Starr's prosecutors have investigated whether the Clinton White House arranged that work for Hubbell as "hush money" payments to keephimquiet in Starr's investigation.
If we can put him under pressure and keephimquiet it's up to the other members of the team to stand up and that is when they are at their most vulnerable.
When professor Zhao Jian, of Beijing Transportation University, publicly objected to the pace of high-speed-rail construction, Liu summoned him and advised him to keepquiet.