Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Starr Focuses on Lewinsky Transfer > WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House personnel chief > testified before a federal grand jury Thursday, > signaling a strong focus by Whitewater prosecutors on > Monica Lewinsky's administration jobs -- including her > transfer to the Pentagon. > > Marsha Scott appeared for a second time in a week before > the grand jurors, who have heard from a half-dozen > witnesses who played roles in Ms. Lewinsky's White House > work prior to her April 1996 reassignment to the Defense > Department. > > After Ms. Scott finished testifying, the president's > chief of Oval Office operations, Nancy Hernreich, made > her second appearance at the courthouse. She sees > virtually everyone who enters the president's office. > > The testimony of witnesses familiar with Ms. Lewinsky's > role could be valuable to prosecutors, even if the > staffers were unaware of a Clinton-Lewinsky sexual > relationship. They might be able to shed light on Ms. > Lewinsky's frequent appearances around the Oval Office > despite her low-level tasks -- a possible factor in her > transfer. > > Ms. Lewinsky told a friend that she had a sexual affair > with Clinton and he asked her to lie about it, > contradicting her affidavit in the Paula Jones case > denying a sexual relationship. The president has said > there was no affair or suggestion that she lie. > > Those who previously testified included: > > --Former White House deputy chief of staff Evelyn > Lieberman. Current and former White House officials have > said that she wanted Ms. Lewinsky transferred because of > ``inappropriate and immature behavior.'' > > --Timothy Keating, who hired Ms. Lewinsky in the > legislative correspondence section when her internship > ended. He said after testifying that Ms. Lewinsky was > ``transferred because of dissatisfaction with her > performance ... .'' > > --Patsy Thomasson, who was a White House personnel > official. She said after her testimony that she gave the > grand jury ``the facts about her placement at the > Pentagon.'' > > --Jodie Torkelson, who also was a personnel aide. Her > lawyer said after she testified Wednesday that she was > asked about an e-mail memo she wrote in 1966. She asked > in the memo that she be notified if Ms. Lewinsky sought > another White House job. > > --Jocelyn Jolley, who was Ms. Lewinsky's direct > supervisor in the legislative affairs office. Ms. Jolley > was transferred out of the office the same day as Ms. > Lewinsky. > > Ms. Scott has known Clinton from his days as Arkansas > governor, and an incident in his deposition in the Jones > case indicates she's a confidante of the president. > > As Clinton related the incident, he was attending a high > school reunion in Arkansas in 1994 and got into a > conversation with an old friend, Dolly Kyle Browning. > > According to the president, Ms. Browning was angry that > he had not called her back in 1992 when she was > concerned that a tabloid was going to run a story about > her. The president said she began a jealous tirade about > how unhappy she was that she had never had a sexual > relationship with Clinton and threatened to sell a book > claiming they did. > > Clinton said he asked Ms. Scott ``to listen to the > conversation when it started, and she stood very close > so she could hear everything, and then as soon as the > conversation was over, I asked her if she had heard > it...' > > The president said he later made notes of the > conversation and asked Ms. Scott if they were consistent > with her memory ``and she said `Yes, except I think that > the conversation went on a little longer than you said > ...''' > > Clinton testified he put the notes in a file folder, > which went in a briefcase that was stored under his > desk. > > Ms. Browning, a Dallas real estate attorney who gave a > deposition in the Jones case, has said she had a long > affair with Clinton and accused him of lying in his > deposition. > > She said that at no time was Ms. Scott listening to the > conversation, although a woman with blond hair (Ms. > Scott is a blond) did interrupt their conversation twice > to ask Clinton to end the conversation, which he did not > do. > > Mrs. Jones' lawyers got subpoenas Tuesday from Starr > requiring them to turn over to Starr's office whatever > material they may have gathered on four women, including > Ms. Browning. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
