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September 1994--Story--1-- Managed News -- THE BAD NEWS ABOUT CLINTON -- REPORT SAYS COVERAGE UNFAIR TO PRESIDENT By Howard Kurtz President Clinton has been badly battered by television news coverage since taking office, with negative assessments filling the airwaves in every month but one, a new study says. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,422 words ), Sep 1

September 1994--Story--2 --FosterGATE: suicide or murder --Mr. Ruddy, Mr. Scaife, and Mr. Murdoch. POLICEMAN FILES LAWSUIT OVER STORY ON FOSTER DEATH -- WASHINGTON -- The police officer who found the body of the White House deputy counsel, Vincent Foster, in a national park last year has filed a $2 million libel suit against a writer who suggested that authorities had lied about Foster's death. The officer, Kevin Fornshill of the US Park Police sued Christopher Ruddy yesterday because of a story Ruddy wrote for the New York Post on July 19. (BOSTON GLOBE, 354 words), Sep 1

September 1994--Story--3 -- CITIZEN COMPLAINT FILED OVER STARR APPOINTMENT -- JUDGE'S ROLE QUESTIONED IN WHITEWATER CASE By Toni Locy A public defender in New Haven, Conn., said yesterday that he has filed a complaint against Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit over the judge's role in the controversial appointment of Kenneth W. Starr as independent counsel in the Whitewater affair. (WASHINGTON POST, 123 words ), Sep 3

September 1994--Story--4--RoseGATE-- "We need to know all of your clients going back to 1985" -- JUDGE MAY TRANSFER FIGHT OVER ROSE FIRM SUBPOENA -- RTC WANTS ARKANSAS LAWYERS TO LIST CLIENTS By Toni Locy For five months, Hillary Rodham Clinton's former law firm has fought a subpoena seeking a list of its clients as part of one of five ongoing investigations into its representation of a failed Arkansas savings and loan. (WASHINGTON POST, 712 words ), Sep 3

September 1994--Story--5-- First Federal S&L of Arkansas cost the American taxpayers $833 MILLION, and was never investigated. But then it had the right political connections. RECOVERY OF TAXPAYER MONEY SOUGHT -- REGULATORS PURSUE FRAUD CLAIMS IN MADISON S&L'S LOSSES Federal regulators are investigating possible fraud claims against Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and James McDougal, President Clinton's partner in the Whitewater land venture, the regulators state in court records. The Resolution Trust Corp., the government's savings and loan cleanup agency, is pursing civil claims aimed at recovering taxpayers' losses from the failure of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan in Little Rock, Ark., which was owned by McDougal. (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 358 words), Sep 3

ARKANSAS GOVERNOR TARGET OF POSSIBLE CLAIMS OF FRAUD Same story as Charlotte Observer. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 301 words.) Sep 3

September 1994--Story--6--When will these people realize they are protesting a done deal? SENTELLE SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT A Virginia homemaker Tuesday said that she has filed a formal complaint against Judge David Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals over a lunch the judge had with two Republican senators while a panel he heads was considering the appointment of the Whitewater independent counsel. Sara Ruschaupt, 56, of Great Falls, said she sent the complaint to Judge Harry Edwards, soon to become chief judge of the appellate court. In her letter, she asks for Edwards to review the propriety of the July 14 lunch(KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 489 words), Sep 14

September 1994--Story--8--RoseGATE-- COURT HEARING ON ROSE FIRM WILL BE HERE - JUDGE DENIES REQUEST TO MOVE TO LITTLE ROCK By Toni Locy A federal judge yesterday rejected a request by Hillary Rodham Clinton's former law firm to transfer to Little Rock a case involving the firm's resistance to a Resolution Trust Corp. subpoena for its client list from the past 10 years. (WASHINGTON POST, 484 words ), Sep 23

September 1994--Story--9 --TrooperGATE 4 -- FORMER TROOPER SUES GOV. TUCKER OVER DEMOTION By Susan Schmidt Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker (D) was sued Thursday by a former state trooper who contended Tucker ordered him demoted after the trooper met with Whitewater investigators looking into the financial dealings of Tucker and President Clinton. (WASHINGTON POST, 394 words ), Sep 24

September 1994--Story--10--What do they know? FORMER ABA PRESIDENTS CRITICIZE PANEL THAT CHOSE STARR By Susan Schmidt In an unusual move, five past presidents of the American Bar Association have issued a joint statement expressing concern about the fairness and objectivity of the judicial panel that appointed the independent counsel in the Whitewater investigation. (WASHINGTON POST, 578 words ), Sep 27

September 1994--Story--11--Possibly this. STARR LISTED ON CAMPAIGN LETTER -- INDEPENDENT COUNSEL'S SPOKESMAN SAYS MISTAKE MADE When a Republican candidate attacked President Clinton's ``personal scandals'' Aug. 25, the advisory committee on his letterhead included Kenneth Starr, the independent Whitewater counsel. A spokesman for Starr says it was simply a mistake, that Starr's name was to have been removed from anything ``of a partisan nature'' after his appointment on Aug. 5. (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 322 words), Sep 28

September 1994--Story--12 -- HILLARY CLINTON SOLDIERS ON -- FIRST LADY RESHAPES ROLE AFTER HEALTH DEFEAT By Ruth Marcus For those who suspected that she had surrendered in the battle over health care reform and would quietly withdraw from prominence on the issue, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton had a pointed message yesterday: Don't count her out. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,246 words ), Sep 30

October 1994--Story-- 1 -- FundGATE ---CLINTON '90 CAMPAIGN FUNDS NOT REPORTED -- AIDE SAYS REQUIRED DISCLOSURE FORMS FOR $40,000 SPENT AFTER RACE WERE NOT AVAILABLE By Howard Schneider Presidential adviser Bruce Lindsey acknowledged last week that Bill Clinton's gubernatorial campaign never publicly disclosed how it spent about $40,000 raised for his 1990 reelection. (WASHINGTON POST, 806 words ), Oct 2

CLINTON ADVISER ADMITS $40,000 DISCLOSURE GAP -- Abbreviated version of Washington Post story. (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 377 words), Oct 2

CLINTON CAMPAIGN FUND UNREPORTED -- $40,000 MISSING FROM 1990 RACE Abbreviated version of Washington Post story. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 354 words.) Oct 2

October 1994--Story--2-- National Health Care Reform, Education, the Environment, the Control of Private Interest Lobbies and other major issues are NOT Campaign Issues, but "Social" issues are -- just what the GOP wanted. DISILLUSIONED PUBLIC PUTS SOCIAL ISSUES AT TOP OF FALL CAMPAIGNS -- 2 YEARS IN OFFICE HAVE WASHED AWAY CLEAR IMAGE OF 'NEW DEMOCRAT' CLINTON By David S. Broder What a difference two years make.. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,753 words ), Oct 2

October 1994-Story--3-- FundGATE -- Lest we forget ADVISER ADMITS '90 CLINTON FUND LAPSE -- WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton's 1990 gubernatorial campaign failed to disclose how it spent about $40,000 in expenses, as is apparently required under Arkansas election law, the White House said Sunday. The amount is a fraction of the $2.5 million raised and spent by Clinton to win his fifth term. Bruce Lindsey, a presidential adviser who was treasurer of the 1990 campaign, attributed the lapse to confusion over an election law that took effect a month after the 1990 vote. (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 136 words), Oct 3

October 1994--Story-- 4 -- A key S&L regulatory agency without a chairman for two years? --That was simply fortitous. FILIBUSTER OVER TIGERT IS BLOCKED - FDIC CHOICE LIKELY TO BE CONFIRMED By Jonathan D. Glater The Senate voted yesterday to block a Republican filibuster against the nomination of banking lawyer Ricki R. Tigert to head the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which has been without a permanent chairman for more than two years. (WASHINGTON POST, 705 words ), Oct 4

October 1994--Story-- 5-- Or maybe not. MITCHELL VOWS TO EXTEND SENATE SESSION TO END GOP FILIBUSTERS By Helen Dewar Senate Republicans yesterday threatened to block major education, environmental and lobbying legislation, prompting Majority Leader George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) to warn that the Senate will stay in session as long as it takes to end the delaying tactics. (WASHINGTON POST, 577 words ), Oct 4

October 1994--Story-- 6-- Speaking about the control of Special Interest lobbyists -- GINGRICH FORESEES CORRUPTION PROBE BY A GOP HOUSE -- PARTY COULD WIELD SUBPOENAS AGAINST 'ENEMY' ADMINISTRATION By Ann Devroy and Charles R. Babcock Describing for a group of lobbyists the Republican strategy for the midterm elections, Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said last week that Clinton Democrats should be portrayed as "the enemy of normal Americans." He went on to say that if the GOP wins control of the House, the party will use "subpoena power" and create a select committee on corruption to investigate the Clinton administration. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,113 words ), Oct 14

October 1994--Story--7--The Results of a Successful Smear -- HAPPY DAYS AREN'T HERE AGAIN -- PERCEPTIONS OF NATIONAL RECOVERY DEPEND ON WHETHER OR NOT AN INDIVIDUAL IS RECOVERING - AND MOST AMERICANS MAY NOT BE. -- The political mystery of the moment is why President Clinton's approval ratings are so bad when the economy is looking so good. Pollsters tell us that, judging by lower unemployment statistics and decent overall growth rates, the president's rating - the Dow Jones index of politics - should be in the 60 percent range. But, in fact, the president is barely getting into the low 40s in job-approval questions in national surveys. (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 614 words), Oct 18

October 1994--Story-- 9-- RoseGATE -- JUDGE WARY OF RTC LEAKS REGARDING ROSE LAW FIRM -- AGENCY SEEKING CLIENT LIST IN PROBE OF POSSIBLE CONFLICTS By Toni Locy A federal judge yesterday voiced serious concerns about whether the Resolution Trust Corp. can protect the privacy of clients of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's former law firm. (WASHINGTON POST, 627 words ), Oct 21

October 1994--Story--10 -- SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE MENU READY IF THE TABLES TURN By Eric Pianin During the past two years, the Senate has eviscerated President Clinton's economic stimulus package, battered his budget, mugged his crime bill and blocked his universal health care proposal -- and that was with Democrats in control. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,274 words ), Oct 25

November 1994--Story--1-- DepositionsGATE -- CUTLER GOT CONFIDENTIAL DEPOSITIONS IN WHITEWATER PROBE, SENATOR SAYS Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.) yesterday called for new hearings on whether the Treasury Department improperly discussed the Whitewater investigation with the White House, saying that he has learned a White House official was receiving confidential material about the probe even as the official prepared for congressional hearings this summer. (WASHINGTON POST, 716 words ), Nov 2

November 1994--Story-- 2 -- Perhaps they had a fundamental understanding. COMPLAINTS ON JUDGE'S CONTACTS DISMISSED By Toni Locy Citizens who questioned a federal judge's luncheon meeting with two Republican senators while he was considering appointment of the Whitewater independent counsel are "naive" and have a "fundamental misunderstanding" of how such appointments are made, a supervisory judge said yesterday in dismissing their complaints. Judge Harry Edwards, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, said the judge was allowed to consult with anyone he wanted while a panel he heads was weighing (WASHINGTON POST, 799 words ), Nov 2

COMPLAINTS ABOUT SENTELLE MEETING DISMISSED -- Same text as Washington Post story. (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 796 words), Nov 2

November 1994--Story-- 3-- The fix was in. FORMER ABA LEADERS EXPRESS SURPRISE AT RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT JUDGE By Toni Locy Two former presidents of the American Bar Association said yesterday they were surprised by the way a federal supervisory judge rejected questions raised about the propriety of appeals Judge David B. Sentelle's luncheon meeting with Republican senators as he was considering appointment of the Whitewater independent counsel. (WASHINGTON POST, 603 words ), Nov 3

November 1994--Story--4--The fix was in. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS SPELL OUT AIMS-- SENATE MAY RESUME WHITEWATER HEARINGS SOON Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato, in line to become chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, yesterday said he probably will resume hearings on the White-water affair in late January or February. The New York Republican said the hearings will be "responsible and thorough" but added, "This will not be a witch hunt." (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 386 words), Nov 11

November 1994--Story--5 -- A North Carolina Insight. WHITEWATER PROBES MAY GAIN STEAM The incoming Republican chairmen of the House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over Whitewater are poised to begin a new, more intensive round of investigations, underscoring growing concern in the White House that the real-estate affair is about to emerge again. Aides to the incoming House Banking Committee chairman, Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, predicted that Leach will use his new subpoena power to quickly demand Whitewater-related documents that federal regulators refused to turn over to (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 753 words), Nov 12

INCOMING GOP LEADERS TO POUNCE ON WHITEWATER Abbreviated version of the Charlotte Observer story. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 428 words.) Nov 12

November 1994--Story-- 7 -- RoseGATE. JUDGE ORDERS ROSE FIRM TO LIST CLIENTS -- RTC OFFICIAL AGREES TO SAFEGUARD NAMES By Toni Locy A federal judge yesterday ordered First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's former law firm to comply with a subpoena and produce a list of its clients after investigators agreed to provide safeguards to ensure that the names are not leaked to the news media or administration opponents. (WASHINGTON POST, 530 words ), Nov 17

November 1994--Story--8 -- Ken drops the first shoe. WHITEWATER INDICTMENTS ARE FORETOLD -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Whitewater prosecutor is pressing potential witnesses to cooperate, telling at least one that indictments will be coming within a month. Another says that the word from the prosecutor's office is ''Get aboard or get run over." In all, three Whitewater figures say that in recent weeks they have been encouraged by the office of prosecutor Kenneth Starr to cooperate with authorities. (BOSTON GLOBE, 256 words), Nov 19

WHITEWATER INDICTMENTS MAY BE FILED WITHIN A MONTH Same as Boston Globe story. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 362 words.) Nov 19

November 1994--Story--9-- In case you missed it on November 19th, here it is again. INDICTMENTS CALLED LIKELY IN S&L PROBE Special counsel Kenneth Starr is expected to seek indictments soon against a number of key players in the financial probe linked to President Clinton's investment in the Whitewater real estate deal, sources close to the case say. Starr is said to be preparing wide-ranging indictments from a special grand jury in Little Rock, Ark., against some well-known political figures, including Gov. Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas and former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, who was once a partner with Hillar (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 753 words), Nov 24

INDICTMENTS AWAITED IN WHITEWATER PROBE-- INVESTIGATOR EXPECTED TO ASK GRAND JURY TO ACT ON SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING CLINTON'S PARTNER IN DEAL Special counsel Kenneth W. Starr is expected to seek indictments soon against a number of key players in the financial scandal linked to President Clinton's investment in the Whitewater real estate deal, according to sources close to the case. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 395 words), Nov 24

CHARGES PREPARED IN OZARK LAND DEAL -- WHITEWATER PROBE TURNS TO GOVERNOR, S&L OWNER- Special counsel Kenneth Starr is expected to seek indictments soon against a number of key players in the financial scandal linked to President Clinton's investment in the Whitewater real estate deal, say sources close to the case. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 489 words.) Nov 24

November 1994--Story 10--JUDGES SEAL REQUEST FOR WHITEWATER REPORT - DECISION INCLUDES GAG RULE FOR WALL STREET JOURNAL by Stephen Labaton- A panel of federal appeals judges has denied the Wall Street Journal's request for access to the secret final report of the former Whitewater independent counsel, Robert B. Fiske Jr., and at the same time has barred the newspaper from disclosing the details of the decision. The decision, and the order barring its publication, were handed down a few weeks ago but were not made known until late Tuesday, when the Journal filed a petition seeking relief from Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL , 477 words.) Nov 25

November 1994 -- Story 11--A little gloating from the right. NO ONE RUSHING TO PAY FOR CLINTON LEGAL DEFENSE-- HIS FUND SEEMS ALMOST NONEXISTENT. WHAT'S MORE, IT'S GOT A PROBLEM: A SUIT IS CHALLENGING ITS LEGALITY. They're not bailing out Bill -- not his political pal in Arkansas, not his eager-beaver fund-raiser in Boston, not the well-connected lobbyist in Washington.<p> None has delivered a dime yet to help save President Clinton from his legal troubles. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 1,172 words), Nov 27

November 1994--Story--12 --The second shoe is dropped. PROSECUTOR BUILDING CASE AGAINST EX-JUSTICE OFFICIAL By Susan Schmidt -- Independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr has developed extensive evidence purportedly showing that former associate attorney general Webster L. Hubbell billed hundreds of thousands of dollars in phony expenses to his former law firm and clients, according to sources familiar with the investigation. (WASHINGTON POST, 915 words ), Nov 30

EX-OFFICIAL IN CLINTON JUSTICE DEPT. MAY FACE INDICTMENT, SOURCES SAY by Susan Schmidt- Abbreviated version of Washington Post story. (THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER , 308 words.) Nov 30

CLOSE CLINTON FRIEND FACING FRAUD CHARGES -- INDICTMENT MAY ARISE FROM Abbreviated version of Washington Post story. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 383 words.) Nov 30

EVIDENCE REPORTEDLY SHOWS HUBBELL SUBMITTED PHONY EXPENSES TO LAW FIRM by Susan Schmidt Abbreviated version of Washington Post story. (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER , 351 words.) Nov 30

CLINTON FRIEND MAY FACE CHARGES EVIDENCE REPORTEDLY MOUNTS IN THE PROBE OF WEBSTER HUBBELL. ACTION COULD COME NEXT WEEK. by Susan Schmidt Abbreviated version of Washington Post story. ( PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER , 547 words.) Nov 30

December 1994--Story--1--Not to be left out of the news, the Senate . . . . and the third shoe is dropped in Arkansas. CRIMINAL INQUIRY ASKED FOR TWO CLINTON AIDES -- In their first major action on Whitewater since the election, Senate Banking Committee Republicans are requesting a criminal investigation into the congressional Whitewater testimony by Clinton aides George Stephanopoulos and Harold Ickes. In Little Rock, Ark., independent counsel Kenneth Starr's office said it is reviewing the GOP request. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 81 words), Dec 1

December 1994--Story--2-- In case you missed the Hubbell story on November 30 -- the fourth shoe. CLINTON PAL TO ENTER GUILTY PLEA-- TWO CHARGES STEM FROM WHITEWATER SCANDAL -- Former Associate Attorney General Webb Hubbell, one of President Clinton's close friends, will plead guilty to two felony charges brought by the Whitewater prosecutor, a source close to the investigation said yesterday. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Hubbell, 46, would admit to tax evasion and mail fraud under an agreement with independent counsel Kenneth Starr. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 344 words), Dec 2

December 1994--Story--2--Two separate stories in the Charlotte Observer on December 2. 1-GUILTY PLEA EXPECTED IN WHITEWATER-RELATED PROBE (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 674 words), Dec 2

2- CLINTON FRIEND MAY PLEAD GUILTY IN WHITEWATER-RELATED PROBE (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 535 words), Dec, 2

CLINTON'S FRIEND HUBBELL TO ADMIT TO FRAUD CHARGES Same as the story in the Akron Beacon-Journal and one of the stories in the Charlotte Observer. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 331 words.) Dec 2

December 1994--Story--3--Two more separate stories in the Charlotte Observer on the 3rd of December. 1- PLEA WOULD PRODUCE CRITICISM, NOT HEAVY DAMAGE, AIDES SAY -- HUBBELL CASE DOESN'T AFFECT CLINTONS, ONE CONTENDS by Stephen Labaton of the New York Times (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 428 words), Dec 3

2 -HUBBELL WOULD BE INTRIGUING LINK FOR WHITEWATER PROBERS -- WHITE HOUSE SAYS POLITICS NEVER AFFECTED INQUIRIES From personal recollections to telephone records, prosecutors are interested in questioning former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell about possible political interference in the Whitewater affair, two lawyers familiar with the investigation said Friday. Obtaining Hubbell's cooperation ``on this and other matters has been the plan from the start,'' said one lawyer familiar with Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation. (KR-CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 404 words), Dec 3

December 1994--Story--4-- Here's what the Washington Post thinks (hopes?) will come out of the Hubbell plea agreement - Long Version. HUBBELL'S PLEA AGREEMENT MAY YIELD WHITEWATER CLUES By Susan Schmidt A decision by former associate attorney general Webster L. Hubbell to cooperate with the Whitewater independent counsel in exchange for reduced charges could help in a renewed effort to determine whether anyone at the White House, the Treasury Department or the Justice Department tried to derail a criminal investigation involving President Clinton. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,100 words ), Dec 3

Shorter version the following day. -- STARR TO RELEASE DETAILS OF HUBBELL PLEA BARGAIN By Susan Schmidt -- Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr plans two announcements this week to detail plea agreements he has reached with former associate attorney general Webster L. Hubbell and an appraiser who did work for the failed Arkansas savings and loan that is at the center of Starr's investigation. (WASHINGTON POST, 526 words ), Dec 4

STARR TO DETAIL PLEA BARGAIN BY EX-CLINTON AIDE Abbreviated version of Washington Post story. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 150 words.) Dec 4

December 1994--Story--5-- The fifth shoe. AppraiserGATE and the Washington Post. SL FIGURE PLEADS GUILTY IN ARKANSAS -- APPRAISER TO HELP IN WHITEWATER PROBE By Susan Schmidt LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DEC. 5 -- Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr today secured a guilty plea from a property appraiser for a failed S& L who has agreed to cooperate as Starr dissects a series of complex financial transactions involving Arkansas [Democratic] politicians. (WASHINGTON POST) Dec 6

A NEW APPRAISER FOR WHITEWATER -- EDITORIAL -- ROBERT PALMER'S line of work is probably familiar to most homeowners, builders and borrowers who have ever taken out loans secured by property. He is a real estate appraiser. Since establishing real estate values is less science than art, and a touch subjective, appraisers are expected to have good judgment, and above all else, be honest. Yesterday in a Little Rock federal courthouse, Mr. Palmer -- who performed hundreds of appraisals for the failed Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan in Arkansas -- pleaded(WASHINGTON POST, 411 words ), Dec 6

WHITEWATER DEFENDANT TO COOPERATE AFTER PLEA AGREEMENT ON CONSPIRACY by Stephen Labaton - Federal prosecutors Monday reached a plea agreement with a land appraiser who admitted to conspiring with executives of the savings association at the heart of the Whitewater case to inflate the estimates used to support loans. Investigators have been told that the appraiser, Robert Palmer, significantly inflated estimates used to support loans made to Gov. Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas, witnesses in the inquiry said. (THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER , 545 words.) Dec 6

SOURCE MAY TALK ON WHITEWATER-- APPRAISER WHO ADMITS WRONGDOING IN ANOTHER CASE MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION TO LIGHTEN HIS SENTENCE -- In a deal that could shed light on the murky Whitewater affair, a Little Rock real estate appraiser has admitted falsifying documents in an unrelated case. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 627 words), Dec 6

WHITEWATER FIGURE ADMITS TO CONSPIRACY-- REAL ESTATE APPRAISER FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS In a deal that could shed light on the murky Whitewater affair, a Little Rock real estate appraiser Monday admitted falsifying documents and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors investigating the links between President Clinton and a failed savings and loan. Robert Palmer, who appraised real estate for the bankrupt Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan, told a federal judge in Little Rock he was guilty of conspiring to backdate appraisal documents with an intent to deceive the government agency that regul (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 426 words.) Dec 6

December 1994--Story--6--Back to HubbellGATE -- A HUBBELL PLEA: ISSUES OF TRUTH AND THE CLINTONS -- The man President Clinton called his closest friend, who was also the longtime law partner of Hillary Clinton, is apparently about to confess to being a crook. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 707 words), Dec 6

December 1994--Story--7--Aren't you glad you waited? We told you it was coming on November 30, December 2, December 3, December 4, and December 6, and now here it is! HUBBELL PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD CHARGES -- EX-JUSTICE OFFICIAL BILLED $390,000 IN PHONY EXPENSES AND INFLATED FEES By Susan Schmidt LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DEC. 6 -- Former associate attorney general Webster L. Hubbell, a pillar of this state's legal establishment and one of President Clinton's longtime confidants, pleaded guilty today to billing the federal government and other legal clients for more than $390,000 in inflated fees and phony expenses. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,689 words ), Dec 7

December 1994--Story--8--In case you missed any implications of our stories on November 30th, and December 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th, we will spell out some of these in detail . . . . HUBBELL TROUBLE-- WEBSTER HUBBELL'S GUILTY PLEAS CAN'T BE MUCH COMFORT TO PRESIDENT CLINTON. HOWEVER, HUBBELL'S COOPERATION MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON THE WHITEWATER SWAMP -- When Bill and Hillary Clinton came to Washington to occupy the White House in early 1993, Webster Hubbell was their closest political friend. He was also Hillary Clinton's law partner and close associate at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, where he was the managing partner.<p> President Clinton quickly installed Hubbell as the third-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice. He was seen as de facto attorney general. Other Rose partners, Vincent Foster and William Kennedy III, joined the (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 560 words), Dec 8

December 1994--Story--9--Ken Starr to the rescue! How dare they investigate the little lady who is going to be the Republican poster girl of the Whitewater hearings? The L. Jean Lewis investigation is taken over by the Starr office and disappears forever from public view. WHITEWATER PROBERS' SUSPENSION PROBED -- Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr is examining whether federal regulators acted fairly in suspending three investigators whose work gave rise to the Whitewater investigation, according to sources familiar with the probe. The three were reinstated after two weeks, and the RTC's inspector general was preparing to investigate when Starr began probing the matter, the sources also said. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 93 words), Dec 8

December 1994--Story--10 -- But the indictment had nothing to do with Whitewater. MCDOUGAL LAWYER SAYS INDICTMENT SEEMS NEAR -- ATTORNEY DOUBTS WHITEWATER FIGURE WILL BARGAIN By Susan Schmidt LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DEC. 7 -- A lawyer for President Clinton's former business partner James B. McDougal said today he has been notified his client is a target of the Whitewater probe and he believes independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr is nearing an indictment of the former owner of the failed Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,144 words ), Dec 8

EX-CLINTON PARTNER MAY BE INDICTED -- A highly abbreviated version of the Washington Post story. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 168 words.) Dec 8

December 1994--Story--11--Meanwhile, Alfonse does a little sweating, but he really has nothing to fear. SEC PREPARES NEW ACTION AGAINST L.I. FIRM -- STATTON OAKMONT, WHICH AIDED D'AMATO, PROBED FOR VIOLATIONS OF PACT ON SALES TECHNIQUES By Jerry Knight The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to initiate new disciplinary action against Stratton Oakmont Inc., the Long Island securities firm that helped incoming Senate Banking Committee Chairman Alfonse M. D'Amato (R-N.Y.) earn a $37,000 profit on a one-day investment, securities industry sources said. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,114 words ), Dec 9

December 1994--Story--12--HubbellGATE - Funny how those Federal judges appointed by Clinton always seem to recuse themselves while the anti-Clinton judges do not. Also note the headline - WHITEWATER JUDGE --the Hubbell case had nothing to do with Whitewater. WHITEWATER JUDGE BACKS OUT -- U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE WILLIAM R. WILSON JR. SAYS HE IS TOO CLOSE TO PRESIDENT CLINTON The federal judge who accepted former Associate Attorney General Webb Hubbell's guilty plea in the Whitewater investigation stepped down from the case yesterday, citing his close relationship with President Clinton. U.S. District Judge William R. Wilson Jr. said he was confident he could have been fair and impartial in sentencing Hubbell, but he questioned the appearance of his handling Hubbell's case. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 330 words), Dec 9

December 1994--Story-- 13 -- FOR 2 ARKANSANS AND CLINTON, LAST WEEK WAS MORE THAN A LITTLE ROCKY By Ruth Marcus President Clinton took care of one troublesome problem from Arkansas last week. Another returned to haunt him. And new problems loom. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,186 words ), Dec 12

December 1994--Story--14--FosterGATE-WW documents. WHITEWATER HEARINGS POSTPONED -- Further Senate Whitewater hearings were postponed indefinitely yesterday because prosecutors are investigating the removal of papers from the White House office of the late Clinton aide Vincent Foster. Due to Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr's investigation into Foster's papers, Congress will have to delay getting answers on "who removed them? Are they still intact? Have they been destroyed?" Sen. Alfonse D'Amato told a news conference. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 531 words), Dec 14

December 1994--Story--15--CLINTONS' LEGAL DEFENSE FUND CONSIDERS INDEPENDENT EFFORT TO BOOST COLLECTIONS By Ruth Marcus President Clinton's legal defense fund has collected more than $500,000 in its first six months, but his supporters -- concerned that the fund will not raise enough money because it is barred from active solicitation -- are considering setting up a separate organization that would operate under fewer fund-raising restrictions. (WASHINGTON POST, 1222 words ), Dec 18

December 1994--Story--16--NO POLITICS IN PROBE, CONGRESSMAN SAYS -- Whitewater should be kept "outside the scope" of the 1996 elections, the incoming Republican chairman of the House Banking Committee said yesterday. Rep. James A. Leach of Iowa said he hoped to conduct wrap-up hearings in late spring or early summer into the failure of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association and President Clinton's business relationship with the S&L's owner. The timing of the inquiry will depend on progress made by independent counsel Kenneth Starr, Leach said. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 117 words), Dec 20

December 1994--Story--17-- HealthcareGATE -- JUDGE ASKS U.S. ATTORNEY TO PROBE MAGAZINER STATEMENT By Toni Locy A federal judge yesterday asked the U.S. attorney to investigate whether Ira Magaziner, President Clinton's health care adviser, lied in an attempt to defeat a lawsuit filed by groups seeking access to the now-defunct Health Care Task Force's deliberations. (WASHINGTON POST, 661 words ), Dec 22

December 1994--Story--18-- RoseGATE -- ROSE LAW FIRM HAS HARD LANDING AFTER AUSPICIOUS NATIONAL TAKEOFF By Michael Weisskopf and Susan Schmidt LITTLE ROCK, ARK. -- For a while Phillip Carroll got to play the power broker. The Rose Law Firm, where he has practiced quietly for 44 years, was so intertwined with the Clinton administration that old colleagues across the nation wrote him for help in landing a judicial appointment, a presidential post or a meeting with Washington officials. (WASHINGTON POST, 2,199 words ), Dec 25

December 1994--Story--19 --More Crocodile Tears from the Washington Post. THE PRESIDENT'S LEGAL BILLS -- EDITORIAL -- NEXT MONTH President Clinton's legal defense fund will make its first semi-annual report on receipts and expenditures. The fund, designed to raise money from the public -- including lobbyists -- to pay lawyers representing the president in the Whitewater and Paula Jones matters, was set up last June when it became apparent that the Clintons' legal expenses were likely to run into the millions. Although official figures are not yet available, rumor has it that donors are not rushing to contribute. (WASHINGTON POST, 524 words ), Dec 26

December 1994--Story--20--LeakGATE 2--SENATE LOOKS AT GAPS IN STORIES -- DISCREPANCIES IN WHITEWATER TESTIMONY ARE NOTED, AS WELL AS PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ABOUT CASES' HANDLING -- A draft of the soon-to-be-released Senate report on the first Whitewater hearings details numerous conflicts in Clinton administration officials' testimony last summer. It also points out that the Resolution Trust Corp., the government's savings and loan cleanup agency, did not follow its own written policy in handling a criminal investigation that spawned the Whitewater affair. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 531 words), Dec 27

CONFLICTS IN WHITEWATER TESTIMONY DETAILED SENATE DRAFT REPORT SPELLS OUT DISCREPANCIES IN REMARKS -- Shorter version of Akron Beacon-Journal story. (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , 482 words.) Dec 27

DEAD AIDE'S OFFICE LEFT UNSEALED-- WHITE HOUSE IGNORED POLICE REQUEST TO CLOSE ROOM, SENATE REPORT SAYS -- Presidential aides ignored a request by police investigators to seal Vincent Foster's office in the hours after the White House lawyer committed suicide, a draft Senate report concludes. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL), Dec 31

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