Next stop, America -- or at least that portion of it with an Internet connection (that means you!). And despite the fact that the report seemed sure to appeal to two of the Web's most dedicated constituencies -- newshounds and porn aficionados -- Starr's X-rated files weren't all that hard to get. A victory for the wired body politic -- and the geeks who serve them -- if ever there was one. But there's hope for the modem-less: Pocket Books and PublicAffairs plan to rush paperback versions to bookstores by Tuesday.
Congressmen, Start Your Xeroxes
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WASHINGTON: With a noontime vote of 363-63, the full House made it official: Act I of the impeachment drama had begun, and the long-awaited Starr report was on its way. Almost immediately, the vault was opened. One copy of its contents went to Judiciary Committee head Henry Hyde and another to his Democratic rival, John Conyers. A third version was photocopied and sent to the White House, which at the last minute negotiated itself an opportunity to get an advance look at the hottest evidence to come out of the Beltway since the Watergate tapes. (The President's spinmeisters managed to get a 73-page pre-buttal out before even reading the report.)