Five monthes into Clinton's first term the body of White House Counsel [[Vince Foster]] was found shot to death one day after Bill Clinton took the unprecedented step of firing the head of the [[FBI]]. Under the law, the FBI would normally be the agency charged with the investigation of the death of a high ranking Executive Branch official. Foster was the highest-ranking Executive Branch official killed since John F Kennedy.
''Forbes'' magazine Senior Editor James Norman uncovered evidence that Fosters had a Swiss bank account and was under investigation by the US government for [[espionage]] at the time of his death. Norman wrote to the White House Press office to inquire about these allegations. White House chief of staff Abner Mikva leak a copy of Norman's inquiry to Mark Tuohey, deputy Independent Counsel investigating Foster's death. Both Mikva and Touhey we're forced to resign because of the apparent conflicts of interest and interference in an independent investigation. Tuohey, who has been accused by Miguel Rodriguez, a US Attorney on the staff of the Independent Counsel, of sabotaging the investigation into Foster's death, then went to work representing the Rose Law Firm - the firm Vince Foster, Hillary Clinton, and Webster Hubbell all we're employed by representing clients of the Independent Counsel's Whitewater investigation.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/09/us/courier-at-little-rock-firm-recalls-shredding-after-the-inquiry-began.html </ref>
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