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Meanwhile, the situation at Camp Lewinsky was touch-and-go. For weeks its members have been waiting for her to be called, preferably with an immunity deal in hand. But there is still no deal, and it looks as if she might turn out to be a defendant instead of a witness. Starr, still unsatisfied with discrepancies between what Lewinsky told Linda Tripp on tape and what she has offered to say in testimony, may tighten the screws again with an actual indictment of Lewinsky for perjury as well as obstruction of justice. To which Lewinsky's lawyers say, Fine, we'll see you in court. They aren't scared of a perjury charge because they slice the definition of "sexual relationship" as thin as the President does. That still leaves them with questions to answer about obstruction and all the incentives Lewinsky allegedly offered Tripp if she would just become the soul of discretion. But after six weeks of waiting, Lewinsky's defense team just wants a chance to sink its teeth into Starr. "We will be happy to go that route," says Nathaniel Speights, her co-counsel. "We want it over with now." In that respect, Speights is not alone.
--With reporting by Michael Weisskopf/Washington