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However, the sources of and motives behind cyber attacks often cannot be readily determined.
"The real focus here is on the methods [and] motives of the independent counsel," said Carville, accusing Starr of "wiring" women in hotel bars and plying them with whiskey.
As USAT , the NYT, and the WP note, there was little discussion of Starr's conclusions, the emphasis falling instead on Starr's motives and conduct--the main issues there being whether or not Starr had an antecedent bias against Bill Clinton, had inappropriate connections to the Paula Jones defense team, whether he had unlawfully detained Monica Lewinsky and/or violated her right to an attorney and indeed, whether he had lied about his treatment of her in a press release.
What will I impugn, if not motives?"
The motives behind these outpourings of popular disgust, to be sure, were not unalloyed.