1.   Also at issue in the criminal inquiry is when the collusion began.

2.   An immunity deal could interfere with subsequent criminal inquiries involving Denise Rich, because prosecutors would face serious legal difficulties using immunized congressional testimony in a trial.

3.   And a spokesman for Starr said the criminal inquiry would continue.

4.   And the FBI has opened a criminal inquiry.

5.   And several current and former employees, acting as government informants, have testified and offered documents in the criminal inquiries.

6.   As the criminal inquiry got under way Thursday in New York, congressional committees continued their own inquiries into the pardon.

7.   Besides the criminal inquiry, the Chippewa tribes have filed a lawsuit against Babbitt, and three agency employees.

8.   A blanket privilege allowing agents to resist giving testimony in criminal inquiries would undercut their law enforcement mission, and the rule of law itself.

9.   A criminal inquiry petered out when the deputy governor abruptly died.

10.   A number of investigations are continuing, including a criminal inquiry, as well as regulatory investigations of people tied to the scandal.