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...numerous public corruption investigations in Connecticut, including that of former Governor John Rowland, who resigned in 2004 and pleaded guilty to accepting gifts and vacations from contractors doing business with the state. He served a year in prison. (Read "The U.S. Prison for Iraq's Worst...
...request of then-Attorney General Reno, investigated whether notorious Boston mobsters James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi had corrupted the FBI agents whom they served as informants. That probe led to the conviction of retired FBI agent John Connolly Jr., sentenced to 10 years in prison for helping the two avoid prosecution. The investigation helped inspire the Martin Scorsese film The Departed...
...Nobody in this country is above the law, an FBI agent or otherwise, and ultimately the ends do not justify the means." - Unusual public remarks at press conference the day former FBI agent John Connolly was convicted in 2002. (Boston Globe, January...
Kennedy was acutely aware of the historical importance of his words and memories. He kept a personal journal for almost 50 years, beginning with his brother John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign. In 2004, he started a five-year, comprehensive oral history at the University of Virginia. And for the past two years, he had been writing a confessional autobiography for Twelve, a division of Hachette. He completed it this year. (See a Kennedy family photo album...
...John Clarke, the gallery's principal curator, says that Avalokiteshvara is sometimes depicted holding a blooming lotus - a symbol of spiritual purity. "It comes up from the mud, flowers, and remains untouched by the dirt that surrounded it," he says. You could say the same thing for the wonderful richness of Buddhist art. See www.vam.ac.uk for more...