COMING FROM JACK QUINN, THE NEW White House counsel, the internal memo sent around last month was odd for being so elementary. It ordered staff members to give their "full and prompt attention" to document requests from investigators probing the Whitewater affair. "Nothing less will do," wrote Quinn, urging strict compliance. "Two years too late," commented a White House aide.
Quinn's memo went out a few days after the White House announced its discovery of Hillary Rodham Clinton's law-firm billing records, long sought by Whitewater investigators. Even as more controversial documents surface, the White House insists that it has been forthcoming...