The Return of the Intern

WASHINGTON: Shes back. Monica Lewinsky, who has all but disappeared from the front pages, returned home to the Watergate late Thursday evening. Her mother, Marcia Lewis, was reunited with her daughter after two grueling days of grand jury testimony. Family attorney William Ginsburg seemed as good as ready to file a harassment suit against Ken Starrs prosecutors: I wonder if they have tortured Ms. Lewis and Ms. Lewinsky enough, he said. If this is the way the prosecutorial system normally operates, then all Americans should take notice. It is frightening.

The Secret Service has certainly taken note. Legal wrangling has begun over their right to resist Starrs subpoenas on the grounds that breaking their code of silence makes it hard to protect the First Family. While Janet Reno mulled the matter over, President Clintons supporters pounced on the agencys crisis of confidence. This is a further example of desperate and apparently irresponsible tactics by Mr. Starr, said Lanny Davis, former White House special legal counsel.

Theres good news for Clinton from at least one Secret Service veteran: Lewis Fox has gone back on his claim, made in a Washington Post interview Tuesday, that he was aware of the President and Lewinsky's being alone while he was on Oval Office duty. Fox now does not know whether there were other people in the room, according to his attorney. You can almost hear Ken Starr groaning.