Editing Ken Starr (section)

=== Expansion of the investigation ===
The law conferred broad investigative powers on Starr and the other independent counsels named to investigate the administration, including the right to subpoena nearly anyone who might have information relevant to the particular investigation.<ref name="timemag98"/> Starr would later receive authority to conduct additional investigations, including the firing of [[White House travel office controversy|White House Travel Office]] personnel, potential political abuse of confidential [[filegate|FBI&nbsp;files]], [[Madison Guaranty]], [[Rose Law Firm]], [[Paula Jones]] [[Clinton v. Jones|lawsuit]] and, most notoriously, possible perjury and obstruction of justice to cover up President Clinton's sexual relationship with [[Monica Lewinsky]].<ref name=yahooobit/> The Lewinsky portion of the investigation included the secret taping of conversations between Lewinsky and coworker [[Linda Tripp]], requests by Starr to tape Lewinsky's conversations with Clinton, and requests by Starr to compel Secret Service agents to testify about what they might have seen while guarding Clinton. With the investigation of Clinton's possible adultery, critics of Starr believed that he had crossed a line and was acting more as a political hit man than as a prosecutor.<ref name="timemag98">{{cite magazine| last1= Lacayo| first1= Richard |last2= Cohen| first2= Adam | url= http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,987779,00.html| archiveurl= https://archive.today/20130204082024/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,987779,00.html |title= Inside Starr and His Operation| magazine= Time| date= February 9, 1998| archivedate= February 4, 2013| access-date= }}</ref><ref name="froomkin">{{cite news| last= Froomkin| first= Dan |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/whitewater.htm| title= Untangling Whitewater| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20201123211321/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/whitewater.htm |archivedate=November 23, 2020 |newspaper= Washington Post| accessdate= June 25, 2009}}</ref>