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...Abscam 's biggest TV special debuts in a Brooklyn court
Bloom's great giveaway of $4 milion from an oil company settlement to charitable organizations was a wonderful switch from Abscam...
...anecdotal," Heymann, who coordinated the investigation with FBI head Clarence Kelly, said. "But you do feel like you're getting somewhere dealing with crooks when an undercover informant tells us that people are afraid to give or take bribes because they're worried that it's part of another Abscam...
...accepting bribes. Thus far, the investigation has resulted in the convictions of six current or former members of the House of Representatives, and eight others, including the mayor of Camden, Pa., and three Philadelphia city councilors. In addition, former Sen. Harrison J. Williams of New Jersey faces trial on Abscam charges...
Heymann, terming it "a courageous and imaginative investigation that will have a major effect for some time," said Abscam was not initially aimed at Congress. The investigation began as a probe into an art theft, which then grew to cover illegal activities in Atlantic Beach casinos and immigration, he said...