Mr. Hourani's assassination was the third attack against Mr. Arafat's aides in Lebanon in a week.

The case that American officials will draft against Mr. Hussein and his aides will come from three caches of documents, administration officials said.

The 11-4 court ruling clears the way for a formal trial against Perez and his aides.

His office later brought the case against Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi which led to an indictment and arrest warrant against the Libyan dictator and his aides.

Even so he has defended his aides, much as Mr. Kuchma called accusations against his own aides politically motivated.

The governor generally blamed the federal authorities, who have jurisdiction over drug crimes, and was often slow to clean house when accusations emerged against his aides.

Judicial Watch represented her in her defamation lawsuit against Hillary's former aides, Stephanopoulos and Carville.

This week Switzerland imposed travel and financial sanctions against Mr. Mugabe and his aides.

Mr. López has taken full advantage of the situation, which has distracted attention from serious charges of corruption against his top aides.

But a federal investigation has resulted in several indictments against Mr. Ryan's top aides, and he has yet to give the state a directive.