1.   How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation?

2.   Also, members of Congress also have called on Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent prosecutor to look at campaign finance misdeeds.

3.   Although Reno appears to have hewn tightly to the letter of the law, she appears to have asked for an independent prosecutor under different standards in previous cases.

4.   Although resistant to outside campaign finance inquiries, Reno has referred more issues to independent prosecutors than any other attorney general.

5.   Although the court recommended that an independent prosecutor take over the Fergusun case, it is unclear who could fill that role.

6.   An independent prosecutor could investigate if police officials failed to -- and then prosecute the cases as well.

7.   An inquiry by an independent prosecutor would likely prove expensive, time-consuming and politically embarrassing for the administration, even if no charges were ultimately brought.

8.   An independent prosecutor has gained convictions in the Whitewater scandal, and while the president himself has not been implicated, there may be more indictments on the way.

9.   And there is always the possibility that an independent prosecutor, using a federal grand jury and the power to issue subpoenas, might unearth unexpectedly damaging information.

10.   And, the judge said, Attorney General Janet Reno may have to decide whether to seek appointment of an independent prosecutor.