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After the alert, according to Berger and members of the NSC staff, the FBI returned to its normal practice of withholding written reports and saying little about investigations or witness interviews, taking the position that any information related to pending investigations might be presented to a grand jury and hence could not be disclosed under thenprevailing federal law.
Reporting President Daniel arap Moi's election to a fifth five-year term in chaotic and controversial polling in Kenya, the Kenyan daily the Nation emphasized the problems he was now facing, especially "severe criticism by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund," which were withholding aid payments "citing tardiness in effecting reforms in the energy and telecommunications sectors and in tackling corruption generally."
While the Freedom of Information Act, the Trade Secrets Act, and other statutes may generally protect certain categories of information from disclosure by an agency to the public, this protection does not justify withholding the information from GAO.
Pundits agreed there is still no evidence of a policy quid pro quo, but the Los Angeles Times pointedly compared Clinton's pre-election withholding of information on the scandal to the Watergate cover-up that led to President Nixon's resignation.
The reason, he says, is the $65 a week McDonald was withholding for room and board, in violation of rules that govern the shelter system.