Word: corruptable
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...court order to bug conversations and tap telephones at Masselli's meat-packing warehouse in The Bronx. Over six months this produced 892 tape recordings. The mobsters talked about Jo-Pel, the Frascone murder and Democratic officials in New York City and Albany who, they claimed, were corrupt. Donovan was mentioned in various contexts at least six times. The references to Donovan were mostly casual or vague. At one point, Mobster Masselli claimed to "get along good" with Donovan and other Schiavone executives. This could be idle boasting, but it was the kind of lead investigators usually pursue...
...cornerstone of democracy, then the press has certainly inherited the role of vigilante-but it mustn't confuse its mission. It has become masterful at uncovering sleaze, but unfortunately it appears to think it has carte blanche. Surely the public deserves to know which of its national leaders is corrupt, if there is evidence to show it. But it must also be remembered that muckraking makes great headlines and sells lots of newspapers. And this has too often become the primary concern of the would-be sleazebusters and their bosses...
...procedure: the use of criminals as witnesses. The De Lorean case was the Government's third defeat in the past four months in major trials involving witnesses with unsavory backgrounds. Earlier this month, in a Cook County, Ill., case that was part of the Greylord investigation of judicial corruption, Judge John G. Laurie was cleared of bribery and other charges in part because the jury did not believe testimony against him by several corrupt witnesses, including two police officers. And the first trial of Nevada Federal Judge Harry Claiborne ended in a hung jury in April because the jurors...
...overly concerned with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's anger over the incident. The more important aspect of the story is that other Dikko-type Nigerians are living off stolen public money in London. Instead of unpacking Dikko, Scotland Yard should be uncrating the millions of dollars that corrupt Nigerian officials have been stashing away in British banks...
...Expos' goofy left-hander who quoted Einstein and Kurt Vonnegut in post game interviews and jogged along. Storrow Drive to the ballpark For him, playing baseball was a way of getting paid for having fun. His enemies are the managers, owners, commissioners and writers who want to corrupt the game and steal...