11.   But he dismissed the incident as an innocent bureaucratic mix up resulting from the use of an outdated list for background checks.

12.   Clinton has apologized for the incident, but he dismissed the affair as an innocent bureaucratic mix-up resulting from the use of an outdated list for background checks.

13.   The president has apologized for the incident, but he dismissed the affair as an innocent bureaucratic mix-up resulting from the use of an outdated list for background checks.

14.   The White House maintains that the incident was an innocent mistake caused by an outdated list of people with security clearance for the White House.

15.   The worker used an outdated list when he was assigned to update clearances for entry into the White House, officials said.

16.   The worker, assigned to update clearances for entry into the White House, used an outdated list from the administration of former president George Bush, officials said.

17.   The White House has portrayed the incident as a mistake by a temporary employee from the army who used an outdated list to request background files.

18.   The White House has said the files were erroneously obtained because the security office used an outdated list.

19.   White House officials had said that its requests for FBI files had been made in error because of an outdated list furnished by the Secret Service.

20.   Marceca has said he mistakenly requested the names of many people because he was working from an outdated list the Secret Service had provided him with.