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2-B THE BAYTOWN SUN Thursday, February 5,1998 '
Prosecutors signal hard line with Lewinsky, White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prose-
cutors ate signaling a hard-line
approach in their investigation of
an alleged
presidential
affair and
cover-up, giv-
ing a cold
shoulder to
Monica Lewin-
sky’s latest
offer to testify
and White
Clinton House efforts
to narrow
questioning of key presidential
aides.
NATION
With Whitewater Independent
Counsel Kenneth Starr questioning
witnesses before a grand jury at a
rapid pace, the White House may
be forced to decide quickly
whether to resist divulging certain
information on the grounds of
executive privilege.
Presidential lawyers tried earlier
this week to persuade Starr’s inves-
tigators to narrow the questioning
of key aides so they could keep
confidential certain discussions the
aides had with President Clinton
about Lewinsky.
But individuals familiar with the
negotiations, speaking on condition
of anonymity, told The Associated
Press that Starr sent a letter
Wednesday to White House coun-
sel Charles F.C. Ruff that left presi-
dential lawyers convinced there
was no room for further goodwill
negotiations.
If those talks end, the White
House will have to decide whether
to instruct aides to decline to
answer questions about discussions
they had with Clinton or his
lawyers before the grand jury, cit-
ing executive privilege.
One such key aide, White House
deputy chief of staff John Podesta,
was scheduled to testify before the
grand jury as early as today. Two
months before Lewinsky gave an
affidavit in the Paula Jones sexual
harassment case against the presi-
dent in which she denied an affair
with Clinton, Podesta asked U.N.
Ambassador Bill Richardson to
consider offering her a job inter-
view
Richardson gave her the inter-
view and offered the former White
House intern a job in New York
that she later turned down, officials
have said.
Meanwhile, Lewinsky’s attorney
sounded a note of frustration after
Starr’s office rejected her latest
offer to testify in the investigation
in exchange for immunity from
prosecution.
“If Judge Starr’s object of this
whole investigation is to net Moni-
'ca Lewinsky in a conviction and
jail time, then we have to look at
how our tax dollars are being
spent,” Attorney William Ginsburg
said as he left his Los Angeles
office. Ginsburg declined to com-
ment on reports of the rejection,
saying it would be irresponsible to
talk about negotiations with Starr’s
office. But individuals familiar
with the negotiations, who spoke
on condition of anonymity, said
Starr informed Lewinsky’s defense
team Wednesday that they weren’t
interested in giving her fiill immu-
nity for what she was offering to
tell them about her relationship
with Clinton.
The decision came after two
weeks of on-again, off-again nego-
tiations designed to secure Lewin-
sky’s cooperation. Ginsburg had
provided a formal written offer
about what the testimony would
contain on Monday night.
Iraqi
officials
meet in
private
session
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — The
Iraqi parliament met in emergency
session today, and China warned
the United States that an attack on
Iraq could fail and make the stand-
off over U.N. weapons inspections
even worse.
Iraqi lawmakers said any initia-
tive to end the mounting crisis
would probably be put off until
next week to give diplomacy a
chance to succeed. In Beijing, Chi-
nese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen
repeated his nation’s objections to
the use of force today in a letter to
Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright.
“China is extremely and definite-
ly opposed to the use of military
force because its use will result in a
tremendous amount of human
casualties and create more turmoil
in the region and even could cause
new conflicts,” Qian said on state-
run television. In 1990, China was
the only one of the five permanent
Security Council members not to
authorize military action against
Iraq. Throughout the cunent stand-
off, President Saddam Hussein and
his ruling party have used the
largely powerless National Assem-
bly as a way to put forth initiatives
or convey threats. Its session today,
though, seemed to be overshad-
owed by diplomatip efforts in
Baghdad and elsewhere
Saad Qasim Hammodi, head of
the National Assembly’s Arab and
international committee, said par-
liament members first wanted to
see the results of the high-profile
mediation under way.
Parliament would then meet
again next week to consider a
course of action.
Other parliament members pre-
dicted that a peacefill resolution to
the four-month standoff would
soon be found.
“Iraq must go for the diplomatic
efforts since our fighting forces are
weakened (and) our internal forces
are weak,” lawmaker Yousif Ham-
dan told The Associated Press.
The diplomats — from Russia, .
France, the Arab League and
Turkey — are pressing Iraq to end
its standoff with the United
Nations over access of UN. inspec-
tors to presidential palaces'-and
other sites. Iraq says access to those
sites would violate its sovereignty.
McKinney pleads innocent to charges
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — To a man, the fellow senior enlisted
soldiers who may help decide the fate of the Army’s former top
enlisted man said they can be impartial, even though they know
-many cases>
admire him.
Six sergeants major are
among 12 potential
jurors questioned on the
second day of Sgt. Maj. Gene McKinney’s court-martial
Wednesday.
McKinney requested a jury of both enlisted soldiers and offi-
cers for his trial on sexual misconduct charges brought by six
women.
Lawyers for both sides were set to argue today about which
jurors remain on the court-martial panel.
The jury must have at least five members, including two
enlisted soldiers. The other six members of the jury pool are
officers, four of them women.
McKinney, 47, pleaded innocent Wednesday. He was ousted
last year as sergeant major of the Army, a specially appointed
post that serves as an advocate at the Pentagon for the enlisted
ranks.
McKinney faces 55 1/2 years in a military prison if convicted
of the 19 charges against him. His accusers claim McKinney
made lewd or emotional appeals for sex and in some cases
grabbed or threatened them.
The case is the Army’s highest-profile prosecution for sexual
misconduct.
Storm leaves East Coast without power
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Thousands of people were without
power today after a powerful storm pounded the East Coast with
rain and high winds and surprised the Appalachians with more
than a foot of snow.
“We are very hungry — everybody’s starving — no food, no
bathrooms,” Sonny Senavinin of St. Petersburg, Fla., said
Wednesday. He called The (Louisville) Courier-Journal from his
cellular phone to complain about being stranded for more than
seven hours on Interstate 75.
The storm brought tornadoes to southern Florida on Monday
before churning to the north, hammering the Midwest from
Ohio to the Atlantic and the coast from Georgia to New Jersey
with heavy rain and winds as high as 75 mph.
More nasty weather was forecast for today across the North-
east.
The heavy snow shocked Kentucky and Ohio, where 1 1/2
feet was possible in places after forecasters predicted a light
dusting.
The storm is blamed for at least 15 deaths since Monday,
including four attributed to snowy roads in Kentucky. Two men
died when the roof caved in under .11 inches of snow at a recy-
cling plant in Princeton, W.Va. In South Carolina, a pregnant
woman drowned when her car plunged into a swollen creek.
Agents search home of suspected bomber
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Federal agents have searched the
trailer believed to be the home of a man wanted for questioning
in last week’s fatal bombing of an abortion clinic, The Birming-
ham News reported today.
The search of the mobile home near Marble, N.C., was car-
ried out by the, FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, which, are investigating the Jan. 29 blast at the New
Woman All Women clinic.
It was the first fatal bombing at a U.S. abortion clinic.
The News quoted a source close to the investigation as saying
the trailer belonged to Eric Rudolph, 31, who is being sought
because witnesses saw a truck registered to him outside the
clinic shortly after the blast. He has not been named a suspect.
The FBI has said that Rudolph was sought only as a witness,
but “due to the violence associated with this crime, he should
not be approached by anyone outside of law enforcement.”
The FBI is also investigating a letter that said the “Army of
God” bombed the clinic; letters purportedly from the group
took responsibility for the bombings of an abortion clinic and a
gay bar in Atlanta.
Meanwhile, the clinic prepared to open today, one week after
the bombing.
— The Associated Press
NATION BRIEFS
Rescuers find wing, bodies
from crashed DC-9 airliner
CLAVERIA, Philippines (AP)
— Working in a thick, wet fog,
rescuers today found the first bod-
ies and a wing from a DC-9 air-
liner that crashed high on a steep
Philippine mountain ridge.
Government officials, mean-
while, grounded all seven remain-
ing planes operated by the airline,
Cebu Pacific Air, until the cause
of the crash is determined. All are
old DC-9s previously owned by
other airlines.
Rescuers offered little hope that
any of the 104 people aboard the
twin-engine plane had survived
Monday’s crash in the southern
Philippines.
U.S. Embassy officials con-
firmed today that at least two
Americans were on board the
plane.
With visibility limited to only a
few feet, rescue workers crawled
down a deep ravine where offi-
cials believe much of the plane
tumbled after striking the ridge.
The airplane was making a
visual, not instrumental, landing
approach when it disappeared,
officials said. It had made an
unscheduled stop at another air-
port to drop off a mechanic and
therefore was not on its normal
flight path.
Clinton lays out big
welcome for Blair
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi-
dent Clinton is laying out a big
welcome mat for British Prime
Minister Tony Blair, an ally who
supports him in his personal tra-
vails and his efforts to stop Iraq’s
weapons development.
“I believe people are beginning
to understand that of course we
want a diplomatic solution, but we
must have a solution — if neces-
sary, force,” Blair said Wednesday
in a BBC interview about Iraq.
Asked if Britain was prepared to
be the only country joining the
United States in military action
against Iraq, Blair said, “We want
to do it, and we are seeking to do it
with as much of the world com-
munity behind us as we possibly
can.”
Blair was embarking on a
packed three-day visit that, for
Clinton, is an opportunity to
demonstrate his foreign policy
skills at a time of personal trouble
over allegations he had an affair
with a young White House intern
and tried to cover it up.
For Blair, on his first visit to
Washington as prime minister, it is
a chance to show he will prove as
staunch an ally of the United
States as were his more instinctive-
ly bellicose Conservative Party
predecessors.
The Conservatives governed for
18 years until Blair’s left-of-center
Labor Party swept to power last
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SUPERIOR ATHLETES
NICHOLAS LEADS TEAM
IN TUESDAY NIGHT WIN
Sterling men’s basketball
player Francis Nicholas
came up big Tuesday night
in a 55-40 road win over Port
Arthur Jefferson. The
Rangers needed the win to
keep hopes alive of making
the playoffs as the third-
place team. In the win,
Nicholas scored 11 points, Francis Nicholas
hauled in six rebounds and
dished out four assists.
OFFENSE, DEFENSE
Sterling High School’s
Nancy Daves has been one
of the main reasons the Lady
Rangers are in the thick of
the playoff hunt. In a win
over Port Arthur, Daves hit
three 3-pointers and finished
the game with 11 points,
while dishing out four
assists. Against West Brook, Nancy Daves
Daves poured in 15 points
and added eight rebounds.
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