Word: corruptable
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...diplomats argue that putting too much emphasis on drugs is parochial and that the DEA often gets manipulated by corrupt governments. The junta, they say, set up splashy drug busts for the Americans that traffickers were happy to treat as a cost of doing business. "The DEA," says an intelligence source,"was being played for a patsy by a bunch of Burmese military folks who were getting a cut of the action...
...there were signs of a less drastic outlook among a few of the elite at a Mass to commemorate Guy Malary, the young Justice Minister gunned down outside Sacre Coeur Church a year ago. Malary, who had attempted to restructure the ^ corrupt police force during Aristide's absence, had also been a pillar of the business community for 20 years. So inside the simple white church, rich and poor sat shoulder to shoulder in remembrance of a man who had tried to straddle the social divide. Although the poor far outnumbered the rich, the accent of the service...
Roosevelt accused Weld of a variety of misdeeds, from corrupt dealings on the Central Artery Project to his failure to come through on his 1990 promises. But to each attack, Weld responded nonchalantly...
...reports on Haiti were not very enlightening. As for Constant specifically, one source says he was dropped last spring because "the guy was unreliable." That, sighs another official, is a general difficulty: "The problem with Haiti is that you can't trust your people to be corrupt" -- meaning that once bought they will not always stay bought...
...They're setting us on a different level than everyone else," says Beverly M. Wright, the tribal council chair. "Donald Trump has his casinos. Do people say it's going to corrupt his culture because he's making money on this...