Article: WHITE HOUSE LAWYER LOSES APPOINTEE REVIEW POST.(MAIN)

Byline: New York Times

WASHINGTON A senior White House lawyer, William H. Kennedy III, was stripped on Wednesday night of his job overseeing background checks of administration appointees after lapses that suggested that he himself had sought to conceal embarrassing information.

The announcement, in a terse White House statement, followed an intensive review by top Clinton aides of Kennedy's conduct, including his failure until three weeks ago to pay 1991 Social Security taxes for a nanny employed by him and his wife.

Kennedy has also acknowledged taking the unusual step early last year

about the time he was undergoing his own ...

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