LEADER 03852nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910777855303321 005 20230120195503.0 010 $a1-281-74092-6 010 $a9786611740924 010 $a0-300-12748-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300127485 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471908 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171406 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250650 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238699 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250650 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10231827 035 $a(PQKB)11742202 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158251 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420192 035 $a(DE-B1597)485093 035 $a(OCoLC)1024031098 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300127485 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170883 035 $a(OCoLC)923590598 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471908 100 $a20011107d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStarr$b[electronic resource] $ea reassessment /$fBenjamin Wittes 210 $aNew Haven, [CT] $cYale University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xvii, 251 p.)) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-09252-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-241) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tchapter 1: Images of Starr --$tchapter 2: Taming the Statute --$tchapter 3: The Truth Commission and Whitewater --$tchapter 4: The Truth Commission and Monica --$tchapter 5: Separating Truth From Justice --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aHow is Kenneth Starr's extraordinary term as independent counsel to be understood? Was he a partisan warrior out to get the Clintons, or a savior of the Republic? An unstoppable menace, an unethical lawyer, or a sex-obsessed Puritan striving to enforce a right-wing social morality? This book is the first serious, impartial effort to evaluate and critique Starr's tenure as independent counsel. Relying on lengthy, revealing interviews with Starr and many other players in Clinton-era Washington, Washington Post journalist Benjamin Wittes arrives at a new understanding of Starr and the part he played in one of American history's most enthralling public sagas. Wittes offers a subtle and deeply considered portrait of a decent man who fundamentally misconstrued his function under the independent counsel law. Starr took his task to be ferreting out and reporting the truth about official misconduct, a well-intentioned but nevertheless misguided distortion of the law, Wittes argues. At key moments throughout Starr's probe-from the decision to reinvestigate the death of Vincent Foster, Jr., to the repeated prosecutions of Susan McDougal and Webster Hubbell to the failure to secure Monica Lewinsky's testimony quickly--the prosecutor avoided the most sensible prosecutorial course, fearing that it would compromise the larger search for truth. This approach not only delayed investigations enormously, but it gave Starr the appearance of partisan zealotry and an almost maniacal determination to prosecute the president. With insight and originality, Wittes provides in this account of Starr's term a fascinating reinterpretation of the man, his performance, and the controversial events that surrounded the impeachment of President Clinton. 606 $aSpecial prosecutors$zUnited States$vInterviews 606 $aGovernmental investigations$zUnited States 615 0$aSpecial prosecutors 615 0$aGovernmental investigations 676 $a345.73/01 700 $aWittes$b Benjamin$01504329 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777855303321 996 $aStarr$93845546 997 $aUNINA