Word: contacts
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Investigators said last week that Brach had been romanced by a horse trader who defrauded her of hundreds of thousands of dollars and had her killed when she threatened to expose him. The long inquiry into her disappearance broadened when one contact led to another in the silky world of expensive horseflesh, and stories began to emerge of heavily insured animals that were clubbed, electrocuted and burned alive. The man responsible for the death of Brach, according to authorities, was just one part of a big, sorry picture involving prominent horse owners, trainers, riders and veterinarians. In all, 23 people...
...would ride the tram past the U.S. embassy and activate a miniature "burst" transmitter hidden in his pocket. During postings abroad, he would pass information face to face: in the back alleys of Rangoon or among the bulrushes along the Yamuna River in New Delhi, where his CIA contact would pretend to fish while a hidden recorder taped Polyakov's staccato military briefing, punctuated by peacocks screeching in the background...
...early 30s, he was given his first assignment: the Soviet mission to the United Nations in New York City. There he directed Soviet spies who worked without benefit of diplomatic cover. It was during a second tour at the U.N., in 1961, that Polyakov sought contact with FBI counterintelligence agents in Manhattan, who dubbed him Top Hat and marveled at their good fortune. "He was a big catch, and went on for a very long time," says James Nolan, formerly the FBI's top Soviet counterintelligence specialist. "There aren't many who start out as medium-grade officers and rise...
Lawson said this procedure is a possibility because of the similar nature of the crimes. He added that he has been in frequent contact with Sword's attorney...
...hopes of putting pressure on the Serbs, the contact group had floated hints of the punishment they would inflict on the naysayers. First, they warned, they could tighten economic sanctions on Serbia, the Bosnian Serbs' backers and suppliers. Second, they might expand and police the security zones around six mostly Muslim areas. Finally, as a last resort, the Bosnian government might be exempted from the international arms embargo that affects all of the former Yugoslavia but hurts the Muslims and Croats most...