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...Public doubt that official and campaign misconduct will be prosecuted is perhaps the gravest weakness of our political system," says Lloyd Cutler, an influential Washington lawyer who has taken the lead in pushing the permanent-prosecutor proposal. The nation, he argues, cannot afford to address this lack of public confidence only when high corruption happens to come to light...
...Cutler, who previously directed the commission on violence under Lyndon Johnson and headed a committee on the emergency administration of justice following the 1968 Washington riots, has worked out some particulars of what might be called the Office of the Public Prosecutor General. The P.P.G. would be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for a term of 15 years; he would be funded by Congress and could be dismissed only for a gross breach of duty or for committing a crime. To curb political ambition, he could be barred from subsequently holding any elective federal office...
...P.P.G.'s job, says Cutler, should be limited to investigating and prosecuting "charges involving official misconduct and campaign law violations" by the Administration. California Senator Alan Cranston is readying a bill incorporating many of Cutler's specifics. Common Cause's John Gardner has also supported the idea in speeches...
...Administration official said that Henry H. Cutler, the manager of the Real Estate office, was not in favor of dropping Hunneman...
...Cutler, head of Real Estate while Hunneman's dealings with the University expanded, declined to discuss Harvard's decision to drop Hunneman. He said that Hunneman had acted as the University's realtor and would not elaborate on that relationship