A press release from the National Organization for Women, January 23, 1998:

The information available publicly regarding Kenneth Starr's investigation leaves the National Organization for Women unable to comment responsibly about the validity of the allegations of obstruction of justice or suborning perjury by President Clinton.

Based on public reports, it appears that Monica Lewinsky gave different versions of her relationship with President Clinton in a deposition and on tape to a co-worker. We will watch the evidence closely as it becomes available to ensure that Ms. Lewinsky is not (and has never been) coerced by any involved party, including President Clinton, Vernon Jordan, Linda Tripp and Kenneth Starr, among others. If credible evidence of wrongdoing by any party emerges, we will speak out and urge women's rights supporters across the country to make their voices heard.

[Ed.: Perhaps NOW's newfound caution can be traced the group's reaction to the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas affair. Ms. Hill, too, gave conflicting accounts of her alleged harassment when initially interviewed by the FBI and when later testifying before Congress. The notorious anecdote about a pubic hair found on a coke can, for example, was not part of Hill's original account.]

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