when Independent Counsels like Donald
Schmalz and Daniel Pearson did their jobs, the Clintons were
in a high state of panic and used every possible means to
stop them. We know that Bill Clinton has been fearful of
another Independent Counsel being assigned to investigate
Chinagate, allegations that he took Chinese campaign cash
and gave away nuclear secrets.
The law should stay. It's Ken Starr who must go. A weak,
pathetic character, he has more responsibility than any other
man in American history for the woe the Clintons have, and
will wreak, on America.
The Hubbell Deal
Just how pitiful Starr's "prosecution" has been was
demonstrated this week when Webster Hubbell admitted to
committing a felony by misleading federal investigators,
and a misdemeanor by failing to pay taxes.
Any normal citizen would have been jailed and fined for such
crimes. Not Webster Hubbell. Under Starr's plea agreement,
Hubbell will be on parole and serve no jail time. He won't
even pay any fine or restitution.
Worse, Webb Hubbell still doesn't have to cooperate with
Starr in his investigation of the Clintons. Hubbell
continues to insist, "... I have no knowledge of any
wrongdoing on behalf of the president or Mrs. Clinton."
Starr's failure to seek Hubbell's cooperation -- a basic
condition of granting a plea agreement -- violates the most
fundamental procedures followed by federal prosecutors.
But flouting procedure is nothing new for Starr.
In December of 1994, when Hubbell admitted to having bilked
his clients at the Rose Law Firm and evading taxes, Starr
purposefully botched the plea agreement by not demanding
Hubbell's cooperation. Starr's actions so infuriated Starr's
own trial attorney, Russell Hardin, that Hardin resigned.
Hardin was incensed that Starr planned on signing a plea
agreement without debriefing Hubbell as to what he knew and
how he would cooperate -- a mandatory procedure for any plea
bargain.
This time around, Starr simply made no pretense he would seek
Hubbell's cooperation.
Just two weeks ago, the New York Times reported that Kenneth
Starr had decided not to seek indictments against Bill and
Hillary Clinton for crimes they had committed related to
Whitewater or related scandals. It's hard to get indictments
if no one will talk. It's nearly impossible to get people
to talk, if the prosecutor doesn't pressure them.
As any honest prosecutor on Starr's staff will admit, Starr
had long ago decided not to indict the Clintons, or for
that matter, any White House official. Some believe Starr
actually cut a deal with the Clintons soon after coming
aboard.
Pet Worm
Ken Starr is Bill Clinton's pet worm. Starr has played out a
role in the greatest Mutt and Jeff, Good Cop/Bad Cop routine
ever perpetrated on the American public.
Even good folks, who realize how bad the Clintons are, have
fallen victim to Starr's charade, taken in by the propaganda
that Starr is the "tough, mean prosecutor" out to get the
President, just like James Carville says.
That's simply a mirage, cooked up by the White House spin
machine.
What Nolanda Hill Told Me
Is it really possible that Bible-toting Ken Starr -- arch
Republican, shirt-sleeve Christian, and Monica prosecutor
-- is on the Clintons' side?
Let me answer by relating this story:
As the long-time lover and business partner of Clinton
confidant Ron Brown, Nolanda Hill had intimate knowledge
of the inner workings of the Clinton White House.
As a result of Congressional complaints, Janet Reno was
forced to appoint an Independent Counsel to investigate
Brown, his business dealings with Nolanda Hill, Brown's
son Michael, and several other people.
The Independent Counsel in this case was Daniel Pearson from
Miami. Unlike Starr, Pearson and his deputy were no one's
patsies. Instead of using Starr's delaying tactics, Pearson
had, within months, built a strong case against Brown,
Brown's son, and Hill. Nolanda Hill told me they were going
to be indicted.
Then Brown made a desperate bid to save himself. Just weeks
before his death on April 6, 1996 Brown met with Clinton at
the
