Mr. Bellino's role in the Watergate inquiry was to perform his specialty, following the chain of money.

His hopes of becoming Mr. Hoover's permanent successor crumbled when he acknowledged having burned potential evidence in the Watergate inquiry along with the Christmas trash.

Even when adjusted for inflation, the Watergate inquiry cost $6.9 million, Whitewater $1.8 million.

Nussbaum, a world-class lawyer who had worked with Hillary on the congressional Watergate inquiry, was adamantly against a special prosecutor.

She noted that the panel called six lawyers during the Watergate inquiry.

The resolution, modeled after the language used in the Watergate inquiry, outlined 15 possible grounds for impeachment.

A few weeks ago, Judiciary Committee officials said they were studying the 1974 Watergate inquiry as a model.

Nor was the Watergate inquiry taking place in an environment where the presumption was that everything would somehow leak to the press.

It is found in the report issued on a broad bipartisan basis by this committee in its 1974 proceeding in the Watergate inquiry.

The President's lawyers said that in the Watergate inquiry, the committee interviewed witnesses and developed its own evidence.