51.   The administration has cited a criminal inquiry into the case as the reason for withholding documents.

52.   The agreement brings to a close a drawn-out criminal inquiry that began with the appointment of Arlin Adams as independent counsel.

53.   The case focuses on the issue of whether Clinton can receive confidential advice from government lawyers in a criminal inquiry.

54.   The Civil Division has asked Federal District Judge Royce C. Lambeth to postpone consideration of the civil case pending the outcome of the criminal inquiry.

55.   The criminal inquiry has raised a number of diplomatic sensitivities at a time that the Clinton administration is trying to improve its relationship with Beijing.

56.   The criminal inquiry is drawing to a close, and so far, investigators have found no wrongdoing, according to a source close to the investigation.

57.   The criminal inquiry is focused on whether officials from Loral and other companies who joined in the review violated American export control laws.

58.   The civil division has asked Judge Royce C. Lambeth of U.S. District Court to postpone consideration of the civil case pending the outcome of the criminal inquiry.

59.   The evidence was seized by investigators as part of a long-running criminal inquiry into a nationwide fraud ring, mainly involving students from Middle Eastern countries.

60.   The FBI meanwhile began a criminal inquiry.