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This 3 page paper argues that although it needs revision, the office of independent counsel should be retained. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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powers. This paper argues that despite that, the federal government does need such an unbiased counsel, and should keep the law in force. Discussion Part of the controversy surrounding the
office of the independent counsel stems from the fact that although the position is supposed to be impartial and non-partisan, in reality it seems to be very political. In 1992,
when the independent counsel was appointed to look into the Iran-Contra affair, the Republicans became angry with Lawrence Walsh, who was investigating the scandal; as a result, the "the independent
counsel statute was allowed to lapse in 1992" (Dash, 1999). When Bill Clinton was elected, however, questions arose in connection with the Whitewater land deal, and the Republicans, along with
their Democratic colleagues, voted to re-authorize the office of independent counsel in 1994 (Dash, 1999). The objection doesnt seem to be to the law itself; rather, the complaint is that
"the law authorizes the creation of an uncontrollable prosecutor with unlimited resources and time who can abuse power and persecute citizens" (Dash, 1999). Certainly that was the impression the public
got of Ken Starr, whose investigation of Clinton seemed to turn into a persecution that ultimately cost the country over $40 million and turned up no wrongdoing. Whether it is
true or not, Starr gave the distinct impression that he was determined to find something on which to convict Clinton, no matter how long it took and how far he
had to go. Kenneth Starr "may have wired an informer to get incriminating statements from a suspect, threatened to prosecute a minor figure to get that person to give up
evidence and called a mother before the grand jury," but Dash insists that such strategies are "standard operating procedures of Federal prosecutors" (Dash, 1999). The point Dash is trying
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