21.   Bill Clinton thinks he has trouble with the independent prosecutor.

22.   A panel of federal appellate judges Thursday appointed a veteran Miami lawyer as an independent prosecutor to investigate the personal finances of Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown.

23.   A state district judge in Dallas on Tuesday appointed Shannon as independent prosecutor, which will give him the authority to subpoena witnesses and gather evidence in Dallas County.

24.   A panel of appellate judges would have to approve any charter for an independent prosecutor, recommended by Reno.

25.   After that investigation, Reno must decide whether to seek an independent prosecutor.

26.   After Reno declined to seek the appointment of an independent prosecutor, the investigation has been left within the Justice Department.

27.   All three men have denied that they discussed Whitewater or the selection of an independent prosecutor in the case.

28.   But a shift in her thinking about independent prosecutors seems apparent in her own words.

29.   But Gore should not be made the scapegoat, simply because the attorney general has not been willing to appoint an independent prosecutor for these allegations.

30.   But if any Republicans thought they might compel Reno to reconsider her refusal to seek an independent prosecutor or leverage her into conceding mistakes, they failed.