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...broker's parties are known for "wall-to-wall girls, champagne, hot tubs and more girls," says Shrake. They were vividly portrayed in fictionalized form in the movie North Dallas Forty. Harris, who gave stock reports on Dallas TV, announced on television that he had undergone a lie-detector test, which, he claimed, proved his innocence...
...supporters. Later he celebrated at a Christmas party attended by lawyers, investigators and fellow engineers. His ordeal may not be over, though. He is out on a $10,000 bond put up by E-Systems coworkers. For the charges to be completely dropped, he must pass a lie-detector test. "If he fails the test," says D.A. Wade, "he will have a new trial." And two top prosecutors in Wade's office have been assigned to the case. But Geter is too relieved to worry yet about losing again in court. Said he: "This is my emancipation proclamation from...
Cambridge firefighters, who arrived several minutes later responding to the room's smoke detector, chopped about two inches from the front of the still-smoking mantle where the menorah had been placed, Lau said...
...intensive FBI investigation involving the President's top aides that is still under way. The day after the information became public, William Clark, the National Security Adviser who has since been replaced by McFarlane, handed Reagan the draft of a letter authorizing the FBI to use lie-detector tests to find the source. The President willingly signed it. About an hour later, however, several top White House staffers got wind of the letter and asked to see Reagan. Among the angriest were White House Chief of Staff James Baker and Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver. They tried...
Reagan has long been dismayed over leaks. At week's end reports surfaced that the White House had authorized perhaps as many as four FBI investigations of its staff since 1981. Last March, Reagan signed a controversial directive permitting the use of lie detectors on the 2.5 million federal employees who hold high security clearances. Despite these actions, the leaks have continued and no sources have been uncovered. In fact, the prospect of facing a polygraph has done little except provoke discontent within the Administration. Said one outraged official: 'If Reagan cannot trust his own people without giving...