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Champion: We never denied that. They asked for a summary of the files under the Freedom of Information Act. My understanding is that they did not get what the GAO (Government Accounting Office...

Author: By David B. Hilder, | Title: The Winner Is Still Champion | 3/31/1977 | See Source »

...former Harvard administrator suddenly find himself embroiled in arcane issues and possible scandals like the Freedom of Information Act, the GAO, the Inspector General's Office, the General Counsel's Office, and the Justice Department, not to mention the "Souza case"? And written up in the pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post and Newsweek? The story is long and more than a little twisted, but perhaps indicative of the slow road to the top of the American political heap...

Author: By David B. Hilder, | Title: The Winner Is Still Champion | 3/31/1977 | See Source »

Ford criticized the General Accounting Office (GAO) for releasing a report Tuesday that was critical of his handling of the "Mayaguez" crisis last year...

Author: By David Beach, | Title: Carter, Ford Clash on Foreign Policy | 10/7/1976 | See Source »

Ford called the report an example of "grandstand quarterbacking" on the part of the GAO. Carter, in response, did not criticize Ford's role in the crisis, but said Ford should have released information contained in the GAO report earlier...

Author: By David Beach, | Title: Carter, Ford Clash on Foreign Policy | 10/7/1976 | See Source »

...reason for the GAO's doubt that Lockheed can repay its loans on time is that civilian sales of the TriStar are lagging because of the recession: the company did not book a single order last year. Another reason is that Lockheed is counting heavily on continued large foreign sales of military equipment?and the publicity about its bribery can only hurt. The Japanese Government last week dropped tentative plans to buy $650 million worth of Lockheed's long-range, low-altitude P-3C Orion planes, which are capable of detecting and destroying submarines. Indeed, the Japanese are having second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: THE BIG PAYOFF | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

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