i inherited the investigation of a great man named bob fiske. b was appointed essentially as a special counsel when the independent statute had last. so this interim period. and bob got to little rock and found any number of things that he was looking into. webster hubble's billing. the death of vincent foster, jr., possibly violations of banking laws in the gubetorle campaign in arkansas in 1990. i was surprised with the breadth and range of his activity. that's what i inherited. the white water land deal was part of it. host: these tend to grow. don't they? these investigations. the president got impeached over something unrelated to all of this. guest: the relationship there -- and we were authorized to conduct that part of the investigation by the attorney general and the special division. so there's this two-step shopping process. so when we brought the information as to what we understood, that might be under way, possible perjury, very serious crimes, we ran, not walked, to the attorney general of the united states janet reno. she looked a

and i inherited that from bob fiske. i can't say enough good about bob fit -- bob fiske and all he did in really laying the ground work. and then in little rock -- little rock is a beautiful city. we were on the west side. i inherited -- i shouldn't say inherited. i took over peacefully bob this's offices on the west side of little rock to financial center. and center is spelled with an re. host: did you have security? guest: not for the first four years. in fact the people of arkansas were terrific. so i guess i had no death threats, that as soon as the controversial phase -- not that there was in controversy, there certainly was in arkansas. but there was controversy with a capital c, in fact all caps controversy, when the monica lewinsky phase broke and almost immediately the u.s. marshall service in collaboration with the fbi constantly surveying death threats and threat assessments came in and said you now have 24 hour security including your family. host: next call from florida. caller: i just wanted to ask what his

and i inherited that from bob fisk. again, i can't say enough good about bob fisk and all that he did in really laying the ground work. and then in little rock -- little rock is a beautiful city. a great city. we were on the west side. i inherited -- i shouldn't say inherited. i took over peacefully bob fisk's offices on the west side of little rock. two financial center and center is spelled with an re. host: did you have security? guest: not for the first four years. in fact the people of arkansas were terrific. so i guess i had no death threats but as soon as then the controversial phase -- not that there wasn't controversy, there certainly was in arkansas. but there was controversy with a capital c, in fact all caps controversy, when the monica lewinsky phase broke and almost immediately the u.s. marshall service with the f.b.i. constantly surveying death threats and threat assessments came in and said you now have 24 hour security including your family. host: next call from florida. caller: i just wanted to ask wha