Word: agent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sting was part of Operation Exodus, an effort led by the Customs Service to stem the illicit export of defense-related technology. In this case, an undercover agent had posed as a defense-equipment broker and rented a New Jersey office as a front. The defendants, meeting with the agent in his office and unaware that hidden cameras were taping the session, offered to buy 100 transverse-wave-tube amplifiers, which are used in missile guidance systems, for $12,500 each. In addition, the suspects gave the agent a $1 billion shopping list of computers and other advanced electronic equipment...
...sorry I can't help you, you've got to go stand in the line marked passengers without tickets." The agent turned her back on the woman and started gathering her things for the trip home it was quitting time...
Starting to panic, the woman hurried down the counter to where five people waiting for tickets were looking at their watches. There was only one agent selling tickets and each customer was taking about five minutes. It was going to be tough for all of them to make the flight. Now visibly upset, the woman spilled out her story. She had gotten her ticket with plenty of time to spare and gone up to the departure area where there had been some confusion, and a lot of people milling about. She had been holding her ticket inside her passport...
...businessman charging a ticket fidgeted and the ticket agent glared while the woman tumbled forth her story in a high British accent. "You'll have to go to the end of the line, there are people waiting...
...approached the counter, the ticket agent glowered at the people in line for allowing another complainant in their midst. After hearing the request for a ticket reissue, the agent said. "I can't do that, you'll have to talk to a supervisor...