“All the NewsrnUnfit to Print” igns; of tj)e tCimesJrnVol. 1 No. 5 May 1999rnThe best commentary on the Clintonrnaffair predictably came from abroad.rnWriting in the Daily Telegraph (London)rnon February 10, Ambrose Evans-rnPritchard lamented the fact that the Republicansrnwere too timid, or too enmeshedrnin Clintonian intrigue themselves,rnto pursue the real charges againstrnClinton. The counts concerning Lewinskyrnwere bound to be misconstrued asrn”lying about sex” and to serve as a perversernvindication for the President:rnBut there is so much else. Congressrndid not have to confine thernimpeachment to the findings ofrnKenneth Starr. . . . By doing so,rni t became a prisoner of Mr.rnS t a r r ‘ s own siibtle agenda. . . .rnMr. Starr is most assuredly notrnan “independent” counsel. He i srna creature of the Justice Department,rnwhere he once served asrnchief-of-staff. His team . . .rnhas been dominated by fellow insidersrnand he has relied slavishlyrnon the FBI to do the donkeyrnwork. But i t is precisely thernpoliticisation of the Justice Departmentrnand the FBI that formsrnthe core scandal pervading thernabuses of this administration.rnEvans-Pritchard went on to lamentrnStarr’s reluctance to confront the FBI, hisrnfocus on “harmless follies that could bernprosecuted without collateral damage,”rnand his tuming a blind eye to the warningrnof an FBI cover-up in the investigation ofrnVincent Foster’s death. In addition, “neghgentlyrn—or worse,” he failed to take testimonyrnfrom key witnesses in the “Filegate”rnaffair, and the story—includingrnHillary Clinton’s key role—is emergingrninstead from a civil lawsuit:rn[T]he Republicans have alwaysrnbeen skittish about exposing therndirtiest of Mr. Clinton’s dirtyrnlinen, lest their own (lesser)rnindiscretions come to light.rn[That’s why] they backed awayrnfrom probing whether Mr. Clintonrnknowingly solicited launderedrncampaign funds from Chinese militaryrnintelligence in exchange forrnrestricted missile technologyrn. . . [and] why they have loeen sornwary of discussing Mr. Clinton’srnastounding ties to Arkansas’srn1980s cocaine king, Dan Lasater.rn. . . Arkansas played a role inrnthe Reagan administration’s clandestinernsupply flights to thernNicaraguan Contras . . . A forbiddenrnsubject. Mr. Clinton getsrnanother free pass. Impeachmentrnis thus reduced to two measlyrncounts on Monica Lewinslcy, andrnthe Republicans . . . put on arnshow trial with a scripted outcomernof acquittal, calibrated tornwound but not to kill. . . . Sornthe man caught red-lianded in perjury,rnobstruction of justice andrnungallantly smearing his lover asrna demented stalker is hailed asrnthe winner. The world l