1.   As the firestorm grew, Hillary Clinton joined in criticizing the clemency offer, which angered Puerto Rican leaders in New York.

2.   Giuliani has become one of the most vocal critics of the clemency offer.

3.   Last year, in what the first lady later called an early campaign stumble, Clinton broke with her husband and said his clemency offer should be withdrawn.

4.   Mrs. Clinton asserted that she had no involvement in the Puerto Rican clemency offer.

5.   Mrs. Clinton had said that the clemency offer should be withdrawn because the prisoners had taken too long to renounce violence.

6.   Mrs. Clinton at first supported the clemency offer then opposed it, incensing many Puerto Rican members of Congress.

7.   Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., said through an aide Wednesday that he opposed the clemency offer, but declined to elaborate.

8.   She said she should have consulted Hispanic leaders in New York before suddenly calling on the White House to withdraw the clemency offer.

9.   Sen. Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the panel will hold hearings next week to review the clemency offer, which he opposes.

10.   The acceptance of the clemency offer further roiled an emotional political debate that has pitted Hillary Rodham Clinton against her husband and riven the Democratic party in New York.