In another case involving presidential prerogative, a panel of federal judges in July 1998 overturned a U.S. District Court ruling and required that Secret Service agents, who provide personal protection for the president, testify before a grand jury in the Lewinsky case. On 17 July 1998 Chief Justice Rehnquist refused to block the order on Secret Service testimony. The precedent meant that agents who in the line of duty overhear presidential conversations not already covered by other protections can be compelled to disclose the content of the communications. Some scholars argued that this practice could endanger presidents who may attempt to elude Secret Service protection to ensure their privacy. During the Starr investigations, the independent counsel also sought to compel President Clinton's lawyers, including Bruce Lindsey, to testify before a grand jury. A federal appellate court, and later Rehnquist, rejected Clinton's lawyer-client privilege appeal and ordered...