41.   Further, only a handful of potential witnesses were called during the preliminary hearing.

42.   Hanson has testified that Altman directed her to tell the White House in September of the criminal referrals that cited the Clintons as potential witnesses.

43.   He said investigators would be pulling in potential witnesses to try to determine what happened.

44.   He said steps already have been taken to identify and track potential witnesses, and to create a record of the event.

45.   He would not name the potential witnesses.

46.   He then listed potential witnesses who have fled the country or said they would assert their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refuse to testify.

47.   He said there would likely be no similar delay in talking to other potential witnesses such as Clinton secretary Betty Currie and Clinton friend Vernon Jordan.

48.   He was held as a potential material witness and flown from San Antonio to Manhattan where he finally had access to a lawyer, six days into his detention.

49.   House Judiciary Committee staffers will begin immediately to gather information, request interviews with potential witnesses and prepare for public hearings.

50.   House managers said investigators also are continuing to seek evidence against Clinton and to interview potential witnesses.