Even stranger, GuestYank, when one considers the Independent Counsel that did it was appointed by the current Attorney General of the U. S. I would doubt that he could have done what he did without the express approval of the three judge panel that oversees the IC's work, and Janet Reno.

I, too, think the announcement could have waited at least until the Democratic National Convention was over.

However, as I understand it, the Special Counsel has a mandate that requries that he/she steer clear of political considerations. Isn't that correct?

Another way one could look at it, I guess, is it shouldn't affect Al Gore. He had nothing to do with those things being investigated. DougR