Secrets of an Independent Counsel

May 19, 1998 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

In a rare in-depth television interview given by a sitting independent counsel, Donald Smaltz takes FRONTLINE inside his investigation of former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. FRONTLINE correspondent Peter Boyer steps behind the current controversy... (more) about Kenneth Starr to find out what these independent counsels really want, how far they'll go to get it, and why they cost so much money.

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