Office of the Independent Counsel terminates operations, sends out final press release

Arkansas Times ^ | March 26, 2004 | The Insider

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From the rabidly pro-Clinton Arkansas Times -

Fond farewell

The Office of the Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation sent out its last press release this week, announcing that the office had, finally, "terminated all operations." What interested us most was seeing the names of Kenneth Starr's favorite journalistic cheerleaders on the list of recipients. At the very top, and deservedly so, was Sue Schmidt of the Washington Post, known as "The Stenographer" for her practice of repeating verbatim everything Starr's people told her. And there were the too-familiar others: Pete Yost of the Associated Press, Mike Isikoff of Newsweek, Micah Morrison of the Wall Street Journal. (So devoted he made the list twice.) Will we ever see their like again? Let's hope not.

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I wish it could have stayed open forever. But we'll always have impeachment.

The website remains online - http://www.oicray.com

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Washington Times -

Whitewater ends

The Independent Counsel's Office for the Whitewater matter officially ended operations yesterday, United Press International reports.

The office was established in 1994, and occupied mostly by independent counsel Kenneth Starr.

Mr. Starr started out investigating purported financial improprieties at the Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan in Little Rock, Ark., and ended up recommending the impeachment of President Clinton for lying in a sworn deposition about an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Mr. Clinton was impeached by the House, but acquitted by the Senate, and Congress allowed the Independent Counsel Act to expire.

Mr. Starr's last successor, Julie F. Thomas, said in a statement yesterday, "The Office of the Independent Counsel ... terminated all operations today pursuant to [federal law] and the [three-judge] Special Division's Order of Nov. 4, 2003."

The office completed its last open investigation on Jan. 19, 2001, when Mr. Clinton agreed to a law-license suspension to end his legal vulnerability."

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Whitewater counsel closes doors

WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- The Independent Counsel's Office for the Whitewater matter officially ended operations Tuesday, though it conducted its last investigation in January 2001.

The office was established in 1994, and occupied mostly by independent counsel Kenneth Starr.

Starr started out investigating alleged financial improprieties at the Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan in Little Rock, Ark., and ended up recommending the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for allegedly lying in a sworn deposition about an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Clinton was impeached by the House, but acquitted by the Senate, and Congress allowed the Independent Counsel Act to expire.

Starr's last successor, Julie F. Thomas, said in a statement Tuesday, "The Office of the Independent Counsel ... terminated all operations today pursuant to (federal law) and the (three-judge) Special Division's Order of Nov. 4, 2003."

The office completed its last open investigation on Jan. 19, 2001, when Clinton agreed to a law license suspension to end his legal vulnerability.

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What? This "news" organization forgot to mention some VERY IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS...the Lead co-conspirator in Whitewater died in Prison. And that another conspirator went to prison for not talking. And that another key figure, went to jail and was paid HUSH money... and these are only a FEW of the highlights. Oh yea, the Impeached President's wife was also found to have given FALSE testimony in her "recollections" of Castle Grande(whitewater).

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So, the death of the American legal system is a whimper.

For the life of me, I can't see why rich people like Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson and Rush Limbaugh didn't go liquid, and base in a more friendly country. You might lose a couple of bucks, but you're not subject to the insane & phony Merkun "legal process". After the twins Clinton, we know it's all who you know & how much political juice ya got.

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"The moon marks off the seasons,
and the sun knows when to go down.
You bring darkness, it becomes night,
and all the beasts of the forest prowl."