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Article: THE COUNTRY'S COUNSEL WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY GENERAL, NOT AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL.(Editorial)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- February 15, 1998
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Byline: Sen. Paul Simon Scripps Howard News Service
Voices as diverse as defenders of President Clinton, conservative commentator Bob Novak and a former Republican attorney general are saying the independent counsel law is flawed and we should get rid of it.
The problems created were evident before the appointment of Kenneth Starr and before the Clinton administration.
I voted to create the office when I served in Congress, and I now view that as a mistake. But it will not be repealed - and should not be repealed - unless we provide greater assurance of independent conduct by the attorney general.
No one in government should be given a ...