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It has a predatory cousin, the Preemptive Strike.”
Most lawyers say it makes no legal sense for Clinton to agree to testify, and thus he must be facing political pressure (a theory first put forth by Monday's NYT ) The President can now: 1) Stick with his story and contradict Lewinsky, gambling that he'll win a he-said-she-said battle, or 2) Give a preemptive public speech before his testimony, admitting that he lied to "protect his family."
So Gore cobbled together his own proposal and launched a preemptive strike at a Methodist church in a black neighborhood in Washington, D.C., yesterday.
12988 and the Department states that the rule is intended to have preemptive effect with respect to any state or local laws, regulations or policies which conflict with its provisions, or which would otherwise impede its full implementation.
The WP quotes one expert referring to probable "preemptive arrests," and saying that the FBI would "nail [those arrested] for anything they can, just to get them off the streets."