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THE WEEK, Page 21NATIONJustice Under the Gun
Nasty questions at the FBI and Iraqgate plague the Attorney
General
Attorney General William Barr finds himself presiding over a
Department of Justice beset from every quarter. Dragged early in
the week into a probe of its own FBI director for ethics
violations, Barr's Justice Department must now endure the
attentions of an "independent counsel," drafted by Barr to
investigate the roiling dispute between his department and the
CIA over whether the government obstructed the investigation of
an illegal scheme to funnel $4 billion to the Iraqi regime
before the invasion of Kuwait.
The FBI's William Sessions is under scrutiny for violating
relatively minor ethical rules, like questionable business
travel with his wife. But Sarah Munford, Sessions' personal
assistant, was put on leave and escorted out of the J. Edgar
Hoover Building on Thursday because of the more serious charge
that she had exceeded her authority. Munford denied it,
contending she was "an unfortunate pawn" in a power struggle.
Sessions' lawyer says Justice was engaging in a campaign of
leaks against his client. Alice Sessions complained to the San
Antonio (Texas) Light that her husband "was waking up out of a
stupor, realizing he's been had."
On Friday, after weeks of pressure over his handling of
the Iraqgate affair, Barr named Frederick Lacey, 72, a
formidable ex-prosecutor and federal judge from New Jersey, to
serve as an in-house "independent" investigator. Still,
congressional Democrats are demanding a court-appointed special
prosecutor with full autonomy. Lacey insists that he would
resign if Barr or the White House blocked him.