Word: egotist
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...wiretaps on a mere hunch, and not all his hunches are right. In 1999 a French court rebuked him by acquitting dozens of suspects in one of his terrorist investigations. Critics say Bruguiere, who constantly puffs on a pipe and has a fondness for the media, is a dictatorial egotist. They derisively call him le sheriff. But his contributions to the war on terrorism shouldn't be dismissed because of his personality; unlike other countries in Europe, France isn't a terrorist haven. Says a former colleague: "Whatever attention Bruguiere may get now has to be measured against the days...