21.   He emphasized that Whitewater and offshoot issues pursued in separate criminal inquiries had seen nine people plead guilty to various charges, and several administration officials resign.

22.   In a conference call with investors and Wall Street analysts, Nvidia executives repeatedly declined to provide additional information about the internal investigation or the SEC or criminal inquiries.

23.   In a separate letter to Gonzalez, Fiske discouraged congressional testimony by some Clinton administration officials on the grounds that their appearance could compromise his criminal inquiry.

24.   In Pensacola, the state attorney began a criminal inquiry of voter fraud after a forged ballot was found.

25.   In that case, a unanimous court recognized the privilege and then found that it can be overcome in a criminal inquiry of the White House.

26.   In her initial decision, the judge had said the evidence, while potentially relevant, might interfere with the criminal inquiry by Starr.

27.   In that case, however, Clinton faced a criminal inquiry and the possibility that a prosecutor might try to compel his cooperation had he sought to resist.

28.   In Washington, Feinstein asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to open a criminal inquiry into the company focusing on fraud.

29.   In that case, a unanimous court recognized the privilege and then found that it could be overcome in a criminal inquiry of the White House.

30.   Initially, the authorities even insisted they were conducting a public health investigation, not a criminal inquiry.