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The CIA was specifically accorded "no police, subpoena, or law enforcement powers or internal security functions."
Pundits think Clinton could delay the investigation by refusing the subpoena and that he might even get it quashed on the grounds that a sitting president can't be forced to testify, but agree the political cost of such a fight would be too high for Clinton.
The New York Times leads with the debate over Kenneth Starr's move to subpoena President Clinton.
The LAT quotes that well-connected lawyer as saying that Starr may come armed with a subpoena in his pocket for Clinton--who technically is appearing today voluntarily--in case Clinton tries to duck any of the prosecutors' questions.
The special investigator--whose name is being kept secret--was given the authority to hire a staff and subpoena testimony and documents from the independent counsel's office.