1.   Podesta, according to sources, had seen earlier that the pardon process was heading for trouble.

2.   Burton conceded that Congress has no control over the pardon process but said that the public has a right to know what went on.

3.   Bush strongly objects to any suggestions that political or racial considerations play any role in the pardon process.

4.   Experts who have studied the pardon process say presidents from each party have granted pardons that have raised uproars.

5.   Facing TV cameras and reporters, Mrs. Clinton tried to distance herself from the pardon process.

6.   How did Beth Dozoretz, the former finance director of the Democratic National Committee, get pulled into the pardon process for a man she apparently never met?

7.   Removing the secrecy from the pardon process is not a novel idea.

8.   This came as e-mails released by the committee shed new light on the pardon process.