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July 1996--Story--1-- A Republican FBI agent in the White House. Ex-Agent Retreats on Clinton Charge --Aldrich Calls Clandestine Hotel Visits a `Possibility' By Howard Kurtz and Michael Weisskopf Gary W. Aldrich, the former FBI agent whose book about the White House has sparked a furor, yesterday backed away from his charge that President Clinton made secret late-night visits to a Washington hotel, saying only that the visits were no more than a "possibility." (WASHINGTON POST, 1288 words ), Ju1 1<p

July 1996--Story-- 2--The Smear was paying off for the Media and the GOP As Skepticism Rises, Clinton's Lead Narrows --Poll Finds Public More Apt to Ascribe Wrongdoing to White House By Richard Morin and Dan Balz The simmering Whitewater scandal and new revelations of wrongdoing in the White House have increased public skepticism toward President Clinton, and his commanding lead over Republican presidential hopeful Robert J. Dole has narrowed, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll (WASHINGTON POST, 1,324 words ), Jul 2

CLINTON SLIPS IN OPINION POLLS, STILL LEADS DOLE -- NEW YORK -- The scandals surrounding FBI files and Whitewater may be starting to chip away at President Clinton's election-year lead, according to a national poll released yesterday. The ABC News-Washington Post poll found Clinton leading Bob Dole 54 percent to 40 percent among registered voters, compared with a 57-35 advantage in late May. The erosion was worse -- down to a 10-point margin from 23 points -- among those whom the pollsters deemed most likely to vote(BOSTON GLOBE, 385 words), Jul 2

July 1996--Story--3--Starr/FundGATE 8 -- Clinton Testimony May Be Limited to Highway Commission Appointment By Michael President Clinton's defense testimony in the fraud and conspiracy trial of Arkansas supporters Herby Branscum Jr. and Robert M. Hill most likely will be limited to the former governor's reasons for appointing Branscum to the state Highway Commission, a defense attorney said(WASHINGTON POST, 729 words ), Jul 3

July 1996--Story--4--Starr/FundGATE 8 -For the prosecution. Witness Describes 1990 Clinton Meeting --Branscum-Hill Prosecution Tries to Show Motive for Campaign Contributions By Michael Haddigan After two political supporters gave him about $15,000 in campaign contributions in 1990, then-Gov. Bill Clinton asked whether a friend of theirs should be appointed head of a powerful state commission, a prosecution witness testified today(WASHINGTON POST, 454 words ), Jul 4

July 1996--Story--5--Starr/FundGATE 8 -- Clinton Gives Deposition in Donors' Trial --Testimony for Bankers Is 2 Hours, 20 Minutes By R.H. Melton President Clinton testified for more than two hours yesterday in the fraud and conspiracy trial of two political contributors from Arkansas, marking the second time in 10 weeks a federal courtroom moved from Little Rock to the White House for his deposition(WASHINGTON POST, 844 words ), Jul 8

July 1996--Story--6--Starr/TravelGATE - The Travel Office people were fired following a Peat, Marwick audit of the Travel Office financial records. Why did the FBI investigation into Billy Dale result in criminal indictment? Now we have a grand jury investigating White House officials for the firing of these people? Six Travel Office Employees Testify in White House Probe By Susan Schmidt Billy R. Dale and five other fired White House travel office employees testified yesterday before a federal grand jury examining whether Clinton administration officials tried to mislead investigators looking into the dismissals(WASHINGTON POST, 392 words ), Jul 10

July 1996--Story--7--Starr/FundGATE 8 -- Banker Testifies He Never Diverted Funds to Clinton --Branscum Discusses Career, Political Influence By R.H. Melton LITTLE ROCK, July 10 -- One of the two Arkansas bankers on trial for fraud and conspiracy opened his defense today with a flourish, taking the stand to deny emphatically that he ever diverted funds to help further Bill Clinton's political career (WASHINGTON POST, 627 words ), Jul 11

[Para 2] Boston businessman Simon Fireman and his company, Aqua-Leisure Industries, will plead guilty to felony charges under a plea bargain reached with federal prosecutors. The fine will be 10 times larger than the previous record in a campaign-finance case. Prosecutors also will recommend that the 70-year-old New England millionaire spend six months in prison. ``This was a repeated effort to thwart the basic principles of our campaign-finance system,'' said Joe Savage, the lead prosecutor.

[Para 3] Fireman resigned as a national vice chairman of finance for Dole last month after The Kansas City Star reported that employees at Aqua-Leisure had been repaid for their contributions to Dole. The scheme camouflaged the true source of the money - Fireman - and circumvented federal laws that limit contributions from individuals to $1,000.

[Para 4] On Wednesday federal prosecutors in Boston filed 74 felony charges against Fireman, his pool-toy manufacturing company and Fireman's executive assistant, Carol Nichols.

[Para 5] They charge that last year Fireman and Nichols used a Hong Kong company to channel $69,000 to their relatives and co-workers, who in turn sent individual donations to Dole's campaign. The scheme transformed Fireman's small company of 35 employees into perhaps the largest single identifiable source of contributions to Dole's campaign.

[Para 6] Fireman and Nichols used a similar scheme to filter $24,000 to the Republican National Committee in 1992, $21,000 to George Bush's 1992 re-election campaign and $6,000 to Joe Kennedy II's 1993 congressional campaign.

July 1996--Story--9--Starr/FundGATE 8 Arkansas Banker Disputes Witness For Prosecution --Reimbursements Were Proper, Branscum Says By R.H. Melton A prominent Arkansas Democrat indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges disputed today the testimony of the prosecution's chief witness, saying he never faked expenses to contribute to Bill Clinton or sought to hide Clinton campaign withdrawals at his rural bank(WASHINGTON POST, 343 words ), Jul 12

July 1996--Story--10--Starr/FundGATE 8 -- Arkansas Banker Denies Trying to Court Clinton's Favor By Michael Haddigan A defense attorney today showed jurors a 20-year-old photograph of a youthful Bill Clinton inscribed with thanks to defendant Herby Branscum Jr. for his support in a failed bid for office, and promising to reward Branscum someday(WASHINGTON POST, 544 words ), Jul 13

July 1996--Story--11--Starr/ Whitewater FORMER CLINTON AIDE GETS PROBATION,FINE Stephen A. Smith, a former aide to President Clinton, was sentenced to a year of probation and fined $1,000 yesterday for conspiring to misuse a loan cited in the Whitewater trial of Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and two other defendants. (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 691 words). Jul 13

July 1996--Story--12--Going to the heart of the matter. LASHING CLINTONS WITH FURY, NOT FACTS Many critics of the Washington establishment believe Bill Clinton stumbled badly on entering the White House by failing to make campaign finance reform his first priority. Disarming the PACs, the lobbyists and the other special interests he had derided in the campaign -- and whose money drives so many policy decisions -- would have been a tough challenge for the new president, but success would have improved markedly his chances of achieving a new health care system and other key goals. (BOSTON GLOBE, 666 words), Jul 15

July 1996--Story--13-- Clinton: Judge Character By Actions, Not Allegations By John F. Harris President Clinton said last night that he believes "character is a legitimate issue" in presidential politics, but said that his character should be judged by the policies he has pushed and not by the swirl of allegations in the Whitewater affair(WASHINGTON POST, 643 words ), Jul 16

July 1996--Story-- 14--Starr/FundGATE 8 -- Questioning Again Strikes At Lindsey By R.H. Melton Bruce R. Lindsey, a senior White House official and close friend of President Clinton's, came under sustained fire again today in the federal conspiracy trial of two Arkansas bankers and once again was not in the courtroom to answer the attack (WASHINGTON POST, 438 words ), Jul 16

July 1996--Story--15-- Starr/FundGATE 8 -- No Conspiracy On 1990 Checks, Lindsey Testifies By R.H. Melton Confronting Whitewater prosecutors who have dogged his boss for months, deputy White House counsel Bruce R. Lindsey testified today he never sought to conceal from regulators two large cash withdrawals he ordered as treasurer of Bill Clinton's gubernatorial reelection campaign in 1990(WASHINGTON POST, 861 words ), Jul 17

July 1996--Story--16--House/FileGATE -- White House Prober Again Invokes Fifth Amendment on FBI Files By George Lardner Jr. Anthony B. Marceca, the investigator who collected sensitive FBI records on hundreds of Republicans for the Clinton White House, invoked the Fifth Amendment again Monday, rejecting a wide-ranging House subpoena for records about his work and political contacts(WASHINGTON POST, 627 words ), Jul 17

July 1996--Story--17-- Starr/FundGATE 8 -- Clinton Aide Completes Testimony --Lindsey Expresses Relief After 2nd Day By R.H. Melton Deputy White House counsel Bruce R. Lindsey ended two days of testimony at a federal fraud and conspiracy trial here today, saying he was "extremely pleased" by his time in the witness box but "glad to have this behind me." (WASHINGTON POST, 332 words ), Jul 18

July 1996--Story--18-- Starr/FundGATE 8 -- No Quid Pro Quo, Clinton Tells Trial --Videotape Viewed in Little Rock By R.H. Melton President Clinton said in videotaped court testimony today that he appointed two Arkansas bankers to prestigious state boards because they were qualified and not because they were major contributors to his political campaigns(WASHINGTON POST, 1,250 words ), Jul 19

July 1996--Story--19--FundGATE 8 -- BANKERS DEFENDED ON DOCUMENTATION Two Arkansas bankers, accused of using their institution's money to pay for contributions to President Clinton, provided legitimate documentation for expense checks they received from the bank, a former regulator testified yesterday. Pat McElroy Jr., a bank consultant and former examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas, told the Whitewater-related trial that the defendants' vouchers for expenses were proper. The only issue, he said, is whether the owners of Perry County Bank did outside work (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 142 words). Jul 20

July 1996--Story--20--"A criminal trial in Little Rock" that revealed nothing illegal, but the Washington Post was still suspicious and published an almost 1,500 word article on it. Clintons' Bank Loans Larger Than Previously Reported --Trial Shows Clintons Borrowed From Friends' Banks By Anne Farris A criminal trial in Little Rock has produced information that Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1990 borrowed more money than previously known from a small Arkansas bank owned by Clinton supporters, part of a decade-long pattern of loans from banks owned or operated by friends of the then-governor of Arkansas(WASHINGTON POST, 1,484 words ), Jul 21

July 1996--Story--21--The Washington Post sole coverage on the radical right. Million-Dollar Tales of Death and Danger --Fund-Raising Letters High in Drama Bring Contributions for `Clinton Investigative Commission' By Susan Schmidt "No time to explain. This is a crisis. I'm in Little Rock completing my investigation of the murder of Vince Foster. I need your help." (WASHINGTON POST, 1,108 words ), Jul 22<p

July 1996--Story--22-House/FileGATE-Livingstone - What does this have to do with FBI files? Clinger, White House Battle Over File Allegations --FBI Agent's Account of Ex-Security Chief's Ties to First Lady Draws Administration Denials - An FBI agent reported being told in 1993 by White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum that first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton recommended Craig Livingstone for his job as White House security chief, a post Livingstone quit last month under fire for collecting FBI reports on hundreds of Republicans(WASHINGTON POST, 1,034 words ), Jul 26

FBI NOTES SAY MRS. CLINTON RECOMMENDED EX-SECURITY CHIEF WASHINGTON -- An FBI agent's notes from a 1993 investigation quote former presidential counsel Bernard Nussbaum as saying that Hillary Rodham Clinton knew and could vouch for ex-White House security chief Craig Livingstone, a lawmaker confirmed yesterday. Republican House committee chairman William Clinger said the document ``calls into question'' the veracity of recent congressional testimony by Nussbaum(BOSTON GLOBE, 304 words), Jul 26

July 1996--Story--23--House/UnionGATE--The Close Relationship between the GOP and the Teamsters Union and the Mafia for Thirty Years is ignored by the Mainstream Media. House Republicans Question Clinton Ties to `Mob-Dominated' Labor Union By Frank Swoboda Republican members of the House subcommittee on crime yesterday questioned the political and social ties between the president and first lady Hillary Clinton and the president of a labor union that had been identified by the FBI as an organization that was being influenced by organized crime(WASHINGTON POST, 661 words ), Jul 26

July 1996--Story--24--Starr/FundGATE 8 Case Against Arkansas Bankers Goes to Jury --Neighbors Pack Little Rock Courtroom in Show of Support for Clinton Acquaintances By R.H. Melton and Michael Haddigan Federal prosecutors wrapped up their case today against two Arkansas bankers on trial for fraud and conspiracy, as rural neighbors jammed the courtroom in a stoic show of solidarity for the well-known Democrats and associates of President Clinton(WASHINGTON POST, 819 words ), Jul 26

July 1996--Story--25--House/FileGATE-Livingstone -What does this have to do with FBI files? - Freeh, Reno May Be Grilled in Files Dispute --FBI `Heads-Up' to White House on Livingstone's Background Report Leaves Republicans Angry By George Lardner Jr. FBI Director Louis J. Freeh and perhaps Attorney General Janet Reno may be caught this week in the cross-fire between the White House and Congress over the FBI files investigation(WASHINGTON POST, 771 words ), Jul 29

July 1996--Story--26--House/FileGATE-Livingstone -What does this have to do with FBI files? - Rep. Livingston Says FBI Tried to Hound Agent in Files Case By George Lardner Jr. The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee accused the FBI yesterday of trying to intimidate an agent involved in the FBI files controversy and suggested that the bureau had become a "political puppet" for the White House(WASHINGTON POST, 713 words ), Jul 30

July 1996--Story--27--House/FileGATE-Livingstone -What does this have to do with FBI files? - ON HER WORD A memo in FBI files brought to light by Republican members of Congress disputes earlier testimony that first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton had no role in hiring Craig Livingstone, the former White House security official whoimproperly secured hundreds of FBI personal background reports. Bernard Nussbaum, former White House counsel, had testified he never discussed Livingstone with Mrs. Clinton. Now, however, FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene's 1993 memo on his interview of Nussbaum about Livingstone's ow (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 133 words). Jul 30

July 1996--Story--28--House/FileGATE-Livingstone -What does this have to do with FBI files? - A Troubling Question for the FBI : Editorial AS THE CLINTON White House and Republicans in Congress play "gotcha" with each other over the improper use of sensitive background investigation files, their political gamesmanship risks overshadowing a serious question that has emerged concerning the FBI. Do FBI agents falsify interviews they claim to have conducted? It is a troubling issue, and here is why we ask(WASHINGTON POST, 503 words ), Jul 31

July 1996--Story--29--Starr/FundGATE 8 Arkansas Jury Told To Keep Deliberating By R.H. Melton The jury in the fraud and conspiracy trial of two Arkansas bankers pronounced itself deadlocked today and then resumed deliberating at the judge's urging(WASHINGTON POST, 615 words ), Jul 31

August 1996--Story--1--House/FileGATE-Livingstone -What does this have to do with FBI files? `Heads-Up' to White House Was Mistake, FBI Aide Says --Counsel Shared Information About Livingstone By George Lardner Jr. FBI general counsel Howard Shapiro has acknowledged he was wrong to alert the White House July 15 to politically damaging information about the hiring of former White House personnel security chief Craig Livingstone(WASHINGTON POST, 513 words ), Aug 1

August 1996--Story--2--Starr/FundGATE 8 Judge in Arkansas Rejects Defense Move to Poll Jury By R.H. Lawyers for two Arkansas bankers and onetime associates of President Clinton tangled with federal prosecutors today in an unsuccessful effort to determine whether jurors were still deadlocked over the fraud and conspiracy charges against the two men(WASHINGTON POST, 353 words ), Aug 1

August 1996--Story--3--Starr/FundGATE 8 Clinton Associates Cleared on 4 Counts In Bank Funds Case --Jury Deadlocks on 7 Other Charges In Defeat for Whitewater Prosecutor By R.H. Melton and Michael A federal jury today cleared two Arkansas bankers and longtime supporters of President Clinton of four felony charges involving their bank and Clinton's 1990 statewide campaign. The jurors deadlocked on seven remaining counts(WASHINGTON POST, 1,693 words ), Aug 2

ARKANSAS BANKERS PARTIALLY ACQUITTED --- JURY CLEARS PAIR ON FOUR WHITEWATER COUNTS, DEADLOCKS ON SEVEN OTHERS In a political victory for President Clinton, a federal jury yesterday acquitted two Arkansas bankers of misapplying bank funds and conspiring to boost his political career. The jury deadlocked on seven other counts and the judge declared a mistrial on them. -- After six days of deliberation, the jury acquitted Herby Branscum Jr. and Robert M. Hill on four counts, handing independent counsel Kenneth Starr the first defeat of his Whitewater investigation (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 622 words). Aug 2

August 1996--Story--4--House/FileGATE-Livingstone -What does this have to do with FBI files? Many Notified After FBI `Heads-Up' --Republicans Criticize White House, Bureau Action on Livingstone File By George Lardner Jr. The White House sent out what amounted to "an all-points bulletin" warning at least 16 people, including lawyers for embattled former White House personnel security chief Craig Livingstone, after the FBI alerted it to politically damaging information in Livingstone's FBI file, House Republicans complained yesterday(WASHINGTON POST, 833 words ), Aug 2

August 1996--Story--5--Starr/FundGATE 8 --"I know he is guilty, I just have to find the evidence!" WHITEWATER PROBE WILL CONTINUE DESPITE VERDICTS One day after a Little Rock, Ark., jury acquitted two Arkansas bankers in a Whitewater-related case, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr said Friday he will push ahead with his investigation despite criticism from jurors who say the banking case should not have been filed. Starr said he will continue to vigorously pursue his broad investigation even though a jury returned four ''not guilty'' verdicts Thursday to charges that the bankers had misapplied bank funds to assist President Clinton's career as gove(KR-SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 210 words) Aug 3

August 1996--Story--6-- Starr/Whitewater -- More LEAKS from Starr's Office. WHITEWATER PROBE SHARPENS FOCUS ON CLINTONS WASHINGTON -- Whitewater prosecutors struck at President Clinton's closest aide and missed. But away from last week's courtroom drama, they have been intensifying a part of their investigation that hits more directly at the president and his wife. According to lawyers familiar with the investigation, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's staff has done the following: (BOSTON GLOBE, 863 words), Aug 4

August 1996--Story--7--Judge Woods was initially removed from the McDougal-Tucker trial on the basis of news clippings from the Washington Times, the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. This was the second case from which he had been removed by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. WHITEWATER RULING ANGERS JUDGE -- ARKANSAS JURIST'S LETTER BERATED APPEALS COURT In a virtually unprecedented slap at a higher court, a federal district judge in Little Rock, Ark., has accused the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals of basing a decision in a pending Whitewater criminal case on ''hearsay, hearsay on hearsay and triple hearsay contained in media reports.'' Judge Bill Wilson said that the appellate court had acted unfairly in removing another district judge, Henry Woods, from a still-pending case against former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, who resigned from office after be(KR-SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 398 words) Aug 4

August 1996--Story--8--House/FileGATE-Livingstone -What does this have to do with FBI files? Gingrich Hits FBI for Handling of Files --Wiretapping Legislation Hurt by Agency's Conduct, Speaker Says By R. Jeffrey Smith House Republicans refused to support expanded wiretapping authority for the FBI last week because the agency mishandled a controversy over its disclosure of files about former officials from the Bush administration, House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said yesterday(WASHINGTON POST, 639 words ), Aug 5

August 1996--Story--9--House/TravelGATE, According to Susan Schmidt and the Washington Post. McLarty Recalls `Pressure to Act' On Travel Office From First Lady By Susan Schmidt White House counselor Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty has testified that three days before the 1993 firing of White House travel office employees, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed concerns to him about the office and he felt "pressure to act" on the removal of the seven veteran workers(WASHINGTON POST, 1,030 words ), Aug 6

August 1996--Story--10-- House/TravelGATE and the editorial staff of the Washington Post. Why Travelgate Still Lives: Editorial IT IS QUITE possible that most people get lost trying to follow the running battle between the Clinton White House and the Republican Congress over the travel office investigations and the administration's claims of executive privilege on 2,000 pages of documents. Beyond knowing that the clash has to do with the administration's summary dismissal and smearing of seven longtime White House travel office workers three years ago, some may ask why the matter is still alive. It is a question very much in ne(WASHINGTON POST, 455 words ), Aug 8 <p

August 1996--Story--11-- MenaGATE --Another dry hole for the GOP. CIA CHECKS ALLEGATIONS OF SMUGGLING IN ARKANSAS--WASHINGTON -- The CIA inspector general is investigating allegations of drug and arms smuggling by agency operatives working out of an airstrip in Mena, Ark., in the 1980s, CIA and congressional officials said yesterday. The CIA director, John Deutch, ordered the investigation last spring in response to a request in February by Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa, the Republican chairman of the House Banking Committee. (BOSTON GLOBE, 296 words), Aug 8

August 1996--Story--12-- Clinton Attacks GOP for Rejecting NRA-Opposed Provision By John F. Harris JACKSON, Wyo., Aug. 10 -- President Clinton today accused Republicans in Congress of being a handmaiden for the "gun lobby" because of their refusal to pass a key provision in his proposed anti-terrorism legislation that is opposed by the National Rifle Association(WASHINGTON POST, 399 words ), Aug 11

August 1996--Story--13-- Clintons' Whitewater Legal Bills Total $2.3 Million By Susan Schmidt President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton have incurred $2.3 million in legal bills in connection with the Whitewater investigation, officials of their legal defense fund said yesterday(WASHINGTON POST, 473 words ), Aug 15

August 1996--Story--14 --Starr/Whitewater -- More LEAKS from Starr's office to the Washington Post.Clinton Ex-Partner Is Cooperating With Whitewater Counsel, Sources Say By Susan Schmidt (WASHINGTON POST, 598 words ), Aug 15

[Para 1] James B. McDougal, the Clintons' Whitewater business partner convicted three months ago on bank fraud and conspiracy charges, is now cooperating with Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's investigation of President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to sources close to the case.

August 1996--Story-- --. . . .and confirmed in the Northeast,Midwest and Far West MCDOUGAL DROPS NEGATIVE STANCE, SOURCES REPORT In a turnabout that could affect the Whitewater investigation, President Clinton's friend and investment partner James McDougal is cooperating with independent counsel Kenneth Starr, apparently seeking leniency in sentencing for his conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges, sources close to the case said Wednesday. McDougal's decision to cooperate could be an important boost for Starr and a setback for Clinton, who has supported McDougal through the early stages of the independent counsel's investiga(KR-SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 194 words) Aug 15

CLINTON'S WHITEWATER PARTNER COOPERATING -- MCDOUGAL QUIET ABOUT DEAL, BUT DISPUTES TESTIMONY OF WEBSTER HUBBELL, JAILED FORMER JUSTICE DEPT. OFFICIAL. Lawyers say President Clinton's former Whitewater business partner has decided to cooperate with prosecutors. While James McDougal is keeping quiet on any deal, he is casting doubts on the testimony of at least one key friend of the Clintons, Webster Hubbell. In a move that has implications for the White House as it enters the election season, McDougal began cooperating with Whitewater prosecutors several weeks ago, lawyers said yesterday, speaking on condition of anonymity (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 665 words). Aug 16

August 1996--Story--15 --Tucker Plans To Appeal Conviction --Ex-Governor Won't Aid Whitewater Probers By Anne Farris Former Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker will appeal his Whitewater-related conviction and has no plans to cooperate with federal prosecutors to win a lighter sentence when he goes before a Little Rock judge Monday, according to one of Tucker's lawyers(WASHINGTON POST, 466 words ), Aug 18

August 1996--Story--16--Tucker Sentenced to 4 Years' Probation --Judge Cites Poor Health of Arkansas Ex-Governor, Whitewater Figure By Michael Haddigan Former Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker (D), convicted in May on Whitewater-related charges, received a four-year suspended sentence today following testimony by a transplant surgeon who said Tucker would likely die of liver disease if he were sent to prison(WASHINGTON POST, 988 words ), Aug 20

August 1996--Story--17-- Susan McDougal Gets 2 Years For Fraud Tied to Whitewater By Michael Haddigan Sobbing that her role in the Whitewater scandal has ruined her life, Susan McDougal was sentenced today to two years in prison for her part in a scheme to obtain a fraudulent $300,000 small business loan in 1986(WASHINGTON POST, 785 words ), Aug 21

August 1996--Story--18--BedrooomGATE --- Many Backers Spent Night At White House, Study Says --Official Says DNC Did Not Arrange Visits By Ruth Marcus More than 75 people who contributed to or raised money for President Clinton or the Democratic Party have spent the night in the Clinton White House, according to a new study by the Center for Public Integrity(WASHINGTON POST, 642 words ), Aug 25

September 1996--Story--1--Susan McDougal Says She May Cooperate -- Deal With Prosecutors `Tempting,' Whitewater Figure Tells TV Interviewer By Anne Farris Susan McDougal, a former Whitewater partner of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's who is facing imprisonment for another business deal, said in a television interview to be aired Wednesday night that she is considering cooperating with federal prosecutors in their investigation of Whitewater and other financial deals involving the Clintons(WASHINGTON POST, 985 words ), Sep 3

September 1996--Story--2--Susan McDougal Refuses to Testify, Held in Contempt By Michael Haddigan and Susan Schmidt A federal judge yesterday held Susan McDougal in contempt of court after she refused to testify before the Whitewater grand jury in Little Rock about whether President Clinton knew about an illegal loan or the purchase of a piece of property with some of the loan proceeds (WASHINGTON POST, 878 words ), Sep 5

September 1996--Story--3--The Clinton Justice Department once more responds to Republican criticism. Justice Dept. Starts Probe of FBI Lawyer In Files Controversy By George Lardner Jr. The Justice Department has started an internal investigation of FBI General Counsel Howard M. Shapiro's dealings with the Clinton White House in light of Republican complaints about his conduct in the FBI files controversy and other matters (WASHINGTON POST, 512 words ), Sep 6

September 1996--Story--4--House/FileGATE--if a whore said it, it must be true! Dick Morris May Testify on FBI Files -- Clinton's Ex-Adviser Could Face Subpoena After Published Comments About First Lady By George Lardner Jr. and John F. Harris A House committee chairman said yesterday that former White House political adviser Dick Morris should testify about a tabloid report quoting him as blaming Hillary Rodham Clinton for the White House collection of FBI reports on hundreds of Republicans (WASHINGTON POST, 960 words ), Sep 7

September 1996--Story--5---House/FileGATE -- GOP Not Ready to Presume Innocence in FBI Files Fiasco On Feb. 10, 1994, Tony Marceca, who was supposed to help keep persons with questionable backgrounds out of the White House, got a sharply worded call from an FBI agent about his own past (WASHINGTON POST, 2,757 words ), Sep 9

September 1996--Story--6---House/FileGATE -On dealing with prostitutes HOUSE PANEL AWAITS RESPONSE FROM MORRIS ON FILES -- CHAIRMAN 'ASTONISHED' AT CONNECTION TO FIRST LADY Former White House adviser Dick Morris will answer a House committee chairman by late today on his reported statement that Hillary Rodham Clinton was behind the collection of hundreds of confidential FBI files on former Republican officials. Rep. William Clinger, R-Pa., chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, said yesterday that Morris has agreed to provide all information he has of how the FBI files were acquired. He said he is to have Morris' written statement in his hands by 5 (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 352 words). Sep 9

September 1996--Story--7---Susan McDougal Jailed For Refusing to Testify -- Whitewater Defendant: `I Don't Trust' Prosecutors By Susan Schmidt A defiant Susan McDougal reported to jail this morning vowing to keep her silence in the face of prosecutors' questions about the actions of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Whitewater affair(WASHINGTON POST, 877 words ), Sep 10

September 1996--Story-- 8---House/FileGATE - You have to be careful about what you tell to a sexual prostitute. Morris Denies Telling Call Girl That First Lady Ordered Files Search By George Lardner Jr. President Clinton's former political adviser, Dick Morris, said yesterday that the Washington call girl he patronized was mistaken when she quoted him as saying that first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton ordered the collection of FBI records on hundreds of Republicans (WASHINGTON POST, 621 words ), Sep 10

September 1996--Story--9---Starr/Whitewater -- It is ILLEGAL for government prosecutors to LEAK grand jury testimony. S&L Executive's Desk Calendar Suggests Hillary Clinton Had Bigger Role in Project By Susan Schmidt (WASHINGTON POST, 1,158 words ), Sep 12

[Para 2] The 10-year-old calendar and a newly unearthed letter from the same time period are being examined by prosecutors for independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr investigating possible perjury and false statements by the first lady. In recent weeks, sources said, a federal grand jury in Washington has heard testimony about the documents from several witnesses, including former Madison president John Latham, who kept the calendar.

[Para 3] Starr's investigation has reached a critical juncture with the presidential election less than two months away. In addition to the attention they are now focusing on the documents, prosecutors are intensively debriefing their new cooperating witness, former Madison owner James B. McDougal, and seeking to obtain testimony from his former wife, Susan.

[Para 4] Sources who have seen the calendar said it mentions Hillary Clinton, who served as Madison's lawyer in the mid-1980s, at least eight times in March and April of 1986. Some of the notations suggest she may have participated in discussions about loans and commissions at Madison's 1,050-acre Castle Grande real estate project. That project ultimately led to criminal charges against James McDougal and others and cost taxpayers some $2 million when Madison failed.

September 1996--Story--10--Senate Votes to Reimburse Fired Travel Office Chief By Stephen Barr and R.H. Melton Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) defied President Clinton yesterday and won $500,000 in legal fee reimbursements for the fired director of the White House travel office, denouncing Clinton's "hypocrisy" in allowing presidential aides to seek similar repayments for their attorney costs(WASHINGTON POST, 668 words ), Sep 13

September 1996--Story--11---Judicial Watch strikes. FBI, White House Sued Over Files By Toni Locy A conservative watchdog group filed a class-action lawsuit yesterday against the FBI, the Clinton White House, Hillary Rodham Clinton and three others allegedly involved in the controversy over confidential FBI background files of Reagan and Bush administration officials(WASHINGTON POST, 255 words ), Sep 13

September 1996--Story--12--House/TravelGATE -- `Vast Coverup' Alleged In Travel Office Affair -- Panel's GOP Report Assails Clintons By Susan Schmidt A Republican-controlled House committee investigating the White House travel office firings alleges the administration had engaged in a "vast coverup" over the past three years intended to conceal the involvement of President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in the affair(WASHINGTON POST, 502 words ), Sep 14

September 1996--Story--13--- McDougal Remains In Jail -- Judge Won't Release Whitewater Figure A judge refused to lift a contempt order against Susan McDougal today, saying "all she has to do is testify" before a Whitewater grand jury to get out of jail(WASHINGTON POST, 437 words ), Sep 14

September 1996--Story--14--Starr/FileGATE Was there Another LEAK from Starr's Office? NEWSWEEK: STARR PLANS TO SUBPOENA PROSTITUTE WASHINGTON -- Independent counsel Kenneth Starr reportedly plans to subpoena Sherry Rowlands, the prostitute who said she carried on a yearlong affair with Dick Morris, a former political adviser to President Clinton. In a story about political consultants in its Sept. 23 issue, Newsweek magazine reports that Starr, who is investigating Whitewater-related matters, wants to question Rowlands about the conversations she had with Morris during their relationship. The magazine hits newsstands today. (BOSTON GLOBE, 141 words), Sep 16

September 1996--Story--15--Starr/FileGATE -- Yep! There was another Leak from Starr's Office. INQUIRY IS SAID TO SEEK DATA FROM CLINTON AIDE'S CALL GIRL NEW YORK -- Whitewater prosecutors have subpoenaed the diaries of the prostitute who detailed her relationship with the former Clinton political adviser Dick Morris, the New York Post reported yesterday. The independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, issued the subpoena a week ago, a source told the newspaper. Sherry Rowlands has not turned over her diaries but plans to comply, the newspaper said. (BOSTON GLOBE, 193 words), Sep 17

September 1996--Story--16---FBI Rebuffs White House Handoff -- Bureau Refuses Copy of Ex-Agent's Book Subpoenaed by House Panel By George Lardner Jr. The White House, under a congressional subpoena for its draft copy of former FBI agent Gary Aldrich's best-selling book, tried to hand it off to the FBI, only to have the FBI refuse to take it, Rep. William F. Clinger Jr. (R-Pa.) disclosed yesterday(WASHINGTON POST, 591 words ), Sep 19

September 1996--Story--17-- Contract on America GOP Subpoenas and `Attack' Hearings Keep White House on Defense By R.H. Melton A month before the 1994 elections that made him House speaker, Newt Gingrich summed up in one word the time-tested power that he and his Republican oversight committees would bring to bear on the Clinton administration: subpoena (WASHINGTON POST, 1,268 words ), Sep 20

September 1996--Story--18---House/FileGATE --Investigator's White House Role Questioned By George Lardner Jr. Anthony B. Marceca, the investigator who wrongly obtained FBI reports on hundreds of Republicans for the Clinton White House, remained in close contact with the White House long after an FBI background check in late 1993 showed him unsuitable for another tour of duty, a House draft report states(WASHINGTON POST, 570 words ), Sep 21

September 1996--Story-- 19-- A "Non-Partisan" S&L Agency provides more campaign fodder for the GOP. FDIC Report Says Mrs. Clinton's Work Was Used to Deceive By Susan Schmidt (WASHINGTON POST, 1,056 words ), Sep 24

[Para 2] The strongly worded report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. inspector general found evidence that Clinton and her former law partner Webster L. Hubbell were involved in dealings on behalf of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan that they have told federal investigators under oath they cannot recall. Clinton has said she does not remember working on any aspect of what regulators have called a "sham" real estate transaction.

[Para 4] The report makes no direct allegations against Clinton but says the legal work she performed along with Hubbell allowed Hub bell's father-in-law Seth Ward, a Madison real estate consultant and longtime client of the Rose Law Firm, to collect commissions in a way that "evaded regulations designed to protect the safety and soundness of the institution, and violated the integrity of its books and records. Further, Madison Guaranty used a document drafted by Clinton to deceive federal bank examiners as to the true nature of the payments to Ward."

[Para 5] The report does not recommend a course of legal action, but it goes to the heart of key questions now under criminal investigation by independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr. His office is investigating the real estate dealings at Madison and whether there have been attempts by participants to conceal or cover up their involvement.

[Para 6] The White House dismissed the findings last night as the result of pre-election "pressure" on the inspector general from Senate Whitewater committee Chairman Alfonse M. D'Amato (R-N.Y.), chairman of Republican Robert J. Dole's presidential campaign.

September 1996--Story--20---And the Editorial Page of the Washington Post joins in. What Say, Mrs. Clinton? Section: Editorial THE HOW and why of the discovery of Hillary Rodham Clinton's long lost Rose Law Firm billing materials remain a mystery. That the documents -- long sought by federal investigators under a subpoena -- turned up in the Clinton's White House living quarters is even more puzzling. Now independent counsel Kenneth Starr has been presented with an additional problem to solve. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations's inspector general has just completed its review of Mrs. Clinton's billing records and other (WASHINGTON POST, 459 words ), Sep 25

September 1996--Story--21--Senate/FileGATE -- SENATE REPUBLICANS INVESTIGATING FBI FILES CONTROVERSY QUESTION WHAT HAPPENED TO MID-1994 WHITE HOUSE RECORDS. Senate Republicans investigating the FBI files controversy said yesterday there was a six-month gap in White House records for mid-1994. That period came just after the gathering of sensitive background material on hundreds of Reagan and Bush-era presidential aides. At a hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, revealed that the White House security office kept a log identifying each presidential aide who sought an FBI background file and the name of the person whose file w (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 545 words). Sep 26

September 1996--Story--22--The Washington Post: He's attacking "our Ken!" Clinton Steps Up Effort to Portray Whitewater Prosecutor as Partisan By R.H. Melton After months of silence about the ongoing Whitewater investigation, President Clinton has decided to renew an offensive against independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr that portrays the prosecutor as a Republican partisan hellbent on embarrassing the White House, senior aides said this week(WASHINGTON POST, 891 words ), Sep 27

September 1996--Story--23--And the editorial page of the objective Washington Post joins in. `Isn't It Obvious?': Editorial "ISN'T IT obvious?" So responded President Clinton on television the other night when PBS host Jim Lehrer asked him whether special prosecutor Kenneth Starr is just out to "get" Mr. Clinton and Hillary Clinton. Mr. Clinton leveled an extraordinary charge against the special prosecutor. He paraphrased his convicted old friend, Susan McDougal, as believing that Mr. Starr wants her to perjure herself if necessary to build a case against the Clintons. Then Mr. Clinton said: "There's a lot of evidence to supp (WASHINGTON POST, 484 words ), Sep 27

September 1996--Story--24--- WHAT TO DO ABOUT WHITEWATER Bill Clinton is headed for reelection. The Clinton-haters are headed for a frenzy, because of Whitewater. Reelection means a ``constitutional crisis,'' according to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. ``Ahead lies a national nightmare,'' warns William Safire of The New York Times. To some extent, of course, everybody is at the mercy of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr. But special prosecutors, like Supreme Court justices, follow the election returns. No matter what lawyer Starr does (BOSTON GLOBE, 1,252 words), Sep 29

October 1996--Story--2--Starr Giving Keynote Address To School Robertson Founded -- White House Sees Ties Between Counsel, Foes of Clinton Kenneth W. Starr, the Whitewater independent counsel investigating President Clinton, plans to speak today at an event co-sponsored by Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network and a Virginia law school founded by the conservative religious leader(WASHINGTON POST, 733 words ), Oct 4

October 1996--Story--3--Starr cleared the White House of both --November 19, 1998 -- two years, one month, and two elections later. Grand Jury Making Progress, Starr Says -- Whitewater Independent Counsel Offers No Details in FBI Files and Travel Office Inquiries By R.H. Melton Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr announced today that a Washington grand jury was making "very substantial" progress in his inquiry into the White House travel office firings and the administration's handling of hundreds of FBI files(WASHINGTON POST, 495 words ), Oct 5

October 1996--Story--4--White House Contradicted On FBI Files -- Ex-Aide Tells Panel Staff Knew of Checks On GOP Officials By George Lardner Jr. A former executive assistant in the White House security office, contradicting accounts by her old boss and co-workers, told Senate investigators this week that "everybody in the office knew" in the fall of 1993 that they were obtaining FBI files on "people who were no longer working there." (WASHINGTON POST, 1,044 words ), Oct 5

October 1996--Story--5--AsiaGATE (Story 1) BILL CLINTON AND HIS ASIAN CONNECTION On April 12, 1993, Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell received a call from the Indonesian businessman James Riady, a former client, and the Arkansas lawyer and Clinton golfing partner Mark Grobmyer. Both men had, a month before, been seen in Indonesia's East Timor, a human-rights hellhole. Hubbell's log shows Riady called again the next day, this time from the Washington number 456-2684. That is the office of presidential personnel, then supervised by Bruce Lindsey, Clinton confidential aid (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 684 words). Oct 8

October 1996--Story--6--In 1991, the S&L Agencies were only collecting about ten cents on the dollar. It would be interesting to learn who the land was sold to. In 1989, the George Bush RTC FORGAVE a loan of $4.6 million dollars to Jeb Bush and his real estate partner for $505,000 dollars -- the taxpayers had to eat the $4.1 million difference. DOCUMENT OVERVALUED ARKANSAS LAND -- WHITEWATER PROSECUTOR HOMES IN ON MRS. CLINTON'S ROLE ON 22.5-ACRE PARCEL WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton helped to draft a real estate document that put a $400,000 price tag on vacant land south of Little Rock, Ark. But the 22.5-acre parcel fetched a mere $38,000 when the federal government, in the bailout of the S&L industry, finally unloaded the property six years later. That's the picture that emerges from exhibits to a federal regulator's report on Castle Grande, a failed 1,050-acre development that is now a focal point of Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr(BOSTON GLOBE, 609 words), Oct 10

October 1996--Story--7-- AsiaGATE (Story 2) Indonesian Family's Ties To Clinton Aid His Allies -- U.S. Affiliate Hired Hubbell During Probe; Financiers Value Clinton's Friendship When President Clinton traveled to Jakarta in November 1994 for an economic meeting, a member of a powerful Indonesian banking family suggested he fly a group of Little Rock business executives there too so the president could see some familiar faces WASHINGTON POST, 923 words ), Oct 10

October 1996--Story--8-- AsiaGATE (Story 3) SO NUMBED BY SCANDAL WE CANNOT MUSTER OUTRAGE? In our last episode about the penetration of the White House by Asian interests, we saw how the president had been personally involved in the solicitation of an illegal campaign contribution of $250,000 by a foreign national. That was pretty scandalous, I thought, especially since the facts are not in dispute: (1) John Huang, the Indonesian Riady family's man here, left his foreign economic post at the Department of Commerce to resume fund-raising for the Clinton campaign. (2) He introduced the president (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 665 words). Oct 11

October 1996--Story--9--BILL CLINTON -- STAYING ON TOP OF HIS GAME, LOWERING STANDARDS by Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. Bill Clinton has given us the Limbo Presidency. (Bill be limbo, Bill be quick, Bill go under limbo stick.) Slowly, inch by inch, he lowers the bar and we bend to accommodate his failings. We decided we would rather change our attitude toward the presidency than change the president. We would rather have a smiling, shape-shifting Democrat we don't trust than a frowning, laconic Republican we trust more (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 709 words). Oct 11

October 1996--Story--10-- AsiaGATE (Story 4) GINGRICH ALLEGES SCANDAL -- ACCUSES CLINTON OF SHADY DEALS WITH FOREIGN INVESTORS ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- House Speaker Newt Gingrich said yesterday the Clinton administration's association with an Indonesian banking family is a scandal that makes Watergate pale by comparison. The administration's dealings with the Riady family and its financial and real estate conglomerate, the Lippo Group, is ``a scandal that has historic implications,'' the Republican lawmaker said at a rally in his north Atlanta congressional district. (BOSTON GLOBE, 398 words), Oct 13

October 1996--Story--11-- AsiaGATE (Story 5) INDONESIAN LINK TO CLINTON RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT GIFTS WASHINGTON -- By outward appearances, Arief and Soraya Wiriadinata led a modest life. He was a landscape architect, she was a homemaker. They lived in a wood-shingle townhouse in a suburban Virginia neighborhood favored by taxi drivers and government workers. ``I considered them a quiet, reserved couple,'' said a former neighbor who could recall no signs of wealth or elite connections. They had not been politically active and, according to government campaign-finance reports, they had never contri (BOSTON GLOBE, 622 words), Oct 14

October 1996--Story--12-- AsiaGATE (Story 6) Dole Aide Suggests `Potentially Criminal Actions' in DNC Gift Republican presidential nominee Robert J. Dole challenged the ethical standards of the Clinton administration today while his campaign manager accused the administration of "potentially criminal actions" in connection with a $425,000 contribution to the Democratic National Committee by an Indonesian couple WASHINGTON POST, 845 words ), Oct 15

October 1996--Story--13--Chairman Wants Starr To Review Testimony -- Inconsistencies on Travel Office, FBI Files Cited Rep. William F. Clinger Jr. (R-Pa.) asked independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr yesterday to review "vague and often conflicting testimony" by seven key witnesses during House investigations of the White House travel office firings and the FBI files controversy (WASHINGTON POST, 604 words ), Oct 16

October 1996--Story--14--WALSH REBUTTED FOR DOLE REMARKS OKLAHOMA CITY -- Former Iran-Contra prosecutor Lawrence Walsh is ``totally wrong'' to accuse Bob Dole of hypocrisy for asking President Clinton to forgo pardons in Whitewater, House Speaker Newt Gingrich said yesterday. ``I think that Mr. Walsh's judgment has consistently been bad,'' Gingrich said at a fund-raising breakfast at a country club here. Walsh said yesterday on ABC that Dole asked President Bush to use his pardon power to wreck Walsh's investigation in the Iran-Control affair. (BOSTON GLOBE, 83 words), Oct 17

October 1996--Story--15-- AsiaGATE (Story 7) DNC Donor Controversy Widens As Republicans Step Up Criticism By Ruth Marcus and R.H. Melton Republicans yesterday escalated their rhetoric over what they called illegal foreign contributions to the Democratic National Committee, while the DNC said it would investigate new allegations that at least one contributor at a Buddhist temple fund-raiser was given $5,000 cash in small bills and asked to write a check to the party(WASHINGTON POST, 1,880 words ), Oct 18

October 1996--Story--16-- AsiaGATE (Story 8) Indonesian Family Forged Arkansas Links More Than a Decade Ago By Susan Schmidt and Michael Weisskopf The billionaire Riady family of Indonesia got its first toehold in American industry through Bill Clinton's Arkansas more than a decade ago, forging links into the state's insular business and legal circles that still serve them (WASHINGTON POST, 1,194 words ), Oct 20

October 1996--Story--17-- AsiaGATE (Story 9) President Sidesteps Funds Flap -- Clinton Tries to Blunt Blows Over Donors With Attacks, Silence By John F. Harris President Clinton's reelection team today brushed off inquiries about potentially improper fund-raising tactics by the Democratic National Committee by pleading ignorance, changing the subject and launching attacks on the political fund-raising record of Republican Robert J. Dole (WASHINGTON POST, 1,138 words ), Oct 22

October 1996--Story--18--Starr/NussbaumGATE -- Court Expands Starr's Mandate -- Counsel Authorized to Probe Whether Nussbaum Lied to House By George Lardner Jr A special federal appeals court yesterday authorized independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr to determine whether former White House counsel Bernard W. Nussbaum lied to a House committee last June about who put Craig Livingstone in charge of White House security (WASHINGTON POST, 1,079 words ), Oct 26

October 1996--Story--19--Hubbell Settles With Rose Firm Webster L. Hubbell has agreed to pay $300,000 to his old law firm in restitution for money he admitted stealing by overbilling the Rose Law Firm and its clients by $482,410. (WASHINGTON POST, 239 words ), Oct 30

November 1996--Story--1-- AsiaGATE (Story 10) Mysteries Arise All Along The Asian Money Trail By Kevin Merida and Serge F. Kovaleski John Huang was once a little-known Democratic fund-raiser, his party's chief link to Asian American donors and the subject just this summer of President Clinton's effusive praise. Now he is a man in hiding -- relieved of his duties, staying with friends and relatives, and communicating with party officials clandestinely. He telephones his attorney, who then connects the calls. (WASHINGTON POST, 1,644 words ), Nov 1

November 1996--Story--2--FIRST LADY'S PRINTS AREN'T ON FBI FILES A fingerprint analysis, requested by Senate Republicans, of personnel files improperly obtained by the White House turned up no evidence that Hillary Rodham Clinton or top presidential aides had handled the records, law-enforcement officials said yesterday (KR-AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 117 words). Nov 3

November 1996--Story---3---If anyone would know what the GOP will do, it would be Susan Schmidt. Predictions of More Investigation -- Democrats to Face Years of Scrutiny if GOP Holds Congress, Leaders Say By Susan Schmidt Political leaders predicted yesterday that if voters return President Clinton to office and a Republican majority to Congress, the White House will face years of ethics and campaign finance investigations (WASHINGTON POST, 753 words ), Nov 4

November 1996--Story--4-- AsiaGATE (Story 11) Indonesian Businessman Riady Met With Clinton to Discuss Business By Charles R. Babcock Indonesian businessman James Riady raised his personal business projects during a 20-minute session with President Clinton in the Oval Office in September 1995, one of about 15 to 20 White House visits by Riady or his family since 1993 that have now been documented, White House press secretary Michael McCurry said last night(WASHINGTON POST, 966 words ), Nov 5

November 1996--Story--5-- AsiaGATE (Story 12) Clinton Faces Floodgate of Probes --- Campaign Fund-Raising Inquiry Looms; DNC Returns Questioned $325,000 Contribution By Ruth Marcus President Clinton heads into his second term facing the unappetizing prospect of a broad and aggressive new congressional inquiry into Democratic fund-raising practices at the same time the independent counsel investigation of his Whitewater real estate investment approaches a critical stage (WASHINGTON POST, 1,081 words ), Nov 7

November 1996--Story--6-- AsiaGATE (Story 13) Clinton Denies DNC Funds Had Any Effect on Policy By John F. Harris President Clinton yesterday "categorically" denied that anyone linked to an Indonesian financial conglomerate has won improper influence with his administration because of their contributions to the Democratic National Committee. But he said the controversy over party fund-raising has created a "unique moment of opportunity" for a quick agreement with Republicans on reforming campaign finance laws (WASHINGTON POST, 1,500 words ), Nov 9

November 1996--Story--7--Starr Answers White House Criticism By Susan Schmidt After months of public silence in the face of White House criticism, Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr this week drew a parallel between himself and Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, who was fired on orders from President Richard M. Nixon (WASHINGTON POST, 849 words ), Nov 16

November 1996--Story--8--FIGURE IN WHITE HOUSE FILE DISPUTE SPEAKS OUT WASHINGTON -- Craig Livingstone, who supervised the White House office that improperly collected hundreds of FBI background files, emerged from self-imposed silence yesterday afternoon when he phoned a C-SPAN program. Livingstone, who resigned after the controversy erupted in June, has said he did not know that a subordinate was ordering FBI background summaries of about 900 members of the Reagan and Bush administrations. (BOSTON GLOBE, 376 words), Nov 19

November 1996--Story--9--Whitewater (and Related) Basics: Editorial THE WHITE HOUSE line with regard to almost all the ethics issues surrounding the president is the same. The issues are said to have been vastly overblown, if not by the president's political opponents then by the media, or some combination of the two. The president and his people have answered as best they can all the questions put to them and have been found to have done nothing wrong -- or nothing seriously wrong, at any rate, and nothing having to do with the period during which they have been in (WASHINGTON POST, 900 words ), Nov 22

November 1996--Story--10--Starr/HubbellGATE 2 -- HUBBELL PAYMENT REPORTED AN ISSUE LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Whitewater prosecutors are looking into payments to former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell from an Indonesian family that helped bankroll the Democratic Party, according to people familiar with the matter. The prosecutors are also asking questions about the firing of another key witness who testified against then-Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and the Whitewater investment partners of President Clinton and his wife. Hubbell -- who pleaded guilty to bilking his law firm clien(BOSTON GLOBE, 122 words), Nov 22

November 1996--Story--11-- AsiaGATE (Story 14) Donor Had Unusual White House Access -- Entrepreneur's Photo-Filled Brochure Capitalizes on Frequent Visits -- Los Angeles Times -- The White House was aglitter with holiday finery in December of 1994 when Johnny Chung escorted a Beijing businessman to the exclusive dining room for lunch before dropping by the offices of first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vice President Gore(WASHINGTON POST, 497 words ), Nov 29

December 1996--Story--1-- AsiaGATE (Story 15) Riady Letter to Clinton Adds to Strain With Hill -- Indonesian Offered Detailed Policy Opinions By Peter Baker and Pierre Thomas The atmosphere of goodwill that has prevailed between the White House and Congress in the aftermath of last month's election is coming under increasing strain as each day brings new revelations in the Democratic fund-raising imbroglio followed by fresh promises of Republican-led hearings into the matter (WASHINGTON POST, 1,084 words ), Dec 3

December 1996--Story--2--Starr/HubbellGATE 2 -- Hubbell Turns Up as Small-Time Player in Investigation of Huang, Lippo By Susan Schmidt In the many investigations surrounding the Clinton White House, Webster L. Hubbell turns up on one path after another (WASHINGTON POST, 950 words ), Dec 13

December 1996--Story--3--BedroomGATE -- Donors Pay And Stay at White House -- Lincoln Bedroom A Special Treat By Michael Weisskopf and Charles R. Babcock Anybody who wants to know how the Democratic Party raked in a record $180 million in the last election might check the guest registry of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for July 27, 1995 (WASHINGTON POST, 2,330 words ), Dec 15

December 1996--Story--4-- AsiaGATE (Story 16) Clinton Kept Ties To Key Supporter Despite Doubts -- Investigators Hired by Fund Suspected Phony Donations Investigators hired by President Clinton's legal defense fund suspected that many contributions collected by a Clinton friend this year were phony because the purported donors appeared unable to afford $1,000 gifts, according to sources familiar with the inquiry(WASHINGTON POST, 1,487 words ), Dec 18

December 1996--Story--5-- AsiaGATE (Story 17) Businessman Trie Has Visited White House at Least 23 Times By Ruth Marcus Little Rock businessman Charles Yah Lin Trie has visited the White House at least 23 times during the Clinton administration, including two Oval Office picture sessions with President Clinton and several events for Democratic contributors attended by Clinton or Vice President Gore, according to documents released yesterday (WASHINGTON POST, 704 words ), Dec 19

December 1996--Story--6-- AsiaGATE (Story 18) LEAKS from the Justice Department Again. White House, DNC Files Subpoenaed -- Justice Dept. Task Force Seeks Records Related to Party Fund-Raisers, Donors --By Ruth Marcus and Susan Schmidt The Justice Department task force investigating Democratic campaign contributions has issued wide-ranging subpoenas to the White House and the Democratic National Committee for all records relating to a host of party fund-raisers and donors whose activities have been the focus of a controversy besetting the Clinton administration for the last three months, according to sources familiar with the documents (WASHINGTON POST, 837 words ), Dec 20

December 1996--Story--7-- AsiaGATE (Story 19) White House Gives Varying Accounts Of Funds Meeting -- Talk on Defense Donations Described 3 Different Ways By Ruth Marcus The White House yesterday gave shifting accounts of a meeting at which senior Clinton aides and officials of President Clinton's legal defense fund discussed the return of several hundred thousand dollars in questionable donations (WASHINGTON POST, 887 words ), Dec 23

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