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  United States Office of the Independent Counsel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The most recently appointed and now dormant Office of the Independent Counsel was created to investigate the death of Vincent Foster, Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals, among other prosecutions.
The Office of the Independent Counsel is not to be confused with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) which is a permanent independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic legislative authority come from three federal statutes, the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, and the Hatch Act.
Independent Counsels Kenneth Starr, and Robert Ray relating to the suicide of Vince Foster, Whitewater scandal, and later the Monica Lewinsky affair, 1994-2001
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Office_of_the_Independent_Counsel   (639 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Office of the Independent Counsel
United States Office of the Independent Counsel was an independent prosecutor — distinct from the Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice — that provided reports to the Congress under Title 28 of the United States Code, Section 595.
Independent Counsels Kenneth Starr, and Robert Ray relating to the Whitewater scandal, and later the Monica Lewinsky affair, 1994-2001
Ethics in Government Act, creating a special prosecutor (later changed to Independent Counsel) position, which could be used by Congress or the Attorney General to investigate individuals holding or formerly holding certain high positions in the federal government and in national Presidential election campaign organizations.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Office-of-the-Independent-Counsel   (834 words)

  
 AllPolitics - The Independent Counsel Act - March 27, 1997
An independent counsel may ask the Attorney General or the division of the court to refer to the independent counsel matters related to the independent counsel's prosecutorial jurisdiction, and the Attorney General or the division of the court, as the case may be, may refer such matters.
An independent counsel shall comply with the established policies of the Department of Justice respecting expenditures of funds, except to the extent that compliance would be inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.
An independent counsel whose office is terminated prior to the end of the fiscal year shall prepare a statement of expenditures on or before the date that is 90 days after the date on which the office is terminated.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1997/03/27/indep.counsel.act   (5023 words)

  
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The Office of the Independent Counsel (OIC) requests a decision pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3529 (section 3529 decision) in the matter of Deborah H. Gershman.
The Independent Counsel Reorganization Act directs the IC to comply with the established policies of DOJ respecting the expenditure of funds, except to the extent that compliance would be inconsistent with the OIC's mission.
OIC defines primary office as "the location where an OIC appointee is spend- ing the majority of his or her duties in the investigation." The OIC notes that neither term is used in the FTR.
www.gsbca.gsa.gov /relo/r1456904.txt   (1129 words)

  
 FAQs and Web Resources on the Impeachment Process: Background: The Office of the Independent Counsel
The Independent Counsel Statute establishes a process for appointment of the Independent Counsel by an appellate court panel (or "special division") that provides the parameters and scope of the investigation based on a preliminary assessment by the U.S. Attorney General that there is sufficient evidence of wrongdoing to warrant further review and analysis.
A main difference between the Independent Counsel and other U.S. Justice Department prosecutors is that the Independent Counsel operates pursuant to a charge from the special appellate court panel and the Independent Counsel must report to the panel about the investigation at its conclusion.
The Independent Counsel operates under the laws and rules of the U.S. Department of Justice, although there may be some greater latitude due to the independent nature of the prosecutor's work.
www.abanet.org /publiced/oic.html   (611 words)

  
 The Independent Counsel's Report
The OIC argued that the civil discovery process should be halted because it was having a negative effect on the criminal investigation.
After careful consideration of all the evidence, the OIC has concluded that the evidence of wrongdoing is substantial and credible, and that the wrongdoing is of sufficient gravity that it warrants referral to Congress.
It is not the role of this Office to determine whether the President's actions warrant impeachment by the House and removal by the Senate; those judgments are, of course, constitutionally entrusted to the legislative branch.
www.mega.nu:8080 /ampp/starr/5intro.htm   (4618 words)

  
 United States Office of the Independent Counsel
However, theconstitutionality of the new office was ultimately upheld in the 1988 Supreme Court case Morrison v.
The most famous Independent Counsel was Kenneth Starr, whose reportled to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
The Office of the Independent Counsel is not to be confused with the U.S. Office of SpecialCounsel (OSC) which is an permanent independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic legislativeauthority come from three federal statutes, the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, and the Hatch Act.
www.therfcc.org /united-states-office-of-the-independent-counsel-53752.html   (524 words)

  
 United States Office of the Independent Counsel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
United States Office of the Independent Counsel was an independent prosecutor — distinct from the Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice — that provided reports to the Congress under Title 28 of the United States Code Article 595.
However the constitutionality of new office was ultimately upheld in the Supreme Court case Morrison v.
The Office of the Independent Counsel is to be confused with the U.S. Office Special Counsel (OSC) which is an permanent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic authority come from three federal statutes the Service Reform Act the Whistleblower Protection Act and the Hatch Act.
www.freeglossary.com /Office_of_the_Independent_Counsel   (550 words)

  
 Whitewater Case Misc '95-96 Documents
The Office of the Independent Counsel filed in federal court in Little Rock today a Notice of Prosecutorial Jurisdiction establishing that Attorney General Janet Reno expressly referred the matters charged in the Indictment to this Office for investigation and possible prosecution.
The Independent Counsel requested that Attorney General Reno refer investigative and prosecutorial jurisdiction over that matter to the Office of the Independent Counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 594(e), as a matter related to the Independent Counsel's jurisdiction.
The Independent Counsel subsequently requested that the Special Division also refer the Campaign Contributions matter to the Office of the Independent Counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 594(e) as a matter related to the Independent Counsel's jurisdiction.
www.lectlaw.com /files/cas84.htm   (4010 words)

  
 Whitewater Investigations and Prosecutions to the Present Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
For several independent reasons, it would be inappropriate for this report to disclose or discuss the evidence gathered during this Office's investigations beyond the convictions already obtained, the reports already issued, and the litigation that is a matter of public record.
Fourth, an independent counsel "shall, except to the extent that to do so would be inconsistent with the purposes of [the statute], comply with the written or other established policies of the Department of Justice respecting enforcement of the criminal laws." 28 U.S.C. § 594(f)(1).
In that regard, the Office is mindful of its important obligation to conduct its investigations and prosecutions in a manner that is fair, thorough and responsible, yet timely and cost-effective, 28 U.S.C. § 593 (b)(2), particularly in light of Congress's determination not to re-authorize the Independent Counsel statute, which expired on June 30, 1999.
www.newsmax.com /articles/?a=2000/9/20/80503   (3477 words)

  
 Final Report of Independent Counsel Donald C. Smaltz In Re:  Alphonso Michael (Mike) Espy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
OIC's prosecution of John J. Hemmingson, Crop Growers' chief executive officer, and Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, a Louisiana lawyer who chaired an effort to retire the congressional-campaign debt of Secretary Espy's brother Henry, was the first to charge and convict individuals for money laundering in connection with illegal federal-election campaign contributions.
OIC also referred three matters to the Department of Justice for prosecution and one matter to the Federal Election Commission for civil disposition, resulting in the recovery of an additional $560,000 for the United States.
The Independent Counsel Statute, which limits the scope of preliminary DOJ inquiries, in particular prohibiting the use of compulsory process, was not then in effect, but DOJ nevertheless adhered to the statute's restrictions.
www.gpo.gov /oic   (15931 words)

  
 Rebuttal from White House to Starr Report to Congress Kenneth Starr Report Title 28, United States Code, § 595(c) ...
The allegations concerning obstruction, intimidation, perjury and subornation of perjury that we anticipate from the OIC are extravagant attempts to transform a case involving inappropriate personal behavior into one of public misconduct justifying reversal of the judgment of the electorate of this country.
It is in that context that the OIC
In pursuing his attack on the institution of the Presidency, the OIC took the extreme position that executive privilege was inapplicable and that the governmental attorney-client privilege did not exist in the face of grand jury subpoena.
www.constitutional.net /thomas.loc.gov/Rebuttal   (15862 words)

  
 United states office of the independent counsel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/united_states_office_of_the_independent_counsel   (212 words)

  
 frontline: secrets of an independent counsel: office of the independent counsel
Born out of the Watergate scandal two decades ago, the institution of the independent counsel was created to handle politically sensitive investigations and prosecutions involving the nation's highest government officials.
The former chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee is considered the "father of the independent counsel law." Dash now teaches law at Georgetown University and served until November 1998 as Ethics Advisor to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
Also, a chart of all investigations conducted under the independent counsel statute since its inception in 1978.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/counsel/office   (260 words)

  
 United States Office of the Independent Counsel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Many argued the new Independent Counsel's was a sort of "fourth branch" of that had virtually unlimited powers and was to no one.
The most recently appointed and now Office of the Independent Counsel was created investigate the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky scandals among other prosecutions.
Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh relating to the Iran-Contra Affair 1986-93
www.freeglossary.com /United_States_Office_of_the_Independent_Counsel   (550 words)

  
 Commentary Magazine - Against the Independent Counsel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
...The statutory authorization for the Office of Independent Counsel expired this past December, but as a result of the pardons George Bush extended on Christmas Eve to six former officials involved in the Iran-contra affair, the chances that Congress and President Bill Clinton will revive the law seem to have increased...
...To make matters worse, when an independent counsel finishes his assignment, he must file a report with the court "setting forth fully and completely" a description of his work, the disposition of all cases brought, and his reasons for not prosecuting any matter...
...But the greatest pressure was the threat that the independent counsel would file an indictment charging multiple felonies in the expectation that the jury would compromise by acquitting him of most but convicting him of one or two...
www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V95I2P23-1.htm   (4655 words)

  
 Office of the Independent Counsel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
On August 21, 2001 the Court ordered that the Independent Counsel’s investigative authority should be terminated as of September 30, 2001, except to the extent necessary to fulfill the duties relating to final reports, and to the extent necessary or appropriate to conclude any remaining noninvestigative and nonprosecutorial tasks required by statute.
She has agreed, subject to the Court’s approval, to assume the remaining duties as Independent Counsel of responding to fee petitions and overseeing the closure of the office.
Initially appointed as Associate Independent Counsel in January 2000, she later became Chief Associate Independent Counsel in November 2000, and then in the Spring of 2001 was named Deputy Independent Counsel.
www.politicsnj.com /Ray031202.htm   (495 words)

  
 Office of the Independent Counsel terminates operations, sends out final press release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Office of the Independent Counsel in the Whitewater investigation sent out its last press release this week, announcing that the office had, finally, "terminated all operations." What interested us most was seeing the names of Kenneth Starr's favorite journalistic cheerleaders on the list of recipients.
The office was established in 1994, and occupied mostly by independent counsel Kenneth Starr.
The office completed its last open investigation on Jan. 19, 2001, when Clinton agreed to a law license suspension to end his legal vulnerability.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1105993/posts   (763 words)

  
 Removal of Kenneth Starr as Independent Counsel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The aforesaid statutory section provides: "An independent counsel appointed under this chapter may be removed from office.
As you know, subsection 5 of section 594 of the independent counsel statute provides that enforcement of this conflict of interest section falls not only to you as Attorney General but also to Stephen D. Potts as Director of the Office of Government Ethics.
Additionally, I hereby provide a copy of this request to Judge Starr and to the three-judge Special Division for the Independent Counsel of the U.S. Court of Appeals as an exhibit to a motion to the Special Division asking that this request be appended to any report issued or to be issued by the OIC.
www.newsmax.com /articles/?a=1999/2/5/181443   (983 words)

  
 Lewinsky Meets With Independent Counsel's Office - July 27, 1998
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, July 27) -- Monica Lewinsky told prosecutors from Independent Counsel Ken Starr's office Monday that she had a sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton but refused to say that Clinton told her to lie about it, according to sources close to the investigation.
"We are working with the Office of Independent Counsel as we have in the past to devise a way for the president to provide information for the OIC's investigation consistently with his Constitutional role and responsibilities.
Starr is said to be flexible on this matter, in deference, his supporters say, to the dignity of the office of the president.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1998/07/27/lewinsky   (1886 words)

  
 Leak from Starr's Office Was Not Illegal, Court Says
Monday's ruling disclosed that Judge Johnson had, last July, secretly ordered the department to conduct what would have been the first criminal investigation of the office of the independent counsel and of its former spokesman, Charles G. Bakaly 3d, who was forced to resign last March over his role in The Times article.
The judges said that any leaks by Starr's office or Bakaly that may have contributed to the article were not illegal.
After that investigation, Starr's office withdrew its earlier assertion that it was not the source of any information in The Times article.
partners.nytimes.com /library/politics/091499starr-trial.html   (858 words)

  
 OnlineColumnist®.com: Inside Out
By dragging ex-journalist and now White House spin doctor Sidney Blumenthal into the grand jury, independent counsel Kenneth Starr is flailing in the dark, hoping to find the insidious source of propaganda and disinformation discrediting him and his office.
In this case, impeach and discredit the office of the independent counsel.
With the office of the independent counsel focusing more on the Lewinsky sex scandal than the stale Whitewater investigation and with the Clinton presidency fighting for its survival, it should come as no surprise to anyone that the White House spin department would pull out all the stops.
www.onlinecolumnist.com /061598.html   (990 words)

  
 United States Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
House Document 105-311 (Appendices to the Referral to the United States House of Representatives Pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 595(c) Submitted by the Office of Independent Counsel) Report are available in PDF format.
House Document 105-316 (Supplemental Materials to Referral to the United States House of Representatives Pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 595(c) Submitted by the Office of Independent Counsel) Report is available in PDF format.
House Document 105-317, entitled: Preliminary Memorandum of the President of the United States Concerning Referral of the Office of the Independent Counsel and Initial Response of the President of the United States to Referral of the Office of the Independent Counsel [HTML] [PDF]
www.access.gpo.gov /congress/icreport   (431 words)

  
 No. 02-409: Favish v. Office of Independent Counsel - Opposition
The Office of Independent Counsel twice investigated Foster's death, first through Independent Counsel Robert Fiske, Jr., and later through Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
In a one-sentence, unpublished disposition, the court of appeals affirmed the district court's judgment insofar as it sustained the withholding of five of the photographs and required the release of four others.
The court held, however, that one photograph ordered released by the district court had been properly withheld by the Office of Independent Counsel.
www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/2002/0responses/2002-0409.resp.html   (1548 words)

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