Updated: Feb 9 1998 9:47AM

Week four of the Monica Lewinsky saga opens with more volleys from all sides in what has clearly become a three-cornered battle. Clinton's lawyers attacked Ken Starr; Starr continued his assault on Clinton; and Lewinsky's lawyer played the middle against both ends, by charging that poor Monica is but "a pawn in their game." Writing exclusively in TIME, William Ginsburg reserves the most venom for Starr's legal team, which he portrays as an incompetent crew who took the wrong evidence from Lewinsky's apartment and went into a frenzy over the Drudge Report. Worse, Ginsburg says, is their use of Linda Tripp's secret tapes -- which may not be legally admissable. "Starr seems to think it's O.K. to break the law to enforce the law," he adds.

Which is exactly what David Kendall is saying. The Clinton lawyer could take Starr to court as early as today, charging that his office is in contempt for springing more leaks than the Titanic. Another one of those leaks opened up Monday as Newsweek revealed that Starr has subpoenaed Ashley Raines -- a White House staffer to whom, it is believed, Lewinsky played messages left by Clinton on her answering machine. Ginsburg, meanwhile, says he will also take Starr to court -- this time to guarantee immunity for Lewinsky. The only sure winner in all this? Washington attorneys.

-- Chris Taylor