Starr figured out how to publish pornography without prosecution, libel without lawsuit, privacy without retribution and grand jury secrets without judicial wrath. He is a civil liberties hero.

FY '98 ended in surplus and Congress is determined that this never happen again.

Folks demand an awful lot of the Bawlmer pleece and now, on top of everything else, the department is expected to know how to count.

Pub Date: 10/02/98