1.   As attorney general, Reno has shown streaks of independence, especially in appointing special prosecutors who have gone after administration officials.

2.   A special prosecutor has been appointed.

3.   Bush, meanwhile, rejected a suggestion from Capitol Hill that a special prosecutor be appointed for the Enron investigation under way at the Justice Department.

4.   Had Reno found evidence that any of them had violated the law, she would have been obligated under the law to requested that an independent prosecutor be appointed.

5.   If she appoints a special prosecutor, the House almost surely would not take up the contempt charges.

6.   Last month, Colorado Gov. Roy Romer refused to appoint a prosecutor who could have taken the case over from Hunter.

7.   She has used that position in resisting calls that she ask that an independent prosecutor be appointed.

8.   Special prosecutors were appointed and fired in dizzying rhythm.

9.   That is why we have prosecutors appointed by the state.

10.   The attorney general, Holder said, could appoint special prosecutors in cases where conflicts of interest clearly exist.