1.   The former White House counsel pled guilty and says to this day he feels guilty about that and his role in the Watergate scandal as a key Nixon defender.

2.   Although that rumor has been bandied about, Starr asked former White House counsel Dean if he had ever revealed his conclusion in public before.

3.   And an unusual cast of characters, from former independent counsel Kenneth Starr to O. J. Simpson attorney Johnnie Cochran, have gotten involved.

4.   And some Republicans hope Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, a former actor and the former Republican counsel to the Watergate committee, is the next Sen. Sam Ervin.

5.   Another former White House counsel, Jack Quinn, played an ethically dubious role in the affair.

6.   Bernard W. Nussbaum, a former White House counsel in the Clinton administration, represented Parker.

7.   Bradley also imported a few supporters, including former White House special counsel Archibald Cox, who investigated Watergate, and Harvard scholar Cornell West.

8.   -- Louis R. Tomson, a lawyer and former general counsel to the New York State Dormitory Authority, was named deputy secretary to the governor for authorities.

9.   A former White House counsel under President Ronald Reagan, Cox ranks fifth in the House GOP leadership.

10.   A fourth candidate, Evan Davis, a former counsel to Gov. Mario Cuomo, dropped out at the start of the day.