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...that spent three months developing a plan under which his old friend and law partner, Vice President Gerald Ford, would assume the presidency if Nixon were to resign. Ford had no idea the plan existed. Appointed counsel to the new President, Buchen advised him on the controversial Nixon pardon. "I could see that he had already made up his mind," Buchen said later, "and it was my job to find out how he could do it, rather than whether he should...
...helping change minds. After three trials involving prosecutorial misconduct, Cook agreed to plead no contest to a reduced murder charge in exchange for his freedom. Two months later DNA test results came back proving semen found on the victim came from her married lover. Cook is seeking a pardon...
...GREECE The Pilgrim Pope Seeks Forgiveness Before he arrived in Greece Pope John Paul II was reviled by Greek Orthodox hard-liners as "the grotesque, two-horned monster of Rome." But protesters were disarmed by the frail Pontiff's entreaty for God's pardon of 1,000 years of Roman Catholic sins against the Orthodox Church. The Pope's six-day pilgrimage continued in Syria and Malta...
...Winners DENISE RICH Refutes rumors of trading sex for her ex-husband's presidential pardon, becoming perhaps the first woman to deny bedding Clinton PHOENIX Two-week-old British calf found alive amid the foot-and-mouth slaughter sets off a nationwide flood of sympathy?and is spared DENNIS TITO The 60-year-old California financier gets the all clear for his $20 million space tour; denies he's going for the frequent-flier miles...
Even a hint of intrigue can be dangerous. Russia's arrest, trial and pardon last year of U.S. businessman Edmund Pope--who denied charges of spying--show just how touchy a host country can be. And there are some professionals--like the clergy or journalists--for whom even modest assistance to the CIA would be considered unethical. So what should you say to the CIA? In most cases, there's little or no business benefit. It's mainly a calculation of how much risk, to yourself and your company, you're willing to take to help the agency...