41.   In response, any inquiry must be conducted swiftly and in a bipartisan spirit.

42.   In the past, families of disaster victims in India have often complained that inquiries were conducted by officials whose duties linked them to the disasters.

43.   Indeed, the inquiry was partly conducted by a Treasury Department attorney who happened to work for a major target of the investigation, former Treasury Counsel Jean Hanson.

44.   Inspector General Jeff Eglash and Executive Director Joe Gunn said they have been given complete freedom in conducting the inquiry.

45.   It also said it hired a law firm to conduct an inquiry into accounting and financial reporting practices.

46.   Informal inquiries are often conducted by staff without full approval.

47.   It said it hired a law firm to conduct an inquiry into its accounting and financial reporting practices.

48.   Jones, who has conducted a worldwide inquiry of his own to uncover any conspirators, agreed to make his requests more specific.

49.   Justice Arbour is currently on leave from the Ontario Court of Appeal to conduct an inquiry into problems at the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario.

50.   Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel conducting the inquiry, also appeared briefly at the federal courthouse Tuesday.