Word: agent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Judge Barrington Parker's flat recital continued through the 13 assault, murder and weapons counts. ". . . On count five, not guilty by reason of insanity." That was for the bullet into the stomach of Secret Service Agent Timothy McCarthy. ". . . On count seven, not guilty by reason of insanity." For the bullet that tore through the brain of James Brady, the once ebullient press secretary. ". . . On count ten, not guilty by reason of insanity." For the bullet into the neck of Police Officer Thomas Delahanty. Judge Parker's voice, usually calm and assured, began to quaver. ". . . On count twelve...
...picked by Schiavone to head its investigation was Robert Shortley, 60, a onetime FBI agent who retired from the agency in 1955. Shortley is a longtime friend of Edward V. Hickey, director of special support services for the White House and a casual acquaintance of White House Counsellor Edwin Meese. Shortley's wife Maiselle works at the White House as an aide to Morton Blackwell, a liaison with conservative groups. Anthony Dolan, a Reagan speechwriter, is Shortley's brother-in-law; so is John T. ("Terry") Dolan, director of the National Conservative Political Action Committee, which raised more...
...also learned that Ralph Picardo, an admitted Mafioso turned Government witness, told the FBI in January 1981 that he had received regular payoffs from Donovan during the 1960s to ensure labor peace. He also alleges that Anthony Adamski, the FBI agent in charge of Donovan's confirmation check, told him that White House Counsel Fred Fielding had called and told Adamski that "the White House wants [the investigation] over with." Picardo's word is unverified, and Fielding last week again denied he had interfered with the Donovan probe...
...adds a new and eloquently presented explanation of the deterioration of baseball's pure and reassuring innocence which has occurred in recent years. The motivation behind the owners ungentlemanly actions comes in part out of a desire for revenge. Burned when an official arbiter declared Andy Messersmith a free agent--an act which ultimately opened the free agent floodgates--these millionaires felt a need to save face. And they were willing to try and restore control even if it damaged the game...
Meanwhile, in Washington, Attorney General William French Smith announced the capture and praised the U.S. Marshals Service for an "outstanding investigative effort." The Justice Department had been trying to lure Wilson out of Libya since last year. Twice the rogue agent nearly walked into the trap, then warily drew away. The final-and successful-plot, devised by the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, was deemed "too risky" by the FBI, according to Justice officials. But the unheralded Marshals Service, a 2,100-member arm of the Justice Department, responsible for capturing fugitives, embraced the scheme. "The marshals...