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OpinionAugust 8, 2000

The Filegate investigation at the Clinton White House has never satisfactorily explained who was personally responsible for the confidential FBI files that showed up at the president's home on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. In an effort to get accurate information, independent counsel Kenneth Starr granted immunity from prosecution to Anthony Marceca, a temporary White House employee, who collected the files but said under oath he didn't know who ordered the illegal action...

The Filegate investigation at the Clinton White House has never satisfactorily explained who was personally responsible for the confidential FBI files that showed up at the president's home on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington.

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In an effort to get accurate information, independent counsel Kenneth Starr granted immunity from prosecution to Anthony Marceca, a temporary White House employee, who collected the files but said under oath he didn't know who ordered the illegal action.

Now Marceca says he lied to a federal grand jury and to Congress. But he can't be prosecuted because of the immunity. Case closed, and we still don't know -- officially -- whom to blame.

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