1.   Although he was dogged by an embarassing independent counsel probe, the media-savvy Cisneros won high marks.

2.   Burton, trying to defuse controversy over allegations he tried to shake down a lobbyist for contributions, said he would welcome an independent counsel probe of his activities.

3.   But the nasty consequences of the law are still with us in the continuing independent counsel probes of two present and two former Clinton Cabinet officers.

4.   Jones was named in the conspiracy count and a separate charge of obstructing the independent counsel probe and concealing the authenticity of the tapes to the IRS.

5.   No wonder the GOP is eager to saddle him with a special counsel probe.

6.   Republicans said that an independent counsel probe of the presidential elections was necessary to avoid a conflict of interest within the administration.

7.   They attacked her for conflict of interest at congressional hearings, called for her impeachment and mounted a noisy campaign to get her to trigger an independent counsel probe.

8.   Two other Cabinet officials, the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, have been the subject of independent counsel probes.

9.   Her request brings to four the number of independent counsel probes of members of the administration of President Bill Clinton.