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The bar association might or might not have referred him to the state prosecuting attorney; if it had, Hubbell probably would have been able to avoid going to prison by reimbursing the firm. I thought doing more to get investment into these areas was both the right thing to do and economically smart. I had already had four showdowns with the radical right: the ’94 election, which they won, and the budget shutdown, the ’96 election, and the ’98 election, which went our way. They also probably thought that Janet Reno could be trusted to appoint a professional prosecutor who would deal with the problem promptly.

I could only imagine what he intended to do to me. The materials in their possession were conclusively traced to Iraqi intelligence, and on May 19 one , like his report, went far beyond the scope of his responsibility to report the facts he had found to Congress. Charlie was always there for us, and his music had brightened a lot of days.