So he ordered the young aide to crawl to him.

Once to one of the young aides in the office.

The young Black aide came through the door of the bedroom carrying a suitcase.

A young aide in a dark suit took a step into the office.

One of Arafat's younger aides told us that they had pushed him hard to say yes.

The young aide ignored her as he walked quickly toward a table in the corner.

But doubts about the young aides with whom the President surrounded himself grew quickly.

Or maybe a senator had gotten caught with his cute young aide.

"Gary did some real bad things to us," said a young aide who asked not to be identified.

The words and the way they were said made it sound as if the young aide thought he was addressing God.