Word: probe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Forces, on a private visit to Moscow, failed to reach Chernenko because the Soviets refused to let Scowcroft deliver it at an appropriate diplomatic level. Says Harvard Professor Paul Doty, who was traveling with Scowcroft: "That was the Soviet way of saying they will not respond to an informal probe." In addition, Moscow last week deployed more than 200 ships hi the largest war-games exercise ever staged by the Soviet navy (see WORLD...
...prosecutor to probe Meese...
Stein may spend six months or more probing the allegations against Meese, which center mainly on his having accepted financial favors from friends who later got federal jobs. Another issue arose last week. Since taking office Meese has made 47 trips at the expense of nongovernmental groups, but declared only eight similar trips on his financial disclosure form. The Justice Department has asked Congress for $300,000 for the probe, including a per diem payment for Stein based on an annual $69,600 salary. While Meese's case awaits resolution, Attorney General William French Smith will stay...
Whatever the reason for leaking the information, confidential material can mean hefty payoffs for those who receive it. In its probe, the SEC is examining records of New York City Attorney David W.C. Clark to see whether he profited from leaks. The Journal said Clark invested in stocks and options of at least six companies just a while before Winans wrote about them. By selling them shortly after the columns appeared, Clark made $100,000 on three of the deals, according to the paper...
Last week, testifying in a raspy Sicilian accent, Conforte said that in December 1978 he paid Claiborne $30,000 to help quash grand jury subpoenas for two of his prostitutes who had 5 been called as witnesses in a probe of voter fraud. Three months later, Conforte said, he again met with Claiborne, who suggested that he could get a federal appeals court to overturn Conforte's tax conviction. Conforte testified that the judge told him, "We need $100,000 to get things started." With that, Conforte produced $55,000 in bills and stuffed them in Claiborne...