Dan Burton: “one of the disturbing things about the Whitewater investigation is that we feel like there is a thorough investigation…”

“one of the disturbing things about the Whitewater investigation is that we feel like there is a thorough investigation taking place, and then we hear things that lead us to believe that investigation is not thorough. Let me give you a couple of examples. We heard that Mr. Fiske, a Republican, was picked after President Clinton and his wife said they did not want a special counsel. Mr. Fiske was picked by the Justice Department, Janet Reno, because he was an independent thinker and he was Republican. Then we find out over the period of the next several months that Mr. Fiske is not really that independent, or it appears he is not that independent, because he has had very close ties with one of the chief aids of President Clinton, Mr. Bernie Nussbaum. When they both served as lawyers in New York City, they worked together on a number of cases. I wrote a letter to Mr. Fiske asking about this information. He responded. He sent the letter back to me. He answered Federal Express. He said, yes, I did have some association with Mr. Nussbaum but it was strictly professional. Second, Mr. Fiske, the counsel investigating Whitewater, recommended Bernie Nussbaum, the right-hand man of President Clinton, to be the assistant counsel during the Iran-Contra investigation. That shows that he and Mr. Nussbaum were fairly good friends.…”