https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/stories/wwtr950227.htm??noredirect=on QUOTE : "The episode led to reprimands of top Clinton aides, charges of a politically motivated FBI probe of the office" Already we see the use of a politically motivated FBI..who was Head of the FBI in 1993....William S. Sessions.()??  Sessions was viewed as combining tough direction with fairness and was respected even by the Reagan administration's critics.  Despite being a Republican who was appointed by Reagan, Sessions disappointed the administration of President George H. W. Bush for not being partisan, and he was personally disliked by Attorney General Dick Thornburgh()... so It wasnt Sessions as the investigation was going on? as he got fired by Clinton 2 months after the investigation started....(for not being partisan enough??)  Louis Freeh took his place..who's first big case.. The PIZZA CONNECTION TRIAL.(**)  Mafia using Pizza Parlors to import massive amounts of Coke and Heroin... you cant make this shit up...Pizza Parlors everywhere...Hillary Clinton gradually came under scrutiny for allegedly having played a central role in the firings and making false statements about her involvement therein. In 2000, Independent Counsel Robert Ray issued his final report on Travelgate. He sought no charges against her, saying that while some of Clinton's statements were factually false, there was insufficient evidence that these statements were either knowingly false or that she understood that her statements led to the firings.  On January 5, 1996, a new development thrust the travel office matter again to the forefront. A two-year-old memo from White House director of administration David Watkins surfaced that identified First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as the motivating force behind the firings, with the additional involvement of Vince Foster and Harry Thomason.  Written in fall 1993, apparently intended for McLarty, the Watkins memo also said "we both know that there would be hell to pay" if "we failed to take swift and decisive action in conformity with the First Lady's wishes.  These developments, following Hillary Clinton's prior disputed statements about her cattle futures dealings and Whitewater, led to a famous exchange in which high-profile New York Times columnist William Safire, wrote that many Americans were coming to the "sad realization that our First Lady—a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation—is a congenital liar.  As a result of the discovery of the Watkins memo, and based upon a suggestion from the Office of Independent Counsel, on March 20, 1996, Attorney General Janet Reno requested that Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr expand his inquiry to specifically include the travel office affair, in particular allegations that White House employees had lied about Hillary Clinton's role in the firings.  The Congressional investigation continued; on March 21, 1996, Hillary Clinton submitted a deposition under oath to the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee.  On May 9, 1996, President Clinton refused to turn over additional documents related to the matter, claiming executive privilege.  House committee chair Clinger threatened a contempt of Congress resolution against the president, and the White House partially backed down on May 30, surrendering 1,000 of the 3,000 documents the committee asked for...  Is anyone getting a weird.. I've-seen-this-before feeling??  How many emails did they 'refuse' to give over?  How is it that they can 'refuse'? Vince Foster