81.   The company was owned by David Hale, a former municipal judge in Little Rock, who has pleaded guilty to two felony counts.

82.   The corporation counsel, John Ferren, is a former judge on the district of Columbia Court of Appeals who assumed the post last year.

83.   The commission, headed by a former judge, will begin work immediately with a broad mandate, the government said.

84.   The credibility of that witness, David Hale, a former judge, is crucial in the case.

85.   The former judge, David L. Hale, has already pleaded guilty on two felony counts in the case and has been cooperating with investigators.

86.   The former judge got off with a life sentence.

87.   The judge appointed a special master, John Kern III, a former judge here, to investigate the matter.

88.   The most telling example occurred last July, as described by judges on both sides of the philosophical divide, former judges and law clerks.

89.   The report was commissioned by the Whitewater independent prosecutor investigating Clinton and supervised by two former federal judges.

90.   The Republican wing also includes several former judges and federal prosecutors, who are likely to step back into those roles in any hearings.