>>Starr spent the money, but he was hired to do a job by Clinton's AG, Janet Reno.
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>But he defined what "a job" was.

No, the 3 Federal Judge panel decided where he could route his investigations.
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>> He is no different than any other lawyer -- "Make sure those are billable hours!" :)
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>Hehe...which probably accounts for why his investigation has so little sympathy among the American public--he's a stinking lawyer! :)

One of the news reports I just heard this morning was that the billing was at $400 per hour, with Starr being paid $87 per hour out of that. This is about average for Belt-way bandit lawyers.