The White House security office requested FBI background reports on more than 400 former Republican-era staff in 1993–94, using a Secret Service list that did not separate current from former pass holders. The office was run by Craig Livingstone, whose hiring some reports linked to Hillary Clinton; she denied any role in a 1999 sworn statement. [1][3]

In March 2000 Ray found “no substantial and credible evidence” that the Clintons or other senior officials sought the files. A House committee had criticised the White House’s “cavalier approach” to security. In 2010 a federal judge entered judgment for the defendants in the civil case brought by people whose files were taken. [1][2][3]