61.   Prosecutors referred the case to the Senate Ethics Committee, a move the Torricelli camp has described as routine.

62.   Prosecutors referred the case to the grand jury because witnesses gave conflicting accounts of what happened, Edmondson said.

63.   Previously, Caldwell said, her office waited for the SEC to refer cases for criminal investigation.

64.   Reno has come under fire from Republicans for being unwilling to refer cases to outside counsels on other fronts, including an investigation into campaign financing.

65.   Romley was forced to refer the case because of conflicts of interest.

66.   Reno has shown little reluctance to refer cases to independent prosecutors when there was concrete evidence suggesting that an administration official lied.

67.   She referred the case to the district attorney.

68.   She has reviewed some of the same underlying facts for nearly two years, each time refusing to refer the case to an outside counsel.

69.   She had referred cases involving the secretaries of agriculture, commerce, housing, interior and labor to independent counsels.

70.   Sheriff John Cartwright said the case has been referred to the FBI.