A thorough, compulsive diary. Fiske's got it, and God knows what's in it - as if it isn't enough that we tried to off Stephens. What may come of this inquiry is hard to predict. He may well be recalled, however, after Steiner testifies. Indictments he could get easily.
Convictions are another matter.
True, Clinton is not yet directly involved - and may never be. But proving any presidential involvement would be most difficult. Henry Gonzalez, chairman of the House Banking Committee, abruptly canceled a hearing into RTC matters last Thursday at which Leach, the ranking minority member, had planned to unveil some results of inquiries by his staff into Whitewater and Madison. House Democratic leaders had not been at all eager to endorse such hearings, but after Gonzalez's explosion they had little choice. Meanwhile, Leach, deprived by the autocratic Gonzalez of one forum, avidly seized another.