Ah, the $8,000,000 question my friend. Indeed.
I've heard speculation that this $8M came from the private records casinos keep on their high rollers. These records are supposed to be kept absolutely confidential out of consideration from the high rollers who don't want to advertise.
This smells an awful lot like the "unsealing" of W's DUI, which came about due to some "convenient" nosing around by RATs, and a special change in the law.
I smell a smear operation by the klintons, perhaps just to demonstrate that they have the power to get at secret information and have it splattered all over the media. Maybe it's a "shot across the bow" at Bush. It sure brought out the leftist media in full tar-and-feather mode.
Maybe it was done just because the leftists are so "down" after Bush winning the war, and they needed a pick-me-up.