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Reno reversed the standard narrative arc of congressional hearings, in which belligerent congressmen make witnesses look stupid, said Evan Thomas ( Inside Washington ). The attorney general's pugilistic secret?
In 1990, the Commission on Legal Needs in Maine, chaired by former Senator Edmund Muskie and made up of Commissioners drawn from the judiciary, the legislature, the private bar, and the low-income community, convened a series of hearings around the state and issued a report calling for increased resources for legal services with a number of recommendations for improving access.
Whereas USAT says Clinton refused to hand over documents, and the Post says it's saying no to witnesses too, the Times says the White House will release some clemency documents it feels are not covered by executive privilege and will allow three administration officials to appear at congressional hearings.
In real hearings, adversaries brandish impressive-sounding studies and tell sob stories, rather than making buffoonish personal attacks.
Vanity Fair indicates that the Senate's campaign-fund-raising hearings could be the Watergate of the '90s if Sen.