The former official, who asked not to be identified, said these reports, and deputy White House chief of staff Evelyn Lieberman's own observations, led Lieberman to arrange for Lewinsky's transfer to the Pentagon in the spring of 1996. ``It was a number of reports and her own evidence and talking to people that led her to ask to have Lewinsky transferred,'' the source said.

Lieberman, now director of the Voice of America, believed that Lewinsky was ``hanging around and trying to get near the President,'' but had no knowledge of any sexual contact between Clinton and the former intern, the former official said on Friday.

Independent counsel Kenneth Starr continues to investigate allegations that Clinton had sex with Lewinsky and conspired to cover it up, lying and obstructing justicein the now-defunct Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit.

The New York Times reported on Friday that Gary Byrne, a uniformed member of the Secret Service assigned to the White House, told Lieberman that he had seen Lewinsky in the west wing of the White House where the oval office is located when he did not believe the woman was authorized to be there.

The officer also expressed concern about Lewinsky's after-hours access to the area, the newspaper said.

``She (Lieberman) talked to Gary Byrne, but she doesn't have any recollection of him telling her about Monica Lewinsky. It's possible,'' a Lieberman aide said.

Meanwhile, in other developments, the head of the conservative legal foundation financing Jones' effort to sue Clinton denied a Fox Television news report that Jones and her husband were so angry with him they had tried to find alternate financing.

The report quoted an unidentified source as saying Jones' husband had said Rutherford institute president John Whitehead cared more abouthis own publicity than helping his client.