1.   An independent counsel is subject to removal by the attorney general, the same as any federal prosecutor.

2.   First, they say, independent counsel investigations are too open-ended and too expensive.

3.   Forbes said an independent counsel was probably the best way to go.

4.   He has accused Starr, the independent Whitewater counsel, of conducting a partisan witch hunt.

5.   If there are, the attorney general must petition a Washington-based panel of three federal judges to appoint an independent counsel.

6.   In an appearance before a House appropriations subcommittee, Reno was asked why she has not moved to have an independent counsel.

7.   In several other less serious cases, Reno asked for an independent counsel.

8.   It could renew calls for Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate alleged campaign wrongdoing.

9.   It is clear that the independent counsel law has been misused or at least overused.

10.   It was intended to pressure a recalcitrant attorney general into authorizing the appointment of an independent counsel by a designated court.